Cadre+Minutes+-+Dec+2009

===**Mini-Vision: M.D. Fox students will receive appropriate, continuous and consistent instruction and support services throughout the year to ensure that they meet their yearly self-selected goals and grade level expectations.**=== Members Present: 16 Ms. Thompson, Dr. Ortiz, Mrs. Vidal, Ms.. Pollack, Ms. Tokic, Ms.. Cohen, Ms. Quinones Martin, Mr. Walker, Ms. Milner,Ms. Bannock, Ms. Vouthounes, Ms. Lopez, Mr. Ricciardi, Ms. Spada-Basto, Ms. Snyder, Ms. Dzananovic Roles: Co-facilitators- Snyder, Ricciardi, Recorder - Bannock; Timekeeper –Vidal;Preocess Observer – Milner; Gaterkeeper – Lopez; Refreshments - Walker 1. Greeting 2. Overview of Last Meeting: Review of Action Plans and presentation of data. ü Ms. Milner knows what’s happening daily for math prior to coming into the classroom. ü Ms. Milner know objectives for lessons before coming in to support students. ü Co-teaching is more effective because of planning together. ü Co-teaching allows sharing of ideas for certain lessons or math groups, which enables Ms. Milner to know what is being taught ahead of time. ü It only takes a few extra minutes to send lesson plans to Ms. Milner. ü Ms. Milner is able to take over the lesson if an emergency arises. ü Working together as a team creates mutual respect as educators. All are open to other’s suggestions. ü Ms. Milner is able to give teachers ideas on how to differentiate instruction for classwork and homework. Ms. Basto has had some luck with this. 1 out of 4 teachers (25%) of the teachers she works with have sent her lesson plans. She feels that if all teachers do this it would be beneficial. She said a hard copy would do if the teacher did not feel comfortable sending them electronically. Ms. Basto shared a strategy with a teacher to help all students. It was positively received. Mrs. Lopez and Ms. Dungfelder plan their lesson together. They are looking at the child’s IEP and looking at goals together. They were both struggling as to how to help the students until they started working together. They now meet on a weekly basis to plan. They are seeing growth in the students she is working with. They give each other suggestions and she shared some work before their collaboration and since. They will continue to share materials, ideas and plan together because of the amount of success they have seen. Ms. Cohen and Ms. Tokic are working with ESL students and having lessons ahead of time helps them to prepare, especially when it comes to the Rigby Vocabulary. ü Not all teachers are giving support staff their lesson plans. ü If a teacher writes their lesson plans, they need to copy them and put in support staff boxes. ü Ms. Quinones-Martin has not received lesson plans from any teacher to help support the students. She feels she can not support her students as much as she would like. ü Some teachers do not feel comfortable sharing lesson plans. They could sit and discuss them with the support staff teachers. ü The question was asked: Will this work for all staff? It will if all staff is involved and follows through. There was a fist of 5 where all members agreed to continue working with the Special Ed. Teachers and ESL teachers to share lesson plans. The general consensus is that the sharing of lesson plans is working but needs some tweaking. Ms. Leyhow praised MD Fox staff for getting their lesson plans on time. It was suggested that we look at the following hypothesis: If the teacher and the support staff teacher meet at least once a marking period to discuss a child’s IEP goals and objectives, then the student will demonstrate improvement. There is a concern amongst the cadre members as to lesson plan expectations for all grades. Cadre members feel that the lesson plan expectations should be consistent through all the grades. NEXT STEPS: Review action plan for the new hypothesis, and revisit the hypothesis that is in progress.
 * Cadre Name – Student Support, 12/04/2009**
 * Positive results** from sending/sharing lesson plans with Ann Milner were very successful. Following are some of the benefits:
 * Negatives:**