District 34 Middle School Task Force

Crafting the future for our students...

An opportunity to share and continue the discussion beyond our meeting times.

UPCOMING MEETINGS

Full Task Force: September 22, 3:30-5:00 @ Attea

Full Task Force: October 29, 9:15-3:00 @ Springman

Full Task Force (if needed): November 5, 3:30-5:00 @ Springman

Documents

Task Force Charge.doc
Action Plan.doc

MS Task Force Links

Required Readings:

From the National Middle School Association
This We Believe - 14 Characteristics
This We Believe Executive Summary

From the National High School Alliance
A Call To Action

From the Illinois Middle Schools Association
Schools To Watch

Books Provided to Task Force Members

- This We Believe: Successful Schools for Young Adolescents
- Research and Resources in Support of This We Believe
- This We Believe in Action: Implementing Successful Middle Level Schools
- The Price of Privilege

Groups

Latest Activity

 

Forum

Jim Woell

Transition Team Summary Documents

The MS Transition Team group has preliminarily finished its work and made recommendations regarding tasks 3 and 6 from the charge document. Please read these documents carefully and bring any…Continue

Started by Jim Woell Oct 28, 2008.

Heather Hopkins

Communication/Knowledge Team - Minutes from Oct 1 meeting

At our last meeting we accomplished the following:Held an informal debriefing regarding our visits to Emerson Middle School (Niles) and Sam Rotolo Middle School (Batavia)Discussed how best to present…Continue

Started by Heather Hopkins Oct 13, 2008.

Allyson Thorne

Updated and New Documents From Transition Team

In an attempt to address average homework loads, the Transition Team has added a homework section to the bottom of the Student Schedules document. This is now the most current version (I don't know…Continue

Started by Allyson Thorne Sep 29, 2008.

Phil Collins

Minutes from September 22nd

They are attached.

Started by Phil Collins Sep 23, 2008.

Brett Clark

Focus Group Report

My apologizes for not posting this sooner. I realized today at the meeting it had not been posted. I am posting both the overview report as well as individual meeting reports from the focus groups…Continue

Started by Brett Clark Sep 22, 2008.

Phil Collins

Preparation for October 29

Attached is a document to use in preparation for the full Task Force meeting on October 29th.

Started by Phil Collins Sep 22, 2008.

Allyson Thorne

Documents from the Transition Team

To complete some of our tasks, we have created several charts. The first document outlines middle school best practices and current District 34 practices. The second document outlines high school…Continue

Started by Allyson Thorne Sep 21, 2008.

Heather Hopkins

Homework Committee - Summary

A draft of the Executive Summary from the Homework Committee is attached. The summary contains highlights of research that the committee used to educate the members about various aspects of homework,…Continue

Started by Heather Hopkins Sep 16, 2008.

Jim Woell

Grading Survey Data from Teachers and Parents 1 Reply

As part of the MSTF charge, data regarding grading practices and philosophies was gathered from teachers of students in grades 5 through 8. Parents of students in those same grade levels were also…Continue

Started by Jim Woell. Last reply by Jim Woell Sep 15, 2008.

Heather Hopkins

Homework Committee - Parent Survey Results

Attached are the results from a survey completed by our middle school parents. This data is provided in three formats: Attea-only results, Springman-only results, and All results. Parents had the…Continue

Started by Heather Hopkins Sep 15, 2008.

Blog Posts

Phil Collins

Board of Education Sharing

Hello Task Force Members,



Last night at the Board of Education meeting, Deb McMahon, Heather Hopkins and I provided the Board with a progress report of what each of the teams have been working on over the summer. We also fielded a couple of questions from Board members. Thank you to Deb and Heather for helping to share the progress of the group! Jim was also at the meeting to hear the discussion.



I shared with the Board that we are planning to bring our recommendations to… Continue

Posted by Phil Collins on September 16, 2008 at 9:27am

Allison Cohen Reatherford

Joined the MSTF network today!

Today I checked my e-mail box and saw that there was a message inviting me to this network. Once I was set-up, I noticed I have some reading to do! I'll see you all at the meeting this afternoon.

Posted by Allison Cohen Reatherford on March 3, 2008 at 11:34am

 
 
 

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