Minutes+(previous+yrs)

**MIF PLC Minutes #8 04.28.2008**
Attendance: Elaine Maples, Nealna Gylling, Marianne Graham, Matt Stueber, Steve Larson, Sam Sell

1. Copies of the constructed response part of the post test were handed out.

2. Individual Growth Plan was discussed. It is found on page 18 of our handbook.

-- a. Fill out the personal reflection (What worked? What didn’t work? What would you do differently in the future?).

-- b. You will also need to enter your results from your pretest and post-test.

3. Logs also need to be turned in on our last mtg May 12th

4. Bring your results for sharing for our last meeting.

5. We discussed briefly our plans for next year. It must be a year long plan. Thus our testing of students will need to change. Possible topics: reduce failures, % of on task on time in class. What ever we settle on it must be measureable and student centered.

6. Positives from our current years plan. It was a measurable need, student centered and an authentic need. Nealna and Elaine commented that their students were growing accustomed to their graphical organizers.

7. We talked briefly about possibly changing our meeting from Monday AM. This is a district wide time set aside and thus is technically conflict free. Another possibility might be Friday AM.

8. Last two mtg dates are consecutive Mondays watch out.

-- a. Cinco de Mayo 6:45 -- b. May 12th 6:45

Respectfully submitted SL

PLC: MIF Minutes (01-28-08 6:30 to7:30am in room 259)

Members (85% attendance needed):
 * Elaine Maples *Sam Sell
 * Mark Nelson *Janine Regnier
 * Mariane Graham *Nealna Gylling
 * Matt Steuber *Esteban Larson

Discussion: 1. Reviewed our norms (CLECT): confidential, listen, expectations, consensus, time 2. Reviewed our rationale: The MIF PLC’s goal Is to improve students math efficacy through increasing problem solving strategies and escpanind their math vocablulary. 3. We discussed/decided on our smart goal: a. During the 2007-2008 school year, students will improve their results by an average of 10% on a 10 questions random MCA2 assessment generated from practice problems. b. Steve Larson will contact Barb to find out week areas to focus on for our 10 questions and improvement area. c. Also our data source or this is GRAD/MCA2 book and the 10 questions will be generated randomly from subsections in this book. 4. Additional information: we can alter our goal if we feel that we have made our goal to large or narrow.

Next meeting topics so far: 1. Discuss SMART goal and discuss data collection/results from 10 question assessment

Next Meeting: (Mondays) 1/21 @ 2:00 √ 1/28 @ 6:30am, √ 2/11 @ 6:30am, 2/25 @ 6:30am, 3/10PM of staff dev day, 3/31 @ 6:30am, 4/14 @ 6:30am, 4/21 @ 6:30am, 4/28 @ 6:30am, 5/5 @ 6:30am 5/12 @ 6:30am

End of Minutes (DON’T FORGET to fill out PERSONAL LOG in Handbook)