Dec.+20+Committee+Meeting+Agenda


 * Meeting Date:** December 20, 2011
 * Meeting Location:** FEC - BOARD ROOM
 * Meeting Time:** 1:00pm to 4:00pm
 * Ad. Hoc. Committee Chair(s):** Quintin R. (Sup't of Student Services) & Juanita B. (Sup't of Instruction and Learning)
 * Ad. Hoc. Committee Members:** Trent Wilson (SLP), Michele Haczkewicz (SLP), Sharon Michalishen (SLP), Adelle Kopp McKay (SSC), Deb Bulitz (Psych.), Suzanne MacArthur (OT), Kelly Baker (KDN. Teacher Victoria School), Tamara Sauser (KDN. Teacher Saltcoats School), Penny Kulscar (KDN Teacher PJ Gillen School), Madeleine Neil (KDN Teacher PJ Gillen School), & Melissa Johanson (KDN. Teacher Miller School)

=**I. Welcome - 1:00 to 1:30pm**=
 * Committee Terms of Reference
 * Meeting Agreements
 * Reflection of on Current Practice and Reality within GSSD

=II. Early Years Evaluation (EYE) Background & Webinar - 1:30 to 2:45pm= The Early Years Evaluation (EYE) is designed to assist educators in assessing the skills of children aged 3 to 6 years as they prepare for and make the transition to school. To teach students to read early and well, classroom teachers must determine students' competency levels across multiple domains of early learning. Research suggests that classroom based assessment positively affects student outcomes when it is frequent, formative, and instructionally relevant. The EYE-TA provides a systematic framework teachers can use during the first few months (September &/or October) of school (kdn. or grade one) to structure their frequent observations and informal assessments. It assesses five domains of early learning closely associated with their readiness to learn to read:
 * Awareness of Self and Environment
 * Social Skills, Behaviour, and Approaches to Learning
 * Cognitive Skills
 * Language and Communication
 * Physical Development

An important difference between the EYE-TA and many popular teacher-rating scales is that the EYE-TA is skill-based. For example, it asks "Can this child... tell the first letter and letter sound in his: his/her first name, and in, fish, king, and sun". Teachers indicate the extent to which the child has mastered this skill. The EYE-TA assessment results are entered in an online data entry system. Within seconds, the teacher receives two reports: a class report with easily interpretable colour-coded scores for eachs student and a class profile showing categories fo performance by gender.

=**III. Role of the GSSD Professional Service Providers (PSPs) - 2:45 to 3:15pm**=

=**IV. Cost & Classroom Teacher Time Committments**= =**V. EYE Presentation Notes**= -critical transition that happens about age 8 or 9 moving from learning to read to reading to learn -children not ready to read can be identified in Kindergarten or before -can measure literay and numeracy skills EYE-TA: Teacher Asessment- this is an observation type assessment- EYE-DA: Direct Assesment - who typically does this assessment?-Kindergarten Teachers in Alberta do it every Friday in the month of June with Pre-K students-you have script prompted kit-30-40 minutes to do this -doesn't follow a particular curriculum- provides a picture of overall development -scores are entered online which takes about 10 minutes -evaluation takes 30-40 minutes and is done individually -EYE conference in April but where is it being hosted?
 * Approximately $7 per student ($2800 per year for 400 Kdn. Students)
 * $1000 for teacher training