12/3 PLC Minutes

1. Discussed finishing Bees
2. Final Exam
- use common parts: right triangle trig, Pythagorean Theorem, area, volume, systems, feasible region
- discuss difference between regular and honors IMP2
- discuss matrix finals

Tasks:
Eliz - Modify 1st round of Bees test, 2nd round right triangle trig and Pyth Th
Megan - Modify 2nd round of Bees test
Chris - Systems, feasible region

Grading:
Right Triangle Trig
4 - on Area/ Volume

3 - on Right Triangle trig

2 - identify correct trig function

1 - use a trig function

Pythagorean Theorem
4 - correct use

3 - accurately applies Pythagorean Th with incorrect start value or set up correct with minor arithmetic error

2 - incorrectly identify legs and hypotenuse or reports answer without taking square root

1 - writes Pyth Th on paper


Area
4-minor arithmetic errors in base calculation with correct lateral surface area

3-the process is correct but an embedded error in base calculations applies correct formula for lateral surface area

2-when finding area of base inaccurate application of trig, pyth th or includes area of half of triangle (significant errors) and partial lateral surface area found or recognizes formula and doesn't follow through with calculations

1-breaks base into triangles with minimal additional work reports lateral surface area as l*w*h

Volume
4 - correct application of formula and solution

3 - correct application of formula and with wrong base area

2 - recognize formula but not applied

1 - reports volume as l*w*h

Minutes 9/24

*Share out how are things going?

--Elizabeth peer editing and POW drafts created great POWs but regular IMP 2 is not going as well as she would like.
--Marchetti is reteaching lessons regarding intercepts and rule of four concepts
--Chandler focusing on their interpretation "how many lines will there be?" "what are the constraints?" doing lots of summative quizzes throughout the week.
--Megan Honors classes doing well with the Rule of 4, students need more practice and lessons regarding graphing the constraints and feasible region.

We agree that the regular class needs a lot more direct instruction and scaffolding.
In the regular class our focus is for studnets to be able to solve systems, it is okay if the regular class doesn't get to the later linear programming problems.

Share RULE of 4 data

Marchetti -- has more Partially Proficient
Elizabeth -- the honors kids are doing okay with rule of 4
Chandler -- Going from the Rule to Table went pretty well, however they are not labeling the axes. 70% can make up an appropriate situation.
Megan -- Honors kids almost all proficient

Share Teaching Strategies
* Students can use a situation that just pertains to the 1st and 4th quadrant.
* Need practice rearranging equations
* Chandler is focusing on the Rule. (Rule to table, Rule to situation, Rule to graph) -- this seems to be successful.
* Elizabeth's class discussed the y-intercept as the "starting out" value, the slope is the rate of change which is either increasing or decreasing.

* What happened with HW 6? Do they not read the text?
--Maybe we should have a graphing quiz where the inequalities are graphed but they must shade the correct feasible regions...

Discuss the end of COOKIES UNIT
Assessment should include a skills section and a conceptual section with a linear programming problem. We will scaffold the linear programming problem for the regualr IMP 2.
Skills section should include y intercept form and standard form, graphing lines and finding intersection point, solving systems, substitution and elimination, and rule of 4.

We will test the week after Parent Teacher Conferences.
UNIT FINAL
Megan -- honors linear programming problem
Elizabeth -- IMP 2 regular linear programming (scaffolded) problem
Chandler -- Skills and rule of 4 section
Marchetti -- CCC focusing on student growth and the big ideas of the unit.

Agenda 10/8

Snacks: Chandler

Minutes: Me

Timer: Megan

1. Check in about Cookies
2. Rule of Four – How is the process working?
3. Cookies Assessment – Sharing the pieces
4. Break
5. Meet with IS 3-4

Thanks.

Agenda 9.10.2008

Agenda

Elizabeth – Snacks
Chandler – Minutes
Churchley - Timer

1. Check in 10 min
2. ELO semantics 15 min
3. Rule of 4 Pre test 45 min
Break
4. Teaching strategies for Rule of 4 30 min
5. RTI 15 min

Minutes 8/27/08

• Discussed PLC Norms and approved (Chris has the list of the norms)
• Reviewed ELOs for Cookies and Bees - made distinctions between expectations for regular and honors IMP2 (Chris posted these on the blog)
• Cookies - Smart Goal

By the end of the Cookies unit, the student will move fluidly through multiple representations (situation, graph, table and rule) for a linear function. (Honors?)

All students will move from any representation of a linear function to at least two others by the end of the Cookies unit. (Regular?)

• Formative assessment - Chandler provides pre-test to be given week of 9/1. Formative assessements on each representation are to be given 1 per week for 4 weeks, followed by a comprehensive assessment similar to the pre-test. Other unit assessment questions will be given during the following class.
• Next meeting: Bring pretest given and scored; Make a formative assessment - Elizabeth= equation (mix up form of original equation and make up new equation), Megan = table, Chris = graph, Chandler = situation; Be ready to discuss what you do toward RTI.
  

Norms and ELOs for 2008-2009

ELOs

1. Students will be able to communicate mathematically effectively, both orally and in the written form.
2. Students will be able to use and apply the Pythagorean theorem to solve problems in context
Honors will include Pythagorean triples and special right triangles.
3. Students will be able to solve problems involving area of circles, regular polygons and prisms.
Honors will include solving for a missing dimension if area is given.
4. Students will be able to find the volume of a right prism.
5. Students will be able to use and apply right triangle trigonometry to solve problems in context.
Honors will include inverse trigonometric functions and reciprocal relationships.
6. Students will be able to calculate the maximum or minimum using linear programming techniques. Honors will multiple representations.
7. Students will be able to graph and solve linear inequalities.
8. Students will be able to use multiple representations to solve linear systems.
9. Students will be able to represent linear functions in multiple ways. This will include graphing, solving equations, and tables.

Norms List

1. Start and End on time
2. Have an Agenda
3. Establish roles for each meeting.
4. Have a break. (It is the only time you leave the meeting)
5. Everyone has a voice
6. Everyone contributes
7. Consensus is not 100%
8. Everyone is on the same page and does the will of the PLC.
9. Decision making process, fist or five.
10. Come prepared (Do your HW)
11. Minimize off task/topic conversations.

Agenda 8/25/2008

Elizabeth – minutes

Churchley – snacks

Chandler – Timer

1. Revisit norms 5 min
2. Revisit ELOs 10 min
3. Focus for Cookies – Smart Goal 30 min

Break

4. Create pre-test and other formative assessments 45 min
5. RTI 15 min

PLC - Minutes
4/9/2008

1. Where are we?

• Start of the year - established norms, ELO's (Marchetti)
• Then productivity leveled off...not effort (Marchetti)
• Positives - We are doing more than most schools, Gathered tons of data to pass on for other groups to learn from (Marchetti)
• Problems - Was our SMART goal too big for us? Was it attainable? (Marchetti)
• Would combinging honros and non-honors change the apathy issue? (Fuller)
• Why has this issue not been addressed on more appropriate levels within the school structure? Why are people turning away from the apathy issue? Did we select the apathy problem because no one else was dealing with it? (Gonshor, Wentz)
• Should the PLC focus be on teaching strategies and less so on establishing the "perfect" SMART goal? (Fuller)
• Are "common assessments" being used improperly within the PLC framework? (Marchetti)

2. We will be creating a notebook to pass on to next year's PLC. We will use up some of the last days PLC time to coallate this information.

3. Honors vs. Regular Meeting -

• We discussed topics to be addressed at the Honors vs Non-Honors meeting taking place on Friday, April 18th.

4. Pit Unit Assessment -

• We will use the previous year's Pit Assessment and add a question that covers curve fitting.

5. Tasks for each person until next meeting -

• Wentz & Fuller - They will work on curve fitting in their classes and creating an Honors version of the Pit Assessment.
• Jason - He will contact Margaret Whalen and Don Hatfield about setting up a thirty foot pendulum on April 24th & 25th.
• Chris - He will email a copy of the Pit Assessment to everyone.
• Chris - He will email acopy of the Pit Assessment to everyone

Agenda 4.9.2008

Gonshor - Minutes
Wentz - Time

Last late start folks!

1. Where are we? What have we accomplished? What have we learned? Was our Smartgoal smart? (10 min)
2. Passing on to next year (10 min)
3. Honors vs. Regular Meeting (20 min)
3.5. Break (10 min)
4. PIT assessment and end of unit (30 min)
5. Our Data and SmartGoal (30 min)

Minutes: 02/27/08

Minutes: 02/27/08

Orchids

Gonshor: Glad to be starting a new unit.

Fuller: Looking forward to working on the new hybrid year 4 course.

Mickey: Has achieved peace in the PLC.

Marchetti: Excited about working with the data.

Discussion of changes to IMP2 to meet district and testing needs:

Fireworks moved to Year 2

Pit moved to Year 2

Skill Supplements

Curriculum map developed to fill gaps (IMP materials not a perfect fit with district curriculum)

CSAP practice booklets

Honors vs Non-honors

Estimates of differences (some variety exists from teacher to teacher)

Fireworks

Algebraic Manipulation

Honors

Tested vertex and factored forms with “a” coefficient

x-intercepts through completing the square

Derived Quadratic Formula

Non-Honors

Demonstrated vertex and factored forms with “a” coefficient (not tested)

Used Quadratic Formula

Rule of Four

Honors

Standard form to all others with and without graphing calculator

Benefits of different forms

Table symmetry for vertex

Points on graph to equation

Non-Honors

a, h, and k of vertex form found graphically

intercepts and vertex from graph and equation

standard form – c (huh?)

variables from solution (huh?)

Pit

ELOs

Normal Distribution/Standard Deviation

Curve Fitting (Rule of Four)

Measures of Central Tendency

Experimental Design (not to be tested?)

Honors

Regression/Correlation

Selection of most appropriate measure of central tendency

Variance, by hand

Data Analysis Protocol

Begun in computer lab

To be continued individually in Wiki- looking for trends for D/F males in IMP 2

Agenda 2.27.2008

Fuller - Minutes
Gonshor - Time

1. Orchids (5 min)
2. What changes have been made to IMP 2 to meet district and testing needs (15 min)
3. Honors (25 min)

• What did honors do in Fireworks that was different?
• What will honors do in PIT that will be different?

4. Break (8 min) Meet in Lab 122 for Data Analysis
5. Data Analysis (45 min)
6. Closure

February 6th

Roses

• Chris - Using TI-Navigator on a regular basis and Ann Summers help.
• Mickey - 5th period honors class is going well.
• Eric - Vertex Form is going well...yet they struggle with fractions on it.
• Jason - The students are buying into class work and it is starting to pay off. Ann Summers help has been very helpful.

Homework Survey - Final Cut

• Jackie, Erik, and Jason made some revisions and input.
• Process: We will give LaDonna the survey to input on Infinite Campus. We need to supply her with class lists. They will survey in the computer labs. We will give the survey the first week of the "Pit" unit...Feb. 19-22. Chris will work with LaDonna after we give survey to get data into interpretable form.
• Chris will change #5 on the survey to multiple choice and run it by administration to make sure that it is asked correctly.

We all signed up for Computer Lab (Feb. 19-22)

Fireworks Unit Assessment

• We will all give similar exams based off Eric's exam from last year.

New Norms

These are the new norms with additions from the last meeting.

• Be on time, prepared, present
• Be sensitive, recognize that it isn't personal
• Everyone speaks honestly about each issue
• Minimize tangential voyages
• Decision making process
• Allow time for processing
• No one person has veto power
• Fist or Five
• Have an agenda
• Break
• Revisit Norms
• Roles (Minute taker, time keeper, faciliatator)
• Time will be dedicated to discussion of successful strategies.
• Don't speak ill of teachers or students
• Be willing to step outside comfort zone
• Support Each other
• Be more specific regarding the need to do the PLC “homework.”
• Continue PLC work outside the established meeting times.
• Post minutes by end of day Friday.
• Be more positive. PLC time should not be devoted to complaining about what is not going well.

Agenda 2/6

Gonshor - Minutes
Wentz - Time

Agenda

1. Rose 10 min
2. Homework Survey - Final Cut 40 min
3. Break 10 min
4. Sign up for Computer Lab to give survey 10 min
5. Begin Honors vs. Regular IMP 2 20 min
6. What has been working in your classes 20 min
7. Next steps 10 min (see below)

The plan is to give the survey and have the data ready for the next PLC meeting at the end of February. We will probably have to schedule a time to crunch some data, or at least get it into a form that is usable. Any volunteers?

1-16-08 Minutes

IMP 2 PLC

Minutes for 1/16/08

Revisit Norms

Ideas:

Be more specific regarding the need to do the PLC “homework.”

Continue PLC work outside the established meeting times.

Post minutes by end of day Friday.

Be more positive. PLC time should not be devoted to complaining about what is not going well.

Dedicate time to discussion of successful strategies.

Marchetti will finalize wording and repost norms on the blog.

Semester 2 End Dates

Fireworks: 6 weeks, ending February 15

Pit: 7 weeks, ending April 18

Alice: 4 weeks, ending May 16

Semester 2 ELOs

Fireworks: Quadratics- Rule of Four

Pit: Normal Distribution/Standard Deviation/Curve Fitting

Alice: Exponentials- Rule of Four

POWs: Problem Solving/Writing/Proof

Other: Algebraic Manipulation

Semester 2 PLC Goals

Delineate differences between Honors and Non-honors (Churchley, Fuller, Marchetti, Wentz during 6^th hour).

Continue work on Apathy issue.

Address successful classroom strategies.

Devise a strategy for passing along our work to next year’s group.

Review of Homework Hierarchy Results

Results show paradigm difference between Honors and Non-honors

Honors: homework is just part of school, so they do it, or homework is important in maintaining a good grade.

Non-honors: students seem to either acknowledge that they don’t do the homework or have a false sense of how often they do it.

The hierarchy addressed attitude toward homework more than reality of homework, so the survey should be more focused on understanding what they are really doing and why.

Homework Survey

Should we continue? Fist or Five for continuation: 3-3-3-5. Resolved to move forward, but the level of enthusiasm was not high.

Closing Issues

Next meeting times: Jan 30 (Staff meeting PLC time), Feb 6 (next late start)

Must meet outside pre-determined PLC time. Marchetti will address through e-mail.

No additional homework assigned at this time.

Agenda for 1/16/2008

Welcome back! Our first late start of the new year!

Gonshor - Time
Fuller - Minutes

Agenda

1. Revisit Norms (5 min)
2. Goal end dates for units for second semester. (15 min)
3. ELOs for second semester. (15 min)
4. IMP 2 PLC second semester goals. (20 min)
5. Break (10 min)
6. Homework Survey (45 min)
7. Wrap Up (10 min)

Let me know if there is anything that I am forgetting.