PowerPoint Presentation

Elementary Report Card Aligned to the Common Core State Standards2014-2015

The district is implementing a new elementary report card aligned to the Common Core State standards. There are three video presentations in the elementary report card series. Our hope is to provide an overview of the development process and to explain the changes in the report card. This presentation chronicles how the new report card was developed. 1Educators Grade K 4 Representation

Elementary Specialists

Building administration

ELA and STEM Coordinators

Assistant Superintendent

Committee Make Up:

The committee was represented by2Report Card Committee Timeline

Representation of each grade level, specialists, school building, district personnel and administration met frequently from February 2014 until present timeWork grounded in research of Thomas GuskeyModel CCSS report cards were reviewed from around the countryDialogue through each portion of the report card with invested stakeholdersPreview to all teachers in June 2014Sent to MMS for design September 2014Thorough presentation to teachers for feedback on September 9th School Committee Presentation September 17th Parent Academy Presentation October 20th District Web Page and School Web Pages to support parent communication October 22nd Brochure home in backpacks November 7th First quarter Report Card goes home November 26th

Alicia3Regular Communication to elementary school personnel

Create Frequently Asked Questions document

Preview to all teachers in June 2014

Presentation to teachers for feedback on September 9th

Frequent meetings throughout 2014 until present time

Grounded in research of Thomas Guskey

Reviewed Model CCSS report cards from around the country

Deep and extensive discussion around each component of the new report card

Process

Alicia describe the process employed to develop the new standards based report card4

The report card will be revisited at the end of school year for feedback.

Elementary Report Card

During the course of creating the new Common Core aligned Report Cards, Committee members reported regularly to the staff in their buildings and gathered feedback to be shared with the committee. Consistent regular sharing of information, collection and incorporation of feedback was and is essential to the iterative process employed by the Report card committee. In this spirit, the Committee will revisit the Report Card at the end of the school year. Using feedback from school personnel appropriate revision to the report card will be made. Thank you for your interest and time in Westerlys new elementary report card. 5Thank you to the members of the Report Card Committee.

Christina Amanti- Westerly Middle School Special Education LEAAlyssa Bonner- State Street Grade 1Barbara Boyle- District ELA CoordinatorKathy Browning- Springbrook Grade 4Audrey Faubert- State Street PrincipalSharon Ficarra- District STEM CoordinatorGina Fiore- State Street Grade 3Anne Liguori- Springbrook Kindergarten (retired)Moira McCool- Springbrook ELL TeacherKim Messier- District Data AnalystNick Pendola- State Street Grade 2Laurie Schroeder- Bradford Grade 1Michelle Simmons- Dunns Corners School Elementary Curriculum LeaderPatty Sisson- District Administrative AssistantAlicia Storey- District Assistant Superintendent

A sincere thank you to the members of the Report Card Committee who began this process in February, 2014 and whose work will continue throughout the school year. The Committee consisted of representatives from across the grade levels, including specialists and other key school district personnel who worked together as a team and created a document that represents the entire elementary community. Members of the Committee are committed to making the change to the new reporting system a smooth transition for both teachers, parents and students.62014-11-26T15:03:27-0500com.apple.VoiceMemos (iPhone OS 7.1.2)2014-11-26T14:29:39-0500com.apple.VoiceMemos (iPhone OS 7.1.2)2014-11-26T14:31:02-0500com.apple.VoiceMemos (iPhone OS 7.1.2)2014-11-26T14:34:04-0500com.apple.VoiceMemos (iPhone OS 7.1.2)2014-11-26T14:35:54-0500com.apple.VoiceMemos (iPhone OS 7.1.2)2014-11-26T14:36:55-0500com.apple.VoiceMemos (iPhone OS 7.1.2)