Our CCI Goals

CCI.  Goals.  Data Binders.   Have any of these words come up in your child's conversations?

Hopefully at some time this school year they've at least been mentioned!  If not, this post will be your brief summary.  If you have heard of these words then keep reading to hear how those words are key parts to our learning, still today!

CCI stands for Continuous Classroom Improvement. It revolves around the idea that we can always improve on something. We pick a goal, decide what we're going to do in order to be succesful with that goal, and then we track our progress.  At the end of the goal's cycle we check how we did and assess what strategies worked or what we might have done differently.  And then we choose a new goal or repeat an old goal that we need to continue to work on.  This whole process is student led; I get the opportunity to just be the one to write their ideas down and help them figure out strategies.

One goal we've been working on for about 3 weeks now is to remember to bring back our daily folders.  They realize the importance of these daily folders: help keep organized, help them to get papers to/from home, helps Mrs. E and myself do our jobs in getting families information, and helps them work on being responsible.  

They've come up with several strategies and several kiddos have become successful.   Notice one of their strategies is to ask for help...that's where the parent and teacher support come in!  Students were to ask parents for help in remembering to bring back their folder each day.   So as you help your child with daily homework, be sure to help them remember to get that folder back in the backpack.

We also have data binders that keep track of our successes throughout the year.  We focus on important areas that affect our learning. Every day we track our attendance (HUGE area when it comes to learning!).  Each quarter we track our reading and math scores on our quarterly test and set new goals for the upcoming quarter.  And whenever the kiddos request, they track their progress on our weekly CCI goal.

 Hopefully this post will give you a better glimpse and understanding of how we are tracking our progress and creating goals that will make a lifelong impact!