Week+Seven

Artifacts:
We had a very busy & productive week! These are some of the things that we accomplished: >> **ACCESS CODE: 402506**
 * ===Our Team Roles Changed===
 * Check week one to see the graph of team roles. We are on the home stretch...two more weeks to go!
 * ===Two Conference Calls Were Completed:===
 * Tuesday, August 25
 * **ADDED CALL -** Thursday, August 27 at 7:30 CST
 * 7 PM Central Daylight Time
 * **PHONE NUMBER: 1 (218) 339-2626**
 * ==We Posted to Team Wiki==
 * Post Your Initial Discussion Response to the Team Activity to the Team Wiki Chart below (**//Data Driven Areas of Concern//**).
 * ==We Worked with Our Team In Our Second Conference Call to Narrow Our Goals to Three:==
 * Work with your team to develop the top three realistic and measurable goals based on the data. See GoogleDocs []
 * Public URL to publish: []

= __**Data-Driven Areas of Concern**__= Don't forget our conference call on Thursday. We should all complete 3 or more suggested areas of concern below so that we can complete the Google Doc above later this week.

3=low 2=some 1=high** ||< **__Ability to Address__ 3=unable 2=some ability 1=clearly able** ||< **__Priority__ 3=low 2=med 1=high** || Equipment is there ("smart rooms", etc.) but there is no evidence that teachers are using these tools effectively || 2 || 1 || 2 || They use minimal supporting evidence, and responses provide little or no synthesis of information. (Curriculum maybe needs to revised, the need for more project-based tasks) (Pat) || Data/Results || 5.6 Advanced Proficient || 1 || 2 || 1 ||
 * < __**Area of Concern**__ ||< __**Data Source**__ ||< __**Verification Data**__ ||< **__Importance__
 * < CWMS needs to focus on the teaches to be correctly certified and highly qualified to improve the scores in the subject areas Reading and Math since there is a high amount of special needs students(Nancy) ||< Summary report ||< 37.8 ||< 1 ||< 1 ||< 1 ||
 * CWMS has higher technology equipment but it needs to be utilized more with the students(Nancy) || General information || 30% || 2 || 1 || 2 ||
 * At CWMS most teachers feel their salary is not equal with the amount of time they spend and skills required to do their jobs(Nancy) || Job survey || 45% strongly disagree || 1 || 3 || 3 ||
 * Staff Development activities are not meaningful nor worthwhile (Andrea) || End of Year Survey || 61% of teachers disagree or strongly disagree || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * There is no mention of technology in the SIP although every classroom is "smart", every teacher has a laptop and they use email to contact the parents.(Andrea) || General Information || 30% of teachers have webpages, 100% classrooms are "smart", 3 computer labs || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * Teachers do not feel involved in decision making and they feel there is not an atmosphere of open communication nor trust (Andrea) || End of year survey || 57% teachers disagree that they are involved in decision making and 49% teachers feel that the atmosphere lacks open communication and trust. || 2 || 1 || 2 ||
 * Teachers should be given more time during the day to plan, prepare for and do their jobs. (Beth) || End of year survey || Almost half of the teachers disagree that they currently have enough time to do this. || 2 || 2 || 2 ||
 * CWMS must focus on improving reading proficiency of its students. (Beth) || Summary Report || Six of the 8 indicators for students proficient in reading are "Not Met" || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * CWMS should use best practices to integrate technology in order to enhance instruction. ***Staff development (Beth) || General Information || "There is no mention of technology in the school improvement plan" - no tech vision
 * All staff should be involved in decision making (Beth) || Survey || Over half of the staff (57%) feel uninvolved in decision-making at CWMS) || 1 || 1 || 2 ||
 * CWMS should work on improving its staff development opportunities available for the faculty. (Beth) || Survey || Over half of the staff (61%) did not agree that the staff development activities are were meaningful and worthwhile. || 1 || 1 || 1/2 ||
 * Every teacher has a laptop, but only 30% of teachers have web pages? (Where is the 24/7 learning that is suppose to be taking place? (Pat) || General Info || 30% || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * Students show they need more work to attain proficiency.
 * Too much instructional time spend on administering assessments (Are students prepared for life post high school and beyond? (Pat) || Job/Survey || 38% Agree Too much instructional time spend on administering assessments || 1 || 1 || 1 ||
 * While this is not really a concern, but something that could be an action plan item, keep in mind that some grades increased their performance in reading or math, other grades dropped. If we chose the issue of not having highly qualified teachers or the issue about lack of technology use, the action plan would talk about comparing the grade levels and utilizing the strategies that ARE working. (Andrea)