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Millbrook High School Earth Science Professional Learning Team. Presenting: Steve Wolf and Will King Other Members: Brian Murphy, Wendy Edwards and Bridget Pollard. Smart Goal. Reduce failure rate in all of the Earth Science classes by 50% by the end of the 2010 school year.
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Millbrook High SchoolEarth Science Professional Learning Team Presenting: Steve Wolf and Will King Other Members: Brian Murphy, Wendy Edwards and Bridget Pollard
Smart Goal • Reduce failure rate in all of the Earth Science classes by 50% by the end of the 2010 school year. • Why did we choose this goal? • Aligns with the department Smart Goal • Aligns with Millbrook High School’s Smart Goal • Historically needed
Non-responsive Students Failed Learners Intentional Non-learners Interventions: TIP / Contact parents Lunch Tutorial Remediation National Honor Society Tutors MHS Tutor List Wildcat Academy Tutoring Program Teacher Counselor Referral SST Referral Interventions ZAP Contact Parents Lunch Make ups Teacher Counselor Referral TPSC Conference Mentoring Program
LUNCH TUTORING PRIORITY PASS Tutoring Schedule Earth Science Name _______________ Date ________ Lunch ____ Teacher Sig __________ Report immediately to RM ____
PLT Progress 2008 2009 Developed frequent formative assessments Developed Mid-Quarter Exams Reworded Mid-Term Exam Reworded Final Exam Developed ESL versions Developed Response to Intervention (RTI)and revised Team Intervention Plan (TIP) Developed lunch remediation • Created Team Intervention Plan (TIP) • Created common unit objectives • aligned to NCSCoS • First rewrite of Mid Term and Final Exams • First use of final exam item analysis • Wrote common labs and rubrics
For the Future • Efficient formative assessment analysis tool to identify non-learners • Common hands-on activities and labs with rubrics • More enrichment activities to challenge advanced learners