9-12 The Writing Revolution Training [June 23rd]
High school students need explicit/intentional writing instruction that helps them to think about the elements of paragraph writing and build stamina and critical thinkingfor essay
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We, as a school and our literacy team in particular, have been looking for the best way to keep student writing folders with writing samples. In the past there have been those paper folders that follow the student along and materials are added each year. This year we have tried to develop electronic writing folders that can also follow the student…Read More
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I think I heard that the TCT’s were no longer being required to send to the state?? Is this accurate?
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This is good to know. I still have my students’ work on file just in case though.
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Is a school’s attendance going to impact this year’s test scores? I remember hearing that average attendance would be taken into consideration when calculating performance.
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Attendance was part of Opportunity and Access, which has been renamed as Quality of School Climate and Safety. Quality of School Climate and Safety is planned for 2019-2020, but we are unaware of what measures it will include. Attendance may be one of them, but the measures have not been determined at this time.
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Laura Carroll posted an update in the group
AccountabilityThe word accountability is an important word in education. Holding each other accountable is one of the key components that teachers need in order to reach educational goals. Our main goal for our ACT grant was to focus on improving our students as writers. It has been wonderful to walk around the building over the course of the year and see… -
Beverly Martin posted an update in the group
AccountabilityMarch Madness Attendance Competition & Read Across America Week3 Comments-
Love these ideas! Attendance is an area every school always tries to make a priority! If students aren’t at school learning cannot happen! Love the rewards too! Those are rewards that aren’t going to put a financial burden on the school.
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Love when we can find ways to tie things like this to the classroom!
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Love the ideas, it’s always hard to come up with new creative thing to keep student interested.
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Sorry for delay in reply. Yes, TCTs are no longer required for submission to the state, but the TCT bank is still available for use.