WEBVTT 1 00:00:10.170 --> 00:00:16.650 Hi everyone. I see. Rebecca and I see Natalie. Hope you all are doing okay. 2 00:00:19.320 --> 00:00:20.130 We 3 00:00:21.810 --> 00:00:22.620 Hi. Natalie. 4 00:00:25.920 --> 00:00:36.660 Okay, we don't see our hosts yet Dennis care and and Jodi case but I emailed them because it's kind of uncharacteristic of them not to be somewhere. 5 00:00:37.290 --> 00:00:48.270 Where they need to be. But she said, I just heard back from God, and she said that she will be here she's having some technical difficulties and there she is. So yay, yay. 6 00:00:49.170 --> 00:00:55.980 I was just supposed to give you an update that they they were trying and there was the stuff we're going to bore you but we're good now. 7 00:00:58.410 --> 00:00:58.830 Yay. 8 00:01:29.460 --> 00:01:32.070 Natalie remind me where you're coming from. 9 00:01:35.430 --> 00:01:41.190 And my chaos D. I'm from the early childhood team up here. Okay, great, great. 10 00:01:42.300 --> 00:02:02.370 So are you because I was there but you weren't there when I was there. So who are you the new one of I am the new BB 619 coordinator, which actually that is about to change the next week to where they are adding a new position to the team. So we're going to have 11 00:02:04.080 --> 00:02:12.360 A new 619 coordinator, and then I'll be able to focus on our preschool aged at risk and our kids preschool pilot 12 00:02:13.620 --> 00:02:21.480 Programs. So it's exciting that our team gets to expand a little good. Yeah, well, that's great. 13 00:02:22.890 --> 00:02:27.810 Good news, there's always so much for your team to do just 14 00:02:28.980 --> 00:02:47.700 The compliance alone is such a bear. Like all of the compliance crazy but yeah we're excited to get more help for our team so good. I was creating some anybody. That'd be a great 619 coordinator encourage them now. Yeah, okay. I definitely will. 15 00:03:00.450 --> 00:03:02.550 We had some trouble getting on. 16 00:03:04.500 --> 00:03:09.810 Message that the meeting starts September 19 2019 17 00:03:11.730 --> 00:03:12.420 Was 18 00:03:15.120 --> 00:03:17.820 So I don't know. It's back to the future or something. 19 00:03:19.980 --> 00:03:27.810 I think it's because the zoom link is actually the same for every meeting. It doesn't change throughout that time. So you have a calendar invite 20 00:03:28.260 --> 00:03:38.910 For each of the meetings, but the zoom link is actually the same. So I don't know if that helps explain but that might be why I'm not sure. Well, I don't understand technology. 21 00:03:40.110 --> 00:03:42.660 So any right we're here. 22 00:03:44.100 --> 00:03:44.400 And 23 00:03:46.110 --> 00:03:47.670 Asian Jody are going to 24 00:03:49.170 --> 00:03:51.570 Leave this session today. 25 00:04:07.590 --> 00:04:09.120 Okay. Can you guys hear us. 26 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:14.610 Tactic or difficult difficulties here. 27 00:04:35.460 --> 00:04:37.230 Can you see that what we've shared 28 00:04:38.550 --> 00:04:39.750 Yep. Okay. 29 00:04:41.100 --> 00:04:42.990 Stephanie was on earlier. 30 00:04:45.840 --> 00:04:54.450 Stephanie was on and she specifically messaged us about a rescue. So we kind of focus this session on the as queue. 31 00:04:54.900 --> 00:05:05.970 And she was on earlier with me and then we all got booted off. I think probably Susie maybe when you opened it. I don't know me because I tried to be on there before anybody else. Maybe I need to let somebody else. 32 00:05:06.690 --> 00:05:11.760 Get on first. But anyway, so. STEPHANIE. I don't think made it back on, and I've sent her a couple messages so 33 00:05:12.750 --> 00:05:30.390 We're down there. Oh there's yes there are 70 yeah I'm here. Oh, good. Okay, great. Let me see where you are. There you are. Which one, Stephanie. That's me. Hello. How are you good how are you good. Oh look, see my video is showing is so bizarre. 34 00:05:31.800 --> 00:05:38.610 I don't know what's going on. Can you see our screen. Yep. Okay. Well, we will get started then. Thanks for coming. 35 00:05:40.230 --> 00:05:51.510 And just a quick introduction. I know Susie, maybe you already did that. No, I haven't done anything I just said, I think we're having some technical difficulties and and that's it. 36 00:05:52.140 --> 00:06:08.610 All right, so you're right we were okay so and I am teacher Markowitz with the Kansas Masonic literacy center and this is my we will 18th year in education. I was mostly taught kindergarten preschool. 37 00:06:10.290 --> 00:06:21.000 English as a second language. Well, that's what it was back then and now I'm in the Kansas Masonic literacy center and I've God with me. Hello. 38 00:06:23.340 --> 00:06:34.590 Joey case and I am mobilizing what we're seeing from this is my fourth year of living and important and and providing the mobilizing literacy family lays on 39 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:41.430 And previously. I've been a preschool teacher for the last 40 00:06:43.080 --> 00:06:51.540 At least 15 years and I taught kindergarten before that. So my world has been early childhood, with the exception of library media specialist, a little bit so 41 00:06:52.710 --> 00:06:55.260 This is my world that I love to live in and 42 00:06:56.820 --> 00:07:02.910 Collaborate with lots of other early childhood partners. So this is exciting to me because 43 00:07:03.690 --> 00:07:11.880 Before I came to Emporia I had a PLC that met it as stack and there is between 15 and 20 of us that were came together and so 44 00:07:12.390 --> 00:07:24.090 This reminds me of that a lot. So any opportunities that we have to collaborate share ideas and give each other. Either shortcuts and insights to things. It's just very helpful. 45 00:07:30.450 --> 00:07:32.370 Anybody else might introduce themselves. 46 00:07:33.750 --> 00:07:36.720 To you. Yeah, a brand partner there in prime 47 00:07:38.640 --> 00:07:46.710 You'll have to unmute Yep, yep. We'll go. I'm Stephanie born. I'm currently the principal at URL loss in elementary in Leavenworth, Kansas. 48 00:07:47.190 --> 00:07:57.840 We are currently a Pre K through five building, but our motors have voted for a bond to restructure our building into a Pre K kindergarten center. 49 00:07:58.230 --> 00:08:09.030 And so we will be doing that within the next couple of years, our focus right now is really on project based learning within those littles and a lot of play based education and play based learning. 50 00:08:09.960 --> 00:08:18.390 With me today I have Kelsey stymies who's one of my kindergarten teachers and one of the lead kindergarten teachers in the district. So she's really helping us 51 00:08:19.050 --> 00:08:24.330 Kind of look at kindergarten in a different way. And one of the things we're doing right now with our littles is 52 00:08:25.050 --> 00:08:37.620 Their entire day is flex grouping. So, you know, they come in, they do play bass centers, they do lots of flex based curbing and then we have created a place center in our kindergarten suite to really do a lot of 53 00:08:39.120 --> 00:08:49.680 That unstructured play to where we get to reteach basic level, social skills in the moment. So it's been it's been pretty phenomenal. Sounds great. So 54 00:08:56.100 --> 00:08:56.640 Rebecca 55 00:09:01.290 --> 00:09:08.520 Hi. Hi. I'm Rebecca funding and I also work with Stephanie and Kelsey in the school district. I'm a special education instructional facilitators. 56 00:09:10.830 --> 00:09:12.480 Welcome think 57 00:09:15.900 --> 00:09:17.670 That everyone else is on here. 58 00:09:19.710 --> 00:09:32.100 Well, I'm here, and I just supporting a the link grant in various capacities. My name is Susie Myers and I work for the University of Kansas Center for Research on learning and we're just here to support 59 00:09:33.390 --> 00:09:42.930 Kasia Jody Dennis Kim Jenny all the all the chaos D staff, however, we can. And to learn more from all of the link sites about what you're doing for early childhood. 60 00:09:46.860 --> 00:09:53.940 And this is Kimberly, my wife and I'm with the link grant at chaos D and Jenny is on as well. She's always quiet. 61 00:09:56.130 --> 00:09:56.610 Great. 62 00:09:58.110 --> 00:10:01.320 And Natalie. I barely caught you earlier. 63 00:10:02.460 --> 00:10:12.120 Yes, I'm not only McLean. I'm with the cast ease early childhood team and I work a lot with our at risk grants and the KP cramps. 64 00:10:12.690 --> 00:10:32.790 Right now I'm also doing the 619 coordinator and early childhood special ed and duties. We've got a new person we were looking for a new person to kind of take over some of the stuff. So this is the first of these that I've sat in on some excited to see which are 65 00:10:33.810 --> 00:10:40.290 Great, thank you may have some ideas and insights that we need to consider. Awesome. 66 00:10:42.390 --> 00:10:44.820 Okay, well, and 67 00:10:46.170 --> 00:10:53.280 I believe we have our agenda was kind of can't find where what so we'll just keep going. 68 00:10:53.850 --> 00:11:02.730 And one of the concerns or one of the questions I believe Stephanie that you had was about as queue three and asked que se. So we have a quick little 69 00:11:03.150 --> 00:11:11.760 PowerPoint that perhaps we don't need to go through that if you just want to ask your specific questions and we we can talk about it or we can go through this slide that's it's up to you. 70 00:11:12.390 --> 00:11:21.120 Yeah. So one of the things that we were kind of wondering, was what other districts across the state are doing with their data from a SQ. 71 00:11:21.930 --> 00:11:33.810 Are they using it to help placements at the beginning of the year, are they using it throughout the year. What does that look like and other districts and how we can really steal from y'all. 72 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:39.210 Great. Is there anyone on this panel that wants to share what they're doing. 73 00:11:42.810 --> 00:11:45.540 I guess you're all from the same district almost 74 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:56.850 We don't have a lot of participants today, just from your district and Natalie, you might have some input from across the state. From your perspective, 75 00:12:00.900 --> 00:12:04.440 Oh, is that y'all are working with parents. 76 00:12:06.360 --> 00:12:11.400 To kind of talk about not only what you guys can be doing in schools. 77 00:12:13.350 --> 00:12:17.040 To help the kiddos but also some maybe some activities that they can be doing at home. 78 00:12:17.430 --> 00:12:29.700 So like, right now we're getting close to parent teacher conferences. So it's a good time to look into and I don't have that book on the top of my head, but there's a book that conference in your kit that's full of 79 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:43.080 Ideas and activities on things you can do with the kiddos at home. I'm when I'm sorry I don't have that on the top of my head, but I'm great information you can share with families on 80 00:12:43.650 --> 00:12:51.420 Maybe some things that can do at home. And that's just going to help you build that connection between school and home and what you guys can be working on together. 81 00:12:53.070 --> 00:12:55.410 As a result of this stuff that you got out of it as you 82 00:12:56.430 --> 00:13:05.550 Do you have that book. Stephanie. Um, yeah, we have all of our kits. So that would be good. Yep. Okay. And I assume you know how to access all the data. 83 00:13:06.060 --> 00:13:15.300 You have any. Okay. Yeah. All right. I wasn't sure. So yeah, we actually in our, in our district. We used our data. Well, at least at our school we use our data really 84 00:13:15.660 --> 00:13:28.590 We looked at the social, emotional piece. And that's how we started with kind of our flex groupings and then because our concern right now is doing so much flex grouping just throughout the day, both socially and academically. 85 00:13:29.670 --> 00:13:36.120 We took the more academic side of the SQ. And we group those into their 86 00:13:37.590 --> 00:13:54.420 Their instructional groupings to so we use both of them and two very different ways. And I just was interested to see how other people were using that to kind of really drive their instruction. Yeah, those are great ideas do you find going into your well we're in October. Now, so 87 00:13:56.400 --> 00:14:01.470 Were you able to clarify with parents, or have you already got parent teacher conferences. 88 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:14.310 So when you start your parent teacher conferences are you going to introduce like that snapshot to your families and communicate with the 89 00:14:14.910 --> 00:14:22.320 Left the children or you know what their score was and what that means. All those kinds of things are you planning to do that. 90 00:14:22.830 --> 00:14:29.880 So we, we do our parent teacher conferences, a little bit different. We do what is called a showcase night so 91 00:14:30.660 --> 00:14:41.640 Our teachers are required to have those data conversations. Those behavioral conversations at a separate time during the school year. Before we get to showcase night. 92 00:14:42.090 --> 00:14:48.900 And then showcase night is really where kids get the opportunity to showcase to their parents what it is doing so. 93 00:14:49.260 --> 00:15:01.920 For example, our kindergartners last year, they did research projects and then they took their research projects and basically taught that back to their parents and Kelsey did a phenomenal job of 94 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:12.870 We included the entire school. So we had fifth graders come down to pretend they were the kindergarteners parents and the kindergarteners GOT TO DO THEIR SHOWCASE of their presentation to the fifth graders. 95 00:15:13.110 --> 00:15:19.590 And we did that with teachers throughout our building and things like that. So we do parent teacher conferences, a little bit different here. 96 00:15:20.790 --> 00:15:21.870 Like the showcase 97 00:15:23.190 --> 00:15:28.950 Yeah, and kissing and talk more about that it's been it's been phenomenal. One of the things that we have heard so much the last couple years is 98 00:15:29.430 --> 00:15:39.780 Our kids are five, they can't do that or kids are little they can't do that. And we've really been pushing our kindergarten team we've been pushing our kids. And what we found is 99 00:15:40.290 --> 00:15:47.970 Our kindergarteners now are doing more things than some of our kids in middle school. And it's not because they can't 100 00:15:48.270 --> 00:15:57.210 It just takes a little extra time because they're little, and we have to teach that we teach them and so like I said, Kelsey can talk a little bit more about that because she lives it every day but 101 00:15:57.750 --> 00:16:05.700 That's just kind of what we're finding you can leverage all that motivation with with littles like that with with your calendars. I mean, they're just so motivated 102 00:16:06.360 --> 00:16:29.070 So when you look at your as queue scores and your you look at that aggregated data and you sort kids based upon the as Q3 is what you're saying. Right. But you also look at the sq to to help with your grouping. Yes. Yes. Do you use like 103 00:16:30.150 --> 00:16:41.610 Like you use a like either that resource for this wine to help support what you do. These are from as que se and as Q3 there the learning activities. 104 00:16:43.650 --> 00:16:44.880 We have not yet no 105 00:16:46.920 --> 00:16:47.100 I 106 00:16:48.360 --> 00:16:49.830 Was trying to recall earlier. 107 00:16:51.270 --> 00:17:07.170 These are great resource tools and they weren't that expensive honestly and they come on a CD ROM, so you can print them out or you can send them out digitally if they're really cool the way they're sorted and separated by skills by month 108 00:17:08.340 --> 00:17:15.240 By age group and then by skill level. So if you're working on, specifically a cognitive skill. 109 00:17:16.080 --> 00:17:27.090 That you want kids to practice at home or even teachers can use those lesson plans in here as a plan, if you will, for intentional guided instruction. 110 00:17:27.750 --> 00:17:35.430 So they're there. They're really great resources, I kind of divided them up into like different sections. I put tabs on to help me with. 111 00:17:36.180 --> 00:17:43.560 Because some of the kiddos that I work with are really, really little, and I'm really, really old now and working with littles it's 112 00:17:44.010 --> 00:17:54.210 I've needed reminders on, you know, three months and six months and oh my gosh, because there's so much, but there was lots and lots of really great resources and ideas and you're all the way up to 113 00:17:54.690 --> 00:18:05.100 64 to 60 months of age for the ASU three. And then also, per se, too. So I'd be resources, you might want to. Awesome. Perfect. Thank you. 114 00:18:06.780 --> 00:18:16.620 Oh, I was going to ask if when you looked at your data. Sorry, I'm trying to find the screen. I went here. 115 00:18:17.670 --> 00:18:30.420 Okay. And when you look at your data. Do you have one area that's popping up to be a big concern for the more than others, like is it fine motor gross motor 116 00:18:31.710 --> 00:18:46.020 Problem solving, it's usually language, yours is language. Okay. And I don't know what you you have a preschool. Currently, is that correct in your building. Yes, an at risk. Pre K program. 117 00:18:46.500 --> 00:18:58.500 So we have that. And then we also have early childhood sped program. Great. And have you shared this data with your preschool teachers, then yes. So they actually do their own in preschool. 118 00:18:59.400 --> 00:19:09.240 Kindergarten teachers do it as well so little. Take the SQ. Great. Do you have a relationship with the other preschools and daycares in your community. 119 00:19:09.930 --> 00:19:16.650 And the other preschools that are in the school districts. Yes, absolutely. Um, the daycares we are not quite there yet. 120 00:19:17.130 --> 00:19:26.910 But it's going to be part of the kind of PR to or that I'm going to be going on next year open our early childhood center is kind of making those connections with area preschool very 121 00:19:28.230 --> 00:19:33.660 Good to me I because I know that that was one of our concerns at our district was 122 00:19:34.440 --> 00:19:44.040 We can do what we can. In our building, but there's so much happening before they come to us, you know, at daycare at home or or whatever. So kind of sharing out 123 00:19:44.460 --> 00:19:52.230 You know, if our biggest concern is language and sharing some simple tips to to increase that language, but it sounds like you're already thinking ahead of this thing. 124 00:19:52.980 --> 00:20:01.410 Yeah, we're trying to speech and language is one of our top identified special education areas in our district as a whole. 125 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:12.000 So we know that that's a huge deficit right now within our district. And so that's going to be a huge focus of our early childhood center is just those basic language acquisition skills. Sure. 126 00:20:12.840 --> 00:20:21.840 Sounds like you're doing lots of great things and asking the right questions. I wish there were more school districts on here today to give you their advice and opinions and what they've done. 127 00:20:22.290 --> 00:20:32.730 Yeah, well I hope to see everybody at KFC, okay. It's okay to ask because there's a session specifically on I hope the room is packed. Absolutely. Yeah. 128 00:20:33.750 --> 00:20:36.000 Um, do you, um, 129 00:20:37.290 --> 00:20:43.140 I guess what I'm doing. You guys utilize that as queue online tool. Are you using 130 00:20:44.220 --> 00:20:48.090 The paper consult method where parents. Complete the form 131 00:20:48.780 --> 00:21:00.990 And you guys score it because some districts aren't using the online. So are you guys using the online tool. Yes, we're using online. So what we've done is when students come into enroll and they 132 00:21:01.290 --> 00:21:09.960 After they get through the enrollment paperwork, they have to sit down at a computer and do their as Q before their child can be placed into a kindergarten class. 133 00:21:10.410 --> 00:21:15.090 So we're not basing our kindergarteners in classes until they get Q is completed. 134 00:21:15.360 --> 00:21:27.780 Was a good system that is really snaps, that is that is something every school district should be leveraging because there's so many that just don't even get completed and if it goes along with enrollment that's ideal. Yeah, and 135 00:21:28.770 --> 00:21:42.990 It's worked pretty well for us. We have several of the teachers within our building, who are trained with a sq Kelsey straight on how to give it and then actually our parents as teachers are the ones that come over and set with the parents as they're completing the SQ. 136 00:21:44.220 --> 00:21:55.980 And that way, our kindergarten teachers and our administrators can be extra resources if they need to be. But we have a we have 100% participation, up until this point because it's a requirement of enrollment. 137 00:21:57.240 --> 00:22:06.480 Really smart key. Yeah. And then you can better make your classes diverse hour or however you choose to do that but 138 00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:15.120 Yeah. And with this being a first year reviews as Q data in our kindergarten class or kindergarten class looks a little different this year. So we actually have one class of 139 00:22:15.360 --> 00:22:24.330 40 kindergarteners supported by three teachers. And so they're doing all kinds of flex groupings throughout the day. So there are groupings are never bigger than 140 00:22:24.810 --> 00:22:32.670 13 kids are so mom but anytime we're talking to parents are we're talking within the district, we say it's one class of kindergarten. 141 00:22:33.300 --> 00:22:44.040 They're just supported by three different teachers. So it's different than the way we did it last year so are a rescue last year and we took it. We didn't really use the data. 142 00:22:44.970 --> 00:22:57.930 To kind of formulate our groups or anything, but this year because we have it's to me. I think our groups are much more well balanced this year, using that data. Then when we didn't use it last year. 143 00:22:58.650 --> 00:23:03.840 Is that what you're finding Kelsey Yeah, we have actually started a lot of individualized learning 144 00:23:04.380 --> 00:23:11.490 So we've taken some of that a sq data and then just some of the data that we've seen just throughout the day. And so we actually have 145 00:23:12.210 --> 00:23:21.450 fine motor goals for students who are deficit in it, but they have to meet every week and then we go into academic goals that they have to meet and social sales goals. 146 00:23:21.990 --> 00:23:26.880 So we get to kind of individualized that for students. And what that looks like. So in the case 147 00:23:27.870 --> 00:23:34.410 Of clam. Yeah, the governors are working off of Google Sheets and so they're actually setting those goals themselves. 148 00:23:34.890 --> 00:23:45.060 With the teachers help and then they are completing their goal sheets and then at the end of the week. Those goals sheets are going home to parents so parents can see which areas. Those kindergartners are 149 00:23:45.420 --> 00:23:54.420 Completing by the end of the week, in which areas they still need help with WOW, it'll be interesting to see what your data looks like at the end of this school year. 150 00:23:54.840 --> 00:24:02.940 Yeah, that's what we're hoping Kelsey kind of did this on her own last year. So our curriculum use Creative curriculum. Um, but we also i mean 151 00:24:03.300 --> 00:24:10.260 It's our kindergarten. Here is a pretty much fully project based learning curriculum with a play based education mixed in with it. 152 00:24:10.590 --> 00:24:19.140 And so, Kelsey did it by her self last year and we actually saw a 20% increase between Chelsea's class and the classes that were doing traditional teaching last year. 153 00:24:19.710 --> 00:24:30.780 Wow, is that using the creative curriculum assessment. Then, or what assessment are you referring to. It is the district's checklist. It's just a basic kindergarten checklist that we use. 154 00:24:31.230 --> 00:24:48.690 Throughout the district. Well, the funny thing that we also noted was we looked at all kinds of data. So not just academic data, but we looked at behavioral data and attendance data and Kelsey class of kindergarteners who were doing the play bass and the PDL actually attended school 155 00:24:50.730 --> 00:25:01.380 Double what the other kids were attending school so her attendance rate was astronomically different than the traditional classrooms, because it means that 156 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:13.830 I mean, it was viewed and that was a huge selling point for school board when I started talking about how important you know hands on learning is for our littles in ppl and some of those just play based academics. 157 00:25:15.300 --> 00:25:26.070 Our kids want to be here at school. Yeah. Our tendency is increasing because it's fun. They're learning, but it's fun. Sure. That's really nice, good job. 158 00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:34.320 You should be proud. Thanks. Yeah, it's, it's, I mean, well, no, this is, this is all 159 00:25:35.400 --> 00:25:45.540 No offense to chaos D or anybody else but anytime you throw something new in the mix. You always have people that are apprehensive and 160 00:25:46.230 --> 00:25:57.090 You. Everybody wants to do the right thing and you really don't know for sure what the right thing is until you try things, but we all know kids are motivated through play and discovery. 161 00:25:57.600 --> 00:26:07.890 And hands on learning. So that was just an awesome way to hit that path running. Yeah. You guys ever run level, whereas you should come see it. I 162 00:26:09.120 --> 00:26:15.840 See the things that they're doing to ask, When can I come. Yeah, we all have to take the road trip, I think, you know, 163 00:26:16.560 --> 00:26:29.130 The thing about it is, is it's hard it's not an easy teach and it's a lot of planning and it's a lot of pre planning and going back and changing things and they're looking at data so often because 164 00:26:29.370 --> 00:26:37.020 They're doing so much flex grouping to kind of hit those skills that kids are deficient in that they're spending a majority of their week just planning. 165 00:26:38.040 --> 00:26:49.590 Lessons and using that data. So it's hard. It's not easy. Did you get any. I don't want to say backlash. But that's sort of what's coming to my mind right now. Did you get any 166 00:26:51.060 --> 00:26:58.800 Folks that said well because or hearing some of this year in our district like was just our preschool educators. They're saying, well, you know, it's a 167 00:26:59.220 --> 00:27:10.710 It's a parent's insight to what the kids are doing and what we're seeing at school is different than what they may see at home or, you know, they, they may be are not being as 168 00:27:11.550 --> 00:27:19.140 True to the snapshot that they are seeing of their child. And so sometimes our preschool teachers like 169 00:27:19.620 --> 00:27:35.280 I don't really think this is a vivid picture of our of the kid that we see here at school. And so I think if they were to they might be apprehensive about grouping kids based upon that as you. What would you say to that so 170 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:45.060 We so we used our as queue at the beginning for those flex groupings, but we use so many other data points, besides the SQ. 171 00:27:45.870 --> 00:27:57.270 So we aren't I already district. So we use I ready to help with our flex groupings, but we also use the kindergarten checklist to kind of do those things, too. And then is that 172 00:27:58.170 --> 00:28:06.990 And then informal observations is kind of what they use. So it's a multiple set of data points. It's not just the sq which I think gives us a little bit of leverage with our parents. 173 00:28:07.530 --> 00:28:17.880 Because we're we're using multiple data points healthy initially did you feel like the ASU data was a good way to sort them to begin 174 00:28:18.990 --> 00:28:28.380 I think it gave us a starting point to kind of group or kids and maybe get to know our kids without meeting them. But as we've gone on, we've kind of noticed that 175 00:28:29.280 --> 00:28:34.800 I mean, like you said, what the test said wasn't really what we see at school with that child. 176 00:28:35.220 --> 00:28:46.290 So we've had to have some of those parent conversations but I definitely think it's a great way to start and then to kind of pair those kiddos who are higher with their social skills with some of those who are deficient. 177 00:28:46.890 --> 00:28:58.350 So kind of having that peer model. So like I said, it was nice. In the beginning, and we have, you know, we're able to be flexible in our groupings here. And so we've really just been able to move kids around and 178 00:28:58.980 --> 00:29:13.440 They do so well with it. We can change up their group any day. And they're fine. They're pretty resilient. So that's cool. There's lots of intentionality with that band. I mean, everything is extremely intentional. Yes. 179 00:29:19.080 --> 00:29:30.060 Well, and you definitely are past what I had planned to talk about what as queue. And again, I am so sad. There's a lot of other people on here to give you some more ideas. 180 00:29:30.750 --> 00:29:48.960 But I'm excited that when I talk to other really childhood professionals. I'm going to send them your way, for sure. Yeah, absolutely. And so do you have any other questions or any other ideas for our next get together and hopefully we have some more participants. 181 00:29:51.870 --> 00:29:52.620 Everything else 182 00:29:53.820 --> 00:29:54.810 Because it's all these 183 00:29:56.220 --> 00:29:57.450 It could be anything really chocolate. 184 00:29:59.490 --> 00:30:06.240 So I know last time we talked in, I'm not sure. I don't remember who it was, but they gave some really good suggestions on 185 00:30:06.660 --> 00:30:19.050 Some of those feeling engagement opportunities and they talk about literacy bus and different things like that. And so I don't know if that's another topic that we can do again is just some of those, you know, feeling engagement things and how we 186 00:30:20.310 --> 00:30:25.200 Get parents in in a more regular basis. 187 00:30:26.430 --> 00:30:37.980 To do some of those things to prepare their kiddos. Sure. That is a great idea, we will we will do that and tell your friends to log on. Yeah. Salinas, yes. 188 00:30:38.970 --> 00:30:50.130 Okay, does anybody else have anything else guys are doing really amazing things. I'm going to send you a message and try to set up a date to come take a peek. Yeah, absolutely. 189 00:30:53.520 --> 00:30:56.220 Right, it's not anything else. We're going to close. 190 00:30:57.570 --> 00:31:10.020 That will plan on the family engagement because I think that's really important. And I'll be curious. The next time we talk because you will have already had your showcase I'll be curious. The turnout. 191 00:31:11.190 --> 00:31:11.550 You know, 192 00:31:12.720 --> 00:31:20.310 So this is the second year that we've done the showcase and Kelsey has done it. This will be Kelsey third time doing showcase 193 00:31:21.000 --> 00:31:31.560 And the feedback that we've gotten from parents has been absolutely remarkable. We're actually kind of modeled our showcase around epic elementary, which is in Liberty, Missouri. 194 00:31:32.010 --> 00:31:43.680 And they are a fully project base school and they do showcase nights and we I took my entire building leadership team to epic TO WATCH THEIR SHOWCASE and 195 00:31:44.160 --> 00:31:55.620 We came back and we presented to our district. And so now all of our elementary schools, our middle school and our high school is doing a showcase night because of what we did and 196 00:31:56.400 --> 00:32:03.900 The feedback and by and we got from teachers and it's all student driven teachers are just facilitators, but it's really 197 00:32:04.350 --> 00:32:12.420 Students showing and telling what they are learning and how it's impacting them. So that's been really, really powerful. 198 00:32:13.170 --> 00:32:24.240 Great sounds like it would motivate the teachers to, like, it's, it's got to be one of those things that things that just kind of energizes and ignites people's ideas and thought yeah 199 00:32:26.160 --> 00:32:29.070 Okay, thank you very many 200 00:32:31.140 --> 00:32:34.620 Have a great day get outside and see the sun.