Cultivating the Continuous Improvement Classroom

1. Cultivating the Continuous Improvement Classroom Student Data Folders

2. DATA COLLECTION Helps to show students their progress or lack of progress at all times.

6. Decline In Failures for the Year In 7th grade Social Studies:Use of Data Folders

7. Student Data Folders

8. WHAT IS IT? A �TOOL� USED BY STUDENTS TO KEEP TRACK OF THEIR PROGRESS INCORPORATES GOAL SETTING AND DATA COLLECTION �PERFECT TOOL� TO ENHANCE STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES

9. WHAT DOES IT LOOK LIKE? SHOWCASES MISSION STATEMENTS CLASSROOM PLEDGES EXPECTATIONS STUDENT GOALS STEPS TO ACHIEVE GOALS STUDENT DATA DISPLAYING PROGRESS TOWARD GOALS

10. MEASURING INSTRUMENTS HISTOGRAMS PARETO DIAGRAMS RADAR CHARTS CHECK SHEETS RUN CHARTS BAR GRAPHS LINE GRAPHS

11. WHEN IS IT USED? ESTABLISH �QUALITY CLASSROOM� THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL GOAL SETTING THE FIRST WEEK OF SCHOOL DAILY OR WEEKLY DATA MEASURES KEPT QUARTERLY EVAULATE PROGRESS & ADJUST OR RESET GOALS

12. HOW IS IT MADE ? COMMUNITY BUILDING - DEVELOP QUALITY CLASSROOM CLASS & INDIVIDUAL MISSION STATEMENTS CLASS & INDIVIDUAL GOAL SETTING PORTFOLIO TO SUPPORT DATA FOR STUDENT-LED CONFERENCES BINDERS OR FOLDERS

13. Student Data Folders Students need to be able to answer these questions: 1) What will I measure? 2) How will I measure it? 3) How will I improve? 4) How often will I chart my progress?

14. Things to Remember about Student Data Folders Will students set individual benchmarks or use a class benchmark? Anything students choose to create a data folder on MUST BE MEASURABLE. Students need to be able to know how to improve and set an appropriate benchmark.

15. Student Data FolderExample Forms

16. Personal Information This form will help me get to know your child. Please complete and return it to me as quickly as possible. Child�s Name________________________________________________________ Name of parents or guardians__________________________________________ Birthday_________________________Age______Phone #____________________ My child is good at_____________________________________________________ My child needs help with________________________________________________ My child likes to_______________________________________________________ Academically, I would like to see my child improve____________________________ Socially, I would like to see my child improve________________________________ Anything else you would like to share about your child to help make the school year more successful_______________________________________________________ Feel free to use the back of this paper. Thank you for your participation in your child�s education.

17. Parent Expectation Form I expect my child to_______________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________. I expect my child�s teacher to_______________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________. As a parent I will ________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________.

18. Goals What:_____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ How: _____________________________ _____________________________ _____________________________ Goals (How will I measure what and/or how?) Measure 1:____________________________ Measure 2:____________________________ Measure 3:____________________________ Measure 4:____________________________

19. My goal in ____________ is: ___________________________________ ___________________________________ ___________________________________

20. How am I doing on my goals in_________________________? I will reach my goal by: 1. ________________________________! � 2. ________________________________!

21. Sample: Watch me get to grade level in reading! _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________ _____________________

22. How do I feel about my progress in ________________________? ______ J K L ______ J K L ______ J K L ______ J K L ______ J K L

23. Kindergarten Example Mission Statement Key Goals Key Measures Student Data Folder Classroom Data Center

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