Next week the first grade teaching team will review together the most recent data from our state testing scores. We are charged with the mission to look carefully at "teaching" weaknesses with an eye toward improving our teaching practice to increase achievement.
Translation: use the information we have, as muddy as it is, to decide where we need to make changes.
This kind of collegial,achievement-oriented work always pumps me up. I look forward to our eagle-eye exploration of how we are teaching certain important objectives, and how we can do it better.
There is something about a group of caring, smart, talented teachers thoughtfully examining our kids' work and discussing how we can do better. In addition, we are reminded by our administrators to go back to info on research-based instructional strategies as we make our plans for improvement. I agree. It will be important to our success and the success of our students that we stick to proven methods, not just ideas that sound good.
It's going to be fun!
I know. I'm a geek.
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You're the "ish" mom - don't worry - you'll be great!!
oh and p.s. - you ARE a geek, but I am too... (I got it from you!)
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