Present:
Brad Royal - Admin
LaJoi Wilson-Moore - Admin
John Downs - Tech
Candi Fernandez – CC
Kelly Hall – L.A.
Dave Jenkins – Math
Mark Schnably – Science
Tamara Hughes – encore
Deborah Cummings - encore
Daniel Bryant – 6 th
Elizabeth Hobson – 6 th
Matt Fossa – 7 th
Gail Frank – 8 th
Brent Atkinson – 8 th
Janet. Fangmann- PTA
Karen Parker – Teacher Assistant
Not Present:
Stephen Kottenbrock - Admin
Lisha Vannoy - guidance
John Cardarelli – S.S
Richardson/Edmonds – EC
Robin Moon – 7 th
Jill Friesen – encore/secretary
Minutes
More staff members are reading the minutes…encourage them to continue to do that.
Motion to approve? Hughes, Hall, 2nd, all in favor? All approved
Brent appreciates the notes taken by Friesen and the Blog helps keep things archived
TJMS Social Committee: (Atkinson for Denise Francis)
Ms Francis heard about an idea at Flatrock where the social committee spent funds for a cake for special occasions like wedding showers or baby showers, etc.
Also, they had the idea of a rep from each grade level, encore, and classified.
Denise wanted to talk to SIT about money to be spent for things like baby showers, wedding showers, etc. Right now, we send flowers to funerals, cards to people in the hospital, and part of left over money goes to year end lunch.
- What do we feel about spending social money this way?
- How do you think people would feel about purchasing a cake for someone who is having a baby?
This idea is just for cakes…People bring gifts on their own.
Question: How much money is generally left over at the end of the year? (Brent or Denise will check with Diana)
Issues:
- Many people don’t pay it..It’s not absolutely mandatory, classified pay one half of certified staff
- Kelly Hall—suggests we do some research on what was done in the past
- What kind of idea is this? Good/bad…?Go back to your peers and discuss
- How much money do we get and what are the usual expenses? Hobson (again, Brent or Denise will check with Diana)
- Some liked the idea of a gift that would last longer rather than a cake
- Denise had concerns that you can't really get a decent "gift" for less than $50.00, gift cards?
- What if we do this and by the end of the year money runs out?
- Gail: need for making gifts proportional—so much for a wedding, so much for a baby
- Brent: His team threw a wedding shower, maybe we are too big of a staff to "all be friends"
- Kelly--we will need to set some kind of guidelines
- Brent will talk to Denise on how much is commonly spend, for retirements…
- Gift cards for people people who leave?
Science Department Concerns/Schnably
Schnably attended a Science conference:
- They talked about the new standard course of study coming for 2013
- Science is going to try and get probeware for schools to use.
- Concern is: if we get such technology we really don't have the computers to be able to use this equipment.
- Also, starting next year science testing year on-line…will need computers for those as well
- How are we going to get students proficient with science, and not have the tools (computers) we need?
- Do we want more classroom computers and put aside adding classroom solutions for now?..
- Brad, met with BB&T on Friday and asked them for money for technology…hopefull that they will donate to help us fill laptop carts
- There maybe classrooms freed up with the allotment where we could put computers
- More people have used the minis over the classroom solution
- Mr. Downs said we shouldn't totally move away from classroom solutions--
- it is changing dramatically the way teachers teach--talk to Leigh Humphrey or Dietrich.
- we need to at least put one in a 6th grade classroom to expose those teachers.
- Another issue, what happens when a projector bulb breaks, the cost to replace the bulb is upwards of $300.00
- do we put that money into an old piece of equipment or do we put that money toward a new "classroom solution" instead?
- Even though we keep hearing from the district that a future bond will pay for all classrooms to be outfitted with classroom solutions, can we totally wait on that and remain frozen in time?
Mr Schnably: We have a pacing guide to stick to…how would you do that to be able to share materials…(probe ware and the computers to use them?)
New Sit members:
Have the name by the next meeting, can that be put on the next grade level meeting agenda? (to vote for the replacements). 7th grade has already voted.
Also be thinking about a SIT chair…
Department chairs going off? Read last SIT meeting minutes…
Sara Billings won the Most Valuable Player for the month of March--Congratulations Ms Billings!!
