School Board Meeting September 13, 2012 ElementaryMiddle Wendy Hymons - History Susan Rawls -...

Suffolk Public Schools’

Lead TeachersSchool Board Meeting

September 13, 2012

Lead Teachers Elementary Middle

Wendy Hymons - History Susan Rawls - English Julie Moyer - Science Gwendolyn Best - Math

Katrina Cary English and History Julie Byrd

Math and Science

Ashley Alston - Math and Science Lisa Brooks - English and History

High

Instructional Support

Areas Descriptions

T.A.R.G.E.T.

(Teachers Aiming for Rewarding Goals and Effective

Techniques)

• Support for new teachers• Meet twice a month, specific topics or individual assistance• Provide feedback and follow-ups, classroom visits• Support classroom management, technology, testing, parent/teacher conferences, special education, and student engagement


Areas Descriptions

Professional Development/ Meetings

• Stakeholder Training - Curriculum and instructional training for staff: general education teachers, special education teachers, para-professionals - Early Start and Title I workshops (parents and teachers) - Content specific mathematics workshops - Curriculum review workshops and curriculum overviews - PTA presentations and kindergarten kickoff - Phonological Awareness Literacy Screening (PALS)


Areas Descriptions

Professional Development/ Meetings

• Stakeholder Training - School-University Research Network (SURN) literacy study group - Division-wide staff development days - Professional Development Academies (PDAs)

• Meetings - Steering Committee and Academic Coaches meetings - City-wide content/subject/grade level meetings - Principal/assistant principal, faculty, vertical cluster meetings - VDOE content review representatives


Areas Descriptions

ClassroomSupport

• Model lessons, observe and provide feedback

• Participate in individual and grade level planning

• Provide classroom management strategies

• Provide resources (parent/teacher resource guides,

curriculum reference guides, etc.)

• Provide building level support during opening and

closing of schools, testing, summer school, etc.

• Facilitate peer observations


Areas Descriptions

School Improveme

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• School Improvement Support

• Representation on Leadership and Data Team

• Conduct Classroom Observations

• Participate in the interview process for School

Improvement (Academic Review)

• Support Instructional Strategies

• Provide Support as it relates to: curriculum

alignment, use of time and school scheduling,

systems

and processes, school improvement planning, school

culture, professional development, instructional

methods or model programs, use of data for making

decisions


Curriculum & Instruction

Areas Descriptions

Curriculum Writing

• Participate on Virginia Department of Education committees (Standard Setting Item and Test Review, VGLA Range Finding, VMAST Item Support Review)

• Organize and provide goals for summer/ implementation committees

• Develop writing prompts and rubrics, monitor and provide feedback on writing folders

• Provide curriculum/resource alignment documents (embedded in the locally developed scope and sequences for grades 6 through 12 and included as a separate resource for elementary for K-5 science and social studies)


Areas Descriptions

Document Library in SOFA (resources for teachers and administrators)

• Develop and/or compile and post curriculum resources such as: - local pacing guides - curriculum frameworks - content vocabulary - math formula sheets - writing resources (prompts, rubrics, etc.) - Instructional Support Request forms - local and state testing blueprints - sample lessons and activities - suggested reading lists - website resources

https://sofa.spsk12.net/departments/doclib_ms.asp







Areas Descriptions

STAR (resources for teachers, parents, and students)

• Create and Distribute

- Content Review Notes

- Curriculum Reference Guides for

Parents

- Power Point presentations

- Lessons and activities

- Links to web-based games

- Web quests

- “Quizlet” vocabulary review

program,

etc.

http://star.spsk12.net/




Areas Descriptions

Odyssey/Compass Learning

• Provide support and training for Odyssey/Compass Learning (an instructional supplement for grades 6 through 12).

https://odyssey.spsk12.net/clologin.aspx





Areas Descriptions

Curriculum Management through GradeSpeed (resources for teachers and administrators)

• Develop and post

- Look-a-like practice items

- Best-practice lessons

- Committee meeting minutes

- Archived professional development

documents

- Simulated Technology Enhanced

Items

- Understanding by Design

instructional units

https://gradespeed.spsk12.net/cm/login.aspx





Areas Descriptions

Curriculum Review Workshops

• Review upcoming standards

• Collaborate on instructional resources and best- practice lessons

• Convey important information from Virginia Department of Education, Tidewater Team for Mathematics, and Math/Science Coalition of Hampton Roads, etc.


Areas Descriptions

Community Partnerships

• Facilitate partnerships with local businesses and industries to provide classroom support, enrichment activities, competitions and projects aligned with the Virginia Standards of Learning such as:

- Daughters of the American Revolution

- Lockheed Martin

- Peanut, Soil and Water Conservation District

- Nansemond County Farm Bureau

- Northrop Grumman

- Riddick’s Folly House Museum

- Chesapeake Bay Foundation


Areas Descriptions

Community Partnerships

- Nansemond Indian Tribal Association

- City of Suffolk Public Library System

- Jefferson Lab

- Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts

- Rule of Law Project

- Suffolk American Legion

- Nansemond River Preservation Alliance, etc.


Data and Assessments

Areas Descriptions

Creating Assessments

• Responsibilities:- Develop questions individually and through curriculum development committees, enter questions into Standards Of Learning Online (SOLO2), edit questions - Ensure that questions have proper SOL alignment

- Develop questions with a high level of rigor

- Build assessments in SOLO2

- Lock assessments for testing

https://solo2.spsk12.net/testbank_default.asp






Areas Descriptions


• Responsibilities:- Provide opportunities for students to assess online at the local level (grades 3-12)

- Analyze released tests and develop look-a-like items

- Revise test development based on the released tests







Areas Descriptions


• Types of Assessments:- Pre-assessments- Post-assessments- Nine weeks and benchmark assessments - Mid-point assessments- A/B quizzes- SOL mock tests- Local end-of-course assessments- Summer school assessments







Areas Descriptions

Data Reflections

• Analyze state and local data to include: - Student Performance by Question reports

- SOL category performance reports - Item analysis - Subgroup analysis - Comparison reports

• Use data to drive professional development,

resources, and future assessment focus


https://arm.spsk12.net/








Areas Descriptions

Data Reflections

• Develop, review, and revise data reflection pages as necessary for teachers and principals

• Assist teachers in performing student and class analysis using data notebooks

• Assist teachers in using the Assessment Results Monitor (ARM) to gather subgroup analysis










Data Analysis of First Nine Weeks Test Top Teacher:___________________________ Insert Item Analysis report/SOL Objective from SOLO Complete the following: Refer to your SOL objective percentages. Which objectives were below 80%? What do you think

attributed to this? Complete this chart with the information. Areas of Concern:

SOL Question Description Specific testing vocabulary, concepts, or skills students seem to misunderstand

Look at your parent reports. List any students who have not achieved mastery on tested

objectives. Determine a timeframe for retesting (based on blueprint) and a plan for remediation. SOL Students Timeframe for

retesting Remediation

Areas Descriptions

Academic Review

Academic Review – (fall):• Conduct observations of teachers and building programs; review lesson plans and data notebooks; conduct student interviews; identify indicators for improvement based on observations and assign schools’ essential actions necessary for improvement

• All lead teachers must participate in an academic review at a different level (i.e. a high school lead teacher participates in all secondary level academic reviews as well as one elementary academic review and vice versa)


Areas Descriptions

Academic Review

Academic Review Follow-Up (winter/spring):• Participate in mid-year school improvement plan meetings with principals

• Conduct observations of teachers and building programs; review lesson plans and data notebooks; review evidence provided by schools; evaluate progress made on essential actions and provide a rating of progress in the form of rubric reviews


Creating Local Benchmark Assessments Creating and revising curricular documents Mentoring and training new teachers Attending meetings (building administrators

and classroom teachers, data teams and school leadership teams)

Modeling best practices

End of Year Report/Task Form

Conducting in-services Providing instructional resources for

students, parents and teachers Participating in professional development

sessions Other activities and support services

End of Year Report/Task Form

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