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 * media type="custom" key="11323638"We can throw stones, **
 * Complain about them, **
 * Stumble on them, **
 * Climb over them, **
 * Or build with them **
 * William Arthur Ward (Thanks Kane) **

Parent Mac User nights next year. Schedule regular nights to show and teach parents Email student conference forms as a way to keep parents informed as to what students are working on and feedback that they’re getting. This was discussed but not sure if a decision was made to do this Reminders on Facebook to check tasks, student conference notes…..
 * Parent support **
 * How to use a Mac
 * Some of the programs on the Mac that students use
 * Where to find student tasks, conference forms, daily timetables
 * Being aware of student progress with tasks by **
 * Checking regularly in home base
 * Checking Dropbox
 * Student conference
 * Floor time: make appointments with students in home base to see you when you’re on the floor. This could be broadened to another team member checking a student during floor time when requested by you.
 * Floor time **
 * An opportunity for individual teaching time, not supervision.
 * Students need to know which team members are on the floor and when they are scheduled to be on the floor.
 * Ensure that we are sharing information with the team about student needs so that the floor time people are able to monitor individuals (consistency)
 * Some of the tasks in Livebinder appear to be quite complex **.
 * Consider ways to break tasks down
 * Have Livebinders tasks on Smartboards
 * Create alternative ways to present tasks so that there isn’t as much written information, relying on a level of comprehension that some students don’t yet have
 * Other ways of supporting students **
 * Negotiable workshops timetabled into week
 * Areas of the LC devoted to KLAs, with support people in those areas to help students with particular tasks. This however doesn’t change the fact that students are able to choose where they sit no matter what task they are doing
 * More engaging tasks
 * Create tasks that are challenging but not beyond the reach of students: We discussed the mean, median and mode task and whether some students aren’t ready for these concepts.
 * iTime: led to some of these discussion points **
 * A way to use students interests to direct their learning
 * Opportunity for some students to be engaged and on task
 * Individual learning plans are required for students who are finding it difficult to be engaged in their learning.
 * By the middle of next year we would expect that we are developing individual learning plans for many of our students.
 * iTime is a vehicle for the curriculum to be delivered

Beginning of year assessment will be really important as it will set the scene for each individual students learning needs. Publish assessments to Google Docs and share with parents. At the moment we don’t write what students ‘know’ in a report format. This is done in the traditional report. Our TAs don’t quite cover this area as most of the time is taken up with goal setting.
 * Assessment **
 * Probe 2
 * SAST
 * On demand testing
 * Reading/Writing/Maths interview (First Steps) Allows us to understand student attitudes to these areas
 * Continue to pre test/post test students in Maths concepts
 * Ongoing assessments throughout the year


 * General stuff **
 * Fans in small rooms at the ends of the LC