SCOE Bulletin
The SCOE Bulletin is the Sonoma County Office of Education’s newsletter for teachers and administrators. As a print publication, it is distributed to all Sonoma County schools. Online options for access provide the opportunity to read or print a PDF version, download an mp3 audio file for a podcast, watch a related interview or classroom example, or listen to a streaming version of the audio.
Student Engagement: Strategies for increasing the quality and quantity of student response are highlighted in this publication. The accompanying video illustrates the use of rehearsal strategies in a fourth-grade classroom. (March 2010)
Improved Learning for All: This SCOE Bulletin explores what it means to be a professional learning community (PLC); the video shows a team from Whited School conducting one of its PLC meetings (Jan 2010). Access related documents
Student Interviews: Teacher-student conversations reveal the edge of understanding in mathematics (Nov 2009)
Successful: How AVID is closing the achievement gap and making college accessible to all (Oct 2009)
AVID | Socratic Seminars: At Roseland University Prep, teacher Kristen O’Connor guides her senior AVID students through a Socratic Seminar.
AVID | Philosophical Chairs: The Roseland University Prep students use Philosophical Chairs to explore the pros and cons of lowering the legal drinking age to 18.
Evidence: Making decisions based on evidence of student learning can improve the efficacy of teaching (Sept 2009)
Evidence | CST: Microsoft Excel’s auto filters make data more accessible to teachers. Here’s a video overview of how CST data can be sorted and analyzed using Excel.
Evidence | CELDT: By analyzing CELDT data, teachers can determine students’ ability to perform grade-level tasks and see how they are progressing in language proficiency.
Evidence | Formative Assessments: Edusoft is one of a number of student data systems that educators can use to synthesize information from formative assessments.
Evidence | Using DIBELS: This video shows how teachers can use the results from DIBELS assessments to monitor and guide individualized reading instruction.
Data Trends: Here is our annual analysis of Sonoma County’s enrollment and achievement numbers (Aug 2009)
Close to Home: J.X. Wilson School’s action plan for improvement has yielded impressive results (March 2009)
Tackling Text: Teaching upper elementary and secondary students to “read to learn” (Jan 2009)
Response to Intervention (RTI): Local schools are applying RTI practices to literacy learning (Dec 2008)
Improvement: Education researchers have identified the critical components of school improvement (Nov 2008)
Data Trends: Making sense of Sonoma County’s enrollment and achievement numbers (Oct 2008)
Other SCOE Publications
