November 1, 2014

November 1, 2014

Attendees: Becki Galli, Valerie Dominski, Sara Holt, Kristyn Zimmerman, Tatum Frederick, Clare Harrington, Susie Robbins

Agenda:

• Professional Development - feedback.  Both Wednesdays
• Posters - anchor chart-like. Poster Board size, sound check size with examples. Kid Friendly. Find Common Language. Ask kids "what does this look." Math Practices #1.
• Videos in a morning meeting, lining up, "seeing it in action."  MODEL how it is used.
• Suggestions on how to put it in their day
• Connections to literacy, science, accountable talk, etc
• "Templates and tips" - real examples
• Team Meetings - good time to talk math in an informal way. Met the needs of our team (grade 3). K-created a math resource on Math journal writing. Grade 2 - IPP discussion,  
• SBAC
• Flipbooks
• share the Critical Areas
• NCTM/NCSM update
• Curriculum program committee
• update
• criteria for piloting.  What does piloting teacher need to commit to you?
• Change Mentor meetings to Tuesdays?  K-5?
• Interventions update. 
• We will be meeting on Monday, 11/23 or Tuesday 11/24 to discuss next round of interventions. Clare will get intervention goals to you for your perusal by the end of the week.

Next Meeting: Monday, Dec. 1, 2014.  SBAC testing (Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium)

September 8, 2014

September 8, 2014

Attendees: Sara Holt, Valerie Dominski, Tatum Frederick, Kristyn Zimmerman, Susie Robbins, Rebecca Galli, Clare Harrington

Agenda:

• Math closet
• Curriculum Night Materials
• website links for parents
• www.harringtonmath.com link
• EOY skills for each grade level
• www.HarringtonMath.com
• Math Fact data
• Shared Folders
• remember to date each item
• RTI - Susie will add here.
• dates
• Jump Start program (3rd grade)
• October 6 - interventions begin
• September 24 - data due
• Questions for the future: 
• do we continue baseline?
• math facts
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June 9, 2014

June 9, 2014

Attendees: Phyllis Jones, Rebecca Galli, Valerie Dominski, Sara Holt, Clare Harrington, Susie Robbins

Agenda:

• next year - calendar dates meetings, PD times, did Mondays work for meetings? (Tuesdays not good-hard to get coverage)
• summer math plans
• K- units 1 and 2. better alignment, improved homework opportunities and improved assessing opportunities.
• Grade 1 - look at units 1-3, alignment, looking ahead
• Grade 2 - smooth transition from grade 1 to 2.  Think through changes to 75 minute blocks, do less but deeper, vocabulary, q-r codes for alternate homeworks, illustrative math, include ten frames/twenty frames
• Grade 3 - rewrite pre- and post-assessments. Units 1 and 2. 
• end of year data. Data throughout the year? 
• beginning of year - will have spreadsheets from EOY, do we need to do baseline? Would a midyear and EOY be enough. 
• does everyone do pre- and post for every unit.  Does post give enough info for RTI info?
• manipulatives - year end order. I'm ordering journals.
• PD planning - what is your gut for each unit, given limited PD time.
• Do we need to commit to flex groups? Or would you like to be responsive. Kathleen's time?
• RTI interventions - what do you think would work?
• k and 3 want morning time

• What do we want to commit to Flexing next year?

April 7, 2014

April 7, 2014

Attendees:
Sara Holt, Rebecca Galli, Valerie Dominski, Beth Cory, Phyllis Jones, Clare Harrington, Susie Robbins

End of year assessment folders?

• K-2 Karen sends a list
• end of year TC
• end of year baseline
• end of year DSI
• snap word writing and reading
• writing prompts/samples?
• end of year fact assessments
• Don't remove year-to-year?
• math intervention forms?
• Do supported math flex kids need rti form?
• RTI forms- drop down, checklist, by unit? What about waitlist kids
• Teresa- we need to make sure I get info about all kids who get a.m. interventions.
• K- beginning of year assessment- should it have fact knowledge to 5, 10?
• Pull all data for teachers to begin the year with.

April 30 - Professional Development

• ahead of time
• Make sure people have QR code in advance (if you have an old one, you need to download the app)  
• Flipbook per grade level

May 15 - K-5 Math Mentor Day

• Goals for next year, summer work too?
• belief statements
• goals
• role of math mentor?

Summer work:

• summer professional learning grant - April 28
• building based PD money
• email to Wilson/NYMS news, poll people who would come so in grant "initial interest says . . ." 
• first few units to look at with summer work. 

Thoughts:

• how do you plan more consistently?
• summer work to make template and start first few units. Then grant for continued after school work.
• What do we want to commit to Flexing next year?

March 10, 2014

March 10, 2014

Attendees: Sara Holt, Phyllis Jones, Val Dominski, Beth Cory,

Agenda:

• Flex groups
• grade 3 likes it. Scheduling for next year has to be better.  What are a variety of models to deliver services? More for it than against it. Flipped unit 5 and 6 because of the January time.
• Sped ed - really like it. Easier for teacher to differentiate.  Concerns about behaviors being grouped in one place.  
• Support staff used in best way - both regular ed and sped
• Grade 1 - lots of ambivalence. Timing with focus groups is tough, geography, maximum of 2 units, Game day flex was not helpful. Behavior tanked in January.
• Gr 2 - didn't want to flex for unit 6. Will flex for unit 9. Planning to flex for unit 10.  
• Math should not be at the end of the day! With flexing, it adds to the problems. 
• Can we think outside the box for both high and low? 
• Positive self-esteem for all levels.
• Data about how you feel about math each trimester.  Do you notice kids raising their hands more/less?
• Math facts - follow up from PD in February.
• working definition of fact automaticity
• fluency~automaticity?
• Struggling students - what do we do?
• need more time to meet to plan well with ed techs and among team members.
• Atomin 
• training for teachers and ed techs with ten frame and other strategies/games for fact fluency/automaticity?
• Science Talk meeting talks/dates - send a Doodle for new dates.

K-5 Math Mentor Meeting - Feb. 10, 2014

February 10, 2014

Attendees: Beth Cory, Phyllis White, Susie Robbins, Rebecca Galli, Valerie Dominski, Molly White, Sheila Mayberry, Sara Holt, Clare Harrington

Agenda:

• What has been happening around math since our last meeting?
• how are you sharing data?
• would like labsite in math
• share with grade level reps
• how does PD get decided - 
• Clare meets with principals to put time on calendar
• how do we prioritize, when can make a case for math to be prioritized
• be specific, targeted, clear goals
• midyear assessments?
• happy we did them - Reader Digest version, quick temp check
• scoring? yes or no was too strict, also good because it narrowed down where to focus when you looked back.
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• questions, comments, concerns
• Update on K-13 math task force
• math practices
• illustrativemathematics
• Mathematical Practices discussion
• Math practice Look Fors
• Next steps - ran out of time

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