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//Christy- I am going to finish up week one this evening after school and start next week's readings. I will be out of town on next Thursday thru Saturday, so let me know what we need to do or how we want to proceed! Have a great Friday ladies!// Petra-- Meredith emailed it to me, it looks easy enough., kind of like the wiki. I am ready to go also, we just need to decide what to do about the group. I emailed the link to you Christy. Christy - I didn't get the Google doc....and I am not sure about google doc url. I have taken a workshop over google docs, but nothing mentioned about the URL. Its basically like this, but we share a document and can edit at anytime. I don't believe that others (public) can view our document. On a second note, I got my books from amazon and they shipped within a day. No problems at all. Let me know what I need to do! Lets get this show going!!!

Petra--Who else is on our team? I am a little confused. Are we with Darlene on Betsey's team? I sent out an email to you. All the addresses are on there. I ordered my books at Barnes and Noble, and it just took two days to get to me. Meredith- I am so bad..I don't have everyone's e-mail anymore. I wrote it down somewhere and don't know where. Hey, the books...can we buy them at a bookstore? I just posted on the discussion board...a couple of classes back, I order over $80 worth of books and I never got them. The company screwed me and I could not get them to respond. It was off Amazon...I don't want to order the books again and the same thing happen. Any suggestions? I emailed you the Google Doc. Let me know if you didn't get it. I have never used google docs before. We will see. Petra-- I am ready, just getting a slow start. It seems we just finished the last class lol. I needed a longer break. Email petra718@aol.com I try to email the others. Meredith- OK girls...we are to do group projects in this new class. Ya'll in? We have a lot of work to do. Lets all talk here. I know we have all week...Our official class day does not start until Mon the 16th? I just don't want to work too much during Thanksgiving. I will be the team leader if you want me to. I have a Goolge acct, but I have never created a google doc. If anyone else has, please feel free to be the team leader. We all good to work together again? Christy, Petra, Darlene????

I need everyone's e-mail address again. If I create this google doc..I have to invite ya'll to view it...using your e-mail.

Just let me know.

Meredith- Christy, I mad a few changes and grammer/spelling corrections. Sorry it's so late, I just got back on and checked it.

(Petra) Christy, don't feel bad, I am not done either. I am trying to finish in school today while the kids are taking a benchmark. On your assignmnet, the only thing I might change is incorporate some actual group activity to reflect and review. Everything else looks really good. We have only one more week to go, we can do it. (Christy) ok, if anyone can help me out I need a collaborator for the first and second part. The first part is located below in the staff develoment agenda edld 5335 and I am posting part 2 after this message. I would greatly appreciate any help. Thanks Meredith- Christy if you need anything else tonight, let me know. I guess I have what I need to turn this assignment in. I was confused about it and not sure what to do. I guess it's what they need. Who knows. Let me know if you need some help.

(Christy) Meredith your staff development is great. I could only add two things and they are completely suggestions. I will look again tomorrow. I am going to work from 4- until midnite if i have to on Monday nite so that I can be done and start on Week 5...last week. I added my suggestions in purple. i save it on my computer then reloaded it here.... Meredith- I think you are headed in the right direction, Christy. This assignment was so confusing. If you want to be my second collaborater, I will be one of yours. I think your idea is perfect. Improving implementation on at the campus level would be a great idea. Learner centered lessons have got to be the focus of most lessons. We have to be able to teach these kids how to learn, not how to memorize and just get by.

(Christy) after reading the documents below I think i would like to improve on my campus's staff development program. We don't have one and the only time most teachers get continuing ed is if they sign up for it and take it off campus. I would like to see more implementation at the campus level. Is this what part 2 is about? Plus, alot of the teachers in my school do not include learner centered lessons. What if I used my staff development activity to introduce a new program of each teacher doing a learner centered activity and showing ease of use in each content area. This would provide campus level staff development and allow each teacher the opportunity to participate. We could collaborate with partners and have a "class" weekly or bi weekly. Am I headed in the right direction with this? (Christy) I have had a horrible weekend and then internet was down. I can't seem to catch up this class. I really need help. Could someone collaborate on my staff development project and then help me figure out what to do in part 2. I will just have to have it done by Tuesday nite, that is the latest i can turn it in. I appreciate any help you can give me. Meredith - It looks like the first part of the assingment, we need two collaborators. ** Petra, I had you collaborate...I need one more person **. I can look at someone elses also. Meredith - Here is my second part...Is this the right way of thinking? Not sure, but I had to try. (Petra) I think this is very good Meredith. __I would not change a thing__. I think in part 1 of the assignment we could add the 15 point evaluation for the teacher editions and curriculum guides to the staff development. This is what we did last week for the last part of our assignment. It could be added as a group activity.



I like your idea. This would be a great staff development since this is a HUGE issue right now. My suggestions are in red.

(Meredith) I am still confused. We did not do a chart like the chart in the second section of this assignment. I cannot find what I need to post. I am sorry. I want to get this done early, but I cannot figure out which one to post for you to evaluate for me. I will work on yours in a few minutes. Help!!!! (Petra) OK here is the second part.

(Petra) Meredith, if I am reading this correctly, in week 1 we did this chart on the learning system components (part 1 of the Analysis Assignment) he wants us to review, which we all the components like "learning goals, curriculum goals, instructional programs", etc. I think when he talks about the Analysis Assignment that is what he is talking about, including analyzing AEIS and the Campus Improvement Plan from week 1. Look at the last column of what we did here on the wiki, and work on that. I believe this is what he want. If you guys have any other ideas let me know.

(Petra) I waited very late last week also, and I am hoping to get it all done earlier. I so much need a beak from college. I hope we have a little bit more time between classes this time around. Hang in there Meredith. Please let me know if you can open this, if not I save it as something else.

(Meredith) I am sooo confused. I read the assingment and tried to make sense of it all. CRAZY.....Ya, Christy, I will post my staff development plan, collaborate away...:) I do not know what we are to do in section two. What is Analysis Assignment. Based on your learning during Weeks 2 - 4? Which assignment was this from? I cannot figure it out. I CANNOT wait until this class is over.

(Christy) Well we are down to week 4...we can do this! We will succeed! Do we each need to attach our own staff development plan so that we can collaborate on each other's? For part 2, do we each want to just post our learning system component for improvement and then comment on each other's? It's going to be great working with y'all again. (Meredith) OK. Ladies, we have to collaborate again this week. I waited until Sunday of this past week to do my homework - actually, I didn't have time until Sunday - and I worked ALL day. I don't want to do that again. I will work on the table and put it on here. Everyone have a great week.

(Petra) Ok, I feel so dumb, but how do you know what the points are taken off for. All I ever see is the grade. What am I missing? (Meredith) Something happened when I tried to comment on this page. Several posts disappeared. Sorry. No, I am not getting mechanics points either. I am using Spell Check and getting my husband to proof read. I don't know what else to do.

(Petra) I just started with week 2, at least we have a three day weekend to look forward to.

(Darlene) Aarrrrrgh! This clas is VERY time consuming! That with the fact that our coach is a hard grader makes things really difficult! (Meredith) I have not looked at this weeks yet. I have a feeling this class may be as time consuming as the Research class. WHY do they give us easy classes during the summer? (Christy).....just submitted week one assignment....goodness have y'all looked at week two assignment? I have no idea, my campus had the weakest scores in 5th Science and the CIP objective was to implement more effective methods and instructional strategies...I have no idea where to begin!

(Darlene) Petra, did you find a CIP from your principal? The AEIS is on the web, but the CIP is either on you SCHOOL website, or in the principal's office. You have to read through the CIP and compare it with your AEIS to see how your school will address the areas where your school did not score well. That information goes in the third column. Email or call me if you need help.

(Petra) OK I added some of the other stuff and and I also added some more to the table. So look at that. I am starting to confuse myslelf. I am so ready to be done for this week. I guess we can just copy and past however we want.I also think that I will put all our names on there.



(Petra) I am having a hard time finding the CIP. It is supposed to be on that website on the assignment. I will email you if you can tell me what to do with the last part of Part 3. I got the rest done. (Darlene) As I understand it, we just put the names of the two people we work with as Collaborator #1 and #2, put ALL of the information gathered by all of us in the state, local and suggestions columns.We don't break it down by person...just glop it all together. Petra, my principal sat down with me today and went over the CIP and the AEIS. He helped me answer the questions. If you need help, emai me. Same goes for you Christy!

(Petra) I am glad you can open the table document now. I took all the stuff out again since you all can see it. I am working on the third column. Haven't even started on the third part of the assignment yet.

(Darlene) Yes, Christi. You have to get the CIP from your principal. HISD had to turn theirs in last week, so you should be able to get an updated copy. I am confused now when I look at the table. I am leaving my stuff in black, but we have most of the same stuff you guys do. Christy, are you in HISD? I know Petra isn't. Petra, I can open the document. My question is, since there are only two columns, WHOSE comments do we put in the boxes? Is it collective and we just write the other two names? (Christy) I still can not find the CIP...i was told i needed it from my principal. Is this true? Anyways, by looking at the changes on this page we needed more info instead of what I had put on there. I am confused now. I will be back on tomorrow right after school. email at iwsicnh@hotmail.com if there is more needed from me....at least it is not due until tuesday at midnite! We can do this ladies, it will be ok. Y'all r the greatest! (Petra) ok, the table looked good before I put all that stuff in, not so good after I saved it. I may have to take it out again. Tomorrow, I am to tired tonight. I converted my table to see if it now will open, try it.

(Petra) Ok, I tried put most every in purple into the chart in purple, I have not come up with anything for the third row. I am soooo tired.

(Meredith) I have entered my thoughts in green. I am so confused about most of this stuff. I am probably way off base. I am going to try and continue and see what else I can do tonight. Any ideas on the last table? I am TOTALLY confused about it. I cannot understand the AEIS and CIP document enough to intupret any data.

(Darlene) Petra and Meredith, since we can't open Petra's document why don't we just add our info to the table below. i will email our coach for clarification about how to best complete the boxes.

(Meredith) I am just not able to get back on. I have not felt well all weekend. I am sorry. I will look at everything and offer my ideas. I am sorry. I am so confused about what we need to do. This last table is what I am having a hard time with. Petra, I cannot open your document either.

(Darlene) Petra, I can;t open your document, so I added my info in the box at the bottom.

(Petra) Ok, now I feel really stupid, here is what I did, I thought we had to summarize all this again like on the first part. I finally got my computer working again. Here is what I did. This is probably all wrong. I just rewrote his lecture. (Petra) I think i did to much, may be we can combine it. I was not sure about the last table.

Christy)...I have added to the table, and by the way I JUST noticed part 3. Oh my, this class is going to be a long one. I feel so behind and it just started.

(CHRISTY) I am having trouble finding info on administrative procedures.....can someone point me in the right direction. I found it interesting that money should be set aside for staff development. I assume staff development was more in-depth training, but for my school district staff development training is considered being taught how to implement new products or programs, such as the new grading system....(quick and just touches the surface).  (Darlene) It will be Saturday for me also. I am still playing "catch up"! Will post Saturday after 9 or 10 p.m. I am working the SPCA Telethon all day until 8:00 p.m. (Petra)I think that would be great, I just now realized we needed to do that. I am so behind this week. It will probably be saturday before I have time to post this. I just now finished the summary. 

(Meredith) Can we talk here about the assignment? Everyone in the Curriculum Managment course? I worked on the summary part until I went cross eyed...I might have to take a few points off on this assignment. I am not sure I have enough time to get that detailed. UGH. Ok, we are to collaborate with colleagues to finish the table on page 4 of our assignment. We want to do that here? I know I need help. 1st week, new job, daughter starting Kinder...rough week. Here is the table. Can we work on it together? I will post some later, have to get daughter ready for bed.

**Directions:**  Review the components of the TEA learning system in the Week 1 lecture and the information you gathered in Part 1 of the assignment. As you review, think about desirable local provisions for each component. Consider strengths and weaknesses in local provisions. Access the Texas Education Code at // [] // and/or the Texas Administrative Code, Title 19, (TAC): Part II Texas Education Agency at // [] //. Peruse these sites for more information about the TEA learning system components. Collaborate online with two colleagues to complete the table on the TEA learning system by describing the minimum state provisions, desirable local provisions for each of the six components, and your preliminary suggestions for improvement. Your suggestions may change after completing the course. Billye "Darlene" Jones |||||| Collaborator #2: Christy Thornsberry Meredith O'Bannion || TEKS-HAYSCISD ||  TEKS - KISD Boys Town - character education ||
 * TEA Learning System Components **
 * Collaborator #1:
 * ** Component  **  |||| ** Minimum State Provision   ** || ** Desirable Local Provision <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal;">  ** || **<span style="color: #000000; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Preliminary Suggestion for Improvement <span style="color: white; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal;">  ** ||
 * Learning Goals <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> |||| <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> TEKS-HISD

Taught, Written, Tested || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">
 * HAYSCISD- really overall the state, not necessarily teach to the TEKS, but interpret them as best as we can in the classroom ||
 * Curriculum Documents <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> |||| <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> None by State

C-SCOPE - All grades/Subjects (KISD)( HaysCISD) TAKS-we have to include this ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> HAPG (for HISD)

HaysCISD- If all schools across the state had aligned curriculum, we would be able to bring up scores(vertically and horizontaly) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> we need a more aligned curriculum between school districts across the state.
 * Instructional Program <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> |||| <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">

HISD-varies according to subdistrict and building HaysCISD-All grade levels are required to learn all TEKS in each course, per their required grade level- district mut provide varies settings || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">

Accelerated Math and Reading (KISD)( HaysCISD) Step Up to TAKS (KISD) TAKS Help(HaysCISD) || <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> Encourage more students to participate in more programs, set goals for themselves,offer incentives for students || Region IV PDAS 45 hours of Professional Development |||| <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> PDAS Regional Service Centers || <span style="color: #800080; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Unexpected walk throughs, and reports on what may be improved. A list of expectations of what the principal wants to "see" (bulletin boards with student work, centers, groups, etc.) when they do a walk through needs to be given to each teacher at the beginning of the semester.
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> Saxon (KISD)
 * Staff Development Program <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">
 * None (KISD) ||

PDAS needs to be taken a little more seriously. It is still a dog and pony show. Evaluators most of the time do not want to hurt anyone's feelings, but being a little harder and truthful in evaluations just might help those teachers who need to improve. || LAT TAKS AEIS Benchmarks-HISD ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">More emphasis needs to be put into additional training and higher educational endeavors for teachers.
 * Measurement System <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> |||| <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> TELPAS

Star Reading and Math (KISD) TAKS (KISD) TELPAS (KISD) LAT (KISD) TAKS Stanford 10 (for HISD) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> Benchmarks (KISD)

Most of the time is aligned with TEKS, not curriculum, so teachers just teach to the TEKS(I mean TAKS) ||
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;">Aligned with TEKS, but not curricuum, at times.
 * Administrative Procedures <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> |||| <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> Administrative team at all schools usually focuses on CIP. Every year those teams are formulated well before anything else. ||

Campus/District Improvement committees (KISD) (HaysCISD) ||
 * Teacher/Principal evaluations (KISD)(HISD)

Committees get together, set goals, make plans, and only a couple of them are ever implemented. Make decisions, set goals, and make it happen. PDAS and MPDAS is too subjective. A lot of the scores reflect the feelings of the assessor toward the teacher being assessed and the lesson being taught. || <span style="color: #000000; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">How can understanding the components of the TEA learning system assist you in your work as an instructional leader?
 * <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Arial Narrow','sans-serif'; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal;"> Committees never see "eye to eye" There needs to be more alignment.

Understanding the components of the TEA learning system will help the instructional leader focus on the "big picture."

Why is important that an instructional leader improve the components of the TEA learning system?

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<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;">(Petra) The grades are posted now. I did end up with my 91 yet I never heard back about what I did wrong on the wiki and blog. I am just concerned since we have Dr. A. again and I am sure she will ask for the same thing again. How is everyone going in the law class. It is good to communicate with you guys again. I have missed you. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #008080; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif; font-size: 120%;"> Meredith you are good at all this. Look how great you did on editing our PSA.

(Darlene) I sent in my updates too. I made 50 on my blog post and 78 on my final reflections. I made an A but I don't know if any of my individual assignment grades changed or not. I sure would like to have more feedback! I had a 91 before the updates were sent, but I would sure like it to be higher! (Meredith) I sent in all my updates...I don't know what else she wants us to do. I am so frustrated. I hope I did what I needed to do to at least have an A. I have an 87. I got a 50 on my blog posts and a 74 on my final assessment. I fixed it, now I am waiting for some info. I am just frustrated because this is the class I teach, I thought I was better than all this. Good luck.

(Meredith) This is not about the law class, this is about the Multimedia class. Anyone have a lower grade than expected at this moment? I emailed Abernathy an updated version of my Blog. I got counted off for that and for my final assessment. I hope it gets better. It's only an 87, but B's are not acceptable. I was shocked, as much work as we had to do. Law class above here.............................................

11 (Meredith) Thank you Petra. You did a MUCH better job than I did. Thanks again, everyone. 10. (Petra) Here is the finished final proposal. 9. (Darlene) Great job everyone! I heard on the webinar that we will stay in the same "section" throughout our Master's Program. I look forward to working with you in future projects! 8.(Meredith) I did not get anything from the proposal. I put the link at the bottom of the page to the proposal I changed, but I was not sure what else you needed me to do. Let me know what else I need to do. Thanks (Meredith) I think we should post the final week 5 updated propsal here, so we can all turn in the same one. Petra, are you doing that? Let me know if I can help. We can turn it in tomorrow. Cannot wait to have a little break again from school. :)
 * 7. (Petra)I don't know what I did, but I had left the draft open, so I think other comment were accidentally deleted when I closed it. I am sorry. Please write again what you wrote. **
 * 6. (Darlene) Thank you for the update Petra. I think we have a top notch PSA! I hope school law is not like the research class. I got a bit concerned with their changing the rules so frequently. Maybe that's why we are told to "plan." hehehe. I've heard that it requires reading lots of cases but I don't know anything more than that. **
 * 5. (Petra) Just the last copyright portion. I sent it to you yesterday. Let me know if you did not get it. **
 * 4. (Meredith) Petra, is there anything I can do to help you with the updating of the week 5 assignment? Let me know. I will do what I need to do. Thanks for updating the paper for us. **
 * 3. (Petra) It is not totally done yet. Our next class is school law. That sounds interesting, lol. **
 * 2. (Darlene) I agree! By the way, should we post our final week 5 updated proposal document to the workspace page so that we all turn in the same info? **
 * 1. (Petra) Wiki's are a great place to communicate. Let's continue talking to each other.

(Meredith) I had posted the updated version of our Week 5 proposal. Let me post it again. If anyone makes changes, please send it back to me. Thanks. Great job ladies. Lets keep all of us in mind as we continue this process. We need another group, lets come back here and work together again. I think we all worked well together.

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