PTA MeetingSeptember 1, 2015

Thank you for a warm welcome back!

Breakfast was delicious!!

Please welcome our HVES staff

present this evening!

Welcome to HVES Teaching Staff:

•Stephanie Seaman- Kindergarten

•Kelly Tappis- Kindergarten

•Kathy Kaze- Grade 2

•Emily Anderson- Gr. 4

•Sydney Harper- Special Education

•Elana (Elie) Tiemann- ESOL .7

•Andrew Miele- ESOL

We are thrilled to have you here!

Welcome to HVES Support Staff:

• Josue Penate• Larry Mandelbaum• Judy Kelly • Faty Doumbia

MCPS Identified Assessments State, National, and InternationalAssessment

Quizzes

Tests

Measuring Academic Progress-Primary (Math)

Measuring Academic Progress-Reading

Measuring Academic Progress-Math

Montgomery County Public Schools Assessment Program-Primary Reading

InView (Gifted and Talented)

Final Exams

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

Science Maryland School Assessment (Grades 5 and 8)

Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (Literacy and Math Grades 3-8/Algebra 1 and English 10)

High School Assessment (Biology and Government)

Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State-to-State for English Language Learners

PSAT

SAT

ACT

ACCUPLACER

Advanced Placement

International Baccalaureate

Career and Technology Education Certifications

Central Question

How can we increase instructional time, alleviate the testing burden, AND continue to gather data to help us recognize and respond to

student, teacher, school, and district needs?

Elementary Assessment Plan

Elementary Required AssessmentsPrimary Reading

AssessmentMonitor Instructional

Reading Levels

Kindergarten Readiness Assessment

MAP-R¹ (Reading 3-5)

MAP-P²(Math K-2)

MSA³ Science

MAP-M⁴ (Math 3-5)

PARCC⁵

1. Measures of Academic Progress-Reading2. Measures of Academic Progress-Primary

3. Maryland State Assessment4. Measures of Academic Progress-Math

5. Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Career

School Improvement Priorities

• Instructional: All students need daily opportunities to demonstrate learning in small, flexible groups differentiated by readiness.

• Equity: All students need teachers to have high expectations for their learning.

• Social Emotional Learning: All students need to learn in safe, respectful classrooms, where a relationship between the teachers and students is evident.

Technology Update• Chromebooks in Grades 3-5

• Will be sending home a “technology contract” so that students, parents and teachers have a clear agreement about the rights and responsibilities that come with Chromebook use, and the consequences that will occur if responsibilities are not met.

• Meeting with teachers to determine the best use of the Chromebooks and the types of activities that support the curriculum and classroom procedures.

• Technology should enhance classroom instruction, not take the place of it, or take the place of student to student and teacher to student interaction.

Thanks for coming!

It’s going to be a great year!