MS+Math

= **__MS Math__** = ==All of the necessary forms are found on the "PLC Information and Tools Page" of this Wiki - (see link on the right). Most forms have been updated for the current school year so please use them when completing your work this year. If you need any assistance, let Dr. Cooksley know! Thanks==

__**2014-2015 PLC Information**__
__**Our 2014-2015 PLC Norms/Collective Commitments**__

1.) Start and end on time 2.) Focus on tasks stated on the agenda 3.) Respect each other’s opinions and ideas

__**Our 2014-2015 SMART Goal and Action Plan**__

SMART Goal: 100% of students will earn 70% or better on all Grade Level Benchmarks.

Rationale for choosing goal: We believe that all students can be successful, therefore, we set a goal of 100% of students to earn 70% or better on all Grade Level Benchmarks. Gang, I see this is the same goal your team has had for the past three years. It seems rigorous and appropriate. District Goals Supported: All students being successful. Mastery of Iowa Core Curriculum. Apply critical and higher order thinking skills to make decisions __**Data Wall Analysis**__

__**Agendas**__

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__**Questions for Administration?**__

=__ 2013-2014 PLC Information __=

__**Our 2013-2014 Norms**__

1.) Start and end on time 2.) Focus on tasks stated on the agenda 3.) Respect each other’s opinions and ideas

__**Our 2013-2014 SMART Goal and Action Plan**__

100% of OMS students will achieve at least 70% on their GLB assessments. As always, a rigorous SMART Goal! I also like that your Data Wall is visible to students. How do you monitor individual student progress and needs? (Dr. C)

Nice job, I agree with Dr. Cooksley your goal is rigorous. I like it. My initial question is..."why 70% as we move away from points and percentages and more towards 1-4 scale? I keeping with our established grading codes, what's stopping you form a goal like: 100% of our students will score a 2 or higher on GLB assessments as measured by...? I know a 2 is probably not rigorous enough and a 3 maybe not realistic. Just my thoughts as I read your goal. Keep up the good work. - Andy

__**Data Wall Analysis**__

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__**Minutes**__

__**4/09/14**__

Collect any GLB data available - Maddy and Doud reported GLB data to Mr. Bisher.

Discuss being video taped during PLC meetings - Member(s) are uncomfortable with being video taped during our meeting times.

Volunteer for TAG teacher interviews - Mrs. Pierson or Mrs. Maddy have volunteered to be on the interview committee.

Set up MAP tests (review directions) - MAP test sessions are ready to go.

PBIS survey - We finished the hour completing the survey.

Midterm Grades - Gave a reminder to post midterm grades.

__**4/02/14**__

Tom H. brought a list of students for Team Taught classes next year. Our math team discussed the students

8th grade teachers discussed student data to send to the High School

7th grade teachers discussed possible geometry projects for the upcoming unit

__**3/19/14**__

Survey from Russ Reiter - Everyone completed the survey.

Survey from Hotek - Everyone completed the survey.

Set up date for Common Assessments and Curriculum Map (May) We submitted substitute requests for Friday, May 9 to work on creating common assessments aligned with our new curriculum (Iowa Core).

Sign students up on Google Doc for Friday (William Penn students) - We selected students to receive one on one tutoring time from William Penn students for Friday, March 28.

Discuss data to send to HS about 8th grade students - This was discussed but we will need a little more direction as to whether they are looking for data on individual students or total numbers.

6th Grade Unit 7 Common Assessment - Did not get to this.

Collect any GLB data available - NA

__**03/12/14**__

6th Grade needs to look over/change common assessment for GLB 7

Hand out and discuss new Tools for Improvement Packet - New tools for improvement handout was discussed. The point of direct instruction was brought up and how there is a need for direct instruction at some point.

Collect any new GLB data

Mrs. Jenkinson emailed me and would like any data collected for 8th grade students by early May to discuss in the HS math PLC meetings

We need to set date in May to make new common assessments and begin curriculum maps for new GLBs (full day). Dr. Cooksley approved this request

William Penn students will begin helping math team this Friday. Google doc is set up so we can discuss and record student names

Look through Go Math textbooks

__**02/26/14**__

Collect GLB data - Collected data from Mr. Kaisand.

Discuss 6th grade Math Bee in Ottumwa and possible students - We will take 3 teams of 4 to the Math Bee in Fairfield on April 8th. These are 12 of our top performing students in 6th grade: River Campbell, Aaron Blom, Nick Ingamells, Savannah Cavan, Emmit Boender, Ava Vandewall, Andy Scholes, Austin Adams, Sullivan Tighe, Carson Swim, Jensen DeJong, Charlie Carr.

Look through Go Math textbooks - We did not get to this within the hour.

Amanda Hoffman presentation - 20 Wm Penn students will join us on Fridays for five weeks starting March 14 to tutor struggling students with math. Mrs. Hoffman is creating google doc that will allow the MS teachers to sign up tutors for specific students or to help in the classroom.

__**02/19/14**__

Collect and/or Discuss GLB data - 7th grade teachers had a discussion about grading each GLB based off of a percentage rather than using points. With current practice some GLBs are weighted more than others because their are more points possible. Discuss/Research Projects for Upcoming Units *7th grade--Bean Project, Fraction-%-Decimal Project - Bisher and Pierson presented and compared their bean project. The project is focus on creating proportions. Common Assessments for 2014/2015 *Should we contact Cooksley and see if this is still available? - During the fall the Math Department aligned curriculum to the Iowa Core. We discussed the possibility of having a day set aside in the spring to create new common assessments. This possibility was discussed with Mr. Hotek and he mentioned coming in one day during the summer to work on this and being compensated for our time. This is an option but thre is no guarantee that every teacher could make it during the summer. We plan to email Cooksley for more direction with this issue. Important Dates *Iowa Assessments - April 11 - 12. *MAP tests - Between April 7 and April 24. *Spring Screener - Week of April 28 to May 9 is the time period in which the screener can be taken. Brief discussion on RTI data (Steve) Discussion on using Kahn Academy over the Go Math program. Kahn Academy pros - linked to the Iowa Core, videos, can't pass until a concept is mastered, impossible to cheat. Go Math cons - no videos, students have found ways to cheat due to repeated questions on retake tests, students are very bored with Go Math. Curriculum Map - We did not reach this point. *will we all finish by end of the year? *if not what is most important? 4:00--RTI meeting with Mr. Hotek concerning 4th period next week 4:20--Parent meeting for Bisher/Buchanan

__**02/12/14**__

Collect any GLB data available //*Math team members shared updated GLB data// Any project(s) for upcoming unit(s)? //*Casey Bisher shared a project he will use with 7th graders converting fractions, decimals, and percents// Discuss Wormeli Conference & notes //*Casey Bisher shared notes from the Rick Wormeli conference he attended the week before. The main focus of discussion was a chart that will be used after common assessments that will help with item analysis (chart)// Talk about retake option for 3rd Trimester or next year (idea from conference)

__**02/05/14**__

Snow Day. No School. No PLC meetings

__**01/29/14**__

Researched possible projects for upcoming math units

__**01/22/14**__

One hour of PLC time. Worked on planning projects for upcoming math units

__**01/15/14**__

Technology Day. No PLC meeting

__**01/08/14**__

Winter test was given to all MS students. PLC time was used to check tests__**.**__

__**01/01/14**__

No School

__**12/25/13**__

No School

__**12/04/13**__

Collected GLB data (1s, 2s, 3s, and 4s) --- How did that data look? Any surprises? How does that data align with the Aimsweb data? (Dr. C)

Made common assessments for 6th Grade Unit 4

__**11/20/13**__

Lynn Selking from the AEA joined with us today. She presented on two main resources: Iowa Moodle and a Relational use of equal sign intervention kit.

The Iowa Moodle is a statewide Moodle resource available for free to all teachers. Lynn created Moodle coursework for Ratio and Proportional Reasoning. The work is focused around areas of misconception and addresses those areas. There are a number lesson plans already prepared and ready for use within this resource.

The relational use of equal sign intervention kit is used as an indicator of mathematical equality. The level of rigor within each students intervention is based on their operational skill level. This kit is full of activities and ideas to help support the interventions being used.

__**11/13/13**__

2:30 - We analyzed RTI data. A list was created of students who might be to advanced for the 4th period intervention and students who are not benefiting from the intervention.

3:00 - We spent the remainder of the hour searching for PBL tasks and discussing the work completion grading scale for report cards.

__**11/6/13**__

We completed our PowerPoint that we will present to the school board on November 12th.

__**10/30/13**__

We started preparing our PowerPoint to present out to the school board on November 12. We will finish this project at our next PLC meeting.

__**10/23/13**__

2:40 - 3:00 Discussed the email from Dr. Cooksley about our math PLC presenting at the November board meeting.

3:00 - 3:30 Marian Raum joined our PLC and presented some possible problem solving / enrichment resources that she got from the AEA. The resources are books based on specific topics that incorporate real world problems. For example, "The History of the Maya Using Computational Skills in Problem Solving."

__**9/11/13**__


 * We discussed collecting GLB data on the first Wednesday of each month. We plan to create an Excel spread sheet in order to organize our data by grade level. This data will be shared at the PLC facilitator meetings.


 * Go Math will be the resource used to teach the 3rd – 6th level of RTI math students. We do not currently have a resource for the 7th grade level students. It was brought up that E2020 has a computer-based program for the 7th grade level that is aligned to the Iowa Core. This will need to be further discussed with administration if it is a path that the RTI teachers would like to pursue.

What were you able to find out about the Defined STEM program? I understand that this program has complete curriculum and ready-made lesson plans and activities available. Did any of the activities and/or lessons on the website stand out to you which you would like to implement? A good contact regarding Defined STEM would be Kris Kilibarda. Until this past year, she served on the Governor's STEM Council, but is now the dean/professor of education at Central College. Let me know if you need me to contact her for you-M. Scholes
 * We spent the rest of the hour discussing possible projects for our math classrooms. We searched problem-based projects on definedstem.com website. This was a resource that Marian brought to our attention. She was introduced to it at a conference last summer.


 * 9/04/13**

The list of middle school students in need of intervention based on the AimsWEB testing was discussed. From this list of students preparations for retesting the students were made. We printed and labeled tests for each grade level. An email was sent out to each enrichment teacher informing them of students that will be pulled from class to retest on Thursday.


 * 8/28/13**

2:45 – Start Mtg.

We discussed the group norms and assignments for this year. This is what we came up with.

Group norms:
 * 1) Be respectful.
 * 2) Be responsible.
 * 3) Make decisions based on the best interest of the students.

Group assignments: PLC facilitator – Mr. Bisher Note Taker – Mr. Doud On task monitor – Mrs. Pierson

3:00 – Smart Goal and Action Plan discussion

After looking over our Smart Goal and Action Plan from the previous year we agreed to keep the goal the same as it is was. We went on to discuss how we would look at our data wall information from last year to help improve our lesson planning this year.

Data Wall discussion – We have data walls ready to go in each of our classrooms.

3:15 – Began work with our Individual Learning Plan

__**//Archived Information from 2012-2013//**__

=__2012-2013 PLC Information __=

__**Minutes - Please label your minutes by date so they are easy to locate**__


===First of all - YEAH, your minutes are here!!!! ;-) Active Expresssions - I talked to Shari and she thought Steve has a set.. and there is another set in the building you might borrow (Abby P has them). We need to think about how we might find dollars to purchase them! I like the ideas you had for intervention ideas you brainstormed! Certainly helps students in the long run !!!! (Dr. C)===

Mary - The Math Department should have money to spend on the Active Expressions. We have about $2500 that we raised from the magazine sales a couple years back. Funding shouldn't be a problem. We just need to shop around to find the best deal we can.

Interested in what your data showed.. I should come down and look at your targets!!! (Dr. C)



__**Supporting Documents**__
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__**Norm/Collaborative Commitment Recording Sheet**__



__**SMART Goal/Action Plan forms**__ (You may choose which one to use)]

__**SMART Goal Analysis Sheet**__ (To be used in the Spring)

__**Data Analysis Tools**__ (you may choose whichever format works best for your team to display the information - one suggestion is attached)

__**Minutes/Review of Data Analysis Form**__ (you must address the following questions in your minutes)

=__**Agendas for PLC Collaboration (Add and date agendas here)**__=

=__**Minutes from PLC Collaboration (Add and date Minutes here)**__= Did I tell you how impressed i am with your targets to measure your SMART Goal? What a great motivator for students and helpful for students to understand what the learning targets are!!! I suggested to Paige that you might also laminate your GLB's/Learning Targets and display them by the target as you are teaching that "unit". - Mar y-

Thanks for letting me focus on the MS Math PLC in the newsletter - keep up the fantastic work everyone!!!

Keep talking it out (1-4) - look at the expanded meaning and guiding questions -- be careful with the 4 - don't provide too much extra credit - doing more doesn't mean they have a deeper understanding of the material! (Mary)