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LS Parent Coffee Morning. Welcome and Good Morning!. Agenda. WASC/IB Accreditation process Curriculum update New Report Card CAFÉ Reading strategies. WASC/IB Accreditation Process. Data gathering (surveys, committees) Visit by team (interviews, observations) Oral report to faculty
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LS Parent Coffee Morning Welcome and Good Morning!
Agenda • WASC/IB Accreditation process • Curriculum update • New Report Card • CAFÉ Reading strategies
WASC/IB Accreditation Process • Data gathering (surveys, committees) • Visit by team (interviews, observations) • Oral report to faculty • Written report to school community • Determination of re-accreditation
Curriculum Update • Vertical teams meeting to make Ontario standards XIS standards • Create new PYP planners using the new standards • Create Curriculum documents (Scope and Sequence) for all subjects. • Still teach this year’s units next year as we develop new units (transition from old to new) • Begin teaching new units 2014-2015
New Report Card • New curriculum, new standards, new report card needs to reflect new standards • Research by Tom Gusky et al • Committee established to review samples from other PYP schools • Teacher input • Parent input- Handout – discuss in groups.
CAFE • Comprehension : • Strategies to help children understand what they are reading. • Accuracy: • Strategies to help students read all the words in a text.
CAFE • Fluency: • Strategies to help the students read the words in the text better. • Expanded Vocabulary: • Strategies to help students understand words that are new to them.