Welcome 200304 School Year

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Welcome!2003-04 School Year

• Day 1 Professional Development
• State Initiatives

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Morning Agenda

• Welcome
• AFT
• Pathogens Update
• Insurance Policy Updates
• Overview of Professional Development for the Year

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New Policies

• Promotion Retention Policies Updated to reflect
  SSI NCLB
• Assessment Policy Updated to reflect SSI NCLB
• Pamphlets for Parents, Students, Teachers
  Principals
• Need to Update Improvement Plans to reflect new
  accountability issues

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Inservice Issues

• Review TAKS Scores and Analyze creating a Needs
  Assessment using TEA PowerPoints
• Build Needs Assessment on the number of Commended
  -- TAKS State Comparisons
• Finish Scope Sequence Curriculum Calendars K-5,
  6-12
• Yearly Expectation Assessments non-negotiables
• Add Yearly Expectations to Curriculum Calendars
  for AYP
• Add District Initiatives to Curriculum Calendars
• Reading, Writing, Questioning, Oral Language,
  Research Skills, Character Education
• Create Benchmark Assessments Classroom
  Accountability
• Beginning 6 Weeks Testing, EOC Exams
• AR STAR, IStation, TDS3, TPRI Online Software
• Identify At-Risk
• Review Special Programs (SOS, STAR, 504, ESL, GT,
  Dyslexia, IDEA, CATE, SP Ed)
• Review Promotion Retention Policies Plan
  Guidelines for Acceleration Methods (Tier 1, Tier
  2, Tier 3)
• Update Improvement Plans
• Create New CATE Technology Plans

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TEA Review

• Planning Accountability -- SSI
• Overview1.ppt
• Overview2.ppt
• Adequate Yearly Progress
• No Child Left Behind
• Chart
• What are Yearly Expectations?
• Non-negotiable

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Scope Sequence

• Where are the holes?
• What needs to be added to each calendar?
• Look at Yearly Expectations
• Look at of Commended on TAKS
• TAKS Analysis AEIS-IT! TDS3.com
• EXPECTATION CHARTS http//www.tds3.com

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Add to Curriculum Calendars

• Scope Sequence Pieces
• Yearly Expectation Pieces
• District Initiatives
• Reading, Writing, Questioning, Oral Language,
  Research Skills
• Project-based Curriculum (w/Technology)
• Character Education

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Create Benchmarks

• Yearly Expectation Test in 2nd week of school
• 6 Weeks Tests
• Teach High ----Test Lower
• Benchmark each Six Weeks Report At-Risk
  Students
• Acceleration Procedures
• Creatively using campus resources and staff
  create Tier 1, 2, 3, interventions

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Review of Special Programs

• SOS
• STAR
• 504
• ESL
• GT
• Dyslexia
• IDEA

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Update Improvement Plans

• Review Improvement Plan Format
• http//www.arp.sprnet.org/default/admin/Admin_Cal/
  Administrator_todo.htm

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Create Over-arching Activities

• Putting It All Together
• Day 1 Objectives (1 hour)
• Information
• Policies
• Procedures
• TAKS and SSI
• Scope Sequence Issues (LA Math) 2 Hours
• Yearly Expectations --Non-negotiables Core
  Subjects (3 hours)

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Day 1

• August 11th -- 830 am Welcome, Insurance,
  Policies, Network, AUP updates, Inservice Issues
  -- Elementary Cafeteria (Lunch on your own)
• 900 am -- Theresa Jones --AFT
• John Merril 930 597-1994 State Farm
• Diann Morris with Colonial Benefits 903-839-2111
• Debbie Stanley -- Aflac 903 -534-8066
• Technology--Lesson Plans Class Server, BESS,
  AUP, NCLB, Character Counts!)

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Day 2 Objectives(Elementary with Mansell)

• Curriculum Calendars
• Insert Non-negotiables (2 hour)
• District Initiatives (4 hours)
• Writing, Reading, Questioning, Speaking, Research
• Character Education

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• Day 2August 12th
• LUNCH PROVIDED BY Arp State BANK
• Elem with Balanced Literacy -- Elementary Campus
• 6-12 Grades Vertical Teaming -- CLASS SERVER --
  Curriculum Calendars Benchmarking
• Writing Initiative, Reading, Math, Science,
  Social Studies, Research, Oral Reporting) -- H.S.
  Cafeteria (HANDOUTS)

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Day 3 Objectives

• Assessment Writing Procedures (1 hour)
• Create Benchmark Assessments (6 hours)
• Beginning Expectations (report to district)
• Every 6 weeks
• EOC (blend with TAKS test)

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• August 13th -- All Faculty
• TAKS Analysis,
• Needs Assessment,
• Sitebase Improvement Plan Update, SSI, NCLB,
  CIPA, COPPA (Elementary Cafeteria)

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Day 4 Objectives

• Lesson Plans Outlook ClassServer

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• August 14th -- Elementary -- LightSpan, TPRI
  (Alpha Lab with Carla McCauley, Lisa Sadler,
  Janet Shuttlesworth)
• I Station-  Representative is coming at 100 pm
  to walk Elementary Campus through I STATION and
  review
• Junior High ---Class Server-- In the Business Ed
  Lab with Facilitators Melissa Freeman Wendy
  Popescu
• High School -- Class Server -- In the Studio with
  Facilitators Debbie Vaughan Joy Rousseau

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Day 5 Objectives

• August 15th -- Comp Day for Language Arts
  Teachers and TARGET Allen Grant Teachers --
• All other teachers work on Benchmarks  Curriculum
  Calendars -- in Classrooms
• CATE Faculty -- in Studio for creating new
  Guidelines and Plan

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Day 6 Objectives

• (AM) Elementary Department Meetings
• (PM) Elementary Gradebook Alpha Lab
• (AM) Secondary Gradebook Business Lab
• (PM) Secondary Department Meetings

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• Day 6--August 18th -- Work on Benchmarking
  Calendars Due for 3 First Six Weeks--
• ALSO DUE --Yearly Expectations Semester
  Test--Due
• Sherri Rossetti (972 672 4418 email
  srossetti_at_lightspan.com) -- EDUTEST for Benchmark
  tests 
• Elementary AM in Alpha Lab
• Junior High in PM in Studio
• High School Work in Rooms on EOC 3 Benchmarks
  -- Due August 22nd

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Day 7 Objectives

• (AM) Grant Technology Updates
• PM In Classrooms
• August 19th -- All Faculty -- Fun with Zires
  Workshop in Elementary Cafeteria -- 900 -- 1000
  am
• Pick ONE -- Small Workshops (Email, PowerPoint,
  Word, Networking, Excel, MS Producer, FrontPage,
  Class Server) -- 1030 to 1200 am  GO TO
  http//www.arp.sprnet.org/default/District/calenda
  r/Workshops.htm  to SIGN UP
• PM -- All faculty work in rooms.