Elementary Coordinator’s Report February 10, 2014

Early Dismissal Program  February-46 students signed up  Facilitated by staff members  Supervised by secondary students  Positive feedback!  March date-March Blowout  Will work with House Memorial Library for this date  April date-Bowling  May-end of year!

PPS & WSC  Student Teacher Update  Fitting in well  Assisting with programs  Attending SAT, RTI and staff meetings  Practicum Students Update  Special Education  5 th Grade  Science  6 th Grade

Title One Night  Parent Survey is ready!  Distributed to parents the week of Feb. 10 and will be available at parent-teacher conferences  Results will assist in tailoring information shared at session  Tentative date-Tuesday, March 18 from 6:30-7:30

Spring PLC’s

Science Curriculum Adoption  Committee members assembled  Classroom teachers, administration and ESU #1 facilitator  Standards Alignment-Alignment of standards and curriculum guide.  School Needs. What is needed most in terms of curriculum and science education? Which product offers the best available science program with the resources the school has available aka-compatibility with Macs, etc.  Teacher Friendly. If teachers are comfortable with the materials and new curriculum, the students benefit greatly.  Support. Does the selected curriculum/company offer PD for teachers or any means of support?

Practice for our students  IXL  Skills are aligned to the Nebraska Academic Standards and the Nebraska Early Learning Guidelines; preparation for the Nebraska State Accountability tests.  Practice problems specifically tailored to each required standard.  Students think it is fun!  At-home program available!  IXL tracks student progress and displays proficiency scores in the state standards reports.  C4L  C4L is designed to allow teachers to create assessments for students. These assessments are built from a warehouse of test items, which are aligned to Nebraska standards.  Elementary computer lab is equipped for C4L use.

Testing Windows  ELDA - English Language Development Assessment Window: February 10-March 21, 2014  2014 NeSA Reading-Math-Science Window: March 24-May 2, 2014  MAPS  March 17 and March 24

Staff Training  Student Assistance Team & Multi-Tiered Systems of Support Training  ESU #1-Feb. 11  SAT Coordinator & Reading Interventionist  Support for SAT & RTI  C4L Training-Feb. 19  Small group training sessions for teachers  Para Educator Conference  Annual conference on Feb. 17 in Kearney, NE

Calendar Items  Pender Elementary Spelling Bee  Grades 2 & 3-Feb. 11  Grades 4, 5 and 6-Feb. 12  Thurston County Spelling Bee-Feb. 18 at 12:30  Parent-Teacher Conferences-Feb. 19  3:00-9:00  Pendragon Pride Assembly-Feb. 28 at 2:45  3 rd Quarter Winners  Title One Night-March 18 at 6:30 (tentative date)  Kindergarten Round-Up-April 24  2 sessions

AdvancED Team  North Bend External Visit Team  February  Online training on observation tool  Great opportunity!