Step Up For Students: Success Stories 
Success Stories shares good news and recognizes continuous improvement in relationships with families, teachers and administrators.
Volume 6 Issue 4       November 2017 
Gratitude Rocks!
Rosie Waugh, a Mindful Schools Certified Instructor writes in her blog about a wonderful way for students to share their gratitude.
Gratitude exercises for the family and for you!
Compiled by the Tampa Bay Times , the article contains eight gratitude ideas ranging from a gratitude tree to a jar of beans.
NOVEMBER MAP SPOTLIGHT:
SCHOOL DATA WALLS
Esformes Hebrew Academy , Ormond Beach, Principal Selena Bowe created a tri-color data wall for their MAP data.

Good Shepherd Lutheran School , Ft. Myers, Principal Bill Jewell converted a storage room into a Data Room to assist staff in making decisions about grouping students during their school-wide math block.  The top left image shows the students color coded by grade level and RIT score. The bottom left image shows the data wall being drawn on the wall.
Wakulla Christian Schoo l has really gone above and beyond with analyzing their MAP data. At the conclusion of MAP 1.2, the Saint’s testing coordinator Emily Spindler, was chomping at the bit wanting to brainstorm with her team on how to display their lower grades (K‐5) data.

FREE PROFESSIONAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES IN NOVEMBER and DECEMBER
Facilitated by Step Up For Students Office of Student Learning Staff throughout the state of Florida
  • Developing a Culture of Parental Collaboration 1.4: Student Led Conferences Empower Students to Own Their Learning
  • Differentiated Instruction 1.2: Practical Assessments & Resources
  • Effective Instruction 1.1: Engaging Routines in the Classroom
  • Effective Instruction 1.2: Exploring & Explaining Lesson Content
  • MAP (Measures of Academic Progress) 1.3: Differentiation and Informing Skills‐based Instruction
  • Master Leadership Academy 1.1: Data‐Driven Educational Leaders 
  • Using Khan Academy with your Students ( webinar - any curriculum or assessment)
  • CPALMS (webinar) How to Effectively Implement Florida State Standards
  • Teaching & Learning Exchange (webinar) Learn more about our Student Information System
November Inspirational from Dr. Scott Beck
Kirby Smart is SMART
One of my favorite coaches of all times is Coach Kirby Smart. He once said, “If you get to where you feel maybe comfortable, you’re not growing as a coach. If you sit there too long, you get stale.”
How true that is not only in football, but also in life!  
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What Toy Would You Choose? Engaging Students With Economic Decision-making and Model Eliciting Activities
USF Stavros Center
Tampa Bay Area Workshop
November 30, 2017
Are you looking for something to engage your students during the next month? Toys is a topic that K-5 students will love! Dr. Deborah Kozdras of the University of South Florida Stavros Center and Mrs. C. Angel Danger of Hillsborough County School District are proud to partner and present this multi-disciplinary workshop for K-5 educators. Using movie clips about toys as hooks, the presenters will immerse educators in cross-disciplinary lessons that will engage students in real-world tasks that involve consumer decision-making.
Rockledge Christian School , administrator Ric Speigner incorporated Student-Led Conferencing for this school year. They reported a much better turn out and lots of positive feedback from the parents! 
They also took exit surveys from parents and received a lot of good feedback.

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