SPECIFIC:
1. Increase parent involvement at Meadow Park Elementary School through evening group parent
meetings.
2. Increase
student i-Ready assessment scores in Reading and Mathematics by focusing on specific
skills.
3. Decrease
teacher-time spent conferencing throughout the school year by meeting with parents
as a group and holding one individual parent-teacher conference for each child during the year.
MEASURABLE:
1. Teachers will have a sign-in sheet for the parent nights and the parents will fill out a recording
sheet to keep track of the time they spend practicing skills at home with their child.
2. I will produce an excel Spreadsheet for all Power Team teachers and their students to record BOY,
MOY, and EOY i-Ready scores in Reading and Mathematics.
3. Teachers will fill out a conference recording sheet to keep track of time spent conferencing during
the school year.
ATTAINABLE and REALISTIC:
1. We are able to hold evening Power Team meetings as approved by our administration.
2. We take i-Ready assessments three times a school year.
3. Teachers hold conferences during every school year.
TIMELY:
All three goals will follow the regular school year. Therefore, the time frame will be during the nine month school year and will be completed by June 30, 2016.
Tess,
ReplyDeleteWhile all of your goals are worthwhile, I am most hopeful about the parent involvement goal. That goal aligns with your school's priority of building relationships. This conference model supports the school/home relationship, but will also give parents an opportunity to meet and network with other parents. I am so happy that I have a child in your school whose teacher is participating in your project. I'll get to participate in the conferences and experience your Change Project firsthand!
I am looking forward to hearing the results of this project. You have great measurable and attainable goals and I think this will benefit both the students and teachers. It also aligns nicely with the parent involvement piece. I would love to see and/or get a copy of the spreadsheet you are making for the i-ready scores. ~Amy~
ReplyDeleteLove this concept. So informative for all who participate in so many ways.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of what you are doing with the parent involvement. I think it is a great way to develop positive relationships. I am wondering how it would translate to the middle school, since the students do not have the same group of teachers.
ReplyDeleteI do have a question. I do not understand how the iReady scores fit with your other goals, I can see that sharing the data with students and parents is a good conversation to have, but I am unclear how it is a goal for the parent conferencing.
The teachers are choosing the weakest areas in Math and Reading from their i-Ready Diagnostics to develop an activity for the parents to use at home. The students whose parents actively assist them at home with the activities should show an increase in their assessment scores. The main goal of this conferencing model is to use data to show parents how they can help their child increase their academic progress at home.
DeleteUsing the parent tracking sheet to document the time parents are spending at home to practice skills is a great way to track parent participation. It will be interesting to compare the time spent at home with EOY i-Ready scores.
ReplyDeleteAlso, you can create a report in School Portal that will allow you to compare BOY, MOY, EOY i-Ready scores for the teachers that are working with you. This data will upload into an Excel spreadsheet. This might save you some time and I would be happy to show you how to do this.
Thank you! I will play around with the spreadsheets and get assistance on October 8th if necessary.
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