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= No Child Left Behind Committee =

**// ﻿ALGONA COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT //**

**__Agenda Items__** October 19, 2010 Facilitator: Jared

Note Taking: Marty

Question for the day "What is your vision for your department?" Why?

1. Interventions currently in place or have been tried to assist struggling learners.
TNT, reading strategies, At-Risk, CoTeaching, DI Training, 6th grade homeroom plans (math, goal setting, reading), summer school, structured study center, summer reading programs, STARR, BARKS program, shortened assignments, Read Naturally @ Lucia, Fitness P.E., Problem Solving, structured study hall, homeroom for goals and grade checks, K-5 guided reading, preschool, Title, Spec Ed., Skills Iowa.

2. What the data shows. MAP, ITBS, Dibbels, BRI
Jared reviewed MAP data with the group. We reviewed a MAP report that showed projected growth and whether kids made typical growth as compared to kids who had the same RIT score. The conversation talked about using the data to raise testing. DIBELS and BRI were reviewed. We also talked about what range of kids on the BRI and DIBELS report were instructional, frustration, etc levels cross referenced with Title and Spec Ed. services. Kris reviewed the identification process for Title. Leslie mentioned a color coded ITBS report that showed a specific student trend as potentially being helpful. Greg shared the information used to identify the target group for Lucia Reading Interventions. Marc also mentioned they have noticed peaks and valleys in MAP scores and are talking about possible causes at the middle school. Greg also shared the 8th grade proficiency targets and district trajectory with district scores.

3.﻿ Ideas for future interventions.
We spent a lot of time trying to define what we wanted to accomplish. The discussion was to focus on defining high quality K-12 core instruction. We also talked about the prioritization of resources. 4. Ideas for using sub days related to Ed Jobs Funding. We talked about utilizing the sub days to move K-12 core instruction forward. 5. Upcoming In-service days.- November 3rd is a tech day. Something can be sent out soon as to the schedule. Several members brought up a need to send out information on the schedule earlier than the day or two before the training day. 6. American Education Week We discussed consolidating the newspaper pages into a district approach.