2020-2021 Secondary Literacy Team Agenda
2020-2021 Secondary Literacy Team Agenda
2020-2021 Secondary Literacy Team Agenda
1. Welcome ● Positives
○ Kids are back! Having staff and kids in the hallway has been amazing!
○ Using Google Meet and having breakout rooms (much more difficult than
Zoom) to work with kids. Wanted a mute button today…
○ Almost done gathering the data for ISASP groupings. Two middle schools
are done - the smaller numbers help with that.
○ More students came back face-to-face today - it is nice to see more of our
students getting what they need.
○ Kids are super excited to be back face-to-face after all this time.
● Struggles
○ Hard on classroom teachers to have more than 1 or 2 students coming back
in the middle of a content unit.
○ Students are coming back and not quite ready to get moving. Working on a
system for the catch-up needed for students.
○ West is working to meet with each student for an ISASP goal. It’s hard
because many of our students don’t have scores for two or more years.
Last year was a trial in many ways for ISASP, so it feels like it’s a sad/hard
goal. Hoover felt like Edify was rocky and using ISASP and Edify makes it
feel like the data isn’t the best.
○ Finding the balance of moving with the pace of school and our data along
with meeting the needs of teachers.
○ Survival is the name of this tough year. Are we offering our teachers
enough grace, so that they can offer our students enough grace? Time with
the A/B schedule is making things feel really restrictive.
○ Virtual attendance was good; work completion was not great. Having the
afternoon time to plan and grade was great - allowed us to keep the
students more accountable.
3. Professional Feedback:
Development
Next Steps:
ZOOM Meetings
● Dec. 3rd
● Jan. 21
● Feb. 11
● Mar. 11
● Apr. 8
● May 6
There is concern about going solely with the ISASP rubrics. There is concern that the
Calkins checklists/rubrics will slowly go away if we have one from ISASP that is used
solely.
The ISASP rubrics seem very generalized.
Preference at the MS is to stay with Calkins and look at a crosswalk with the structure of an
ISASP rubric (points 5-4-3-2-1). Criteria goes across while the numbers go down the side.
Merger?
HS--Look at a crosswalk to see what their teams think about their current rubrics vs. the
ISASP rubrics.
HS--Moving the science and social studies to the ISASP rubrics...conversations happening
after the break. The general consensus of this group here is that this would be an easier
process for the content areas.
1. Welcome ● Positives
○ MS assessment calendar is delivered
○ PD went well in MS
■ Literacy appreciated having a focus during their PD
○ Fun writing has been positive - transfer is happening
● Struggles
○ Revolving door of students and playing catch-up - how can this be
supported?
○ Quick turn-around with quarter grades -adjustments?
○ Sacred texts - in middle school and high schools
■ Mentor texts in new curriculum at MS/HS
■ Curriculum for HS has been chosen - steps to get to the board
■ Point person…
■
ZOOM Meetings
● Dec. 3rd
● Jan. 14
● Feb. 11
● Mar. 11
● Apr. 8
● May 6
There is concern about going solely with the ISASP rubrics. There is concern that the
Calkins checklists/rubrics will slowly go away if we have one from ISASP that is used
solely.
The ISASP rubrics seem very generalized.
Preference at the MS is to stay with Calkins and look at a crosswalk with the structure of an
ISASP rubric (points 5-4-3-2-1). Criteria goes across while the numbers go down the side.
Merger?
HS--Look at a crosswalk to see what their teams think about their current rubrics vs. the
ISASP rubrics.
HS--Moving the science and social studies to the ISASP rubrics...conversations happening
after the break. The general consensus of this group here is that this would be an easier
process for the content areas.
1. Welcome ● Positives
○ Some teachers are really doing amazing things by looking at our models.
○ Enjoying the smaller class sizes in order to build relationships with kids.
○ My classroom allows for physical distancing to happen.
○ Our students that are with us are doing amazing things - progress bars are
green!
○ Kids are glad to be back with kids!
● Struggles
○ Edify with certain groups
■ ELL
○ HS - Use of Seminar time, differentiated windows
■ Time
○ Feels like we are assessing too much
○ Is the data valuable to us?
○ Does the flow help us help our students?
○ If we do all the assessments on the calendar, getting to curriculum will be
extremely difficult.
■ Kids are treating that day off as time to work.
■
ZOOM Meetings
● Oct. 22
● Nov. 19
● Dec. 17
● Jan. 14
● Feb. 11
● Mar. 11
● Apr. 8
● May 6
There is concern about going solely with the ISASP rubrics. There is concern that the
Calkins checklists/rubrics will slowly go away if we have one from ISASP that is used
solely.
The ISASP rubrics seem very generalized.
Preference at the MS is to stay with Calkins and look at a crosswalk with the structure of an
ISASP rubric (points 5-4-3-2-1). Criteria goes across while the numbers go down the side.
Merger?
HS--Look at a crosswalk to see what their teams think about their current rubrics vs. the
ISASP rubrics.
HS--Moving the science and social studies to the ISASP rubrics...conversations happening
after the break. The general consensus of this group here is that this would be an easier
process for the content areas.