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.
Tess, I am so excited about your Change Project and happy I'll get to watch the process first hand! I like the idea of adding food to those conferences but believe that will add a lot to your already full plate. I hope you are able to secure food without too much hassle.
ReplyDeleteI also like how you are customizing this model to fit our school's needs by incorporating the student-led conferences.
Keep up the great work! I think your project is definitely a valuable one.
Just a suggestion, maybe either the PTO can help with the cost of the paper products, food, etc. during those conferences. Also, you could ask parents to send in those items too.
ReplyDeleteUsing the i-ready data seems to be the way to go since that is the only assessment that is used K-5. I wish we had more assessments to use as well.
Your changes are not going to really affect the overall project. Great job!
The level of pre-planning is awesome and a great way to hit the ground running for this new school year. Make sure you are getting your camera out or training a student to act as your videographer when you have these events to share out as artifacts on your Change Project website.
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