1. Prince Edward County Middle School Lucy B. Carson Principal Lucy.carson@pecps.k12.va.us 434-315-2120 Ext. 3223

2. Prince Edward Middle School Located in Prince Edward County surrounding the town of Farmville Prince Edward County has only 3 schools, one elementary, one middle, and one high school Our enrollment is 632 students at a grade 5 – 8 middle school ◦ 5 th -- 160 6 th – 146 7 th – 154 8 th – 172 ◦ 55% African Americans 40% whites 5% -- other ◦ As of April 1, 2014, PECMS free and reduced lunch percentage is 63% ◦ Special Education population school wide 14% Faculty and staff of about 65 Middle school concept of teams with two at each grade level

3. School Data Collection Observations of content area teachers All in English and Math From beginning teachers to experienced ones Use of Student Engagement Observation form Observation team consisted of central office staff, VDOE coach, and administrators

4. Prince Edward Raw Data January – April 2015 admindascostoetsubjglcontob1ob2ob3ob4ob5ob6ob7ob8ob9ob10ob11ob12lyob1lyob2lyob3lyob4lyob5 Lucy Carson3/3/2015 Prince Edward Middle9:35am10:00amEnglish6111111 Lucy Carson1/19/2015 Prince Edward Middle9:30am10:00amEnglish5thmain idea1111 Gwen McQuaige-Hicks1/29/2015 Prince Edward Middle8:30 AM8:53 AMEnglish5thReading11111111 Lucy Carson3/18/2015 Prince Edward Middle11:30 AM11:55amEnglish5thCause and Effect11111 Lucy Carson1/19/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:45am11:10amEnglish6thCause & Effect111111 Lucy Carson3/23/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:15am10:30amEnglish6th roots & suffixes, character traits, Istation111111 Lucy Carson4/9/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:50am11:10amEnglish6thSOL 6.4 Synonyms and Antonyms11111 Lucy Carson4/14/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:15am10:35amEnglish6thAnalogy111111 Gwen McQuaige-Hicks1/29/2015 Prince Edward Middle8:55 AM9:10 AMEnglish7thReading/Inclusion class11 Lucy Carson3/23/2015 Prince Edward Middle9:00am9:15amEnglish7thmetaphors, main idea, Istation1111111 Lucy Carson1/25/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:00am10:30amEnglish8thfact and opinion1111111111 Gwen McQuaige-Hicks1/29/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:40 AM11:00 AMEnglish8thReading/Inclusion1111 Lucy Carson3/18/2015 Prince Edward Middle11:15am11:30amEnglish8thTransitions111 Lucy Carson4/14/2015 Prince Edward Middle8:35am8:55amEnglish8thMain idea, supporting details, text features1111111 Lucy Carson3/5/2015 Prince Edward Middle8:30am9:10amMath51111 Zane Harshman2/11/2015Prince Edward MiddleMath7 Lucy Carson4/14/2015 Prince Edward Middle9:25am9:45amMath7Math 7/Pre-Algebra11 Lucy Carson3/23/2015 Prince Edward Middle8:35am8:55amMath5thMetric measurement11111 Lucy Carson4/9/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:00am10:15amMath5thSOL 5.13 develop definition for geometric figures1111111 Lucy Carson4/15/2015 Prince Edward Middle11:15am11:45amMath5thMean, median, mode, range11111 Lucy Carson3/18/2015 Prince Edward Middle9:50am10:10amMath6thReview skills 6.1,6.3,6.11,6.12,6.9,6.10,6.13111 Lucy Carson4/9/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:20am10:40amMath6th SOL 6.7 solve practical problems with decinals111111 Lucy Carson3/18/2015 Prince Edward Middle10:40am11:05amMath7th7.6 transformations/ 7.12 corresponding sides angles11111 Lucy Carson4/14/2015 Prince Edward Middle9:55am10:10amMath7thRemediation111 Lucy Carson1/25/2015 Prince Edward Middle11:55am12:15pmMath8thPre-Algebra111 Zane Harshman1/29/2015 Prince Edward Middle8:158:35Math 77Math11111 Zane Harshman3/3/2015 Prince Edward Middle2:002:30Math 77Functions11111111 Zane Harshman3/20/2015Prince Edward MiddleMath 77Dilation of Shapes11111 Lucy Carson1/19/2015 Prince Edward Middle11:40am12:15pm Mathemat ics5th geometric patterns / function tables111111 Zane Harshman1/28/2015 Prince Edward Middle2:202:40 Pre- Algebra8Math111111 Zane Harshman1/29/2015Prince Edward Middle Pre- Algebra8Math1111111 Lucy Carson1/19/2015 Prince Edward Middle11:10 AM11:40 AM Pre- Algebra7th1111 Lucy Carson3/18/2015 Prince Edward Middle9:25am9:50am Pre- Algebra8th Measuring angles/ prothegogram theory1111111

5. Observations by Content Area

6. Observations by Grade Level

7. Observation Data Student Engagement Observations ( January – April, 2015)

8. Observation Data Summary January – April, 2015 For High Yield, students are using manipulatives, technology, and graphic organizers (HY10) Students are also asking questions, summarizing, and clarifying(HY9) For Low Yield, students are responding orally to teacher, and use of worksheets for practice. (LY1,2)

9. Next Steps for Data Share data with English, Math teachers and rest of the staff Share data with administration and central office staff Facilitate staff development on setting learning goals (HY1), self-assessment of work, (HY11), and engages in writing (HY4) Facilitate additional staff development on the benefit of using high yield instructional strategies

10. Considerations for Professional Development Small group instruction – how to make it work in the middle school Effective formative assessments Providing effective student feedback Intervention strategies that work