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During the first few staff development days (Early Release/PLC time) we laid the foundation that is required for the formation of effective collaborative grade level teams. Since then, grade level teams have met to examine student data, select specific areas of improvement, discuss grade level and professional goals, develop common assessments, and/or share strategies and ideas.
Undoubtedly, as we continue to develop a strong collaborative culture at Washington, our students’ academic performance will continue to improve. Thank you for your patience and continued support. Please click on the following links to see the Collaboration Logs.
The formation of collaborative teams has greatly improved our ability to focus everyone's talents and energies on identified areas of improvement. For example, the fourth grade team used their time to determine the reading area/strand with the greatest standard deviation on the MAP assessment which was given to all SK through 5th grade students. After they discussed and identified the area (analyzing informational text), they created four differentiated groups of students based on the students' MAP scores, called a RIT score. They then determined how and when they were going to meet with the groups and what instructional strategies they were going to use with students.
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