Weekly+09.21.2012

Notes: Content Area Coordinators’ Meeting on 9/21/12 at CSC in RM 306 I. Coordinators’ Comments a. Each coordinator will take a CAC form to a selected school. Mrs. LeBlanc stated that if the principal is not present, please leave the form with the secretary and send an email to the principal about the form. b. School(s) selection to meet with the principal: (Thomas—MS, HS, PAL Center, and Jefferson; LeBlanc—Bel Nor, Hardy—Washington, and Word—Obama and Lucas Crossing) c. Social Studies Textbook Adoption (Hardy)—Ms. Thomas will contact the high school---department chair, and assigned administrator (Mr. Rowe) about setting up a date to meet with them about the book samples. Ms. Thomas will also solicit teacher participation on the committee from Mr. Rowe. Mrs. Hardy suggested the use of the Pattonville curriculum during the textbook selection process. Mrs. LeBlanc stated that she would talk to Mr. Taylor about the PowerPoint you used for the textbook adoption process last year. d. Mrs. Hardy stated that the middle school informed her that they will send some students to the PAL Center on Monday, September 24, 2012. II. Literacy Plan a. Mrs. LeBlanc will create a Literacy Plan template which each coordinator will be assigned a task to spearhead. Template due date: Friday, September 24, 2012. b. Timeframe: within this school year, everyone should be informed about the plan which we will need a group of teachers who will work with us. c. Mrs. Hardy suggested that there should be a math team for this school year also. She work on creating a team of teachers. d. It was discussed the importance of honoring and listening to the teachers. To honor them means, we need to pay them for the work completed. III. PD a. Ms. Thomas announced the topics Mrs. Oliver sent her Socratic Seminar, Close Reading and Vocabulary Building. She will talk to Mrs. Oliver about Metacognition being followed up on October 5, 2012. IV. Forming Curriculum Map Committees a. Need names of teachers who participated this summer writing the maps. b. Look at calendar c. Set date for meeting (decide whether during school hours or after school) d. Continue this discussion at the next CAC meeting Friday, September 24, 2012. V. Tyler Pulse Data Reports Each coordinator shared a component they found useful on Pulse a. LeBlanc: Student Rank from the Principal’s Page (MAP) will share with IC’s b. Thomas: commented on the same report c. Hardy: used Normandy’s website to get her MAP data—stated that she found it much more simpler d. Word: Principal’s Page—Grade book review