1) Roll Call
2) Approval of last meeting minutes (Couch/Atkinson)
3) Teacher Compensation Plan- Off the table due to budget cuts (Since no money, Downs plans to write up for Staff Development)
4) Vertical Meetings
Dates: Meet 1 time each quarter. Meeting date: November 30th at 2:15
• Department Chairs:
o Science: Emma Couch Math: Mike McDowell
o Lang Arts: Merideth Ebert SS: John Carderelli
• Focus for the first meeting:
o Best practices
o Data analysis
o Curriculum
o Donor’s Choose-Each teacher sign up for mini grant
5) Unresolved issues
Grants
o Leadership for committee – We need some direction for bigger ones. Goal setting
o Grade level training – When can we start? Hope to create at least one per person in a follow-up session.
o Before coming to follow-up session – We need to have a camera in the computer lab (pictures on Donor’s Choose) and an idea of what you want and why
Down’s sent link for teacher photos in email
Duke Energy will match any Donor’s Choose grant for limited time
o Meetings – We could go with 1 meeting per month and use the other for the grant writing team.
Approved: SIT : 1st Monday of month
Grant writing: 3rd Monday of month
Grant Writing committee open to all staff:
Current members: McDowell, Atkinson, LeMay, Couch, Dickey, Downs
Invite Linda Elmore to join group and meet at 1st session Nov 16th
o Saturday School
o Share interest from meetings/ SIT
Interests: 6th grade: 5-6 7th grade: none 8th grade: 5-6 encore: none
1 Saturday a month
Focus: Academic misconduct 2nd offense
Incorporate learning piece with community service cleanup
First date set for November 21st- Mr. Martin admin and teacher volunteers
Will present to staff at Nov 9 faculty meeting
o Logistics
To be determined as the students are chosen for Saturday school
6) Penny Drive - Guidance
• Getting behind the idea:
o Need all faculty and students to support
o Each homeroom will get container to collect coins
o Student council/National honor society joint venture
o Money collected daily and counted
o Runs until November 24th
o Written directions in teachers boxes on first day (November 3rd)
o Questions: See Vannoy/ MacDonald in guidance
• How to present the idea to the kids (not a competition, more like tithing)
o Video to be shown to students
o Other activities planned to get students motivated
o $5 donation- sign the large banner near lunchroom. To be sent to kids.
o $1 donation- wear ribbon
o 25 cents a day feeds a child one meal
7) Good of the Order
Mentor/Mentee concern – classroom interruptions
o Discussed teachers need to be considerate of class instruction
o Mentioned the interruptions might have just occurred since quick turnaround from assignment and Tuesday law session.
o Any concerns please see Ms. Wilson-Moore
• Printing Progress reports (Atkinson)
o Now that we have parent assist starting, will we continue printing weekly progress reports?
o Martin/Dickey: continue printing as the glitches are worked out
o Plan would be to go paperless by the 2nd semester (if no problems)
o Questions/Concerns/Parent complaints: see Peggy Dickey
• When does SIT look/complete analysis of data (Thompson)
o Mentioned that the data analysis is normally done in grade level and PLC groups
o Thought it might be a good idea for SIT to look at the data as well
• Workshop policy for teacher workdays (Couch)
o Wanted to know the policy for required workshop attendance
o Several teachers were absent from the required workshops last Thursday
o Martin: The attendance lists are forwarded to him and he was made aware of any issues
Some teachers had previously approved absences.
• Cultural Diversity Plan (Wilson-Moore)
o Assistant Supt. Wanted a list of TJMS cultural infusion
o Wilson-Moore created plan and will forward to SIT to look over
o Things are what staff already does
Ex: PLC’s looking at relevant articles, ideas for cultural sensitivity/awareness
Next SIT meeting: November 16th Grant Writing Committee
December 7th (Please forward issues by December 4th)
Adjourned: 3:05 pm
Respectfully submitted: Laura LeMay
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