Data meeting #3 actually took place over 2 nights, 6/7 and 6/7. We were focusing on one exploratory question, should we continue to assign homework to our students and, if not, what other instructional strategies can we use to get students to meet and exceed curriculum benchmarks? We used the information Techo shared with the team using Google docs and looked deeper into the data. Before the meeting we all input learning gaps and instructional gaps on a shared document and began thinking about goals. I was interested to see what each team member saw as gaps.
After reviewing this with the team we put the information into the tables. As a team we put each learning and instructional gap in order of importance. We then decided to meet again to do the SMART goals, instructional implementation, and research independently. When we met on Monday we reviewed that information that we each put into the tables.
Again it was really interesting to see how each team member looked at the learning gaps and instructional gaps. Some of us found things more important while someone else might think it is less. We also all had different ways we wanted to implement the instruction. While Marcie and Techo thought parent involvement was important in completion of homework, I did not. I work in a school with very little parent involvement and parents might not have the ability to help the students with homework if they want to. That is why I started to talk about the flipped classroom approach more. I think for my school environment it might be more successful.
As we continue with the process it will be interesting to see where the team heads and how each of us plan to minimize the learning and instructional gaps.
Here is the Data Meeting #3 Presentation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=117&v=rcHgwv8WBr0
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