ABC+Mtg+Notes


 * How do energizers affect the behavior, climate, and culture of our classrooms?**

10/28/09

Impact on Student Learning: Brain engergizers will create more on task behavior What we hope to learn: Brain engergizers increase attention span and decrease off task behavior.

Assessment: Three classes will videotape their classes for fifteen minute increments. Morning sample and afternoon sample of behavior. We will do two preassessments and track the number of off task behaviors. After we take a preassessment, we will teach them brain energizers. Repeat videotaping and calculate off task behaviors. We will organize the data in a chart.

Resources: Articles

Our Plan of Action:

Nov: Preassess, Preteach of Brain Engergizer

Dec 2 Next Vertical Team- Review preassessment data, prepare for shareout

Dec 16 ABC Shareout

Jan 13 Data Collection
 * Liz and Vanessa are going to video tape their classes to gather data about off task behavior during instruction time. They will also be tracking data of off task behavior with a table that we created. We will collect data at different times of the day for short increments of time (approx. 15 minutes)
 * Read some of the articles posted by Dennis

[|Data Collection Table.doc]

Mar 24 1. How has the exploration of my banner question impacted student achievement to this point in the ABC process? Summarize in both quantitative and qualitative ways. There is less off task behavior and students are more attentive. The pre and post assessment data shows a signficant differences. Our data reflected an average of 18 off task behavior for a five minute period in the initial videos/preassessment for K, 3, 5. Our post data reflects an average of only 6 off task behaviors for a five minute period. 2. What collaborative activities have I participated in related to my banner question?  We look at videos and analyze videos on a regular basis. 3. What data (qualitative and quantitative) trends are evident in my measures?  We used a data chart and videos to measure the trends of the behaviors. 4. What instructional strategies did I initiate in my teaching practice that impacted student achievement? The students were taught brain energizers. We used energizers throughout the day, before, during and after lessons. Students were more attentive and had less off task behavior. Some students self initiated brain energizers as needed to regain focus.

=__ **Other Notes to Share With the Team:** __=
 * Natasha Zirlott has agreed to be our fifth grade focus group!
 * Wiki is set up so we don't have to put articles on the shared drive and we can access from anywhere. To write information on the wiki, you have to be a member. Anyone can add information that is a member. Just bookmark it and you are ready to go!
 * I (Liz) put some articles in the article tab that I found.