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Name: Debbie Schmelzle
Email: dschmelzle@fusd1.org
Goal Number: Two
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Organization: Thomas Elementary School/FUSD
Location: Flagstaff, AZ

Type: Group Data Meeting
Name Meeting: First Grade GDM
Attendance: Eleven
Audience: - - Please Select - -
Date: 09/12/08

Description:
A Group Data Meeting (GDM) was held to analyze the results of DIBELS testing and to make plans for possible intervention. Those who attended included the school psychologist, school counselor, the ELL SIOP coach, two intervention teachers, the four first grade teachers, one student teacher, and the primary special education teacher. Joel Axler, school psychologist, reviewed the goals and rationale of the GDM and briefly discussed data driven decision making and universal screening. Results of the DIBELS testing
showed that 73% of the grade level tested at benchmark level, 22% at strategic level, and 5%
at intensive level. Based on those results, the team set a goal of 80% of the students scoring at benchmark level at the next DIBELS testing in January. Tier 1 strategies include the use of Harcourt Trophies materials in all classrooms with fidelity and differentiated instruction within each first grade classroom. In addition, the first grade teachers plan to build on HFW skills to better prepare students for the ORF (Oral Reading Fluency) section of DIBELS. For Tier 2, 13 students were identified as in need of intervention. The teachers will work with all students in flexible groups for 30 minutes, four times a week, prior to beginning the Headsprouts program on Oct. 6th. Jolly Phonics will be used in one group, Harcourt Intervention will be used in another, and fluency practice will be emphasized in another. Attendance will be tracked to ensure that students placed in Headsprouts are in school every day. Students in intervention (Headsprouts) will be progress monitored every other week. Parents will be notified of classroom and grade level goals during parent/teacher conferences to be held the week of Sept. 15th. Progress toward goals will be discussed at the November conferences.