Math Assessment and lesson design update - Heather Sherburn
K-8 Math teachers are in the process of meeting at each grade level for two days of training and development. One teacher from each grade level is working with Coordinators to discuss the assessments that we are giving, and looking closely at the modules that have been designed for instruction. These teams are working on determining whether changes need to be made in the assessment or the modules to serve the purpose of helping students master the math standards.
K-1 teachers have already met, and their training and collaboration went very well. Teachers looked at goals and standards and analyzed whether each test question to standards, and the instruction being delivered in the classroom. Teacher input during this process has already been an invaluable resource during this process. Teachers representatives will bring feedback and directions/changes to be made back to each of their sites.
Subcommittee Reorganization
As the PLC team continues to define its scope of work for the year, and for the future, the group had a discussion about the sub-committee groups and what they would be working on. The decision was to focus on the following topics:
- K-12 ELA/ELD Support
- K-12 Math Support
- K-12 Alternative Education Support
- K-12 Strategic Support
- District Culture
- K-12 Social Emotional Behavioral Support
Homework Policy Discussion
Dr. Gill and Tammy Hurst provided a condensed version of their board presentation on homework. The presentation is provided below.
The highlights of the research presented are:
- What is homework?
- Anything done at home
- CDE - no specific guidelines
- LUSD - no adopted Board policy
- High School has homework Plan LINK
- Guidelines developed by principal and staff
- Amount of time
- Expectations
- Math
- Homework given after problem set
- Homework should be purposeful
- ELA
- Nothing required in new curriculum
- At teacher's’ discretion
- Purpose to practice skills
- Other subjects
- No specifics
- U.S. students spend far less time than other countries in academic content
- Lots of homework could impact health and family time
The subcommittees got together to discuss the information we learned, and talked about our thoughts about homework. The result was the following collaborative document: LINK
