Citi 12/18/14 (Only 1 Meeting This Month)

Principals’ Meeting

CiTi 12/18/14 (only 1 meeting this month)

District/Program / Representative / District/Program / Representative
APW / Exceptional Ed
Central Square / Gary Brisson
Connie Galvan
Michael Smolick / CTE / Marla Berlin
Fulton / Donna Parkhurst / ISS / Iraina Gerchman
Liane Benedict
Hannibal / Steve Dunn / Phoenix / Greg Molloy
Mexico / Kim Holliday / Pulaski
Oswego / Erin Noto / Sandy Creek
Agenda / Notes
Group Formation / Established the 7 Norms of Collaboration from Adaptive Schools
Parking Lot
Updates
Outcome – I am up to date on important information from the field.

Pathways

Graduation Requirements

SS Updates

Assessment Schedules

Assessment/Grading work update

Adaptive Schools

/ When voted on in January, will take effect immediately. Examine students who will be taking exams in January.
Shared PowerPoint from SCDN. Attached.
Handout shared by Liane. All of this work is in preparation for 3-8 Social Studies curriculum development scheduled for the summer of 2015. Please work with your districts to take advantage of all of these opportunities.
Assessment schedules have been distributed.
Phoenix is participating in a book study with Liane. Fulton has a grading committee that has been meeting for 2 years. Hannibal is beginning to have these conversations. This will be a focus area for next year.
Flyer is attached. This will be a nice pairing with grading work.
Professional Learning
Outcome – I have an understanding of Testing Integrity and Academic Integrity and how they affect my work. / Chris Todd

Testing Integrity vs. Test Security
Test security is about vaults and lock rooms and students leaving exams early
Testing integrity is about cheating. The main focus is on adult cheating but can involve student cheating as well.
Chris is the Test Integrity Officer with support from Mark LaFountain. They had to be specially trained.
Advice – Do not investigate suspected incidence of cheating yourself. You may gather initial evidence, but then report it to your Superintendent, Chris, or NYSED.
If you try to investigate, your integrity may be called into question.
Always err on the side of caution.
Right now the focus is on erasure marks. They may begin to look at other areas such as increases in 504s or misapplied accommodations.
Academic Integrity –
Ex. Report card grades do not match state assessment scores
This may cause cheating.
Review/train all proctors prior to exams, 3-8 as well as Regents. Use caution when using substitutes as proctors.
Periodic training on the proper administration of accommodations is recommended.
Statewide data is released in July regarding investigations. Chris is willing to come back and share this info with Principals.
2 handouts are attached
PowerPoint slides
Directions for Administering Regents Exams

Collaboration
Outcome – I can deepen my understanding of how the updates and professional learning apply to my work.

Possible Compelling Questions
How do our grading practices impact academic integrity and learning in general?

Report Out

Connie – request from Paul for handling opt out students
A flyer will be distributed at CIC on 12/19/14. This can be shared with staff, parents, and community members.
Can we get a bulleted list of talking points for things our teachers can/can’t say about opting out?
Thank you, Connie, for sharing the Testing Checklists in the attachments
Kim – We should have consistency across the districts.