The Superintendent's Newsletter
Current Trends, Topics and Take Aways
Keeping You Up to Date!
This monthly newsletter is especially designed as a companion to our Superintendent Curriculum Committee of the Whole Meeting with powerpoints, videos, articles and discussions activies that you could use with your administrative staff, community or Board of Education.
County-wide Points of Pride
This wordle represents the initatives, programs, results and areas that were points of pride!
County-wide Initiatives
This wordle represents the major district initiatives across the county.
County-wide Needs
This wordle represents that major supports needed by the office of education and learning to their district.
Trending at the Principal and Curriculum Meetings
Student Engagement*On-line Classes*MTSS*Grading*Data/Student Growth*Culture
VAM and Student Growth
What does Value Added Mean? The power point link helps to explain the value added model in comparison with a student growth model.
District-wide Concerns
This wordle illustrates the most pressing district concerns as it relates to curriculum, instruction and assessment.
ACT-Aspire Information
Click on the link here to access the power point that was shown at the meeting.
Pricing deadline is December if you are interested.
Common Core/Smarter Balanced Update--What's Next?
Reminder: The resolution that passed earlier this month stated that:
- The State Board of Education and MDE issue a full report by December 1st on all available assessments; how the assessments would be used and the costs for the local districts
- MDE will put out an RFP for an assessment that aligns with the Michigan College and Career Readiness Standards
- The assessment must be able to be implemented for grades 3-11 by September 1, 2014
- Legislature will evaluate all assessment options in the FY 2014-2015 school aid budget based on the RFP
- MDE can continue to participate in the development of assessment options and recommendations only.
Hey! We are listening.....
Did you know that we had over 55 after school participants in our latest webinar-based book study on the book, Turning High Poverty Schools into High Performing School by Parrett and Budge? Your staff took time "after school" to learn more about common effective practices that can result in big gains for high poverty schools.
myschooldata is coming in January!
The Center for Educational Performance and Information (CEPI) is pleased to announce the following new and updated reports are available for at www.mischooldata.org. Dr. David Treder will provide training on mischooldata.org during our Superintendent's Curriculum Committee of the Whole in January!
Our beautiful Winter Professional Development Edition is ready for your staff!
Grab a cup of coffee or hot cocoa and read through our ways to improve teaching and learning in your district.
Event Information
Rick Wormeli
Rick Wormeli continues the discussion on effective grading practices focusing on retakes and redos along with addressing other challenges.
When?
Monday, May 19, 2014, 08:30 AM
Where?