PLAC Agenda

December 3, 2015

Rhonda Robbins

Topic / Specifics / Information to / Deadlines / Handouts
Welcome
Certification Officials Conference Information / -Please see handout for the “Mother Rule” and exemptions / Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, HR Directors / Attachment
Day with PSC / We will be having A Day with PSC this spring. We have requested 3 dates: Monday, January 25, Monday, February 1, or Wednesday February 3. I have not heard which (if any) of the dates have been picked. The day will start at either 9 or 10 and end around 2. Lunch will be provided ($10 charge per person). More information to come.
-Date has been confirmed for January 25, 2016 starting at 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM in the Woodard Classroom at Okefenokee RESA. Registration is up on the website. / Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals, Assistant Principals, Instructional Coaches, SpEd Directors, HR Directors
From Word Study to Fluency to Proficient Reading – Dr. Timothy Raskinski / Dr. Raskinski is having knee replacement surgery and is not available until May or August. Preference of months?
-August is the preferred month. / Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals
Strategies for Increasing Lexile Level Workshop / Delia, Cindy, and Rhonda will be meeting in January to begin planning.
-Dates will be forthcoming / Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals
TSC Endorsement / We are supposed to receive our report from the PSC by December 15; however, the latest email I received indicated that our program will not go in front of the commission until the February meeting () so we will not be able to begin the cohort until after that date. We have 2 interested candidates from Valdosta City schools.
-Looking at starting in March.
-7 Ware applicants and 2 Valdosta City applicants / Superintendents, Curriculum Directors, Principals
Pulse Check Results / Attached are summaries from the results of the recent Pulse Check. Thank you very much for your willingness to provide us with feedback. We have begun analyzing the results and will continue to use them for our own improvement. / Superintendents, Curriculum Directors / Pulse Check Results – Teacher / Support Staff
Pulse Check Results System/ School Leader
Pulse Check Teacher/Support Staff Comments
Pulse Check School/System Leader Comments

Peggy Stovall

Topic / Specifics / Information to / Deadlines / Handouts
Politics / RESA Brochure
-positive comments were shared.
-will be shared with the legislature. / Curriculum Directors, Superintendents / Yes

Cathy McGee

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PBIS / PBIS Updates
1.Bacon County- bus tours report
*Brantley/Charlton(Nov.12)
*Ware (Dec. 8)
2. Brantley County - upcoming training
(Jan. 13,14); +5 points for each school
3. Charlton County- upcoming training (Jan. 20,21; Feb. 21, 26)
+5 points for each school
4. Ware County-upcoming training
(Jan. 7; Feb. 3, 4); +5 points for each school
5. Regional PBIS meeting report
Spring meeting –OK RESA
(March 9. 2016) / Superintendent
Curriculum Director
District PBIS
Coordinators
School Administrators
Substitute Teacher Training / Report from Nov. 10
-trained a great group of 28 people.
Final training class-February 2, 2016 / Superintendent
Human Resources Director
Curriculum Director
School Admin. / Registration deadline:
January 25, 2016
Paraprofessional training / Report from Nov. 17, 18
-we had a lot of fun with all of our training
-thank you to Ware Co. for allowing the Robotics Team to come and share with us the great things going on there.
Spring Training – March 15 & 16, 2016
-If anyone has any suggestions for the training in the Spring please let me know I am open for ideas. / Superintendent
Human Resources Director
Curriculum Director
School Admin. / Registration deadline:
March 4, 2016

Mark Mooneyhan

Topic / Specifics / Information to / Deadlines / Handouts
TKES/LKES / Updates
-working with teachers on professional dev. / Professional Learning Coordinators
Teacher Learning Academy / Standard 5: Assessment Strategies
Grades P-5- December 8
Grades 6-12- December 9 / TLA Schedule
Student Learning Objectives / Next Steps
Testing Protocols
-had a great meeting with Shauntice Bryant in November.
-meeting today to move forward on 2nd growth measure. / Student Learning Objective Upcoming Dates
Depth of Knowledge Training / Do we want to offer 1 day training?
-everyone interested as long as the focus is on the application of DOK in the classroom and not just on what they are.
-will pull together a synopsis and will present at January meeting.
Principal’s Consortium / Next Dates:1:00 – 3:30
January 20- High School
January 21- Middle School
January 22- Elementary School
Items to discuss:
GACIS topics
CCRPI Calculations
Legislative Issues
Education Reform Sub-Committees Recommendations / See attachment for changes and recommendations / Recommendations From Sub-committees To Full Commission
GEMA School Safety Training / Do we want to have any of these?
-Ed Westbrook
-FREE training
-Please review the attached list of trainings and send your system’s prioritized list to Mark by Monday, December 14. / School Safety Trainings

Dana Robbins

Topic / Specifics / Information to / Deadlines / Handouts
HB671 / Mondays: Jan 11-March 14 4:00-8:30 PM (some dates face-to-face; some dates on-line) / Curriculum Directors, Principals, Teachers, GaTAPP Candidates / 1-4-16
Behavior Interventions That Work – Amie Dean / *Amie Dean, “The Behavior Queen”
*January 25 – Douglas PLC
*January 26 – OKRESA
**Registration for both days has been posted.
Cost: TBD / Curriculum Directors, Special Ed Directors, Principals, Assistant Principals, Behavior Specialist, Instructional Coaches, Teachers, Student Services Directors / 1-15-16 / http://behaviorqueen.com/seminars/

Cindy Hitt

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IIS Data Analysis Tool / Training scheduled 1-20-16, 9:00 – 11:30 am. Tool is available through SLDS and provides school and district level SLDS administrators with the ability to create customized reports using assessment, attendance, and student growth model data available in SLDS.
Currently only 6 registered. Must have 10. / School and District SLDS Administrators / 1-13-16
ACT College and Career Readiness Standards: ELA / 1 poster to each system.
-given out a PLAC / High Schools
ELA Learning Progressions / Learning Progressions for K-5 are posted on the ELA standards pages. Designed to be a tool to help teachers discuss student mastery levels with parents. / K-5 Teachers / Sample: First Grade Learning Progression
https://www.georgiastandards.org/Georgia-Standards/Pages/ELA-K-5.aspx
Young Georgia Authors / Information packet coming from GCTE soon with all forms and rules. All entries must be original student work. Please read formatting and submission rules carefully; we cannot accept entries not meeting the rules. Entries will not be returned, keep copies. Each school system should also submit an electronic copy of each entry (all entries for school system saved on one flash drive). / System YGA Coordinators / All system entries due to Cindy Hitt at OK RESA, by March 18, 2016.
Early Literacy
Resources / Exemplar units, lessons, etc. for ELA are available to all as a result of the Striving Readers Grant team and can be found here.
Additionally, part of the site, “Bookworms,” is a series of literature-based units and lessons designed by McKenna and Walpole. They can be found here. These are excellent resources for early literacy! / K-5 teachers / http://comprehensivereadingsolutions.com/
https://sites.google.com/a/udel.edu/revised-bookworms-lessons/home/revised-bookworms-resources

Elizabeth Oliver

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Gateway Grades Retest for Milestones / Grades 3, 5, & 8: Reading below grade level, not the overall reading score. Those students who did not meet the beginning of their Lexile Stretch Band. Must retake all 3 sections.
Grades 5 & 8: Math Beginning Learners. / Elementary and Middle Principals / Attached
Milestones Data / EOG and EOC / Principals and Teachers / Attached
7th Grade Math Teachers PL / Forwarded email from Sandi Woodall yesterday. Let me know if any are interested. / Curriculum Directors and Middle School Principals

Kathi Murray

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Okefenokee Outreach / -has served over 1300 children in 9 schools in 2 of our districts
-I would love to come to your schools and present to the students. You can contact me at / Superintendents, Principals, Teachers
Teacher resource / -4 portable labs available
-Microscope
-pH lab
-DNA extraction
-Classification
-teachers have access to lesson plans for science and social studies on the teacher resource link at www.okeswamp.org / Superintendents, Principals, Teachers
Webinar / -Beginning in January we will have webinars featuring diff. swamp organisms. Teachers will be able to access them using the GoToWebinar app / Superintendents, Principals, Teachers
Teachers Academy / June 6-10
We will be recruiting the best teachers from our districts to write science and social studies lesson plans on the swamp. / Superintendents, Principals, Teachers
Camp Oscar / June 13th-17th
8-12 yr old children / Superintendents, Principals, Teachers

Next PLAC Meeting

January 28, 2016

10:00 AM