1-22-13

Where is your PLG right now and what do we think will be next steps

Sophomore 10B Good discussion, positive People had a lot of questions on formatting. What is or isn't acceptable. Should w do another with a template What is a type 1

Group 12B all formats were different due to the diversity of the group One took a regular form to fill out Two did a google docs but it was really beyond a type 1 German used a format but again it is in German so the folks could not really read the samples but the samples were explained.

Freshmen again was very diverse Folks found the interpretations of how to use a type 1 quite interesting. It really did not seem like Type 1 writing is useful in all classes Do not feel they are ready to go to Type 2 as they have too many questions about format and when it does not fit

Seniors Formatting was a huge issue Some found the formatting just did not work for them in that students were too focused on format to write It seemed like people changed Quick Writes to be Type 1 It was nice to see what others were doing but no conversation about the student work

There were concerns and it was difficult to keep the group on track There were many questions about the initiative and where it was all going Concern about doing this when it really does not fit. For example PhysEd with no place to write and Foreign Language questions about what language the writing is to be in Who is going to make the calls about what format is right or wrong and what is or isn't a Type 1 Did not talk about moving to Type 2 but it seems that going forward to Type 2 without reflection over 1 does not make sense

Grade 11 Shared works Talked a little about he format People are assessing these a bit differently Wondered if we should have consistant minimum standards or a template Folks wanted a copy of the book

Kate reported on samples overall Grade 9 - We had nine samples only 3 out of the 9 did not follow Grade 10 - about 5 did not use type Grade 11 - One did not follow Type 1 Grade 12 - 4 out of 10 did not follow the format

Is the the Flashcard Vocabulary in the book a Type 1?

Page 2 in Book defines the Type 1 as: Purpose
 * Timed
 * Evaluated only for meeting the quota
 * Only the student is the audience
 * Not supposed to be collected
 * Check plus or check minus only for quota

Read the Type 1 definition from book and look at samples to discuss

Can we safely share samples that may or may not be wrong? What if we just pull the good examples and share why it is a Type 1 What if we choose samples that make the discussion interesting and brings out the good and bad.

Proposed dates from Admin/PLG/Grade Level Jan 28th - leave this alone Feb 4th - Type 1 Clarification/Reflection Feb 6th - What is a Type 2 Clarification/Purpose/samples Feb 11th - Early Release - Department Work Date: - Share samples of Type 2

And then what?????? Where do we go after this Who really should be doing this? This is something they should do at the Middle School. If the Middle School was doing this then we could do so much more. Why are we doing this initiative? Why is it not happening below us? Especially Type 1 and 2. How will we judge if our kids are doing better? Where will we get the data that shows us what we are doing?

One teacher found that just walking around and checking made a huge difference in the lesson. Everyone was engaged and the teacher was able to see what she needed to teach for the day.

For example what happened with iWalkThroughs? Why didn't we use the data to improve instruction? What happened to that data and why are we not following through with improving instruction based on iWalkThrough?