3/08/2019

The Love of Learning

Having fun learning math, gaining confidence in their math skills, learning strategies about how to support their own learning in math

















Hip hip hooray for the love of reading!












"Stick with the people who pull the magic out of you and not the madness" - unknown


Through our individual and collective hard work, we can ensure every student makes one year's gain or more.  What a magical day!


Here is how we are progressing so far





District-wide Local Reading Results 2018-19 at MidYear
                                                                   using Renaissance




A greater % of students grew over one year and higher % of kids reached grade level or above compared to the 2017-18 school year.




Here is an example when students can answer the three questions at a high caliber level and are on track to make one year's gain or more





A synthesis of the student interviews and teacher interviews.

             Focus group teachers’ synthesis:

1.)    Most excited about or proud of so far this year. “My students are learning. Their understanding is sticking.
“Today, I persevered and even when kids resisted, I said we are going to learn today. There was evidence of this learning at the end of the year”.
“Every one of my students has their own book from scholastic to read”.
“A portion of my students are making significant gains in their reading”.

2.)  Knowing One’s Impact. Teachers could describe their impact. Teachers could describe where their students were academically. Example. Teachers identified strategies where students responses.
3.) The four fundamental strategies: Student-teacher relations, clarity, formative assessment, and effective feedback. Teachers were aware of these fundamental strategies as the focus of the school district. Each teacher evaluated themselves as a component in these areas. And each teacher provided some evidence around this level of componence.
4.)  Other strategies that work with your students? “A clear and consistent daily routine. Celebrating students’ progress. Setting individual goals with students and monitoring progress with students”.
5.)  Describe a good learner. I did not ask this time around. I will ask in the future.
6.) Describe a good instructor. I did not ask this time around. I will like to ask in the future.

Focus group student synthesis:
             
1.)        Most excited about or proud of so far this year? 
"Involvement in extracurricular activities".
 "Passing my college courses".
 "Doing better in school than last year".
       
2.)        What are you most excited about or proud of this school year?
Doing better than last year.
Doing well in my college courses.
Enjoy my internship
  
3.)        Adults, do that support your learning? 
      "Care about me……excited by the subject……….can tell they are there for us –more than a job. Explain the information in a way that I understand. Show me examples. Let us practice. Walk around and answer my questions one on one. Talks to other teachers about how to teach the subject in a way we can understand. The doors are open for extra assistance."
     
     3.) Do to advance your own learning?
Ask……..think, skip the difficult problems and return to them later,
Read and re-read, t
Reflect and then try to figure it out a different way.
Ask three people first
Draw and think
Take notes and then re-write my notes

    4.)    What makes a good learner?  did not ask this time around. I will like to ask in the future.
    5.)    What makes a good instructor?  did not ask this time around. I will like to ask in the future.


These different evidence points allow Konocti to track progress and impact in the areas of learning and well-being as we strive to ensure 1+ for every student.





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