ATMS+SMARTs

Hey everyone, Sorry I can't make the meeting today. We have parent conferences (and therefore Book Fair) going on today, so I can't get away. Here's what I've handed in as my Professional Growth Plan this year; my principal likes it, but I'll take any and all advice! Goal: ** Successfully implement the Accelerated Reader program for the 6th and 7th grade SSR classes this school year. **     Data: ** Every 6th grade and 7th grade SSR student will receive an assessment grade for their language arts class based on their progress toward AR goals. The AR rubric will be used to calculate this assessment grade. **     Activities to reach goal: Evaluation process to determine if the goal/objective was met: ** This is a must-do. Verification will be that all 6th-7th grade SSR students have received an assessment grade for their AR participation and goal work for each quarter. This will involve making sure that all SSR teachers are staying on top of the process throughout each quarter, and that one week before the end of the quarter, they are filling out the goal rubric for each of their students and turning it in to the library staff. We will, in turn, sort them by language arts teacher and make sure they have the grades to enter. **     Timeline: ** By the end of the 10-11 school year **
 * 1) **   Design and lead an AR training PST. The nine hour-long training sessions have been purchased from Renaissance Learning and will be finished by December of this year.   **
 * 2) **   Provide rubrics, troubleshooting and guidance as necessary for the students.   **
 * 3) **   Help classroom teachers with any and all troubleshooting and guidance as needed. This includes friendly reminders of due dates and training sessions.   **
 * 4) **   Update the design of AR implementation as necessary. This is a new program, and if it’s not working out as planned, we need to rethink it, whether it be the grading process or the quizzing plan or whatever arises.   **