March 21, 2022 at 6:00 PM - Board of Education Meeting

Thank you for the opportunity to represent WWPS in Washington!

March inservice included curriculum writing time and a final zoom Q&A about assessment tools with our trainers.  Math teachers worked as a K-12 system to explore and align priorities and instructional resources and secondary staff will have lunch & learn presentations from 2 vendors in the coming weeks in order to dive deeper and make a selection.  There will be summer implementation training made available for existing and new teachers.  CTE teachers revisited the reVISION reFRESH process that was interrupted in January to finalize a report required by NDE to keep us eligible for Perkins funds and teachers are making their priority lists for inventory and professional development requests so that grant application can be submitted by early May.  

Staff are lining up end of year professional goal reflection conferences to be completed in April and are all taking part in committee work to organize a myriad of end-of-year activities from PIP parties and lip sync competitions, to honor night celebrations and commencement.

Assessment season is well underway.  

• ELPA21 testing is completed.  We should have results prior to the end of the year and are optimistic about the growth students will demonstrate.  

• Juniors have wrapped up their formal ACT prep lessons.  They retain access to their OnToCollege accounts with an outline of tips for making the most of the last study opportunities prior to their March 22 test day.  John Baylor was here to work with them in person on the 10th and they set individual goals along with a class goal of 21.5.  When they meet that goal, they would like to have a Yondr pouch free day at the bowling alley.

• Students in grades 3-8 will be completing NSCAS Growth in their respective English, math and science classes from March 30 - April 20.  That schedule was mailed out to families last month with specific dates for each test.  NWEA MAP Growth will follow in early May with NSCAS Growth replacing that series of fall/winter & spring tests next year.  

CTE teachers have organized a field trip for 9, 10 & 12 graders to go to the zoo while juniors are completing their NSCAS ACT test on March 22.  Students will be in mixed grade groups to explore the various career fields that work behind the scenes to make up the industry organization.  Next year, students in grades 9 & 12 will have a similar experience while students in grade 10 will complete the ASVAB and juniors will take their NSCAS ACT.  In the fall those same grades will take the Pre-ACT and Pre-SAT, respectively.  These assessments open career and scholarship opportunities for students beyond graduation.