Team: Norms:
We are a brand new collaboration
Team work! Work smarter,
8th not harder! Organization! Be
Grade efficient! Utilize Kagan
Math strategies and technology!
1. Stay on task and focus on reflect on the data. Last year, the
the weekly plan during our
meetings.
2. We all need to take
responsibility for certain
areas and make sure that
any responsibilities are done process went well, sharing
by Thursday that week.
3. Make sure that you read
ahead with the curriculum
map & know what
7th stories/standards are
Grade coming.
ELA 4. Stick to time schedule.
As a 7th grade collaboration
team it is important that we
all play a role in making sure
that we are productive and
everyone leaves the room
satisfied with all that we have
accomplished that day.
We are really good at
7th compromising, working well
Grade together, and sharing our
Math collective wisdom/ideas.
- come to meeting having
reviewed the MAP/ know the
skill and have activity ideas
- be on time, stay focused on
6th the group task
Grade - be patient, flexible, and
ELA open to new ideas
What went well?
team this year. Some things that
were successful in our previous
teams where intentional use of
blended learning, creating
activities and tests that require
students to use test taking
strategies and skills, student
exploration, sticking to the long
range plan/planning effectively.
We are waiting for SC Ready
scores to be posted so we can
following things went well: keeping
new members of the ELA team on
pace, we were able to keep up
with demands of Achieve3000 two
articles per week, the research
resources with team members,
adjusting curriculum to fit the
needs of our students, using
NoRedInk to supplement grammar
instruction, lessons were right on
target in the fall leading up to
Winter MAP testing.
With our daily warm-ups we were
able to have a spiral review which
would often link previous material
to our current material. It would
also aid the remediation of
students who struggled with
previous material. We did a great
job updating our previous years
materials so that it matched the
new SCCCR standards.
- using the digital content to
address specific skills and areas
of concern
- implementing strategic small
groups
- allowing kids to work at their own
pace
Areas to Improve
Meet less and accomplish more!
Areas we can improve upon this year
are: focus on building relationships
with the kids the first few weeks of
school, the ELA/SS members should
work together to utilize the NoRedInk
writing assessment/assignment,
utilize the RIT folders earlier in the
year for small group instruction,
Achieve3000 teacher assigned article
needs to be more standard based,
focus mini lessons on grammar skills We would like to work on the goals
before having students "practice" on
NoRedInk.
We are excited to have a new
member on our team this year. We
are hoping for a smooth transition for
her and the collaborative team. This
year we want to focus more on
creating engaging activities rather
than focusing on creating the lesson
plan itself. We would also like to
incorporate more hands-on and group
activities. This year we want to
incorporate digital content through our We would like to work on the goals
warm-up assessments using
Socrative.
- analyzing data to group kids and
target their weaknesses
- implementing use of the RIT band
lessons earlier in the year
Goals: What can ICs do?
Ensure us the first 50
minutes of planning for
collaboration before
We would like to work on the goals introducing any new
we set for our team at the end of information from
the 2015-2016 school year. administration.
Continue to help provide
resources for teachers with
small group instruction and
test taking strategies. Make
sure that we are on pace
with the curriculum. Building
bridges between grade
levels and what's working
we set for our team at the end of well for the 6th and 8th
the 2015-2016 school year. grade ELA teams.
We would like for the
instructional coaches to
actively participate with the
flow of our planning. We
struggle with interruptions
because it makes us lose
our train of thought. Since
we like to be organized we
we set for our team at the end of appreciate outlines and due
the 2015-2016 school year. dates ahead of time.
- help us develop quicker
We would like to work on the goals methods of analyzing data
we set for our team at the end of to group students and
the 2015-2016 school year. target specific skills

8th
Grade 8:30 start time
Scienc Be prepared with materials
e Follow FMS norms
Stay on task, contribute
ideas, productive and
6th meaningful, improving upon
Grade already great resources but
Math not recreating the wheel.
8th
Grade come prepared/ split up
SS work/ listen to each other
On time, prepared, positive
7th attitude, time efficient,
Grade flexible, supportive, and
SS consistent.
Be on time
Leave distraction out of
planning
Be nice to one another
Listen to each others ideas
Leave your ego at the door
Trust in one another
7th
Be worthy of said trust
Grade Stay on task
Scienc Most importantly bring your
e sense of humor!
Create lesson plans, share
resources and ideas,
brainstorm, develop
6th assessments, discuss
Grade various engagement
SS strategies
Virtual collaboration utilizing
Google Classroom.
SLO collaboration & creation of
assessments.
PASS testing was successful and
matched our predictions.
We utilized individualized
instruction through teacher-lead
small groups and independent
technology stations that focused
on pulling students for either
remediation or extension. We
used data from MAP to
differentiate instruction according
to RIT bands to focus on areas of
improvement. We also extended
their individual abilities and
strengths through Khan Academy,
ALEKS, and small group
instruction.
whole group review/ accelerated
and exemplary/ using iTunes U
Followed standards and pacing
guides. We were pleased with our Create more meaningful engagement we set for our team at the end of collaboration meeting as
scores. in first quarter standards.
In looking at the data students did
well in human body, ecology and
chemistry.
We were really able to reach our
low kids last year. The 6th grade
SS had the fewest number of NOT
MET kids in any discipline in the
school. The 7th and 8th grade SS
had a 60% EXEMPLARY rate
reaching their school wide goal.
Decrease the percentage of Not Met
students from 17% to 10% or less.
As a group, we would like to use our
Monday collaboration time to not only
create the lesson plan for the week,
but to focus on creating a project that
we can all use within the unit (1 per
grading period). We also want to
utilize this time to create USA Test
Prep weekly quizzes, and to share
rotation strategies or group activities
such as the Scholastic Magazine idea
Brenda discussed with Mrs. Pilkey
and create more real-world
connections and literacy to math.
ESOL and Sped scores/
differentiation
We would like to work on the goals Apps, etc. within our
the 2015-2016 school year.
We will improve in the areas of cells
and the science and engineering
practices..
We are very happy with our whole
collaboration team's efforts and
achievements. We plan on continuing
to use what we know works best for
us and focus on our individual
X-Factors. We plan on using the new
Classroom visits with
feedback.
Helping keep us on task
during planning.
We would like to work on the goals Introduce any new or
we set for our team at the end of important information at the
the 2015-2016 school year. beginning of planning.
Share new current
resources for our
collaboration piece with the
unit projections and
creation activities. Don't just
show us a new program,
work with us to create
technology-based learning
We would like to work on the goals activities that we can
we set for our team at the end of implement in our
the 2015-2016 school year. classrooms.
We would like to work on the goals
we set for our team at the end of Support decisions/ not
the 2015-2016 school year. overwhelm with new stuff
In-house training for Verso,
Google Earth, Google
needed.
Develop new short guides
We would like to work on the goals for gizmos practicing the
we set for our team at the end of science and engineering
the 2015-2016 school year. practices.
We would like to bring our % of
EXEMPLARY kids to 60% and we Continue to support us with
would like to maintain our single new strategies, model
digit % of kids who were NOT Kagan for us, and share
MET. new digital materials
 Overall, the scores were awesome iTunesU resources, tier two word
and we continued our momentum focus, student collaboration
as a department. Collaboration
and iTunesU both were keys to
our success.
We would like to work on the goals
we set for our team at the end of
6th
the 2015-2016 school year.
Grade respect each other, wait to notebooking, technology, scores Add that we would like to have a
Scienc speak, be kind, get work higher than we thought they would scores to get them up to 90%, strong focus on vocabulary be there for us with new
e done be vocabulary, SEPs development ideas
We would love for the
instructional coaches to
On language MAP we were We would like to revisit the curriculum help us analyze our data
Be on time extremely successful on our fall to to take notes and write down and make suggestions for
8th Stay on task spring data. Therefore we will suggestions for the following year. We We would like to work on the goals blended learning/small
Grade No texting continue to implement NoRedInk would also like to incorporate more we set for our team at the end of group strategies based on
ELA Mutual respect for daily grammar practice. test prep within the units. the 2015-2016 school year. this data.
Be available for coaching,
advice, resources, etc. if we
Coming together to find common Continuing to find commonalities in We would like to work on the goals need assistance. Keep
Explor Be respectful. Be on time. ground, despite our different areas such as technology, classroom we set for our team at the end of doing the awesome job
atory Participate actively. subject areas. management, etc. the 2015-2016 school year. you've done so far!