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Title: ELEMENTARY SCIENCE LEAD TEACHER MEETING


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ELEMENTARY SCIENCELEAD TEACHER MEETING
  • February 11 12, 2008
  • Curriculum-Instruction-Assessment Department
  • The CIA team provides curriculum-based support
    through systemic collaboration so that all
    students have equitable access to college and
    career options.

2
WELCOME
  • Norms
  • Be an active participant
  • Be respectful and supportive
  • Collaborate with a colleague-make a new friend
  • Take care of personal needs
  • Silence cell phones

3
AGENDA
  • Welcome Norms Sandy, Daniel, Teresa
  • Review of Requirements for Lead Teacher Stipend
  • Curriculum Updates
  • Hollingsworth Updates
  • Power Objectives
  • Testing
  • Educational Technology Elizabeth Perrin
  • Arboretum Programs
  • Exploring Houstons Backyard Program John Warner
  • Childrens Museum Keith Ostfeld
  • Special Presentation Gwen Petersen
  • Survey

4
Lead Teacher Responsibilities
  • Sign contractual obligations form
  • Attend four meetings 2 Fall/2Spring
  • Present curriculum modules to campus by required
    dates
  • Read email blasts and share information with
    colleagues

5
Lead Teacher Responsibilities
  • Send required documentation to the curriculum
    office by the required dates-this consists of a
    signed copy of the reporting form, copy of the
    sign-in sheet from your presentation one copy
    of an email blast
  • Copies of all documentation forms and power
    points are available on the curriculum site under
    Science.

6
LEAD TEACHER STIPEND
  • RECEIVE
  • A 500.00 STIPEND
  • upon completion
  • of ALL requirements

7
CURRICULUM UPDATES
  • Accessing The Curriculum Documents Online
  • Log onto the Houston ISD portal
    www.houstonisd.org
  • Enter your user id and password
  • You are now on the employee page
  • On the left-hand side click on CLEAR 2007-2008
  • You are on the page with the documents
  • At the top bar you will see links for the
    Vertical and Horizontal Documents
  • When you access the Horizontal you will be able
    to see the Correlations document link at the
    right hand top corner of the screen

8
CURRICULUM UPDATES
  • The fourth nine-weeks Horizontal Planning Guides
    (HAPG) cover any objectives that have not been
    addressed as well as provide review of target
    objectives and cumulative projects. These will be
    posted on February 18, 2008.
  • The next Curriculum Benchmark Assessment (CBA)
    will be available to campuses on March 4, 2008.
  • Remember due to the conflict in scheduling of
    the primary elections, there will be NO testing
    on
  • March 4, 2008.

9
Living/Non-Living
  • Horizontal Planning Guide Updates
  • 1. Under teacher background on the second grade
    document The words that have a
    strikethrough have been eliminated from the
    document.
  • Teacher Background
  • By second grade, students will have prior
    knowledge of the characteristics of living
    organisms. However, often they equate movement
    with life.  For example, if they observe animals
    for the first time and the animal is not moving,
    the students tend to deduce that it is dead.
     They also do not yet understand the cycle of
    life (birth, growth, death), and therefore
    classify nonliving as anything that has died. In
    science, living is used to describe anything that
    is or has ever been alive nonliving is used to
    describe anything that is not now nor has ever
    been alive. Over time, students will begin to
    understand that all living things grow,
    reproduce, excrete, respond to stimuli, and have
    similar basic needs like nourishment.   
  • 2. The table shown on page 2 has fossil and
    feather listed under living when they should be
    nonliving. 

10
Brain Pop
  • Please note that the access for Brain Pop has
    changed.
  • Student Access
  • User houstonisd1
  • Pass astros
  • 24 Hour Access
  • User houstonisd1_teacher
  • Pass astros

11
Hollingsworth Science Center
  • Living resources are available free of charge
    through the center
  • Orders need to be completed online
  • Go to Curriculum, Science, Hollingsworth
  • Click on the link and fill in the order form
  • You will receive a delivery message if your order
    was successfully received
  • Orders arrive at your campus via school mail
  • Remember that you need to plan for living
    resources shelter, food, general care, disposal
  • After alerting your colleagues, place the copy of
    the guide you receive today in your library for
    reference on the living resources

12
Upcoming Workshops and Meeting Dates
  • On-Time TAKS for 5th grade teachers CU1251-Feb.
    25, 2008
  • Journaling for Pre-K-2nd teachers CU1256-March
    3, 2008
  • Journaling for 3-5th grade teachers
    CU1255-March 10, 2008
  • Wrapping up the Year in Science CU1257
  • May 5, 2008
  • Lead Teacher Meeting CU1190 either May 12th
    or 13th, 2008

13
Power Objectives
  • The Power Objective process was started with an
    initial meeting in the summer of 07 and
    continued with a second meeting in Jan.08.
  • A draft of power objectives was generated by our
    science teachers. The proposed objectives have
    been placed on the Vertical Alignment Matrix
    (VAM) for all four core foundation subjects.
  • The power objective draft and feedback survey are
    now available through the curriculum website.
  • http//dept.houstonisd.org/curriculum/Power/PO_Sur
    vey.html

14
Power Objectives
  • The survey will be open from February 11-29,
    2008. Please encourage everyones participation.
    Now is the time to have your voice heard
    (anonymously).
  • Based on the collective feedback received, the
    2008-2009 Power Objective Vertical Alignment
    Matrix will be posted on March 14, 2008.

15
Power Objectives
  • Power Objectives will be incorporated into the
    revised Horizontal Planning Guides and will be
    posted on CLEAR and available for the 2008-2009
    school year. The target date is June 2008.
  • Note The power objectives that are chosen are
    intended to be used by everyone. Individual
    schools, grade level PLCs, or classroom teachers
    should not
  • be choosing these independent of
  • the district.

16
TESTING UPDATES
  • Grade 5 Science TAKS
  • May 1, 2008

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18
2007 TAKS Scores
The percentage score is normalized by difficulty
19
HISD Results
20
2007 HISD Average Scaled Scores
21
2007 Accountability Ratings
Exemplary
Recognized
Acceptable
09
08
07
22
Special Education TAKS Tests and Accountability
23
Special Education TAKS Tests and Accountability
24
Special Education TAKS Tests and Accountability
25
HISD Performance by Objective
Year
Question Number
HISD Average
26
Educational Technology
  • PowerPoint
  • Digital Photography
  • Photo Story
  • Elizabeth Perrin Ed.Tech.Manager
  • Sarah Scent, Amanda Jost, JoseAyala- Specialists
  • The presentation notes are available on the
    curriculum site.

27
  • BREAK
  • DOOR PRIZES

28
Exploring Houstons Backyard
  • Schools that did not have a their fifth graders
    attend either Camp Olympia or Cullen will be able
    to apply to attend the one day event.
  • There is no charge to the school to attend.
  • This years event will take place May 5-9, 2008.

29
The Childrens Museum
  • 20th Annual Young Inventors
  • Showcase of Houston
  • Saturday , May 17, 2008
  • Entrants must submit their application and a
    photograph of their invention by April 11, 2008.

30
Special Presentation
  • Teacher to Ranger to Teacher Program

Gwen Peterson Seguin Elementary
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ESLT mid-year survey
  • Please take a minute (or two) to complete the
    survey. The data you provide will enable us to
    better plan for the 2008-2009 academic year.
  • When you are finished, please complete one or
    more post-its for the What If board. What if
    there were no barriers, what would the ideal be
    for elementary science teachers? Put these on the
    board as you sign-out for the evening.

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Contact Information for Curriculum
  • Sandy Antalis - Manager
  • santalis_at_houstonisd.org
  • Daniel Alcazar-Roman - Specialist
  • dalcazar_at_houstonisd.org
  • Teresa Phillips- Specialist
  • tphillip_at_houstonisd.org
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