Once all the data is collected, it is analyzed by the TA team and compiled into a document that we call Considerations . The first work session focuses on this data piece. The TA Team meets with all of the science teachers in the building to share the What of the Data Collection and together or in groups determine the Implications, Strategies and Resources to address any areas in which there is need. This is one of the sources of data upon which the Action Plan is built. The second work session focuses on the building s curricular alignment with the Michigan Curriculum Framework for Science.
Teachers complete curriculum maps showing what science content is taught and when they teach it.
They then correlate this content with the content standards in the Michigan Curriculum Framework and the consultants process the group for gaps, overlaps and appropriate curriculum articulation. It is expected that any needed curricular realignment will be implemented as a result of this work. The third work session focuses on the building s science MEAP results. Prior to this work session, the consultants analyze the building s MEAP results and record the Observations on a second Considerations document. The consultants process the group in determining the implications, strategies and resources related to the observation.