- October 6, 2006: The Creek Valley School Improvement Steering Committee led a district-wide staff meeting with the goal of selecting a school improvement goal.
- Steering committee members presented a Microsoft Powerpoint presentation displaying the following data:
- Norm-referenced test results (Terra Nova)
- Criterion-references test results (Nebraska S.T.A.R.S.)
- Perceptual data (Parent, student, and teacher survey results)
- During the presentation, the teaching staff was required to complete a handout listing strengths and potential areas of growth as a district. Following the conclusion of the Powerpoint, the staff discussed these results in small table groups.
- Table groups were required to use the information discussed to arrive at a potential school improvement goals.
- Two potential goals emerged from this discussion: Reading and Writing (with a focus on Conventions)
- Each potential goal was then placed in a ActiveVote quiz, requiring teachers to respond anonymously to the following questions:
- Is this an academic goal?
- Can this goal be measured in a variety of ways?
- Is this a priority for student learning?
- Can you commit to this goal?
- Once all results were tabulated, the staff used the results to make a final decision. When presented the question, “Would a goal of improving student reading or improving student writing be best for our district?” 81% voted for the goal of “improving student reading.”
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