monday conference call

[cto...@casas.org]

Hello to all,
This will be our first Google group conference call. I hope everyone
will make it.

Time 1pm
Date 2/21/09
Day Monday

I will do an ad hoc meeting on Genesys,just like our regular monthly
meeting. This invitation will only go out to our group. Mia Reed will
share how to get the best out of google. We will introduce ourselves
and share whatever you like. Mia will run the meeting. This is for
you.

Go to:
www.genesys.com/
Dial:
phone - 1-866-339-1399
meeting # 7889678

If you have not done a profile please take a minute and do one. There
are several people with no names, so I don't know who is signed up.
Thanks, Carolyn

[Cheryl Gray]

Carolyn,

I will not be able to attend the Conference call today, as my lunch goes
from 1:00 to 2:00 pm. Could you possibly send me any information that would
be helpful to go through later?

Thank you!
Cheryl Gray
Data Control Clerk II
Redlands Adult School
909.748.6930, ext.29302

[Carolyn Totten]

Hi Cheryl,
I don't know what there will be to send. Mia is going to walk everyone through how to use our new site. She has added a wiki page to our site. I will send anything I can.

Carolyn Totten
CASAS Program Specialist
Home Office - 760-772-2565

[Cheryl Gray]

[Mia Reed]

Hello Colleagues,

A few questions have come up recently amongst my department as we are
trying to find ways to create more revenue for our school. I would like
to ask this group and see if you know the answer.

1) Have you ever retested students on a particular task? Essentially,
giving that student one more opportunity to pass their assessment. I'm
wondering if this is allowed, or if there is a particular rule about
this. Would this even be fair considering the students have already
seen the test and are familiar with the material.

2) Can we do more than one COAAP per semester in the same class? For
example, a teacher teaches one class for 14 weeks (trimester system).
That teacher currently picks one EL Civics unit to teach in that
trimester. Can that teacher teach more than one unit in those 14 weeks?

Any feedback is appreciated. I'm fairly new to running EL Civics, and
like many of you didn't receive much training. I'm sure I can also
contact someone at CASAS to answer my questions.

Mia Reed
EL Civics Coordinator
Downey Adult School
(562) 940-6222
mr...@das.edu
www.das.edu

[Melinda Seshiki]

Mia, We do not re-test students on an assessment that they failed,
but will go back and test those students we missed the first time
around. We do more than two COAAP per year, this year we are doing
three. It is a questions of 30 hours of teaching before the
assessment may be given. Hope that that is helpful. Melinda

[Mia Reed]

Thanks Melinda. That's helpful. I do know that there has to be 30 hours
of instruction needed, that's why it seems like it would be difficult to
fit more than one in a trimester. We do three COAAPs a year right now.

Mia Reed
EL Civics Coordinator
Downey Adult School
(562) 940-6222
mr...@das.edu
www.das.edu

[Judilla, Judy]

Dear Mia,
We run our class by the Quarter; we do one objective every Quarter and
one for the Summer Session.
Thanks,(Judy)

[Karla Frizler Octavio]

Hi Mia,

 

Our first year of EL Civics, when we only had 5 classes, I allowed students who didn't pass to retake the test once.  There must have been something in my training that said I could do that, or I can't imagine I would!  :-)   Now that we have 20 classes and limited staff, retakes are no longer an option, but we do offer a couple makeup test dates (pull out) for students who miss the official testing day.

 

RE: more than one topic per class per term.  I don't think it's feasible with the 30- hour requirement.  However, we tried something during winter term that was very successful.  We offered Objective 33 (Employment Resources) as a stand-alone, short-term ESL class (6 weeks), and the student work from the class comprised their portfolio.  The EL Civics topic was the only topic covered, and it was a big success.  We are considering offering other short courses on topics that may be interesting to a small portion of our overall population, and not necessarily a majority of students in every class.  Those "short" topics will now appear on the annual student survey--the students will let me know if they are interested.

 

:-)

 

Karla
 

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Karla Frizler Octavio ("Frizzy")
EL Civics & Technology Coordinator (Adult ESL)
Torrance Adult School, Hamilton Adult Center
2606 W. 182nd Street, Torrance, CA 90504
310-972-6500 x. 8429 * koct...@teacher.tusd.org

"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." -W.B. Yeats

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From: Mia Reed <mr...@das.edu>
To: el-civics-...@googlegroups.com
Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:14:56 PM
Subject: Assessment Question

[Rios, Javier]

Yes,

We at Pomona Adult School do only three EL Civics COAAPs a year as well.


This is Javier Rios, PUSD Adult School

-----Original Message-----
From: el-civics-...@googlegroups.com
[mailto:el-civics-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mia Reed

Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:42 PM
To: el-civics-...@googlegroups.com
Subject: RE: Assessment Question


Thanks Melinda. That's helpful. I do know that there has to be 30 hours
of instruction needed, that's why it seems like it would be difficult to
fit more than one in a trimester. We do three COAAPs a year right now.

Mia Reed
EL Civics Coordinator
Downey Adult School
(562) 940-6222
mr...@das.edu
www.das.edu

[Rios, Javier]

Mia,

If the teacher has the time, I would think that he/she can intro. other
COAAPs. I would think, however, that finding the time to do so would be
difficult. In regards to retesting, I would say that it wouldn't be
appropriate to retest a student if that student failed the COAAP.

This is Javier Rios, PUSD Adult School






-----Original Message-----
From: el-civics-...@googlegroups.com
[mailto:el-civics-...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mia Reed

Sent: Wednesday, March 25, 2009 1:15 PM
To: el-civics-...@googlegroups.com
Subject: Assessment Question


Hello Colleagues,

A few questions have come up recently amongst my department as we are
trying to find ways to create more revenue for our school. I would like
to ask this group and see if you know the answer.

1) Have you ever retested students on a particular task? Essentially,
giving that student one more opportunity to pass their assessment. I'm
wondering if this is allowed, or if there is a particular rule about
this. Would this even be fair considering the students have already
seen the test and are familiar with the material.

2) Can we do more than one COAAP per semester in the same class? For
example, a teacher teaches one class for 14 weeks (trimester system).
That teacher currently picks one EL Civics unit to teach in that
trimester. Can that teacher teach more than one unit in those 14 weeks?


Any feedback is appreciated. I'm fairly new to running EL Civics, and
like many of you didn't receive much training. I'm sure I can also
contact someone at CASAS to answer my questions.