Leadership+Minutes+December+12,+2007

Our visit to New York was beneficial. We learned about a program called “Free-Reading Bursts”. [|Free Reading] We plan to implement this program in kindergarten and first grade. In January, a consultant will come and deliver the information to those involved. This program creates the needed activities for students according to the assessment we currently conduct (DIBELS). The pilot is for K and 1 teachers. Ines will handpick certain teachers. Leadership Team (Reading teachers) will conduct the program with the other teachers not selected. This will allow the leadership team to implement the program to become knowledgeable. This program is geared to the low end students. It will be conducted at the same time as our current intervention. What we do now for our low group will be replaced with Reading Bursts in K and 1. This will fulfill our RTI (Response to Intervention). The OPM piece has to be happening on a regular basis (on a schedule). Mclass Math- We met with Doug and he showed us how to look at certain reports that gave us a lot of insight into data history and analysis of student performance. Palms need to be synced and charged on a regular basis (weekly). Eliminate those classes that you don’t assess. This will free up the space on your Palm.
 * __[|Wireless Generation] Training__**
 * Pictures:** View from Wireless Generation in Brooklyn; Papier Mach Dragon in Children's Art Museum; and Keaton, Ines, and Jeanne in Central Park.

__**Tutorial**__ Tutorial vs. Booster Groups. Tutorial will be offered to 3rd-5th grade students with an emphasis on FCAT skills that are lacking with these students. We had $20,000 in our budget for tutorial for the year. We began our first session of tutorial for K-5 students with a PMP, ESE, or ESOL. Again, our focus is shifting to grades 3-5 students now due to budget, teacher recruitment, and priority focus on meeting AYP. Booster group information was given to the leadership team. The plan for grades 3-5 are now our primary focus. Plan and prepare yourself for when we return from break. Have materials ready to begin the first day we return on January 7, 2008.

We logged in under Dr. Schmook to view the current Wiki she created for the leadership team. Dr. Schmook is encouraging us to create our own Wiki for our classroom--check out these examples. Wikis in Education The home page has links to previous leadership meetings, powerpoints, etc… We clicked on Reading Leadership PDF. This is an article for DOE stating what a leadership team is described. You can log in and input information, ask questions, and blog about certain topics. Blogging basically is journaling and typed dialogue between those who take an interest in the topic. More and more information and knowledge is coming from blogs. This is a relatively new (to education) style of communicating. As an educator you can create a Wiki space for free. The root word for Blog is Web Log. The root word for Wiki is Hawaiian for “fast”. Ines will send you a link to be invited as an authorized person to input information into the Wiki. media type="youtube" key="ZmByB0sIPog&rel=1" height="355" width="425" media type="youtube" key="-dnL00TdmLY&rel=1" height="355" width="425"
 * __[|Wiki]__**

We are learning! Keaton
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