CP Blog Entry #4 Question: After viewing your data from the SY14-15, has your Change Project's "sense of urgency" been validated? Why or why not?

I have reviewed the end-of-year iReady scores for Reading and Mathematics for all grades Kindergarten through Fifth Grade for the 2014-2015 school year. Our school ranked anywhere from third place in Fifth Grade Reading to eighth place in First Grade Math and Kindergarten Reading out of the ten elementary schools.

However, we were only on or above the end-of-year goals in Third Grade Reading and Kindergarten Math. All other grade levels and areas were below the expected goal for the end of the year.

Therefore, there is still a valid sense of urgency for my change project. Parents need to be aware of how their children are progressing in critical areas and the parents will need to be trained to better work with their children at home with those Reading and Mathematics skills.

CP Blog Entry #3 Question: Has the concept of your initial Change Project been altered? Please share your thoughts on why or why not?

My overall concept has not changed, but there are a few details that need attention. With the assistance of my Principal, Asena Mott, we have scheduled separate meeting nights for Primary and Intermediate grades to alleviate congestion and parking issues. The necessity of these separate meeting dates will be determined after the invitations are sent home with the students of the participating classrooms.

My principal is also requesting cost-free meals be available for the adults the nights of the APTT meetings. Depending on the number of participants, this may require two to four meals during the school year.  I will also need to acquire paper products, utensils, napkins, water bottles, and possible servers or supervisors for the meals and for the clean-up thereafter.

It has been decided that we will incorporate our third APTT meeting with our Student-led conferences in mid-May. The conferences will be approximately forty-five minutes, rather then the previous thirty minutes. The teacher will begin the first fifteen minutes by reviewing the classroom data with the participants and then turn over the rest of the conference time to the individual students.

In addition to the above mentioned alterations, I will be unable to use FSA scores for data purposes. I will instead be using iReady scores for Reading and Mathematics for all participating classrooms Kindergarten through Fifth Grade.