MINUTES

HS Math SAC + MS Algebra 1

December 7, 2017

1. ​8:00 am​: Welcome and Sign In

2. Team Drive - what is it and how to use it.
3. 8:05 - 8:20 am​: Questions or input from SAC members and department members
a. Geometry software update
b. Textbook numbers
i. Reminded should have enough texts for each student. Each student
should be assigned a book.
ii. SLHS needs geometry books
iii. Algebra 1 need 50-55 books
iv. Rachelle created Google Sheet for textbook inventory. On Team Drive.
c. New Algebra/Algebra II texts needed
i. Pearson Successnet (online access to book and resources)
ii. Could a subscription be purchased?
iii. Pearson electronic animal books (bee, fish)
1. Geometry Common Core (text)
4. Re-naming ALG2 WP
5. Recommendation for # of students w/ IEPs in a class. Algebra 1 numbers are very high.
Co-taught very high w/ IEPs; Non-co-taught very high in credentialing plans.
6. Algebra 1 placement
7. Lab placement
8. Middle School, testing out, note cards, consistency
9. Could one high school house an advanced math program, keeping PLUS kids to one HS
so they have opportunity to take Calc A/B and/or B/C.
a. Why don’t we have more kids dual enroll?
10. Another ½ credit math course for seniors to take
i. Currently taking AP Stats and dropping to take Cons Math 2nd semester.
11. 8:20 - 8:45 am​: Recap of last meeting:
a. Out of date I-maps
i. Are all district (D) I-maps up to date?
ii. Log on and check now
iii. Which DA I-map is the District map?
b. Google Sheet of Exam Version Information (Amy D.)
i. Last updated June 2017
ii. Do we need to confirm is up to date?
iii. Log on and review now
iv. FST and DA are inconsistent w/ note card use. Fix this!
c. District Assessments
d. Algebra 1 (NEW) ​Graph Motion ​ Unit (Anna/Joe)
i. Resources for teachers
 ii. Does communication need to be sent out?
iii. Work on email, if appropriate
iv. Teachers didn’t have access to Algebra 1 I-map. Alg 1 CCSS (D). Need access.
e. Common Reviews @ HS
12. 2018 MCTM Conference
a. July 24-26, 2018
b. Grand Rapids
c. Can count as facilitator conference for 2018-19 school year
i. May exceed what CITA will pay
d. Consider presenting (will get deadline for proposals)
13. 8:50 - 9:00 am​: Assessment calendar (see Team Drive)
a. www.slcs.us → Intranet (​ employee login)​ → Intranet home → CITA Forms and
Documents → Assessments → Assessment Calendar ​(toward top of page)
b. Dates of note: Common reviews deadline
c. Dates of note: Debriefing district assessment deadline
14. 9:00 - 9:15 am​: NCAA Appeal (see Team Drive)
a. Algebra 2 and Algebra 2 in the Workplace
b. Moving forward - SAC support?
c. How to communicate to students/parents?
d. Algebra 2 is not currently advanced
e. Alg 2WP is NOT Algebra 2 equivalent.
i. Not a college prep course
ii. Needs more rigor. A lot!
iii. Lower expectations
f. Could we call them A/B?
g. Could all athletes take Algebra 2?
h. What about kids who are in “Adv. Alg 2” and transfer districts?
i. We need 3 levels of Alg 2: WP, regular, Honors
j. Novi:

k.
l. Take two YEARS to complete Algebra 2.
15. 9:15-10:45 am​: District Assessments - Mid-Year assessments take top priority!
a. Revised procedure for distributing updated versions of assessments
i. member notes will be returned with updated versions of assessments so
changes can be communicated to department and Special Education,
who may need to change text to speech electronic versions.
1. Need to know which problems were changed. Put in memo.
 b. Formula Sheets, note cards
c. Algebra 2
i. Mid Year
1. #47 answer format
2. #3 shows A as correct answer
ii. End of Year Assessment
1. Cheating in June 2017
2. Answers/questions need to be scrambled for June 2018.
3. Clearing calculators AFTER exam too. Prevent bringing answers
out of the classroom, stored in calculators.
4. Paula can shuffle answers for each test question. Teacher will
check for accuracy on DAW
d. Algebra 2 Workplace
i. #20
ii. Monica - tweaking questions
e. Geometry
i. Rubrics
f. Math Lab Matrix - review (see Team Drive)
i. Suggested criteria for Algebra 2 Workplace? (Monica, Alyssa)
ii. Rachell and Renee worked on new criteria for MS
g. 9th grade Algebra 1
i. Updates to district assessment
h. Rotating constructed response questions? Preferably by hour.
16. 10:45 - 11:45 am​: LUNCH
17. 12:00 - 12:30 pm​: EquatIO Webinar
18. 12:30 - 1:00 pm​: Debrief EquatIO Webinar
a. Text to speech application (was not demonstrated during webinar)
b. Teachers would prefer to have an app that also grades/aggregates data; if they
have to re-type their exams anyway into a new format.
c. Free to educators (tinyurl)
d. Web access (or?) software
e. Teacher speech to text (say: “a squared plus b squared”)
f. Predictor function
g. Handwriting recognition feature
h. Math space area: equat.io in URL bar
i. Takes you to Math Space dashboard
ii. Can draw on screen/white board
iii. “Save” will save it to Math Space
iv. Share feature or make copy and expect response
1. Who you shared with get their own copy and any editing they do
doesn’t impact original
2. Students could answer questions/complete task and send their
response back to teacher.
 i. Desmos can be inserted into EquatIO
j. You Tube: search “Texthelp” - is a channel
i. Instructional video
k. After teachers experimented: program is not good at higher level math (roots
higher than 2, integrals). Reads equations very awkwardly. Uses language
teachers/students do not use.
l. Thank you email will be coming to us.
19. 1:00-2:30 pm​: PSAT data (see Team Drive)
a. Taken at end of 9th grade
b. What can data tell us?
c. What skills are students coming to us with/without?
d. Spring 2019 MSTEP replaced by PSAT spring testing for 8th grade
20. 3:00 pm: ​SAC Summaries and Staff Evaluations
a. Next meeting: March 22, 2018

Look at MS folder in team drive. Letters and matrix for MS math placement. Principals/Lisa.
When?