Academic Parent Teacher Teams (APTT) Middle School Example

Welcome!  Thank you for being here  We both want the same thing for the students:  To thrive  To enjoy school  To be career or college ready  To learn, grow and succeed

Goal of the APTT: Working together with parents to be knowledgeable of their child’s academic performance and to be a partner on the academic team

Schedule for Middle School APTT Meetings: GradeCore Course Meeting TimesOther Courses and Electives – in the gym 6 th Grade Feb 27th Language Arts: 5:30 – 6:00 Math: 6:00 – 6:30 Parent Reception 6:30 – 6:45 1:00 – 5:00, 6:45 – 8:00 or by appointment 7 th Grade Feb 27th Parent Reception 6:30 – 6:45 Language Arts: 7:00 – 7:30 Math: 7:30 – 8:00 1:00 – 6:00 or by appointment 8 th Grade Feb 28 th Language Arts: 5:30 – 6:00 Math: 6:00 – 6:30 Parent Reception 6:30 – 6:45 1:00 – 5:00, 6:45 – 8:00 or by appointment

How do APTTs work? Three Team Meetings per Year  All classroom parents meet as a team  Each parent receives a student academic report  Parents look at classroom data  Parents receive activity materials One individual Parent-Teacher Meeting with Math and Language Arts Teacher  Discuss individual needs  Set up within the school year as needed/requested  What is My Responsibility as a Parent?  Attend Meetings (2 team meetings – Oct. & Feb.)  Help my child meet their academic goals by practicing the activities

What is my Responsibility as a Parent? Attend Meetings  3 full class meetings  1 individual meeting Set an Academic Goal for my Student  Realistic, data based Practice Academic Activities at Home  Practice, Practice, Practice!

Let’s Look at the Data 1. Behavior 2. Reading Data 3. Writing Data

Behavior Data

Schoolwide Behavior Expectations  Use Respect  Safety First  Accept Responsibility

Schoolwide Behavior Expectations  We have Taught Expectations Extensively at the Beginning of the School Year and After Long Breaks from School  Re-teaching occurs daily informally by teachers  Re-teaching occurs weekly through lessons in homeroom

Schoolwide Behavior Expectations  Use the Bucks System to Reward Students  Students earn Bucks by acting appropriately at school and following the expectations  Can earn fun things with their bucks  Free lunch  Free Ticket to Dances  Ticket to Fourth Friday Fun  School Spirit Items  School Supplies

Schoolwide Behavior Expectations WWhy do we do all of this work to improve behavior? SSo that we have the best behavior we can in the classroom DDon’t lose classwide teaching time to problem behavior SSo that we have the students in class rather than in the office NNeed students in class to be able to learn MY CLASSROOM IS WHERE THE STUDENT NEEDS TO BE TO BE ABLE TO LEARN!

7 th Grade Behavior – Location

7 th Grade Behavior – Problem Behavior

7 th Grade Goals for Behavior  Decrease Referrals Associated with:  Inappropriate Language  Disrespect  Goal is to have less referrals in the second half of the year related to these problem behaviors  Homeroom re-teaching lessons will focus on  Respectful Language to Peers and Adults  Goal is to keep all kids in class and learning!

How Can Parents Help?  Remind child about the school expectations  Use Respect  Safety First  Accept Responsibility  Help child consider alternative ways to communicating with teacher and classmates other than disrespectful words  Tell your child how much you appreciate their respectful words when they are used

Reading and Writing Data

Overall Reading Data

Student Data – Reading Fluency

Student Data – Comprehension

Set a Reading Goal  Pick either Comprehension or Fluency  If at “Green or Yellow” – aim to be at or above “Green” at the May assessment:  Fluency: 171 Words Read Correctly per Minute  Comprehension: 29 Correct  If at “Red” – aim to be at or above the “Yellow” at the May assessment:  Fluency: 130 Words Read Correctly per Minute  Comprehension: 20 Correct

How Can Parents Help?  Continue to encourage reading at home  Continue repeated reading strategy taught at the October APTT  Meet with me individually if you are concerned about reading and would like more information about what we are doing at school and what you can do at home

Writing Data

Overall Writing Data

Student Data – Writing

Set a Writing Goal  If at “Green or Yellow” – aim to be at or above “Green” at the May assessment:  51 Correct Sequences  If at “Red” – aim to be at or above the “Yellow” at the May assessment:  35 Correct Sequences

Learn and Practice New Writing Activity for Home  Writing a Paragraph Summary  Step 1: LIST  Step 2: CROSS OUT  Step 3: CONNECT  Step 4: NUMBER  Step 5: WRITE  Step 6: EDIT

When to Use This Activity?  At least once a week  With homework assignments that include doing a summary paragraph  When reading something online, a book, magazine, etc.

What’s Next?  Spend time at least 30 minutes a week at home doing the new learning strategies and monitoring your child’s at-home work.  We will continue to work hard to teach and move your student forward  Next APTT:  My 25 th for 6 th and 7 th grades  May 26 th for 8 th grade  Schedule an individual meeting with me or other teachers as needed.  Phone Number:  address:

Thank-you for your support!