We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps. Nelson DeMille
I need a better map. Marianne Wallace

Sunday, September 30, 2012

      With the new school year, our wiki has become much more utilized.  Our district has required us to have weekly PLC meetings this year, because of the new curriculum we are implementing (CCCS) and the new evaluation system.  Not only has the principal's evaluation system changed, we are now required to set SLT's, or Student Learning Targets, for each of our students in Math and ELA skills; however, since I do not teach Math, I wrote my ELA SLT, then partnered with the kindergarten and first grade French teachers to write science SLT's for my Social Living students.  There are no standards through CCCS for Science as of yet, so we used the current GLE's and Benchmarks for kindergarten and first grade students for science, specifically for classification skills since that is a major portion of our instruction in K-1 science.  During the first nine weeks of the year, first grade has not had afternoon bus duty.  We have taken this opportunity to meet in person every week.  However, this month we will all start having bus duty, so we have been given permission to use our wiki for every other PLC meeting.  The wiki has already been utilized as a PLC a great deal:  we have downloaded Math pacing charts for CCCS, lesson plans, activities, and websites, among other helpful learning tools.   My co-workers have not been the only ones accessing the wiki.  We have also shared our wiki with teachers from other schools in the district, as well as from other states, who are implementing CCCS this year.