Data Day

Nov. 10: 8:30-3:15- 6 hours and 45 mins

Second grade, third grade, the curriculum coach, title I teacher, ESOL teacher, media coordinator, principal, assistant principal, and a math consultant met today for a total data day. We looked at Children's progress scores of our students from the previous year and the beginning of this year for math and reading. We put cards with student information and how they scored up on a chart to be able to compare all the students in second and then all the students in third to see where we needed to make changes and who needed more help in certain areas. We also discussed the ways that we use our data in our classrooms to help us decide on reading and math groups and also how we use the data to determine what we should be teaching. We shared ideas with each other on ways to keep the data that would be easy and work for us.

We also looked at the data that Mrs. Thomas our principal has been keeping on classroom walk throughs since the beginning of the year to see where teachers need to improve in their classrooms. These things included cooperative learning, less worksheets, more handson, student understanding of why they are doing the things they are doing. She has to use a check off list that has been provided by the county to keep up with what teachers have been doing in their rooms.

We also had time to meet with our grade level and plan our reading groups and do some lesson plans for the following week.

After school that day, we had a short staff meeting to discuss doing our best and working hard with the kids.