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Better directions
Better rubrics
Better texts
leads to...
Better writing!

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Newhart MS

Appreciative of the way this day honored our collective experience and dedication!  Great to see how we are "more alike, my friends, than we are unalike."  Excited to see next steps begin to take action as we share best practices between sites.   In our day-to-day successes and failures, it is meaningful to take that global perspective and be able to do just as we are asking our students to do - recognize where we are at, set goals, and aim for continuous growth!

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Arroyo Vista

Great day of collaboration!
Very informative to see papers from other school sites.
Finding anchor papers and examining ones from other grade levels very beneficial

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CVHS
Excellent collaboration thanks to Virginia!
Taking back to the team I'm looking forward to sharing:
1. Sorting and grading our assessments quickly and the "from the balcony" view to assist and guide our students.
2. Understanding the challenges are similar with each grade level and sharing best practices to solidify what students learn through common language and rigor.

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LRMS
Thank you Virgina! It was great to clarify, and I feel more prepared for the next assessment. I like that we can add our own additional text(s) for the assessment.

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This was awesome today! I felt like it was very beneficial.

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MFMS
Seeing common obstacles throughout the secondary grade levels to analyze why certain skills are not sticking with students as they progress to the next grade level, even though they are being taught at every grade level.

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Marco Forster
Loved the collaboration. It was great to see that we are not alone and floating on our own island. Today gives us a direct focus area to take back and share with our team, and how we can direct our instruction to make the most of student achievement.

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Great things happen when teachers of the same grade level put their heads together. Super valuable. I love Virginia's encouragement to "let it go" and aim for more consistency and clarity and efficiency moving forward.

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Arroyo Vista Middle School
Awesome Day! Thank you--worked with a great team/"Think Tank" and learned many new ideas that I can use tomorrow! :) Great to hear that others have my same thoughts.

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Dana Hills High School
1. It was interesting to see the progression of expected skills from 7-12 grade. It was also interesting to see that many students continue to struggle with the same skills like counterargument, critical thinking and claims.
2. It was also interesting to see the differences in the way the CIAs were administered and how much teacher guidance was given. My group felt strongly that this should be more consistent throughout the district.

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Tesoro High School
It was validating to hear what teachers at all grade levels struggle with. I look forward to improving my teaching techniques.

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Vista del Mar Middle School

The ability to sit down and talk to other teachers about what we are doing in our classrooms and how we are all on the same page was wonderful. My table group had great conversations, and I am excited to share with my department.

I loved reading papers from other sites to see how we all compare. It is a sobering reality, and we have quite a road ahead, but we will get through it.

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Aliso Niguel High School

Collaboration with the different grade levels creates solid and understandable goals.

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San Juan Hills High School

Cross examination and discussion of the different grade levels displayed how certain strengths/weaknesses travel throughout an education - and its important to know that we're all "in it together", as it were, to address these problems.

It was helpful to discuss what other teachers in the same grade level are doing at different schools as well; I learned about several great strategies to use in my teaching.

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Good to be reminded that we're all rowing in the same direction.

More vertical teaming will help us reduce repetition and help us focus on goals.

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Tesoro
Juniors across the board struggled with the prompt. Collaboration with other schools and grade levels also had similar issues with their essays.

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San Juan Hills High School
We as English teachers seem to be on the same page at least in terms of the skills we want our students to have.

Counterarguments appear to be a major issue at all grade levels.

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San Clemente High School

The biggest take away from today's calibration was being able to discern trends where students were struggling.

Calibrating across schools made it clear that the problems exist at all sites (and grade levels!) and it was interesting to hear different perspectives in how to tackle areas where students need improvement.

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Tesoro/Dana Hills
Chelsea: Useful to hear from all of the different grade levels.  Also, 12th had similar expectations for scoring.

Sue: It was useful to see the positives and negatives regarding the first CIA on the chart.

I liked having an opportunity to give suggestions for future CIAs.

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San Juan Hills High School

It was interesting to see that students are struggling with the same aspects of writing across the board (counterargument, analysis vs. summary).

It was helpful to see what other teachers considered a 4 essay to be, a 3 essay to be, etc. Next time around I will focus more on the positive things my students have done when scoring vs. where they missed the mark.

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Arroyo Vista

During group discussion I have been reminded to focus on growth for each student and how to best prepare for students for high school by looking at the 9/10 rubric and comparing it to the 6-8th rubric.

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Newhart
Focus on scoring the positive and looking for growth. Use the CFA as a rich learning tool for setting goals. Utilize each other as resources in this process.

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MFMS
In my group I learned that we are all having the same ah has with students as well as what we need to cover to help students become better writers.

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SCHS

Students are struggling with the same issues 6-12.  It is a developmental approach.

Technology implementation is scattered and needs to be uniform. Why don't all of our students have access to Chromebooks? We are creating a situation of technological inequity within our school district.

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Mike Feyk
SCHS
Grading of the CIAs should focus on what they did correctly NOT what they did wrong.  Less focus on grammar/spelling/punctuation and more on the content of the writing.

Other schools and levels are dealing with some of the same issues with lack of proficiency when it comes to argumentative writing.