Year-End Review and Preparing for the New School Year

It is hard to believe that the end of the school year has arrived. Now that your district is wrapping up the 2015-16 school year, it is the perfect time to reflect on a year of Galileo implementation. It is also time to begin planning for next year.  

ATI recommends that you gather appropriate personnel and staff for a “year-end review.”  In a Year –End Review meeting you may revisit the Galileo goals you establish at the start of the year. Common goals among district implementing Galileo often include:

• administer district-wide assessments in grade K-8 for math, ELA, and science;
• increase teachers use of district-wide testing data for classroom interventions; and 
• incorporate Galileo student performance data into instructional effectiveness plans

Once participants have reviewed the year’s Galileo goals, they may then review the feedback from this year’s implementation, identifying both the challenges and success stories. Utilize this valuable feedback to begin formulating goals for the 2016-17 school year and determine in what ways your implementation plan may be added to and/or modified.

Once the review of the year has occurred, moving onto planning for 2016-17 might include:

• determine the assessment types, frequency, subjects, and for administration;
• determine how you will administer assessments;
• identify new Galileo features you will explore and implement (e.g., Galileo Digital Curriculum Platform) and create a professional development plan to assist in the roll out of these features on your campuses;
• identify staff changes that your team and ATI should be made aware of;
• determine who will be the Galileo Test Coordinator(s); and
• identify new district initiatives that ATI should be notified of such as the implementation of a new Student Information System or textbook adoption.

As you complete your year-end review and your 2016-17 planning meetings, remember you may always contact ATI if you have questions, or would like some advice and guidance.  You may contact us at 1-800-367-4762 or GalileoInfo@ati-online.com.

Year-End Review and Preparing for the New School Year

As the end of the school year approaches, it is time for district and charter school administrators to reflect on the past school year and begin planning for the approaching year. To help K-12 school districts with this process, ATI recently hosted a Learning on Demand session titled Year-End Review and Preparing for the New School Year. Topics of this session included:

• Reviewing the past year’s goals for Galileo-use and acknowledging successes and challenges. Special emphasis is placed on highlighting successes and the making of action plans to address challenges.
• Exploring ATI innovations and how these tie into new district initiatives.
• The planning process for next year including determining the testing calendar, the data importation schedule, and desired professional development.

If you missed the webinar, the session was recorded and is now available on demand from the Professional Development Forum.  If not already a Forum user, learn how to gain access to the Professional Development Forum by contacting ProfessionalDevelopment@ati-online.com.

Year-end reviews shape future planning - have you scheduled yours?

I have learned a lot over the years just by listening to my clients. One way I listen to my clients is during their year-end review discussion.  Although there is regular communication back-and-forth with clients throughout the year, in Field Services we plan for two major discussions during the school year. The first is a Galileo implementation plan discussion held during the start of Galileo use and near the start of each successive year. The second, which serves as the purpose of this writing, is the year-end review discussion.

As the current school year winds down, we have an opportunity to reflect on the past and consider plans for the upcoming year. This discussion is important for a number of reasons. For example, during the year-end review together we:

• review the goals for the year along with successes and challenges that were faced, 
• learn about new initiatives within the district/school and discuss plans for the upcoming school year,
• share information about new features in Galileo, and
• discuss professional development needs and new opportunities.

So contact your Field Services Coordinator at GalileoInfo@ati-online.com or call 800-367-4762 today to setup your year-end review. These discussions can be scheduled in late April or May (after statewide testing) and generally last about an hour or so.

Baron Reyna, Field Services Coordinator