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Tonya Raines posted
One of the things we noticed is that to get full points, 50% of the total school population needs to have completed a cultural studies or world languages course. We currently only offer Spanish I and II, and we are unsure if 50% of the students are taking those courses. In addition, it’s difficult for all students to complete career pathways if…Read More
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Right, and you hate to tell students who really want (and need) to take extra dual credit or AP classes that they cannot take them until they get their elective classes taken. Especially when dual credit and AP can get them ahead on their college coursework, which saves them time and money in the long run.
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Danielle Hicks posted
Like Mr. Arnett’s post, our entire school has been focused this year on standards-based grading and assessment. One of the biggest changes in our building this year has been the implementation of “learning checks,” or formative assessments on a weekly basis that check for mastery of specific standards. We use Google Forms via Google Classroom to…Read More
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Fantastic!! Would love to see some screenshot examples of this for others to see. If not in our thread here, please share in one of the news stories you will be sending.
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I am familiarizing myself with Google now. So many useful data collection tools. We are using some of these tools to streamline data collection, school wide.
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Can’t beat it. Available to all and full of capability. Please share as you continue to learn more.
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Danielle Hicks posted
I have reviewed the Kentucky Uniform Academic Course Codes before, so I was somewhat familiar with the list prior to revisiting them. It never ceases to amaze me the number of course codes that do exist, and yet how limited we are at providing these resources to our children. Oh, to be able to tap into all these courses for ALL of our children!…Read More
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Yes, for certain. The Rich Curriculum piece is adding another layer of accountability. For instance in middle school for Career Exploration, only certain courses can count towards this. For instance, Digital Literacy is not listed. See attached.
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Our school has opened up some more options for our 8th graders this year by allowing them to take ATC courses in business, auto mechanics, carpentry, welding, and electricity. This has been beneficial in improving student attendance–especially for reluctant students.
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Wow, excellent!
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That’s so incredible! Next year, we are merging our middle school with our high school, and we also hope to be able to offer the 7th and 8th grade students the ATC courses. We believe it could greatly help their interest and attendance, as well as help them start their career discernment and career paths early.
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Being that this was the first time I have reviewed the course codes in depth, the number of course codes was surprising to me.
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There sure is. The following link will give you the elementary, middle and high school codes for Rich Curriculum, which is the new component of Opportunity and Access for accountability. https://education.ky.gov/curriculum/modcurrframe/Documents/18_19_Courses_Tracked_for_Rich_Curriculum.xlsx
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Jason Arnett posted
In the past two years, our Biology department has worked on transitioning to standard based grading. We have developed and implemented weekly standard checks that are based on daily learning targets. These short 15-minute quizzes check for understanding of the week’s daily learning targets. These quizzes are graded using zip grade, which give…Read More
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Wow! Definitely want to learn more about your work in Magoffin County. Is this link the correct zipgrade? https://www.zipgrade.com/
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This is something that we are doing at my school as well, across all content areas. We are finding that it is an excellent way to formatively assess.
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That is the correct link. Very useful tool for breaking down formative assessment data instantly.
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I have used that before and it made grading very simple and fast!
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Our math dept. uses weekly mastery checks for the learning targets. This is definitely something I would like to develop to use in the English dept. as well. This would be a new formative assessment we could add to our dept. for use for next year.
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Jason Arnett posted
After reviewing KY’s Uniform Academic Course Codes webpage, we are concerned with effectively providing students a rich and well diverisifed curriculum. We, as all districts are worrying about next year’s budget influencing staffing, and ultimately the effect it will have on students. As always, we will meet our students needs with the talents of…Read More
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A concern we are all feeling. Does seem to be more with less these days.
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Yes. This is definitely a resounding concern in our building as well.
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I think is a concern for all of us; always having to do more with less. We do look at the particular strengths of staff members and attempt to place them appropriately. We are also hoping by consolidating our middle and high school into one building that will allow us to provide more opportunities for all our students.
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I agree completely! We are struggling now to operate with limited funding and a shrinking student population. We had to consolidate our elementary schools two years ago and the middle and high school last year. Many of our teachers are worried what the future holds. These new requirements will make it nearly impossible for our district to stay afloat.
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Jason I think this is a concer we are all going to be feeling. Our schools concern is also providing students a rich curriculum as well as opportunities to provide the enrichment and interventions that are needed. This task continues to get harder as our number of staff keeps dwindling.
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We also face these problems! There are several electives that our teachers have expressed interest in offering (and that students have asked about), but we have to focus on graduation requirements. Good luck with your transition next year!