SIT Meeting Minutes 10/19/09
2) Approval of minutes (on GOOGLE DOCS) –Minutes were approved with no changes.
SIT minutes available on SITTJMS.blogspot.com
3) Staff development – Kathy Fox- Voted and approved $330 Band Workshop
4) Mentoring program – Wilson-Moore
Parent permission slips going out in the next week or so
40-50 students signed up in program
Tues Oct 27th-first afterschool mentor activity: Youth and the Law by WSPD
Encourage all mentees to attend. ALL WELCOME to attend whether have mentee or not
Let Mrs. Wilson-Moore know of any more kids that need to be referred.
Check website for kids available to mentee and sign up on list: ( http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0ApexppJsFByqdHROVmgtWE9PZG94c3U3eWFfa0hhNXc&hl=en )
5) Saturday School
Drew Davis mentioned it might be an option
This is a VOLUNTEER ACTIVITY- allows flexibility for those to cover Sat school instead of weekly ASD or Corralling
Thoughts are:
1 time month
Possible lesson/focus sheet/clean up duty
Bully counseling?
Will require lots of organization
In exchange for ISS or OSS – Admin choice
DON’T Overuse
Mr. Martin volunteered to take the first Saturday school to get the ball running
Discuss further at Grade Level Meetings in order to find out interest of staff.
6) Honoring Leila Punger
Tree was planted earlier in year in her honor
7) Grants
Grant writing ideas/grants available on the Employees Tab
Make sure parents/businesses are aware of our needs in case they can help with grant requests.
Digital wish – (Downs) http://www.digitalwish.com/dw/digitalwish/home and TJMS Grant Idea Page
Best Buy Grant – (Hobson) http://www.at15.com/contests_scholarships/teach
$1500 gift card awarded weekly for classroom use
Strategy ideas
Grant Writing: Strategy Idea #1
Level 1: Donor’s Choose
Plan of Action:
Make a wish list for the classroom or a program that you would like to start/continue
Training with Downs during technology training date (Thursday)
Awards points for the number of grants that you write
1 grant = 5 points
2 grants = 15 points
3 grants = 30 points
Bonus points = receive funding for 1 grant = +5, 2 grants = +15, 3 grants = +30)
Grant Levels 2-5
Plan of Action:
Determine what is out there
Train/meet with experienced grant writers (Lemay, Atkinson, etc….)
Decide if this is going to be done by a department, small group, or grade level
Divide the work between those interested in joining
Set agenda for meetings
Award points
Each grant is worth 10 x level (example: level 3 grant x 10 = 30 points)
Bonus points = any grant won will receive the number of points earned to write it as a bonus
Level 2: Small Grant ($1.00-$1,000)
Level 3: Medium Grant ($1,001-$2,000)
Level 4: Large Grant ($2,001-$3,000)
Level 5: Major Grant ($3,001-$5000)
Level 6: Extreme Grant ($5001 and up)
Points
5 – 30 Chick-fil-a, duty free lunch for a day
31 – 45 Duty free lunch for the week
46 – 60 Car wash by administrative team
61 – 75 Administrative team covers your ASD
76 – 90 Comp day on a teacher workday
91 – 100 Date Night Package – Dinner and a Movie
101 - ? 2 Carolina Panther/Charlotte Bobcats/WFU Basketball Tickets
8) Good of the Order:
Spirit Week Concerns:
Positive: Loved seeing the examples on TJTV for each day
More students seemed to participate this year
Could we move to a different time of year when school less busy
More specific details to students (ex: no PJ’s, not every day is a hat day)
Maybe make TJMS spirit day as option
Consider less “WILD DAYS”- extremely difficult for the EC kids to focus
Emma Couch will talk with Lisha Vannoy about concerns/recommendations.
Meeting Adjourned at 3pm
Next MEETNG: Monday, November 2
Submit ideas/concerns by: Wednesday, October 28
**Be ready to share the number of people interested in possibly volunteering for Saturday school**
Respectfully submitted by Laura LeMay
10/26/09
(* Please excuse delay. I was on coast trip Oct 21-23rd)
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