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Opening Day MeetingBlasdell Elementary
2018-2019
New Faces at Blasdell:
OGabby Hesketh
ODanielle McDonald
New Support Staff Members:
OSean Ramos (Day
Custodian)
OKim Chudoba
(Mainstreaming Aide .5)
OTBD (ENL Aide .5)
Today:
O 10:15-11:45 Faculty Gathering / Presentation
O 11:45-1:00 Free Time / Lunch
O Afternoon:
O 1:00-2:00 Co-Teaching Presentation (Classroom, Special Education, ENL, Speech Teachers)
O 1:00-2:00 Special Area Teachers –STEAM/Assembly Planning
O Reading Teachers -AIMSWEB Plus
O 2:00 to 3:30 Collaborative Grade Level Time and/or Free Time in classrooms
O Get some sleep, refresh and away we go!
Housekeeping Reminders to Remember this Week
O Teacher webpages – update
O Supervisory Assignments, Computer Lab Sign-up, Formal Observation sign-ups on table outside of the Main Office
O Check rosters for updates
O Email any “shortages” to Cheryl and copy Linda
O Go Bags should be ready to go (including an updated roster)
O Carefully review red Safety Folders
O Update voicemail
Continued:
O Faculty Meetings – attendance at all
meetings is mandatory so mark your
calendars now
O Carefully review all documents in Teachers’
Packet (electronic)
O APPR 2017-2018
O Sign Appendix A for 2017-2018 and return
Looking for a Champion:
O High stakes
O Rock-Paper-Scissors
O Final two – in front of everyone
Nuts and Bolts
O Be on time each day (in the bldg. at
8:15)
O Be present when the kids are in the
room
O Not at desk
O Not on computer
O Cell phone is silenced, out of sight
Nuts and Bolts (continued)
O Collaboration and Co-teaching
O Dress professionally—jeans are not professional dress. We will have dress-down days for worthy causes.
O Recess and breaks for students are mandatory
O Sharing out of parent letter
O Classroom Doors – locked/wedged open with magnet
Safety Drills
O 12 Fire and Emergency Drills annually
O 6 fire drills and 2 lockdown drills between 9/1 and 12/31
O 2 fire drills and 2 lockdown drills after January 1
O Four fire drills must be through fire escapes or alternate routes
O Drills must take place at different times throughout the day
Anna Love (the one and only)
O Brief updates
DASA:
O Faculty Responsibilities:
O Promote a positive school environment
sensitive to diversity and tolerance.
O Instruct on civility, citizenship and character
education
O Report any incidents of bullying or
harassment verbally (24 hours) and in writing
(48 hours).
Focus of Meeting Today
O Brief overview of NYS Assessment data (Travis)
O Review of BOE goals and Elementary Division goals
O Identification of our building focus and continued work during the year
Blasdell Elementary School NYS
Assessment Data
Grade 3 ELA Data
Year Score Point 1 Score Point 2 Score Point 3 Score Point 4
201810
18.5%
24
44.4%
20
37%
0
0%
201719
31.6%
23
38.3%
17
28.3%
1
1.7%
201611
22.9%
19
39.6%
16
33.3%
2
4.2%
Grade 3 Math Data
Year Score Point 1 Score Point 2 Score Point 3 Score Point 4
201822
40%
19
34.5%
10
18.2%
4
7.3%
201720
34.5%
20
34.5%
11
19%
7
12.7%
201621
40.4%
20
38.5%
6
11.5%
5
9.6%
Grade 4 ELA Data
Year Score Point 1 Score Point 2 Score Point 3 Score Point 4
20184
8.3%
18
37.5%
14
29.2%
12
25%
20179
20%
15
33.3%
13
28.9%
8
17.8%
20165
12.5%
14
35%
13
32.5%
8
20%
Grade 4 Math Data
Year Score Point 1 Score Point 2 Score Point 3 Score Point 4
20188
14.2%
21
37.5%
15
26.8%
12
21.4%
20179
18.8%
12
25%
11
22.9%
16
33.3%
20168
19.5%
10
24.4%
15
36.6%
8
19.5%
Grade 5 ELA Data
Year Score Point 1 Score Point 2 Score Point 3 Score Point 4
201816
37.2%
10
23.3%
10
23.3%
7
16.3%
201718
41.1%
11
25%
13
29.5%
2
4.5%
20167
24.1%
15
51.7%
6
20.7%
1
3.5%
Grade 5 Math Data
Year Score Point 1 Score Point 2 Score Point 3 Score Point 4
201811
22.9%
17
35.4%
14
29.2%
6
12.5%
201712
27.3%
13
29.5%
17
38.6%
2
4.5%
201613
37.1%
11
31.4%
10
28.6%
1
2.9%
Kudos #1 – Growth from year to year
O Major Year-to-Year Growth Across all 6 exams(ELA 3, ELA 4, ELA 5, Math 3, Math 4, Math 5)
O Lower percentage of students who scored a “1”
O Grade 3 ELA – 31.6% to 18.5%
O Grade 4 ELA – 20% to 8.3% (WOW!!)
O Grade 5 ELA – 41.1% to 37.2%
O Grade 3 Math – 34.5% to 40%
O Grade 4 Math – 18.8% to 14.2%
O Grade 5 Math – 27.3% to 22.9%
Kudos #1 – Growth from year to year
O Major Year-to-Year Growth Across all 6 exams(ELA 3, ELA 4, ELA 5, Math 3, Math 4, Math 5)
O Some exams saw big improvement in the number of students
who scored a “4”
O Grade 4 ELA – 17.8% to 25%
O Grade 5 ELA – 4.5% to 16.3% (WOW!!!)
O Grade 5 Math – 4.5% to 12.5%
Kudos #2 – Number of students scoring ‘proficient’ (score of 3 or 4)
O Three exams exceeded the state-wide average of 40%
O Grade 4 ELA – 54.2%
O Grade 4 Math 48.2%
O Grade 5 Math 41.7%
Kudos #3 – District Performance Compared to the
Region
O Frontier School District elementary students
outperformed the region on all but 3
questions across 6 exams (Math 3, Math 4,
Math 5, ELA 3, ELA 4, ELA 5).
Grade 3 outperformed the region on every multiple choice question in both exams, except math item #15
Grade 4 outperformed the region on every multiple choice question in both exams, except math item #4
Grade 5 outperformed the region on every multiple choice question in both exams, except math item #13
Kudos #4O Blasdell Elementary School students outperformed the
region by 6-20% on every constructed response item in
every exam.
Board of Education Goals:
1. Provide educational facilities that are safe,
secure and well-maintained.
2. Provide an educational environment that is
student-centered with instructional
programs specifically directed to the
unique needs of the students.
3. Strive to work collaboratively, support each
other and strengthen the positive
attributes of the district.
BOE Goals (cont.):
4. Develop a new school board member
orientation program and a new student
school board member orientation program.
5. Survey families within the district that
choose to have their children attend
private or charter schools to gain insight on
the thought process behind the decision.
Elementary Division Goals:
O GOAL #1: Promote an environment that
supports student safety, health and well-
being
O Identify symptoms and behaviors of
significant children’s mental health
issues
O Train and create an awareness for parents and
teacher
Continued:
O GOAL #2: Increase proficiency rates on NYS Assessment results in ELA and Mathematics
O GOAL #3: Communicate common Literacy Profile and share the common writing rubric
O GOAL #4: Revisit Frontier Writes
O Revisit prompts, scoring, and how we will use that information
Continued:
O GOAL #5: Revisit and summarize all of the work completed in the summer (Math, ELA, Science, Social Studies, AIMS Web Plus)
O GOAL #6: Continue to build meaningful Professional Development Opportunities
O GOAL #7: Every Student Succeeds Act - Parent Engagement
O Increase awareness of ESSA regulations and accountability
As a building:
O Our building focus this year:
Classroom atmosphere promotes
student engagement
Activity:
O Independently – list the “must haves” that
you should see in our classrooms related to
instruction and engagement
O Share out your list with the group at your
table
O As a group, identify the top 5 things and list
them on chart paper
O Share out as a whole group
FYI: My big five (actually six)…
O 1. Student engagement through use of cooperative peer structures (discussion and completion of tasks)
O 2. Verbal and visual communication of lesson objective(s)
O 3. Teacher modeling, guided practice, independent practice (I do, we do, you do)
O 4. Evidence of differentiation of tasks (leveled tasks that challenge/support all learners)
O 5. Student choice and independence
O 6. Assessment of objectives (formative, summative), including student self-assessment
George Couros: 8 Things to Look for in Today’s Classroom
Faculty Meetings:
O Focus on our elementary division and
building goals
O Ideas for topics are certainly welcomed
O Character Club sessions: Curricular work
including Social Studies and Science
Review of Scheduling “Must Haves”:
O Content, PE must be made up if missed
O FAPE – Free and Appropriate Education
O Advice: Be careful, be smart with timing of student pull-outs. PROTECT STUDENT TIME IN THE CLASSROOM!
O Students may not be pulled from content instruction
O RTI Blocks should encompass the ELA blocks in the classroom. All students must be present for Tier 1 instruction.
Scheduling Challenges?
O Collaborative meeting with Linda to resolve
O Students cannot miss Tier 1 instruction in
the classroom for a pull-out without having
the instruction made up with their teacher.
Review of Curriculum Work/Initiatives:
O ReadyGen: Will continue to be implemented
with fidelity in all four buildings in our
district. This is not optional.
O Resources/Materials – writing tasks must
mirror those in the Readers/Writers Journal.
O Grade levels – select assessments to be
used at grade level (selection versus unit)
O Selection assessments will be collected and
used as one literacy measure
Standards Leaders:
O Susan Maronski (ELA / SS)
O Lindsay Jakubowski (Science /
Math)
Math: Michael Kumrow(BOCES)
O Grade level representatives
O Summer Work
O Staff Development Day - presentation
O Common math assessments (3)
O 11/5-11/16
O 2/4-2/15
O 5/13-5/24
Social Studies Work: Julie Lorusso
O Summer work
O Our representatives:
O K-TBD*
O 1-Laura Bannister
O 2-TBD*
O 3-Katie Talty
O 4-Dotty Mayle
O 5-Emily Christ
*See Linda if interested
Frontier Writes:
O Summer Work
O Staff Development Day
O Dates:
O 9/24-9/26, 1/23-1/25, 5/22-5/24
O District Data Collection/Scoring with common rubric by trained scoring team
O Will be added to the Literacy Binder
O Our representatives:
O K/1: Karen McCann
O 2/3: Sue Maronski
O 4/5: Lori Schwendner
BOCES Support:O Julie LoRusso: ELA/SS
O Dates TBD
O Michael Kumrow: Math Guru
O Dates TBD
O Greg Rosowski: Behavioral Specialist
O Thursday AM
O Renee Brady: STEAM, Science
O Dates TBD
O Brian Blaszak: Technology Integrator
O September 17th
O Other dates TBD
Room 131: Makerspace / STEAM
O Beth Selig, Rise Santillo
Goals:
O Grade level/Special Area: Set 2-3 goals for your year as a grade level or special area team related to teaching/instruction. Submit a first draft of these goals to Linda by the end of this week.
O Individual Teachers: Set 1-2 professional goals for your year related to our classroom “must haves.” Submit a first draft of your goals to Linda by the end of the week.
O Your students: Have them set a total of 2-3 goals related to reading, writing and math. Have them write them down and reflect with you at the end of each marking period.
The best part about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters every
day.Todd Whitaker
O Surround yourself with positive people.
O Take care of yourself (see article).
O Keep your sense of humor.
O See the glass as half full.
O Collaborate and work with others. You
cannot do this alone.
O Simply put: Work hard and be kind.
Ways to reach Linda…
O Remind App:
O Enter this number: 81010
O Text this message: @9gc677
O Linda’s Cell: 716-472-0245
In conclusion: