June 6, 2013 at 7:00 AM - Curriculum Committee

Discussion:  Don Hague, Superintendent and Eldon Hubbard, High School Principal were in attendance.

Discussion:  The 2013 Nebraska State Accountability Writing scores were reviewed. This is the second year both 8th grade and 11th grade were scored using the analytic scoring rubric and the first year 4th grade was scored analytic. All three levels showed scale score averages above the state level. We were able to look at the four domains and were happy to see they also were above state averages. In both 8th and 11th grade, there was slight growth from the 2012 and 2013 writing scores. It was also noted that fewer students scored in the below proficiency ranking than the previous year. Student subgroups were reviewed for each grade level.

Discussion:  Several administrators will be traveling to the Administrator Days held in Kearney, Nebraska. Robert Marzano, PHD and Charlotte Danielson are among the keynote speakers at the conference. Travel is down during the summer months.

Discussion:  Hubbard discussed class numbers at the high school for the 2013-2014 school year. With the ability to hire a parttime science teacher and a parttime math teacher, class sizes will be more balanced. There is a possibility for the need of an overload contract in the vocational department.

Discussion:  The next regularly scheduled Curriculum Committee meeting will be held on August 8, 2013. A special meeting in July will be held to review handbook changes.