Professional Documents
Culture Documents
2014-2015
Teacher: Maria Jose Phillips Picado
Grade: Pre-Kinder
Department: Preschool
In order to support continuous professional improvement, each teacher will develop actions to meet school goals. Please
work with your Grade Level Leader Coordinator to develop the action plan with documentation in the following areas:
Focus
Area/Goals
Develop
school
wide use of a
variety of test and
assessment data
(MAP, DRA, writing
rubrics,
quizzes,
performance
tasks, ect) to close
achievement gaps
and advance best
practices.
MAP Expectations:
50%
of
the
students
will
meet
their
target growth
on the Math
and
Reading
MAP
Assessments
(Fall to Spring).
100% of target
growth will be
Strategies
Anecdotal Records
Centers are planned to
cover 8 different skills
useful to assess in a
natural way.
Checklists
Observation
Differentiated
instruction (enrichment
and re-teaching)
Assessment
worksheets
Grouping
students
according to needs,
strengths and areas to
improve.
Pre-reading skills and
Number identification
to number 13.
Results and
documentation
Photos
Journal
HWT workbooks
met on MAP
Assessments.
Online games in
centers
Weebly updates
(monthly)
Ipad applications
and
planning
(weekly)
Ipad planning
Atlas Rubicon
Photos
Videos
Daily communication with
parents
their
knowledge
of the author and
the
illustrators
role
during
reading
time.
It was also easy
for
them
to
identify
the
setting and the
characters of the
story.
It has been a
challenge for the
students
to
identify
the
number from 1 to
13. Only four of
my students will
exceed this last
semester
in
number
identification.
The
ipad
was
used
on
a
monthly
basis;
this
could
be
changed
for
a
weekly basis for
next year.
iPads and
PowerSchool.
Develop a culture
of
inquiry
with
students
to
promote
metacognition and
higher
thinking
skills; including the
implementation of
the principles of
Understanding by
Design and Project
Based
Learning
Daily
communication with
parents
Report Cards on
Powerschool
Smartboard
activities
Essential
questions
promote metacognition
Guessing games
Graphs
Predictions
Estimation
Higher
level
thinking/hands-on
activities
Exposure
Montessori
environment
Center products
Bulletin boards
Homework
Photos
Atlas Rubicon
Many
of
the
centers
planned
this first semester
allowed
the
students to make
predictions,
estimations
and
have higher level
thinking.
The students were
exposed
to
different
(PBL).
Expectations:
Develop
two
PBL Units that
meet
the
Lincoln
PBL
standards
in
Atlas Rubicon.
Implement
best
practices
to
develop character,
values and selfdiscipline
in
students, resulting
in
a
positive
learning
environment.
PBL:
Hero
Presentations
(videos)
Service Learning (Photos)
PBL:
Heroes
Service Learning Project
Classroom
Agreements
Literacy
based
problem solving
Character Building
Program
Positive
Reinforcement
STAR
calming
strategy
Service
Learning
Activities
IB
trait
of
the
month.
Wall of character
Students behavior during
transitions, recess
Sense of belonging
Montessori
materials chosen
according to the
units of study and
the
students
needs.