Braden River Middle School

Home of the Panthers

Convenor:
Randy Petrilla

Facilitator:
Lori
School Improvement, Core Curriculum and
Professional Learning Communities
Date: Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Time: 8:30 10:00
Location: Media Center
Outcomes
Professional Learning Communities will focus on books selected by
department and strategies to support students in AYP subgroups Keep focus
of Wednesdays related to core curriculum, school improvement to include
reading, mathematics, science and writing. Our AYP subgroups will show
improvement by 5% for the 0910 school year.
Core Curriculum will be implemented with fidelity. Core Curriculum
Department Chairs will provide training and support involving data, core
curriculum and best practices to support all students focusing on Level 1 and
2 students and AYP subpopulations on District Wednesdays.
Protocol
Be Fully Present
Support each other
Make Meetings
informative
Put needs of students
first
Everyones
participation is
valued
Honor Time Limits

AGENDA OUTLINE
Time Who
Welcome/Introductions 15 min. Randy

A Look at Level 1 and Level 2 Kids 10 min. Lori
Look at Graphs and School Improvement Goals

Discuss District and School Wednesday 5 min. Lori

Change in Makeup and Content of PLCs 5 min. Lori

PGPs/PDPs (Focus on AYP for Level 1 & 2s) 5 min. Lori

By Department Discuss School Improvement Eval, Goal Revision,
Strategies to Support AYP (What will you
Do to help improve math and reading scores
For Level 1 and Level 2 kids and to keep the
3s, 4s, and 5s from dropping) Populations
needing the most support are Hispanic students,
Economically Disadvantage and especially our
Students with Disabilities (SWD) this particular
group never meets AYP.

Department Assignment (Begin at this meeting, continue through
department meetings) Due by August
o Complete School Improvement Eval
(Departments - Math, Language Arts, Science)
o Review Level 1 and Level 2 students
Make sure you know these kids
(All Departments)
o List Strategies you as a department will use
To support Level 1 and Level 2s in math and reading
(Dont forget Marzano, Advanced Graphic Organizers,
FCAT Explorer, CRISS and other tools you know help.)



Notes/Handouts

Know Your Kids

School Grade Handout

Differentiated
Accountability (DA)

Level 1 & 2 Reading
and Mathematics if
needed
(These were pulled
using Quick Query)

Other Populations of
Concern

PLC and Core
Curriculum Group
Assignments

Some Resources

PLC Assignments