Friday Flyer - March 18, 2022

"...on leadership expertise: there are principals and teacher leaders who create workplaces where constant learning about high-expertise teaching takes place daily in the way business is conducted (Grissom 2021). Many decades of research show that students do better, despite adverse neighborhood and family conditions, if the leaders build strong Adult Professional Culture."
- RBT, Years of Magical Thinking

Updated Assessment Calendars

• Link to Google Assessment Calendar (You can add this to your Google Calendar)
• Link to updated District ODA Assessment Calendar (You an see the whole year here)

Colleague Connections

Murphy:  Courtney is distributing leadership by having members of the team meet individually with teachers to review their MAP data. At their weekly meeting, team members shared the process they used that week to reflect upon student progress and plan forward.

Mission Hill: Several weeks ago, the school mailed home the MAP Growth and MAP Fluency parent report for every student. Translations for the Parent MAP Growth Report can be found here.

Hale: The school has been working on a tier one "reset." The staff agreed on values and behaviors that are expected and created this matrix. Each room will have a "think space." 

Articles that Provoke Questions about Reading Groups

These two articles made me think about how our grouping practices may have unintended consequences. I share these so that we look below the surface when students are in small groups (purpose of the group, length of time, whether or not intended progress is being made, flexible or not, etc...)

• Classroom Reading Groups: 5 Lessons from Recent Studies (EdWeek)
• Placement Matters: Is your reading intervention effective? (Kappan)

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