1) Call to Order
2) Attendance
Present:
Brad Royal - Admin
LaJoi Wilson-Moore - Admin
Stephen Kottenbrock - Admin
John Downs - Tech
Candi Fernandez – CC
Sara Billings - Class.
Lisha Vannoy - guidance
John Cardarelli – S.S.
Kelly Hall – L.A.
Dave Jenkins – Math
Mark Schnably – Science
Jill Friesen – encore/secretary
Tamara Hughes – encore
Daniel Bryant – 6 th
Robin Moon – 7 th
Gail Frank – 8 th
Brent Atkinson – 8 th
M.Hunter/J. Fangmann- PTA
Karen Parker – Teacher Assistant
Not present:
Deborah Cummings – encore
Matt Fossa – 7 th
Elizabeth Hobson – 6 th
Richardson/Edmonds – EC
3) Minutes
-Motion to approve last meeting minutes? Hughes Motioned, Moon 2nd, all in favor
4) Questions about progress on our SIP
a. What strategies are critical to the success of the school?
Improve white v. Black test scores (Atkinson), Close gap, esp. in reading. (Also EVAS data)
• Bullying piece- makes it easier for students to achieve (Bryant)
• Teacher morale cannot be ignored, especially after crisis and budget cuts. (Downs)
• What is EVAS data based on? (Frank) based on mathmatical algorithms. Frustration: EVAS and EOG’s don’t tell you where the problem is, necessarily.
b. What does the data tell us about the implementation of specific strategies?
• EVAS tells us that what we do for low readers is working. (Atkinson)
• EVAS data shows that we aren’t making a differenence for higher level students. (Atkinson) – Carderelli- this may just be a statistical fact of life (Carderelli). Atkinson- but in comparison to other school’s data, there is a difference in scale school growth.
• After-school tutoring for students who need additional tutoring, is paying off. (Bryant) Atkinson- We have to be careful with EVAS data, and not just become a statistics... if we grow the higher children each one point, but ignore the lower children, our statistics show higher points. But the lower kids need it more.
c. What does the data not tell us?
• It’s not showing the time people are spending afterschool in focused/instructional tutoring.
• How is study skills working? We have some data on this, but only the teachers have it... it’s not shared on a large-scale. All we have are EOG test scores, and the numbers changing between years.
• Outside tutoring
• Comparisons 6th v. 8th grade study skills/tutoring. And all the combinations there-of.
• Red Zone/ Green Zone: Many scores rose, but is it due to the hard core focus we put on, or due to something else? Other schools don’t do that, but also have growth. (Bryant) We have this data but it hasn’t extracted. (Atkinson). Also, the differences between last year’s version and the previous year’s version. Royal: This is not factored into AYP, which only goes off of the first test. Is there anything we do during Red zone that we can do before the 1st test, to help the first scores?
d. What changes or revisions do we need to make?
• Add strategies for higher level (Downs)
5) Principal’s Success Trip – Royal
• What do we want for that? (Royal) Standard: Straight A’s and good behavior, right? Is behavior really part or not? What should it be?
• Atkinson: Someone qualified for principal’s success that had many suspensions and such, but had straight A’s. Frank said, not everybody gives a code for conduct... we need to add that. But it was in the 2nd to last meeting last year, but the ball was dropped on getting it out. Schnably: This also goes with the Marshall status.
• K. Hall: Agenda says we need good conduct... but we need to clarify this... is it just with one teacher, or across the board?
• Downs: in the past, you couldn’t give an N or U unless there has already been contact with the parent about it, and a chance for it to be addressed. There shouldn’t be impulsive N’s that keep them off the list. (Several others agree with this.)
• Bryant: The kids need to know all this too. It needs to be promoted better to have better conduct.
• Carderelli: what if we automatically get 2 bad comments, they’re automatically disqualified, as well as if there’s a D-1. But if there’s one problem with one teacher, can we first have a discussion with that teacher before disqualifying them.
6) ALC – Fossa/Moon
• Mr. Moon will be posting power point presentation along with several documents/forms that go along with ALC
• Student-centered –behavior & counseling through guidance or other.
• Teachers need to know about it and why, but still be with-in confidentiality constraints. Teachers who work with the students need that info, when they work with the child, are privy to that info. Teachers also can be a part of the referral process and reentry phase into the classroom.
• 45-90 day program, with 10 or more level 2 & 3, plus vrey severe cases.
• Phase-in plan, with specific criteria. 45 days start over if there’s a discipline referral. If that moves it to level 4, the student can be sent to Griffith.
• Two alternating committees, so that same 4 people don’t do all the work.
• There are specified rules for these students, given in the powerpoint. Forms/ all paperwork are also included there.
• Teachers on duty for the week in their plan time, is take the child to their room for the time. We don’t have a cubby hole really, so the team on the floor can hold accountable. Teachers rotate through until they serve their time. The schedule may need adjustment as we go, esp. next year with changes.
• Responsibilities: provide assignments (could be like ISS assignments, or alt. Assignments, Plato, Skype, books from Carson Dellosa) Skype: $100 for mic and webcam for them to see into the actual class.
• Encore... what will we do with that? Probably just send work.
• LaJoi: we have 3 student who upon next referrral woulf be placed in ALC.
7) Morale Survey – John C.
• We need to assess teacher morale on a quarterly basis. It’s February. So... we need to do that.
• We need to do a simple survey to run through the staff... can I have some/a volunteers? Downs volunteered to help with Survey Monkey. Meredith Ebert said she would help too, Caradarelli is thinking 5-6 questions. We can do it on survey questions.
• How to word questions to be concise yet informative... that’s what we need help with.
8) MVP nominations/award for February... Matt Fossa!
Meeting adjourned @ 3:25.
Minutes submitted by Jill Friesen
