11-13-08

-  Introduction – Mr. Gnecco went over what the inquiry team is responsible for o  Inquiry team will close the gap between cabinet and mini teams §  Once a month, department chairs will meet with coaches, lead teachers and cabinet o  5th and 6th grade teachers have found a big problem with foundations §  ELA - Sentence structure, grammar, spelling §  Math – Multiplication tables §  Ms. Nugent shared a student’s story o  Interdisciplinary subjects §  Using Math in SS   o   How do we know what we know? §  Data §  Student tests §  No validity in the assessments (just a snapshot) o  Collect and manage data §  Pivot charts §  ESL – 22(1’s) to 4 (1’s) §  Can tell what school the students came from o  Interpret data §  Link between learning styles and exams and classes §  Ethnic backgrounds – Is it needed? o  What’s out plan of attack?  §  Problems in Math and English  §  What are our ideas of what to do?  §  What is working – Cross Context?  §  Keeping classes consistent (Ex- Grammar every Friday) o  AM Tutoring  §  What ideas do we have for improvement? o  Assessments  §  Paper Assessments?
 * Inquiry team – 11/13/08 **
 * // Present – //**// Gnecco, Dalton, Hanney, Piscitelli, Sciove, Lobello, Shapiro, Pirillo, Nugent, Winter, Sangirardi, Kayaian //