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Welcome
Use two stickers. Place them
on the 2 areas with which you
are most familiar.
Today’s Agenda
Why CI?
Ground Rules and Mission Statements
SMART Goals
Discussion
Data Folders
Data Centers
Classroom Meetings
Discussion/Questions
Why CI?
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From a teacher’s perspective
There are no “secrets”
from the kids. They
know exactly what the
goals are and how they
are doing toward
reaching the goals.
–Mrs. Workheiser
From students’ perspectives
We see how eich week we git beter.
-Kassidy
It makes are clasroom a Beter plaes and
smratr. –Addie
And most of all:
So that we can lrean.
-Annonymous
Ground Rules
and
Mission Statement
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Creating Expectations
Establish with all students participating
Student ownership of the process and the
outcome
What is a “Quality Kid”?
Students decide what should be expected
of them.
What is a “Quality Teacher”?
Students decide what should be expected
of the teacher.
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Creating Ground Rules
Students either write ideas on post-it or
can give ideas orally while teacher records
Teacher puts similar ideas into an affinity
diagram
Can use nominal group technique to
narrow list to most important ideas
Creating Ground Rules
Limit to 4-5 rules
Try not to make a “Don’t Do” list
Can have students sign, put a copy in their
data folder
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Mission Statement
Defines the purpose of your class
Directs the focus of your students
Should be easy to recall
Provides motivation to the class
Mission Statement
Answers some of these questions:
Who are we?
What do we do?
Why do we do it?
How do we do it?
Take time to teach each concept
Read and apply daily
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What is a SMART Goal?
SMART Goals are whole class or
individual goals that are:
Specific, Strategic
Measurable
Attainable
Results-oriented
Time-bound
Math SMART Goal
Here are some examples of different
SMART Goals currently used in the
Dunlap School District
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Reading Fluency SMART Goal
100% of students will
improve by 2 words
per week on reading
fluency probes as
evidenced by weekly
charting in student
data folders.
Individualized Spelling Test
SMART Goal
100% of 3U students
will meet their
individual goal for
their spelling tests by
February 11th, 2010.
J5
Social Studies Test SMART
Goal
5B will reach the goal
of 87% class average
on their Social
Studies tests.
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J5 Are these really SMART goals since they aren't time bound?
Jenna, 3/11/2010
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Math SMART Goal
We will improve our
addition and
subtraction skills. We
will know we have
done this by having
an average of 20
correct digits on
January 20th.
Science Test SMART Goal
5B will reach the goal
of a 95% class
average on their
Science tests.
Homework SMART Goal
We will improve our
responsibility by
returning our reading
logs. We will know
we have improved by
having 24 students
return their reading
logs by April 28th.
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IEP SMART Goals
100% of students will
meet all of their
individual education
plan (IEP) goals by
their Annual Reviews
in February 2010.
Math Multiplication SMART
Goal
100% of 3U students
will meet their
individual goal for
their timed
multiplication tests by
February 11th, 2010.
Discussion
Questions
Discussion
How do you see SMART goals fitting into your
classroom?
With a partner, create a SMART goal.
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Data Folders
Data Folders
What are they?
How do I get them started?
What can be included in them?
How often should I update them?
Quality Tools
Student led conferences
An example
Data Center
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What is a data center?
Graphical
representation
Set of well-defined
processes
Demonstrate
progress toward
classroom mission
What is in a data center?
District strategic plan
School improvement goals
Classroom ground rules
Classroom mission statement
Classroom SMART goals
Display of progress toward SMART goals
Other information (customer satisfaction
data, surveys, feedback tool)
Why have a data center?
To help make data driven decisions
To guide the classroom toward
continuous improvement
To use as a tool in class meetings
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Classroom Meeting
Classroom Meeting
Student Led
Focus on Mission
Data Driven
Daily or Weekly
Our Classroom Meeting
Encouragement Circle
Monday – Mission and Ground Rules
Tuesday – Classroom Goals
Wednesday – Plus/Delta Chart
Thursday – Problem Solving
Friday – Character Education
A real classroom
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