M 12 2014May 12, 2014

Pledge of Allegiance

Welcome◦ Mrs. Sue Smith ◦ Mrs Lynn Erenberg◦ Mrs. Lynn Erenberg

Welcome – Education Chair: Mrs. Sue Smith

Pl d f All i Pledge of Allegiance

Pilot Programs ◦ enVisions Math Program (Grades K 6)◦ enVisions Math Program (Grades K -6) ◦ Incarceron Pilot (8th Grade Literature)

Review of Textbooks to be presented at the May 19th Review of Textbooks to be presented at the May 19School Board Meeting

Schedule Changes at McMurray Elementary

Public Comment

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Two pilot classes per grade (K-6)

Parent survey via Survey Monkey

Support for Teachers: Math Team Leaders grades K -6 - One per grade level

Professional Development scheduled for May and August by national presenter

Additional training on Common Core and Differentiated Instruction

Four-Part Lesson Structure: How Accomplished:D il R i D il C C R iDaily Review •Daily Common Core ReviewDevelop the Concept: Interactive

•Problem-Based Interactive Learning•Set the Purpose•Pose the Problem•Pose the Problem•Making the Mathematics Explicit•Extend

Develop the Concept: Visual •Visual Learning BridgeDevelop the Concept: Visual Visual Learning Bridge•Guided Practice•Independent Practice

Close/Assess and Differentiate •Quick Check•Center Activities•Leveled Homework

Daily Differentiation in the Classroom.◦ Each lesson has two versions of the same Center

Activity, one for on-level and a second for advanced students.◦ For students in need of remediation, the

intervention activity revisits the concepts of the lessonlesson

Leveled Homework: Re-teaching, Practice and Enrichment◦ Leveled homework offers differentiated practice of

the key concepts of the lesson.

Teacher presentations Thank You to the following pilot teachers◦ Grade K Mrs. Zajicek and Mrs. Piatt

Grade 1 Mrs Stunek and Mrs Kimutis◦ Grade 1 Mrs. Stunek and Mrs. Kimutis ◦ Grade 2 Mrs. Courie, Mrs. Giammario and Mrs.

Bodnar◦ Grade 3 Mrs. Burner and Mrs. Sacco◦ Grade 4 Mrs. Fox-O’Kelly and Mrs. Seelhorst◦ Grade 5 Mrs Wysocki and Mrs Farabaugh◦ Grade 5 Mrs. Wysocki and Mrs. Farabaugh◦ Grade 6 Mrs. Casciola and Mrs. Kashak

Pilot teachers: M Ni l Mit h llMrs. Nicole MitchellMrs. Tammy Kerns

St d t S ill b i i h lStudent Survey will be given in each class.

Parent Survey was sent via email blast on May 10th to parents via Survey Monkeyparents via Survey Monkey

Eighth grade Literature Curricular Research Committee meeting to be held May 15th at 2:15 at the DAOmeeting to be held May 15 at 2:15 at the DAO.

PTHS Course Textbook CostArt History  Gardner’s Art Through the Ages:  A Global History.   $3,581.60(new course) 2013. 14th Edition. Fred Kleiner,  with 6‐year 

CourseMate, Cengage Learning.

Personal Wellness Health 1, 2014 with 6 year on‐line access(2 additional years free) McGraw Hill Education

$21,121.69additional years free), McGraw Hill Education.

Organic Chemistry Introduction to Organic Chemistry. 2014.  Brown, W.,  &Thomas, P.;   John, Wiley & Sons Publishers.

$5,940.48

AP United States History  By the People:  A History of the United States, 2014  $13,021.88(College Board Updates) 1st edition,  J. Frazier.  Pearson Publishers. 

Academic Global Studies  Geography: The Human and Physical World; 2015, McGraw Hill Education

$24,869.24

H Gl b l St di G h R l R i d C t 2014 $10 324 13Honors Global Studies  Geography:  Realms, Regions, and Concepts, 2014 16th edition, deBlij, H. &Muller,P.,  John Wiley & Sons Publisher.

$10,324.13

PTMS Course Textbook CostHealth (6th and 7th grade Health Cl )

Teen Health in Connected, 6 year subscription ith 6 i t d l M G Hill

$ 5,148.00Classes)  with 6 year print modules, McGraw Hill.. 

8th Grade Literature  Incarceron,2007 Catherine Fisher, Penguin Group.

$604.04G oup.

Tuesday with Morrie 2002, Mitch Albom, Random House. 

$2,033.95

El t T tb k C tElementary Textbook CostMathematics  enVision Math, 2015, Common Core 6 year 

subscription, Pearson$234,408.23(with Math Team Leaders)Team Leaders)

Science(6th grade) Earth’s Surface Student Edition, Middle School Science 2011,7year subscription, Pearson  

$  11,333.02

Interactive Science. 

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Pittsburgh Business Times: G id W PA S h lGuide to Western PA Schools

Overall (region): 7In state: 15In state:  1511th Grade: 68th Grade: 67th Grade: 37 Grade: 36th Grade: 285th Grade: 384th Grade: 603rd Grade (PV): 53rd Grade (BH): 17

Increase time in Core Subjects

Continuity of Instruction: Reduce pull-outs

Subject Area Focus: Concentrated teacher preparations◦ (Math/Science and Language Arts/Social Studies)