May+2008

Jeff Olefson Gatelot Library 3:30 - 6:30
 * May 21, 2008

In attendance:** BLT Members: Peter Cafiso, Michelle Parisi, Emily Peterson, Denise Kleinman, Deborah Layden, Ann Steinberg, Lisa Blum

Jeff Olefson is the president of Staff Development Associates. He attended our May 31 BLT meeting to provide us with some techniques in our upcoming initiatives. We will be having a BLT Workday on June 2, 2008. Please view that page to read about how we will be implementing some of our goals & objectives using Mr. Olefson's guidance.
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 * Notes:**
 * One of our goals is to create a readiness assessment(skills assessment) for grades kindergarten through second. Grades third through fifth will be using the previous years NYS Assessment in both ELA and Mathematics. These assessements will be administered in September to evaluate the students.
 * Teachers will collobarate to anaylze the data and discuss best practices for instruction. The data will be used to create an action plan to improve student achievement.