DATA RETREAT PRINCIPAL

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DATA RETREAT PRINCIPALS MID-YEARREPORT 2009-10

• Vandercook Lake Schools
• Townsend Elementary
• Principal Diane McQuillan
• Subject Area Writing

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GOAL

• We, all teachers at Townsend Elementary
  School, will improve writing skills of all
  students so that 70 show proficiency on the 2010
  Writing MEAP grades 4 and 7, while accelerating
  the performance of students with disabilities so
  that 40 show proficient or advanced levels. 70
  of all students grades 2-5 will average a rubric
  score of 4 or above on a 6 point rubric on the
  County Wide Common Assessment Writing From
  Knowledge and Experience and a 3 or above on a 4
  point rubric on the Student Response to Peer
  Writing. By the 3rd (May) writing on the
  3X/year writing sample assessments K-5, all
  students will average a 4 or above on a 6 point
  rubric.
• What group of students is targeted with this
  goal All Students

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Overview of Townsends Writing Program

• Collins Writing
• E.E.T. (Expanding Expressions Tool)
• Calkins Writing

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Objective 1

• General Education Teachers, in
  collaboration with Teachers of Students with
  Disabilities, will plan implementation of our
  research-based instructional writing best
  practices. As a result, we will close the gap
  between General Ed. and Special Ed. students by
  accelerating MEAP writing scores.

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Evidence of Action

• One Gen. Ed. / Sp. Ed. meeting per marking
  period Analyze writing assessments and discuss
  best practices.
• Co-Teaching Efforts
• Calkins / Collins Writing Programs

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Is It Working?

• Teacher Input
• Increased Communication

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Objective 2

• All Teachers (Reg. and Sp. Ed.) K-12
  will administer and score a prompted writing
  sample in September, January, and May to all
  students K-12. The purpose of this thematic
  prompt is to measure student growth in writing
  and to inform teachers so they may make timely
  instructional decisions.

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Evidence of Action

• Common Theme for the Writing Prompts CHOICES
• K-6 Narrative Prompt
• 7-12 Persuasive Prompt
• September (Pre Assessment) Prompt A
• January (Mid Assessment) Prompt B
• May (Post Assessment) Either A or B

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Evidence of Action (continued)

• Theme Choice
• September
• K-2 If you could choose any pet, what would
  it be and why?
• 3-6 Write about a time you made a choice
  and it turned out well.
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  or
• Write about a time you made a choice
  and it didnt turn out well.
• January
• K-2 Our school chef wants to add a new food
  to our school menu. What would your
• food choice be and why?
• 3-6 Write about a time someone made a
  choice for you and it turned out well.
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  or
• Write about a time someone made a
  choice for you and it didnt turn out well.
• May
• K-2 May write using either the September or
  January prompt.
• 3-6 May write using either the September or
  January prompt.

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Kindergarten Writing Sample
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Second Grade Writing Sample
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Fifth Grade Writing Sample
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Evidence of Action (continued)

• Writing prompts given on Sept. 21-25
• Staff trainings on scoring prompts using the 6
  Trait Writing Rubric
• Writing prompts scored by entire staff
• Kindergarten Rubric
• (ADD K RUBRIC AND 6 TRAIT RUBRIC)
• Scores will be uploaded to Data Director

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Is It Working?

• Creates a building-wide, common initiative
• Data for this school year on writing (no MEAP
  scores)

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Objective 3

• All ELA Teachers (Reg. and Sp. Ed.) K-5
  will teach, using research-based methods of
  writing, a minimum of 45 minutes per day.
  Content area teachers will submit a minimum of
  one piece of writing each week (one Collins Type
  3/month) to give students more practice writing.

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Evidence of Action

• Collins Folder Review
• Principal-initiated Goal for All Teachers
• Regular Teacher Work-days to Prepare Lessons

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Is It Working?

• Folder reviews have indicated increased efforts
  in time/assignments dedicated to writing.

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Additional Initiatives

• Writing Buddies (Grades 1-5)
• Fountas Pinnell Conference
• K-12 Common Planning for Data Retreat
• K-12 Grammar Structure (next slides)

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Grammar Structure Grades 1-11
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Grammar Structure Grades 1-11 continued
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Whats Next?

• Evaluation of Writing Prompts Possible
  intervention strategies
• Changing the Scoring Rubric for Next Year