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Reflection and Goals for the New Year

Copyright-2013 © Los Angeles Unified School District - All rights reserved

Facts about Reflections and Goals

• Learning is both an active and reflective process (Burns, Dimock and Martinez, 2000)

• Though we learn by doing, constructing, building, talking, and writing, we also learn by thinking about events, activities and experiences (Burns, Dimock and Martinez, 2000)

• Opportunities for reflection should occur at the beginning, middle and the end of the school year. (Parrillo, 1994) That way students can take note of their learning starting point, assess their progress mid-year and critically evaluate their own learning at the end of the school year

• Reflection activities allow students a sense of intellectual ownership and a better understanding of oneself and one's own abilities (Burns, Dimock and Martinez, 2000)

• Students can learn to use their creative and critical thinking skills to help prepare for, succeed in, and learn from attendance improvement strategies in order to be better prepared for the future (Parrillo, 1994)


Reflection and Goal Setting: Questions for Students• What is something we did this year that you think you will

remember for the rest of your life?• What is something you accomplished this year that you are

proud of?• What have been some of the barriers for attending school this

year?• Where is your favorite place in our classroom (or school)?• What is something that was hard for you at the start of the

year, but is easy now?• In what area do you feel you made your biggest

improvements?• What are the three most important things you learned this

year?• Is there anything you will do differently this year/semester?• What are two goals you have for the rest of this school year?• What are goals you have for five years from today (where

would you like to be and what would you like to be doing)?• What steps will you take, today and in the future, to achieve

your goals?


Reflection and Goal Setting: Questions for Teachers• What are some things you accomplished this year that you

are proud of?• What is something you tried in your classroom this year for

the first time? How did it go?• What is something you found particularly frustrating this

year?• Which student in your class do you think showed the most

improvement? Why do you think this student did so well?• What is something you would change about this year if you

could?• What is one way that you grew professionally this year?• Who amongst your colleagues was the most helpful to you?• What has caused you the most stress this year?• Is there anything you will do differently this year/semester?• What are two goals you have for the rest of this school

year?• What are goals you have for five years from today (where

would you like to be and what would you like to be doing)?• What steps will you take, today and in the future, to achieve

your goals?


Bulletin Board Ideas - Elementary

Bulletin Board Ideas - Secondary

Where we are: Attendance Bands through December 2013

Instructional Days = 85

Far Below Basic

Below Basic

Basic

Proficient

Advanced Perfect Attendance! -Maintain-

At-Risk Attendance: 4-6 absences-Early Intervention-

Outstanding Attendance! 1-3 absences -Maintain-

At-Risk Attendance: 7-11 absences -Early Intervention-

Highly At-Risk Attendance: 12 or more absences-Early and Intensive Intervention- Copyright - 2013 © LAUSD, All Rights Reserved

Where we are going: Attendance Bands at the end of the school year

Instructional Days = 180

Far Below Basic

Below Basic

Basic

Proficient

Advanced 0 ABSENCES

8-14 ABSENCES

1-7 ABSENCES

15-23 ABSENCES

MORE THAN 23 ABSENCESCopyright - 2013 © LAUSD, All Rights Reserved

JANUARY

ELEMENTARY TIERED SUPPORT

PROFICIENT/ADVANCED ATTENDANCE:•Recognize students with proficient/advanced attendance through the month of December on the Bulletin Board•Send home a recognition letter to parents.•Organize a Day without an Absence the first week of school in January.•Send home a letter home announcing the 100th Day of School Grade Level Classroom Competition Kick-Off.BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Send home a letter home announcing the 100th Day of School Grade Level Classroom Competition Kick-Off.•Create a New Year, New Beginning Attendance Pledge Medallion and send it home to parents to sign and return to school. Display medallion’s on school fence or bulletin board.BELOW/FAR BELOW BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Send home a letter home announcing the 100th Day of School Grade Level Classroom Competition Kick-Off.•Create a New Year, New Beginning Attendance Pledge Medallion and send it home to parents to sign and return to school. Display medallion’s on school fence or bulletin board. •Hold COST meeting to discuss students with most severe academic and socio-emotional issues/concerns.

*All students should receive an attendance progress report


JANUARY

SECONDARY TIERED SUPPORTPROFICIENT/ADVANCED ATTENDANCE:•Recognize students with proficient/advanced attendance through the month of December on the Bulletin Board•Issue incentives to students with proficient/advanced attendance through the month of December (e.g. A ticket student can redeem for a snack once a week in the month of January).•Create a New Year, New Beginning Attendance Pledge Poster for students to sign in each Advisory Room and display it on classroom door.BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Issue tickets to students with perfect attendance on a weekly basis which they can redeem at the end of January (e.g. snack, pass, incentive, etc). •Hold ACE (Attendance Counts for Everyone) Meeting for students with 5 or more absences.BELOW/FAR BELOW BASIC ATTENDANCE:•Hold COST meeting to discuss students with most severe academic and socio-emotional issues/concerns.

*All students should receive an attendance progress report Copyright-2013 © Los Angeles Unified School District - All rights reserved

Information that can be shared with grade level

team

On February 3 (the 100th day of school), some students in the Basic attendance band will have 8 absences and no longer be able to meet attendance goal at end of the year. January is an important month to provide focused support to engage students in the Basic band.

• Identify number of students in each band per class

School-wide attendance trends• Grade level comparison

Changes in attendance percentage on milestones (25th day, 50th day, etc.)• Point out increase in rates• If there is a decrease, discuss possible reasons why (i.e. extended vacation days, illness, etc.)


Upcoming Milestones

100th Day of School! – February 3, 2014

Maximum Number of Absences at Each Tier by Instructional Day

Calendar Date

Instructional Day

LESS THAN 87% (Far

Below Basic)

87-91%

(Below Basic)

92-95% (Basic)

96-99% (Proficient)

100% (Advanc

ed)

February 3, 2014

100 14 or more

13 8 4 0


Monthly Attendance Trends

•What’s affecting attendance at this point in the year?

• Extending Winter Break• Not returning on Monday, January 13th

•Change in weather increases absences• Students stay home when it rains/cold• Students health affected• Illness/Cold/Flu• Asthma

• Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Observed

Monday, January 20, 2014


Looking Ahead

February 3rd – 100th Day of School

February 12th – Lincoln’s Birthday (not observed)

February 17th – President’s Day


Fun ThemesFun ThemesJan 1st – Betsy Ross/Paul Revere BirthdayJan 3rd – Drinking Straw DayJan 6th - Cuddle Up Day/Bean DayJan 8th - Bubble Bath Day/Elvis Presley’s Birthday/Make Your Dream Come True DayJan 9th – First iPhone introduced 2007Jan 11th - Step in a Puddle and Splash your Friends Day/Milk DayJan 13th – Poetry Break DayJan 15th - National Hat DayJan 18th - Winnie the Pooh Day (Birthday of Winnie’s author)Jan 19th - National Popcorn DayJan 21st - Hugging DayJan 22nd –Celebration of Life DayJan 23rd - Pie DayJan 24th - Compliment DayJan 25th - Opposite DayJan 27th - Chocolate Cake DayJan 29th - Puzzle DayJan 31st - Backward Day/Chinese New Year


Fun ThemesFun ThemesThe Month of January is:•National Bath Safety Month•National Blood Donor Month•National Eye Health Care Month•National Hobby Month•National Mentoring Month•National Oatmeal Month•National Soup Month•National Staying Healthy Month •National Thank You Month

January 17th – 90th Instructional DayWE’RE HALF WAY THERE !!!

Muhammad Ali (Cassuius Clay) born 1942 – Knock out absences!

Benjamin Franklin born 1706 – Attendance is Electric (Fly kites with students present)Copyright-2013 © Los Angeles Unified School District - All rights reserved

Elementary Activities

Secondary Activities

Take the time to reflect on all that you have accomplished.

What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as what

you become by achieving your goals.

~ Henry David Thoreau

Write it on your heart that every day

is the best day in the year.

~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

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