The state provides two days and our district receives a waiver for three days, giving us a total of 5 LIDs a year. These days are extremely valuable as they allow us the opportunity to work collaboratively within grade levels, school wide and district wide. We spend our time learning about current best practices, reviewing data and research based programs/ideas to support our day to day instruction. We also spend this time aligning what we do so that as students move from one grade to the next, there is continuity.
2007-2008 Learning Improvement Days: September 24, 2007 October 15, 2007 February 4, 2008 March 24, 2008
The content of these days stem from the building School Improvement Plans (SIPs). Based on WASL results and SIPs, our focus on these days has been mathematics and science.
Primary |
06-07 | 07-08 |
|---|---|---|
| September | Reading Curriculum Mapping | Math Investigations Inservice |
| October | Data carousel | Data Carousel/Math Investigations |
| February | Geometric Sense-Math (K-5 together) | Strand Mapping (K-5 together) |
| March | Math assessment | K-5 Math alignment Effective Instruction/BERC Group |
| May | Kathy Richardson Training | Science alignment/FOSS Inservice (K-5) |
| Elementary | ||
| September | Reading Curriculum Mapping | Math Investigations Inservice |
| October | Data carousel | Data Carousel/Math Investigations |
| February | Geometric Sense – Math (K-5 together) | Strand Mapping (K-5 together) |
| March | Math assessment | K-5 Math alignment |
| May | Communication Arts Alignment + Maps | Science alignment/ FOSS Inservice K-5) |
| Middle | ||
| September | SIPTAP Essential Question | SIPTAP Content PLC-CBA/Alignment |
| October | SIPTAP Mission Statement/Motto | Study team Math Barrier research/progress |
| February | SIPTAP Data Carousel | Develop Math Goal Action Plan |
| March | SIPTAP Goals/Strategies/Barriers | Monitor Action Plan/Accreditation (?) |
| Goal: To increase 6th, 7th and 8th grade math achievement to 60% on the 2008 WASL. | ||
| May | Subject Area PLCs | Subject Area PLCs |
| High | ||
| September | Transitional Math Project/Mini Carousel | Carousel/Duxdata |
| October | Subject Area PLCs + Report Backs | Effective Instruction/BERC |
| February | Effective Instruction | Subject Area PLCs |
| March | BERC | Effective Instruction/BERC Group |
| May | Subject Area PLCs | Subject Area PLCs |
*Every LID at the HS also includes Senior Projects/Advanced Placement/ABC’s Content*
If you would like more specific information, please contact your school principal or our district Curriculum/Instruction/Assessment director.
Glossary of Terms
ABCs- Advancement through Borderite Connections- advisor/advisee
AP- Advanced Placement
BERC- Baker Evaluation Research Consulting- effective instruction consultants
Data carousel- review student achievement data to renew Student Improvement Plan
Duxdata- data management system
FOSS- Full Option Science System- adopted science curriculum
Kathy Richardson Training- math assessment
PLCs- (Professional Learning Communities)- teacher teams work together to review data and improve student achievement
SIPTAP- School Improvement Planning Technical Assistance Project- reviewing data and developing a working action plan
Curriculum Mapping- aligning curriculum, content, skills and assessment by dates (K-12)