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: October 29, 9:15-3:00 @ Springman
Full Task Force (if needed): November 5, 3:30-5:00 @ Springman
Documents
MS Task Force Links
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
- Research and Resources in Support of This We Believe
- This We Believe in Action: Implementing Successful Middle Level Schools
- The Price of Privilege
Groups
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Communication/Knowledge…
7 members
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Transition Team
8 members
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School System Assessment…
8 members
Forum
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 questio…
Started by Jim Woell Oct. 28, 2008.
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 prese…
Started by Heather Hopkins Oct. 13, 2008.
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 h…
Started by Allyson Thorne Sep. 29, 2008.
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 he…
Started by Brett Clark Sep. 22, 2008.
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.
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 bes…
Started by Allyson Thorne Sep. 21, 2008.
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,…
Started by Heather Hopkins Sep. 16, 2008.
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 su…
Started by Jim Woell. Last reply by Jim Woell Sep. 15, 2008.
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 opp…
Started by Heather Hopkins Sep. 15, 2008.
Blog Posts
Board of Education Sharing
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 the December meeting… Continue
Posted by Phil Collins on September 16, 2008 at 9:27am
Joined the MSTF network today!
Posted by Allison Cohen Reatherford on March 3, 2008 at 11:34am
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