Agenda:

Vocabulary

k-12 common threads

Culture
Equality
Democracy
Economic Decisions
Geography
Time
Rules & Laws
Responsibility/Citizenship
InnovationPeople/leadership and society

Common Assesment

Aligning to standards
creating and analizing a database

4 Year department goals

Must be measurable!
two for each year

Academic Goal ONE

create and implement skill/standard based test w/database
we will need work time to "unpack" standards and skills
we will need pd on how to construct exams and databases

year one Objectives

aquire digital scantron machines for each school (three)
create at least one final exam that is skill/standard based k-12
create database k-12
analize findings k-12 at years end

year two Objectives

create and administer midterm and final exam that is skill/standard based k-12
analize findings and trends k-12 at years end
compare our results to those of social studies meap

year three Objectives

create and administer quarterly exams that are skill/standard based k-12
analize findings and trends k-12 at years end
compare our results to those of social studies meap

year four Objectives

continue to refine exams
look at overall trends both school and classwide
set improvemnet goals on specific skills/standards
compare our results to those of social studies meap

Academic Goal TWO

create and implement student portfolios k-12
use portfolios to gauge student abilty and standards deficeiencies
use portfolies to aid in motivation and college acceptance
we will need IT support on best way to handle porfoliesportfolies: blogs, websites, applications?

year one Objectives

decide on uniform portfilo style and requirements
pilot porfolios in transition grades 4th and 8th (and any voluteers teachers)

year two Objectives

use portfolios to help access the abilty level of incoming students
pilot porfolios in grades portfolies portfolies portfolies portfoleos portfolios portfolios portfolios portfolios portfolios portfolios portfolios grades (and any voluteers teachers)
discuss how to roll out to entire school (what worked what didn't in pilots)

year three Objectives

train k-12 staff on keeping portfolios
use portfolios to help access the abilty level of incoming students
k-12 required to keep portfolios with at least four examples of student work/projects
discuss entire school implementation went (what worked/what didn't)

year four Objectives

use portfolios to help access the abilty level of incoming students
increase portfolio requirement to include more porjects/video/audio/websites (specifics to TBD)