1.

What are
you learning
or have you
learned
about the
SLO process
and the
connection
to
instruction?

Students' reading scores

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That the new things we added this year appeared to help students apply new concept.
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By focusing on one specific standard or objective it becomes easier to see student patterns
which can help identify things that are being done well and things that can be improved.
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strategies
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The SLO has given me a lot of information about which students are understanding concepts
and which students are struggling.
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I have learned that the SLO process shows me what I have taught the students and if they
are understanding/applying the material.
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Data can inform instruction

11/24/2014 1:00 PM

The SLO gives an idea of what kids do and do not know at certain points throughout the
curriculum. It is supposed to help with knowing what kids need help and what kids already
understand the concepts.
11/24/2014 10:31 AM

It gives me an idea what my kids should and shouldn't understand as far as reading goes.
It's easier to recommend silent reading books.
11/24/2014 10:24 AM

The SLO process helps to track your students' growth and help you to concentrate on areas
that the students need extra help.
11/24/2014 10:18 AM

It is all about tracking student progress and reflecting on why the data is the way it is.
Collaborating with job-alikes will help us collaborate as well as reflecting class by class.
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Be focused in your instruction & evaluations

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N/A
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With a clearly written goal, it is must easier to tailor some part of each lesson towards
improving this goal.
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I am learning that it is a fairly fluid process, meaning you can adjust things as you get data
from your students to help re-chart the course towards supporting your students in mastering
the SLO.
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How to fill it out by the process

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Having a student learning objective has helped me become more focused in my instruction
in that one area. I find myself trying to work in lessons that will help kids succeed on the
SLO.
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Summary of results: Using data to see what the students do or do no

know. Teachers are focusing instruction in specific areas. Reading
teachers are more aware of their students scores and what books the
students should be reading. Teachers are reflecting. Collaborating with
other teachers.

2. As you
move
through the

How does the number of pages they're reading coincide with an increase in their scores
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Are SLO's effective? Teachers constantly reflect on the effectiveness of their lessons, not
just 4 times a year.
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Is this here to stay? Are we going to be doing something different next year?
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is there going to be training

SLO
process,
what is your
next big
question?

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When will I have the time to look through all the data.
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Do we do one SLO throughout the whole year, or is it one per quarter?

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How will this process evolve?

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How can I more effectively use the data I receive immediately, when the topic may come to a
stand-still after the post test?
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Depending on the December SRI, how do we help raise the score even more?
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Do we need to keep copies of our students' work?

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Should my SLO standard be focused on social studies standards or reading/writing

standards? Should it be a year long standard if it's for reading/writing?
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How to create rubric at the middle school level when we use percentages!
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N/A
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How does this affect what I will do next year? What is the connection?
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I am a little fuzzy on having a component each quarter.

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How should I use the numbers?

11/24/2014 7:28 AM

One question I have is this worked well this year using the SRI for reading. Can this continue
year after year? If not, what assessments can we use that are somewhat easy to administer
and easy to see results?

Summary of Results: What do we do with the results and data? Will

we have more training and time to work with the data? How many SLOs
do we do? (One per quarter or one per year) How do we connect this
with next year? Can we use the same assessments each year? How do
we create/ use rubrics at the middle school level?

3. What
aspects of
the SLO
process are
you
comfortable
with?

Tracking scores
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testing
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I am comfortable collaborating with my job alike discussing different types of questions and
what worked, and what didn't.
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knowing what my goal is

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Creating pre/post tests

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I feel comfortable creating the assessment and grading it.

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all
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I am comfortable coming up with the main standards and rubrics for the SLO.
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Entering the data Writing goals

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I'm comfortable with making assessments and reflecting upon the results.
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Picking standards and recording data.

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Not much at this point...

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N/A
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Gaining, tracking and analyzing data.

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Collecting data
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Testing the students.

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I am comfortable with focusing on one objective for the SLO.

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Summary of Results: Teachers are comfortable with 1- tracking scores,

4- testing, 5- collecting data, 3- knowing their goal, 3- creating
assessments, 1- working with job alikes, 1- creating rubrics, and 1noting.

4. What do
you feel is
an
expectation
of the SLO
process that
you haven't
been trained
in?

Interpreting/showing the data at the end

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I haven't been trained in how the percentage worksheet works.

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I have found that writing the rubric's is the most difficult part for me and that is something I
feel I do not have a lot of training in.
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everything
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Creating spreadsheets
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The final parts...When are we done? What does a good SLO look like?
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none
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I'm not sure what to do past entering in scores. How can it help me help students if by the
"post test" we've moved past the learning topic?
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I'm not sure what to do with what we already have. I don't know what the next step is aside
from entering the next round of scores.
11/24/2014 10:24 AM

We haven't been trained in how to write/ use rubrics at the middle school level. We also
haven't been shown how to manipulate the data spreadsheet. I'd like to know how to change
the numbers/formulas on my own.
11/24/2014 10:18 AM

How to level questions for pre and post tests. Do you always give the exact same test before
and after the standards? How do use projects in the SLO procedure as a summative
assessment and how to pretest it.
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Writing quality assessments.

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N/A
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The entire process. I feel like we just get chunks, but what is the big picture? The long
confusing PowerPoint at the end of last year was not enough.
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I have done a pre- and post data collection...now what?

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Developing a data form.

11/24/2014 7:28 AM

I am not sure I have been trained on how to create other assessments that measure my SLO
that I could give between the big SRI tests to guide my teaching.
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Summary of Results: The teachers havent been trained in working

with the data and spreadsheet, creating/ working with rubrics, how to

finish the SLO, what a good SLO looks like, all aspects of the SLO,
creating assessments, and if teachers can use projects as a part of the
SLO. Overall teachers feel that there is a lot of aspects of the SLO that
they havent been trained in.

5. In regards
to the SLO
process,
what are you
concerned
about?

Interpreting/showing the data at the end

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Over testing.
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Writing rubrics.
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why you have to chart the students until the next fall when you don't see them the following
year
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If I am doing everything that I should be. What am I missing?

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How do we know when we are done and it is good to go?

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no concerns
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I'm concerned that the information I receive this year will not benefit the students the way it's
intended to. I can see that it could help me with teaching strategies in future years, but I'm
not sure it'll truly help the group of kids I have right now.
11/24/2014 10:31 AM

I don't like that the progress (or lack of progress) will be used to judge the effectiveness of
my teaching. I feel that data is only part of it.
11/24/2014 10:24 AM

I think that the 100% goal is hard to reach in some areas. 100% growth is easy to reach, but
having 100% of students proficient on topics may be hard to reach.
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Having to eventually do this for every standard.

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Evaluations tied to scores.

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N/A
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Am I even doing it right?

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I am concerned about missing a step or forgetting to do something. It seems like there are a
lot of nuances and I just don't feel comfortable with all of the steps yet.
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Failure.
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Like I said earlier, I am concerned on how this works in the coming years. Do we keep
picking another objective each year with no repeating?
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Summary of Results: Teachers are concerned with how the SLO

process works in the next years, working with the data, over testing,
creating rubrics, 4- knowing if they are completing the process
correctly, 2- how the SLO impacts the students they currently have, 2using the SLO data to evaluate teachers, the 100% goal, and having to
eventually track data this way for every standard.

6. What does
it look like

Being able to work together and help one another achieve our goals
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Meeting goals.
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The staff and students both know what the expectations are and what it takes to achieve a 5,
4, 3, 2, 1 or whatever type of rubric you have. I think the learning objectives will be very
specific and growth will be easily seen.

or should it
look like at
Whittier
when we
have
mastered the
SLO
process?

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student success
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Fluid communication between job-alikes.

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We can create pre and post tests to show our kids' mastery in certain topics.
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happy teachers, happy students :)

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Students and teachers both will have a better understanding of where students are with key
topics within the curriculum, and how to help them improve.
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Kids will be gaining knowledge at a hopefully steady rate because teachers are using the
data to make changes to instruction so that it meets the needs of the students.
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When we have mastered the process teachers are reflective with their teaching and are
comfortable working with data.
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Teachers are changing their lessons based on the data after the pretest.
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Student achievement increasing.

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N/A - not a teacher

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Students are engaged, learning and growing. Teachers are reflecting, analyzing data and
CHANGING lessons to meet students' needs.
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Confident teachers that can explain the process without wavering.

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Success,
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Teachers are able to find an area that most students struggle with. Then, they have
manageable assessments that will show growth and are able to be given at least 3 times a
year. Teachers will have time to work on developing lessons that help the SLO. Finally,
teachers will know how to specifically help students who are not meeting their SLO score.
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Summary of Results: Teachers feel Whittier will have mastered the

SLO process when 2-teachers meet their goals, 2-teachers are working
together, students see success, 2-students are engaged, learning, and
growing, teachers can create assessments to show mastery, teachers are
comfortable working with rubrics, teachers are confident in the process,
teachers can target areas that students need more help with, teachers
are reflective and work with data, 3- teachers are changing their
lessons, and when teachers and students are aware of what they know/
dont know.