CESA 5 MAP Summer Institute
Kevin Steinhilber, Ed.D. Director of Assessment, Curriculum & Instruction
Appleton Area School District
“MAP in the Context of Continuous School Improvement”
Three years ago, the Appleton Area School District (AASD) initiated CSIP (Continuous School Improvement Process), a process-driven approach that engages ALL of our elementary, middle and high schools (public and charter) in data retrieval and analysis that leads to school improvement goal and action plan development. Since the launch of CSIP, school leadership teams have crafted goals that are supported by three objectives and related action plans in the following areas: Response to Instruction, Collaborative Culture of Improvement, and School and Community Partnerships. The Measures of Academic Progress (MAP) data serves as one key element in this process.
Cari Guden, Wautoma High School Principal, and Jacki Hoffa, English Teacher
Wautoma Area School District
“NWEA: A Secondary Approach”
In recent years, many high schools have been struggling to find enriching, meaningful activities in efforts to make the most of NWEA Maps scores with their students. Wautoma High School has initiated a process in which NWEA scores are part of an advisory schedule framework within an eight-period day. Once a week, students meet with their STAR (Students Taking Academic Responsibility) advisor to complete an organized activity related to their overall academic success. Our initiative began 2 ½ years ago with the planning stages and has now been fully implemented for the past 2 years. We will briefly discuss this STAR Advisory Schedule, how it works in meeting the needs of our School Improvement Plan, as well as how we have effectively embedded the NWEA scores within this framework.
David Sleasman
Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction,
Division for Libraries, Technology & Community Learning
“BadgerLink: Resources for Learning”
BadgerLink provides a wealth of learning, research, and curricular resources in the form of magazines, research journals, newspaper, reference books, videos, music, and still images. Students from elementary school to graduate programs can benefit from this rich trove. Many of these information tools allow access to grade- or reading level-appropriate material through special interfaces or provide the ability to limit searching through Lexile scores. This session will review some of these learning resources for educators and explore how to use Lexile when searching for appropriate learning material. Participants are encouraged to bring a laptop.
CESA 5 MAP Summer Institute
Janet Wheeler
NWEA
“NWEA’s Comprehensive Assessment Planning Process”
(This presentation lasts for two sectionals)
NWEA’s CAPP Workshop provides the opportunity for school district teams to analyze their assessment programs, set priority goals, and develop a plan to move from their current reality to a comprehensive assessment program that will meet the data needs of all stakeholders. The CAPP Workshop will provide district teams an understanding of the planning process and a framework for reporting the plan and moving the work forward.
Dr. Barbara Blackburn
University of North Carolina-Charlotte
Following Dr. Blackburn’s keynote on Rigor, two additional sectionals will be offered as a continuation.
- Rigor is NOT a Four-Letter Wordfor Principals
- Rigor is NOT a Four-Letter Word for Teachers
- Classroom Motivation from A-Z
Heidi Hartman, 4th Grade Teacher, Alexander Middle School
Nekoosa School District
Math Grouping with MAP
Differentiating math content for an entire classroom can be overwhelming. But a team of teachers at Alexander Middle School in the Nekoosa School District has developed a plan to utilize MAP scores to do just that. Teachers meet, examine scores, and develop differentiated math lessons for various groups of students. Learn their process, pitfalls and successes.