SIT Meeting August 31, 2009

Thomas Jefferson Middle School
School Improvement Team
August 31, 2009
2:15 p.m.
Minutes
THIS MEETING WAS NOT MANDATORY

Call to Order
Roll Call
Present:
Brent Atkinson ____ Lisa Scott ____ LaJoi Wilson-Moore ____
Peggy Dickey ____ John Downs the 3rd____ Emma Couch____
Daniel Bryant ____ Denise Francis ____ Kirby Carespodi ____
Tamara Hughes ____ Laura LeMay ____
Mike McDowell ____ Elizabeth Hobson ____ Allison Pegram ____
Benika Thompson ____ John Cardarelli ____


Absent:
Lisha Vannoy ____ Meredith Ebert ____ Jennifer Covington ____
Lisa Arbaugh ____ Libby Roberts-Smith____ Robin Moon ____
Frank Martin ____

1) Academic misconduct
Scenarios and direction for Eric’s video
Various ideas were given to Eric to create a video on academic misconduct.
Teachers/Admin will be the offenders in the video
Several correct examples will also be provided

Share ideas for other options on discipline:
Saturday school for REPEAT/SERIOUS offenses- LOOKING into as possibility
1 per month
Teacher volunteer/paid/comp time
Option for parent: OSS or Saturday
ASD-
Desire to have less “fun”
Students to complete Behavior Reflection in ASD
Possible Level changes for academic misconduct being considered:
1st offense: referral/ O on assignment/ Parent contact/Guidance for lesson
2nd offense: referral/ O on assignment/ Parent contact/ISS
Repeat offenders: Admin decision
Wilson-Moore has emailed Drew Davis for clarification on peer discipline committee

2) Grant writing
Would like to figure out ways for staff members to increase Grant writing success
Ideas:
Grade level mtgs
Lists of grant sites
Announce winners
Award prizes for winners/possible prize for top money maker
Donor’s Choose
Applied vision


3) Group incentive – Wilson-Moore
Tedrow and Wilson-Moore wrote up proposal for group incentive.(see below)

Take a look at the proposal for Mentoring Group Incentive. It's simple, but will be easy to complete with documentation. We can discuss it at the SIT team meeting today. Goal:The goal of the Mentoring Group Incentive is to foster connection with students who are at risk of failing due to attendance, academic, or behavioral concerns. We will address issues by mentoring and monitoring. Criteria for participation:1. Faculty and Staff will attend mentor training provided by school administration (L. Wilson-Moore).2. Accept the role of mentor for one student from the list generated by the Mentoring Committee.3. Attend two community sponsored sessions with their mentee after-school. (Community sponsored sessions are those mentoring sessions targeting specific behaviors developed by Family Services, parents, RAP, etc. that involve other folks. They will be held here in the building.)4. Monitor and provide support to their mentee. Each applicant will provide the following evidence of participation:1. An agenda from the training session.2. Documentation of participation in 2 total community sponsored sessions. ( Ex. meeting agenda, handouts, personal notes)3. A personal reflection detailing the mentoring experience. Notes:
Mentor Training in Fall and Spring- This will be provided in case there are coaches or folks interested later in the year. Also, as referrals come to us mid year, we will be able to meet their needs as well.
Staff can register now and be involved later. Better to register and not participate than participate and not register.
Mentor contact logs will be kept for 'in-house' documentation purposes ONLY!
4) Leigh Walters asked to attend Music conference for $230
APPROVED


Meeting was adjourned at 3:10.

Minutes submitted by Laura LeMay