Team+4

Yvonne Valles

Catherine Caruso

Karen Cornelius

Heather Lewis

Gregory Davis

Opportunity: Reading Assessments at the Beginning, Middle, and End of the Year (DRA) Problem: Palm Pilot not User Friendly - accuracy of data compilation suffers. Ipod touch is user friendly - not used to the fullest potential due to lack of training. The assessments are research based - time consuming which take away from instructional time. Thus, teachers are faced to cut back on truly valuable reading assessments. Question: How can teachers use technology to accurately and efficiently document valuable reading assessments? Objectives: Through the use of audio/visual recording devices: *The teacher will become more efficient in their documentation of reading assessments. *The teacher will become more accurate in their documentation of reading assessments. *The number of teacher completing reading assessments will increase. Assessments:

Pre-Survey: Rate your documentation accuracy. Not accurate Somewhat Accurate Accurate Extremely Accurate

Rate the amount of time spent on documentation. No time Little Time Enough Time Too Much TIme

Do you document? Never Some Times Often Always

How do you document? N/A Paper and pencil Palm or ipod touch Use a recording device

Proposal: 1. Pitch the idea to Administration/Principal, Literacy Coaches and Campus Improvement Team. 2. Pre-survey and data compilation. 3. Professional Development on various audio/visual devices (audacity, garage band, recorder, video camera, ipod touch) at Grade level meeting/Professional Learning Committee. 4. Post-survey and data compilation. 5. Compare data from pre-survey and post-survey.

Evaluation: Post-Survey: Rate your documentation accuracy. Not accurate Somewhat Accurate Accurate Extremely Accurate

Rate the amount of time spent on documentation. No time Some Time Enough Time Too Much TIme

Do you document? Never Some Times Often Always

How do you document? Paper and pencil Palm or ipod touch/pad Use a recording device

Feedback: Justification for Incentive Pay Programs-Lower Grades (TPRI/DRA) versus Upper Grades (TAKS scores) Speech to text technology Going back and input later Campus leaders will still make them input it later Pre-survey and post-survey Saves paper-go green Send video/audio links to literacy coach via email so they can evaluate and help with students you have questions about. Will there be a rubric Takes away from the assessments being objective to each teacher. All the teachers will be aligned or on the same page as far as the students being on the correct level. Students will continue to the next level the next year, not fall back too many levels or go ahead too many levels. How would you show that this worked? Survey.