To: Intersession/Intervention
Planning Committee members: Sue
Reading, Bruce Bufe, Kay Ingham, Rick Loy, John Freiden, Pete Nyman, Diana
Allen, Tom Berg and Scott McKissick.
From: Jay Marino
Date: 10-30-01
Re: Meeting agenda for 11-2-01
Meeting Agenda – Intersession/Intervention
Planning Committee
11-2-01 – Room 23 Administration Center - 1:00
p.m.
Agenda
·
Review the vision for an effective intervention program as
produced from the affinity diagram results from last meeting (below). Clarify and make any changes:
o Multiple opportunities/times for students:
before school, after school, pullout during class, during
intersession.
o Targeted population:
students at-risk of failure as identified by State and local assessments
or teacher recommendations, those students identified by ISAT results as
achieving “below standards/academic warning” gifted students, and any other
students who were interested in participating.
o Effective instructional strategies:
small groups (12:1 pupil/teacher ratio), thematic instruction, brain
based/multiple intelligences, other best practice instructional strategies.
o Motivating curricular focus:
skill building, homework help, enrichment that is different from the
regular school day. An emphasis on
literacy, math, science, fine arts and technology.
o Positive environment:
focused staff, motivating curriculum and instructional strategies, fun,
different from the regular school day, interesting, hands-on, engages learners,
etc.
o Measurable results:
fewer numbers of students identified by ISAT results as achieving “below
standards/academic warning”, greater number of students in the “meets/exceeds”
levels of achievement. Fewer students
needed in summer school programs.
Higher promotion and graduation rates and other measurable results of
intervention effectiveness.
o Effective family/community involvement:
Families involved in the support of student academic achievement,
business partnerships or other community resources utilized to promote student
achievement, etc.
o Human Resources: An
effective and professional staff dedicated to increasing student
achievement. Effective implementation
of a quality staff development program to provide staff the necessary training
and tools to deliver effective instruction to students.
·
Begin the creation and design of a model intervention
program for students
o Create an
action plan for a pilot program to be implemented after January 1, 2002
answering the following: who, what, where, when and how?
Action plan components:
·
Timeline
·
Task required/action
plan
·
Person(s)
responsible
·
Funding source
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Other considerations
·
Begin planning a quality improvement cycle adhering to
Plan, Do, Study, Act to plan and implement future intervention programming for
students.
·
Complete an evaluation (plus/delta) of the meeting
·
Set future meetings
We
welcome anyone else who would like to be part of this planning committee. Please join us if you are able.
*Upon reviewing the agenda, please let me know if there are
other items to include for Friday’s meeting.