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Quincy Public Schools PreKindergarten Progress Report & Kindergarten Report Cards

Teaching and Learning Presentation March 28th, 2016 1

To design a new Standards Based Elementary Report Card in Kindergarten and an updated Progress Report in PreKindergarten.

• Aligned to PreKindergarten and Kindergarten

Standards

• Teacher created
• Developmentally appropriate
• Electronic (Kindergarten)
• Revised grading rubric

Purpose

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Initiative Timeline

Planning

Teams Involved:

• Superintendent’s Leadership Team
• Principals
• Instructional Technology
• Kindergarten Team
• PreKindergarten Team
• Academic Program Teachers

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Planning

Teacher Teams:

• Grade level representatives from each building (Academic Classroom Teachers)

Content Driven by Standards:

• Reading, Writing, Language, Speaking and Listening, Mathematics,

Science, and Social Studies

• Massachusetts Standards for Preschool and Kindergarten, Social and

Emotional Learning, and Approaches to Play and Learning

• NAEYC Standards for Quality Early Childhood Programming

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Grade Level Team Work

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Design Team work included:

• Identifying the key standards and areas to assess
• Teams divided into small groups by subject or area
• Creating a report card and progress report that addresses

the Standards but also considers the developmental aspect

• f Early Childhood.
• Developing a Report Card and Progress Report that is

written in parent friendly language

Grade Level Team Work

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Design Team work included:

• Vertical alignment between PreKindergarten to

Kindergarten and Kindergarten to Grade 1

• Progression of standards from one grade to the next
• A focus on Social/Emotional Learning
• Developing a common grading rubric
• Defining proficient on each standard

Current PreKindergarten Report Card

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Draft Progress Report

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Current Kindergarten Report Card

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Draft Report Card

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Performance Levels

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• Kindergarten Performance levels for all subject areas
• E: Exceeds expectations of the standard
• M: Meets expectations of the standard
• P: Progressing towards standards
• N: Not yet demonstrated progress
• NA: Not yet assessed
• PreKindergarten
• I: Independent
• P: Practicing
• N: Needs help
• Designed to show a developmental progression across the standards
• Performance levels will also be used for Academic Program Areas

Grading Rubric

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• Identifies for teachers what standards are assessed for each term
• Highlights the developmental progression of skills
• Gives teachers concrete examples of what meeting the standards looks like

for each term.

Next Steps

Next Steps

• Parent Glossary of frequently used terms (gross

motor, fine motor, compose, decompose etc.)

• Complete Grading Rubric
• Parent Academy (Spring 2016, Fall 2016)
• Professional Development for all staff (Spring

2016)

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Reflection

Teachers/Administrators

• Continued implementation of standards based lessons, units and

assessments

• Monitoring of students’ progress
• Communication with parents through classroom newsletters,

agendas, phone calls and individual conferences as necessary

• Report card design team continues to collect and share feedback
• f both parents and colleagues

Parents/PTO

• Continued communications with school staff
• Feedback collected and discussed at PTO and Citywide meetings
• Participation in Spring/Fall Parent Academy

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School year 2016-2017