Literacy Collaborative and Continuous Improvement Team

September 14, 2015

12:00-4:00 Minnesota Room

Meeting Objectives:

1. Team members will understand that the role of the District Team is to emulate the same role the
building leadership teams have, but at a district level.
2. Team members will understand that the district is a research facility for pre-publication research in
the Literacy Collaborative Continuous Improvement Model. Participants will read the Standards
and Guidelines for both District and Buildings.
3. Team members will understand the role of the District Continuous Improvement Plan and will
actively engage in collaboratively producing it.
AGENDA:
Times

Topic

Rationale

Who and
Materials

12:00

Role of the
Literacy
Collaborative
Continuous
Improvement
Team

Team Members will understand the team is

actively guiding the district in continuous
improvement. The district is monitoring growth
using RWB3, MCA, WBWF, and Post Grad data.
(also see Objectives 1-3 above)

Jane

12:20

District Level
Standards and
Guidelines
Literacy
Collaborative

Group will understand that the district is now a

research institution. It took Megan 3 years to
pass all of the credentials to be a District
Trainer. Beth has been one for 20 years, and
was trained at Purdue, OSU, and Lesley. It is
quite an honor for a district to be accepted into
the research base that influences US and
international education. It is essential that we
follow these standards and guidelines to ensure
growth.

Tom
Standard
s and
Guideline
s for
District
and
Building.

12:40

Purpose: Write
the District 196
Continuous
Improvement
Report

Each year the team will be responsible for

Beth
putting together a year end report - into a
District level continuous improvement plan.
We need to start doing the part we will do today
BEFORE June Day #6, so we can guide
buildings. We need to team with buildings on
shifting data and own the data and action
plans, so the buildings do too. The team is the

pressure, the District Trainers, Coordinators

and Sally and Mark are the support.
1:00

4th Grade Data /

Guided
Discovery

Model what small groups will do in North Star.

Will put it into Report Template. Will also show
finished section as model for break out teams
to reference.

Beth
LCD

1:30

Small Group
Work Session
with Guided
Discovery
Guide:

Small groups will be guided in the use of

northstar, by a guide on the side. Beth will
roam and support
Kindergarten: Sally
1st Grade: Jane
2nd Grade: Megan
3rd Grade: Janet
5th Grade: Tom

Beth
fill out
template
in collab

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2:30

Report Out and

Discuss Small
Group Work
Session Data /
Findings

Each group will share out their part of the

continuous improvement plan

Tom

3:00

Action plans

We will make goals and action plans for each

group.
EL, GT, SpEd,

Beth

3:45

Wrap-up and
Next Steps
(District Level
Professional
Development /
Staff
Development
Report based on
Schools
Barriers and
Enablers in Site
Continuous
Improvement

Tom

Reports)