09/28/18 PLC Minutes

Members Present: Baker, Wise, Vermillion, McCandless (and Integrated: Roberts and Rahmlow)

A. Common Assessment Weds/Thurs next week
   1. Natural Selection unit
   2. Wise has to do pre-assessment for his program first
B. Quiz data review occurred last PLC
C. Next week all planned out already together
D. PTC day working on lessons
E. Gold Day Agenda
   1. Backpack stuff Our Drive Link
   2. Juniors CER- Stickleback can be uploaded into Backpack (take a picture)
   3. Seniors recording for Vermillion for Backpack
      i. Pictures are being taken
      ii. Written reflection is also going in with pictures
   4. Quality Work handout in the Backpack folder on Drive: Click for Backpack Worthy Handout
   5. Kid should choose what folders to put work in, and what work to put in the Backpack.
      i. Projects can go in different folders depending on how the student process went for individual students. (one might say "resilient learner" while another student chose "effective communicator"
      ii. Outside of school opportunities are not required, should not go in Backpack
      iii. Backpack artifacts dropped in a folder, it stays as just ONE document/artifact. It can be in multiple places, if they open it in one place, it edits it in all places.
      iv. Google Drive allows you to recover deleted items within a timely fashion, for errors that occur.
      v. Edit/Revision History can also help students
      vi. If a student deletes an artifact from their drive, it also deletes it in their Backpack
      vii. If a student leaves JCPS, comes back, will their Drive and Backpack still be in existence?
      viii. What happens if a kid bounces between schools, between counties?
      ix. Petition to excuse- Baker (Valley specific)
      x. Help students fit artifacts into where they belong- provide guidance
     xi. Lab Reports are great. Pictures are great. Videos are great. Written Reflections with picture/video are needed.
     xii. Add comments option to give reflection on artifacts is great.
   6. Other agenda items? Google Classroom? What do we want to ask for?
      i. Backpack stuff
      ii. Meeting to communicate everything that is going on. All the initiatives, Parent contacts, sum up everything to get everyone on the same page, expectations and consistency, behavior guidelines, field trips, secondary plans if ISAP is full and admin are out, unanswered referrals, communication and follow-up to referrals, teacher morale
    iii. Department meetings
F. MAP testing
   1. Achieve3000 articles
   2. Using MAP to choose articles
   3. MAP scores give you a RIT score, not lexile. Ms. Roy is looking for a ballpark comparison.
   4. NewsELA- Uses Lexile

9/25/18 PLC Minutes

9/25/18 PLC Minutes
Members Present- Baker, Montgomery, Wise, Vermillion, McCandless

1. Important Science Dept. info email sent by Baker
2. Week plan
    a. Lesson 4- Simulation
    b. Lesson 5- CER- Loberg Lake
    c. Natural Selection quiz- NEXT WEEK
        1. Last year, students struggled with format
        ii. Today we need to edit and update quiz with feedback
    d. Lesson 6- Monday/Tuesday
        i. Finches Argument
        ii. Take at least 90 minutes
    e. Giraffe example- Wise (helps student understand natural selection)
3. Quiz Review
    a. Edit format to match
    b. #5- a NOT question. Struggles occur, but going to teach them to get used to this type of question.
     c. #6
     d. CER editing
     e. CER rubric from last year- review grading criteria for this year using data from last year's results
4. Wise- Data review for Americorps
5. Questions/Concerns/Comments

Next Steps-
PLC in 119 on Friday
Grade posting

09/21/2018 Biology PLC Minutes

Members Present: Baker, Vermillion, McCandless, Vanegas (chemistry), Wise

1. Mandatory Videos
    a. Bloodborne Pathogens
    b. PBIS
    c. Discrimination and Harassment
    d. Compliance quiz
2. Quiz for natural selection
    a. Review quiz Vermillion uploaded on the Drive HERE
    b. Discuss quiz Tuesday. Make changes, go over questions, etc.

09/13/18 PLC Minutes

Members Present: Baker, Wise, Montgomery, Vermillion, McCandless

1. Data Review
   a. Quiz Results
       i. Students do not know "carrying capacity"- Vermillion
       ii. Students could explain what was going on just not using the term- Vermillion
       iii. Students did not read the test instructions- missed #1 because they didn't read it- Wise,     
             McCandless, Baker, Vermillion. +1 for following directions at least.
       iv. AP kids not writing the CER- Baker
       v. Plants alive or not?
       vi. Virus alive?
       vii. Energy Pyramid- some students struggled with putting the zebra mussels in the pyramid
    b. Using Infinite Campus to look at data
        i. Averages are lower due to many zeroes
        ii. First assessment typically lower as students adjust to grading styles
        iii. Last year, students struggled with the phenomenon-based assessment. Following tests will                   get better.
        iv. SteLLA and NGSS- biology has been trained, chemistry and physics has not been but will be               using the higher level thinking like biology lessons.
        v. No multiple choice!
        vi. Reading graphs a concern
2. Next Week's Lessons
    a. Lessons, Teacher's Guide, and Student workbook are in the drive. Unit 2- Natural Selection.
    b. Students may struggle with field guide- Do the reading and highlight as a class. Lesson 3
    c. Aquarium math may pose a challenge as well- Lesson 3
    d. Teacher guide to math- review before the lesson
    e. Four factor chart- KEY to the unit, make sure you hit this hard with students.
    f. Focus question on workbook page- return to the focus question at the end to reflect (Vermillion)
    g. Lesson 4- will take 90 minutes, use block day
        i. Chromebook issue- using program not possible.
        ii. Wise sent simulation link
        iii. You can run the simulation one day, and do the analysis the second day
        iv. Go over 4 factors, run one sim, go over variables- One day.
        v. Figure out what is causing the issue- can condense to one day
3. Literacy Friday tomorrow
    a. Baker- Finches reading or Tortoise reading
    b. Vermillion- Something on natural selection
    c. McCandless- Achieve3000 LevelSet
    d. Wise- Natural Selection article

Next Steps:
Embedded PD 119 tomorrow- Backpack
Next PLC- Tuesday, September 18 2nd period
Tuesday- Baker in Rahmlow, Stevens, and Wise's classes

09/07/18 PLC Minutes

PLC in room 119 today.

Members Present: Wise, Montgomery, Vermillion, McCandless, Baker, Roy, Winter

1. Valley Harbor
   a. Wise needs to be added to have rights to some pages
   b. Symbaloo- ECE Progress Monitoring links- due today
2. PLC
   a. Biology- Still administering quiz, going to analyze data on Tuesday of next week (Sept. 11)
   b. Natural selection unit starts next week, planning today
   c. Wise observation video being uploaded to the Drive for the science dept.
   d. Watch to discuss video at next PLC
   e. Lesson Study- note-taking of teacher-student interactions
3. New unit
   a. Test is already created, making changes and updating for this year.
   b. Backwards planning is a best practice!
   c. Natural Selection Student Booklet is uploaded onto the Drive- Bio 18-19 Folder
   d. Natural Selection Combined Teacher Edition is uploaded
   e. Lesson 1- Two days, 90 minutes
       i. Day 1- Phenomenal Fish Story- Video is on Drive Stickleback Video
       ii. Day 2- Two Views about Change in Pop
   f. Lesson 2- 90 minutes, Block Day
   g. Friday- Literacy Day
   h. This unit is about asking a lot of questions. Do not correct misconceptions right away, the videos         and lessons will help them understand their thinking.

09/06/18 PLC Minutes

Members Present: Baker, Montgomery, Wise, Vermillion, McCandless

Tasks: Writing PGP and Student Focus Goal

All teachers wrote, completed, and submitted the PGP to their administrator.

Discussed domains and how to select the appropriate one for your PGP.