Highlights from the 6/11 TAG Advisory Council Meeting -
Amy Doan and Virginia La Forte represented Alameda.
Mark Feldman was elected Chair for 2013-2014. Brenda Ray Scott will continue her work with the title of Past Chair and Communications lead.
TAGAC has formally requested that PPS improve communication on the acceleration policy. The math acceleration policy was approved in Oct. 2010 and you can see a copy here, but it is not on the PPS site. TAGAC wants families to know about both grade and single-subject acceleration options, and will continue to work on synchronized math and reading times to ease acceleration.
Brenda Ray Scott has met with PPS' Web designers and has approval to help redesign and continually update the TAG and TAGAC sections.
The group discussed policy around cluster grouping and PPS confirmed that some schools cluster group. TAGAC requested a list of schools that cluster group, as most attendees reported that schools spread advanced learners throughout classrooms to 'balance' the classes.
Members reiterated their interest in a teacher poll. We'd like to know what teachers think of district TAG policy & practices, what support would help & what is/isn't working. Teacher poll seems a natural follow-up to the family poll.
TAGAC will meet over the summer - dates tbd.
Here's a 6/9 NY Times article on the return of ability grouping
Have a wonderful summer!
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