Meeting Date: 10/28/09 Meeting Time: 7:30
Meeting Location: Administration Conference Room
Meeting called by: Vernon Martinez Type of Meeting: ICC
Facilitator:Christen Desterhouse Recorder: Deborah Muldawer
Attendees:Lori White, Mandy Cain, Deborah Muldawer, Elena Schrader, Janell Andre, Cindy Dennis, Vernon Martinez, Michael Clarke, Debbie Ariaz, Nancy Eggen, Carol Hannaman, Dawn Carmody, Catherine Casaus, Rey Torres, Christen Desterhouse, Linda McAllister, Bronwyn Stephanz
Agenda Topic: Mission Statement Presenter: Christen Desterhouse
Discussion: Bronwyn Stephanz submitted two suggestions and Christen Desterhouse composed one. The group voted on the mission statements, but there was no consensus so the group discussed the purpose of the mission statement and edited the statements.
Conclusions: The group decided to take number three, with the last sentence is eliminated because it's repetitive.
Action items: Christen Desterhouse will revise the mission statement.
Person(s) responsible: Christen Desterhouse Deadline: ASAP
Agenda Topic: School Systems Data Presenter: Christen Desterhouse
Discussion: All Goal Team Leaders submitted the results from their team meetings. Christen Desterhouse graphed these. The main areas of growth are 5.1 and 5.4.
Conclusions: 5.1 involves recognition and rewards for performance goals. At the next staff meeting, Goal Team Leaders will identify someone from their goal team who's going over and above duty. New teachers felt like they needed more mentoring and support.
Action items: Have the Staff Satisfaction Goal Team discuss this issue and come up with an action plan. A new survey will be issued in January.
Person(s) responsible: Staff Satisfaction Goal Team Deadline: Next Meeting
Agenda Topic: Goal Team Reports Presenter: Goal Team Leaders
Discussion: Parent Involvement: Give out the information about Student Success Night during the student/parent conferences.. Use the student template for walking kids through conferences. Because the school has been so big in the past, we had to do three Student Success Nights. In the future, it may be moved to one night. ICC voted to reuse the papers copied from last year. Volunteers are asked to come to this. There will be a stipend paid at $18.00 an hour on these nights. The school needs approximately 13 teachers to volunteer per night. See Patti Salaz to sign up and see Bron Green about table assignments.
Conclusions: If people aren't getting responses through e-mail, Goal Team Leaders can call a quick meeting to recruit people.
Systems management: Kids who passed the DBA test will be dismissed five minutes early to lunch on November 5th and 6th. The 5th is for Language Arts and the 6th is for math. The names of successful students will be posted in the halls Contact Carol Hannaman with your number of proficient students to get tickets for early dismissal. For some students (special education and Ramp Up), there will be a growth model instead of proficiency. Eighth grade dance---since the theme is already bought, they will do the same theme again. Next week, students will have a chance to use their Extreme Cards for a "No Homework Night." Students can use their pass all week long. There will be a dance sometime in December and they can use their passes there. The SAT process is going through the Systems Management team. It's important that the staff gets their paperwork back promptly; It is also important that teachers come to SAT meetings or let the facilitator know about absences in advance.
Technology: The computers have been infected with some kind of virus and people will be coming into classrooms to fix the computers and install new software. Michael Clarke is aware of the problem and is working on it.
Staff Satisfaction: Cindy has been talking with Patti to plan fun events for the staff. There have been very positive comments on the staff survey. Cindy is creating business cards for each staff member, which include names, extensions, and e-mails. This ideas was created by Cindy Dennis and Patti Salaz.
Math: Navigator Data went up to about 70% proficiency across the sixth grade. Seventh grade didn't gain as much and the team was wondering if the unit on fractions was especially difficult. Sixth grade is based on foundations and they are doing 2-3 lessons a week. Students who are already proficient are doing Enrichment activities. This information was sent to all math teachers.
Language Arts: The Goal Team and department looked at interventions for the lowest scoring areas on the DBA. The team is also working on a PDSA, which covers general goals. ACE data is being collected right now. This should be coming from all teachers in all departments. Math scores are being submitted to Dawn Carmody and Catherine Casaus. The data is important because it's part of the EPSS.
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Agenda Topic: Misc. Presenter: Christen Desterhouse
Discussion: The trainer from Jim Shipley and Associates will be here on January in the afternoon and on March 9th, the focus at the in-service will be about about best practices. Right now, the school is focusing on CCI (continuous classroom improvement) requirements.
Conclusions: Goal Team Leaders will do classroom walkthroughs in November to check for CCI compliance.
Action items: Give staff members a copy of CCI requirements. Walk through the rooms to check for compliance.
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