Buzz Aldrin Elementary School

Ethnic Background at Aldrin

Aldrin Demographics ELL

Spring Proficiency Over Time 11 out of 22 New Classroom Teachers

Student Growth Over Time 11 out of 22 New Classroom Teachers

PLC Then and Now Everyone had been trained in PLCEveryone has been trained in PLC Grade Level Teams had common plan time -Followed core series -Planning as a team was focused on pacing -Did not include support staff Grade level teams have common plan time. -Support Staff (ELL, Coaches, SST) -Planning Common Language -Creating Common Assessments Interventions -Literacy -Grouped only by MAP scores -Retaught what was missed the week before Acceleration-formally Interventions -Math and Literacy -Utilize multiple data points -Aligned to current initial instruction Support staff -Assigned to specific groups of kids -Pull-out Support staff -Assigned to specific teams -Plan Time -Push-in/Co-Teach Data Collection -Analyzed by only the classroom teacher -Utilized reports from NWEA -Reflected 3 times a year Data Collection -Analyzed by whole PLC team -School-wide data collection -Small team data collection -Reflect weekly at Data days with PLC

Planning Aligning the Core to Acceleration PLC Teams plan –Tight: ½ hour for Literacy ½ hour for Math ½ hour for Data Analysis for grouping purposes –Loose: Social Studies, Science and Writing Follow District Core Curriculum

Data Wall – Running Records

Data Wall – Math Common Assessments

Grouping Students for Acceleration Students below the 40 th –1:8 ratio Students 40 th and above –1:12 ratio Kindergarten is 1:6 ratio at most Running Records for reading Common assessments for math and reading Curriculum Aligned Push in model – 2 or 3 teachers per room

Math Acceleration ½ hour a day –5-10 minutes of numeracy development –15-20 minutes of shared math –5 minutes cumulative review 5 days a week

Literacy Acceleration ½ hour a day –5-10 minutes of shared reading –15-20 minutes of guided –5 minutes of writing Students complete a depth of knowledge exit slip Students complete when not in guided Teacher checks-in for the last 5 minutes 5 days a week

District Lesson Planning Template - Literacy

Aldrin’s Lesson Planning Template 3/4 Multigrade

Aldrin’s Lesson Planning Template at Glance Kindergarten

District Lesson Planning Template – Math

Key Take Aways Common Plan time –Time for staff to plan and look at data Common language –Support staff focused on specific grade levels Acceleration –Meeting the needs of ALL students Always changing –Continuous reflection of teacher impact Common vision –Put the needs of children first

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