Members Present: Dana Barbarick, Rob Gibson, Teri Geist, Blake Robertson, Koren La Tocha, Tricia Barry
Agenda
- Welcome and Introductions
- Review of Site Council Purpose and Priorities
- Principal’s Report
Welcome and Introductions
- Short discussion regarding role of site council
- **Need to get copy of SIP to new members**
- **Need one more parent to sit on site council**
Site Council Purpose and Priorities
- Discussion about where site council priorities came from and whether these are still our priorities
- Priority regarding “common teacher learning and planning for integrated learning” is being met by teachers during PD time this year – though no longer a priority of site council, there is agreement that we would like to hear news of this work’s progress
- The main Site Council’s priority is the School Improvement Plan – as a Site Council, we will look at SIP checkpoints and see how we’re coming along and how (monitoring implementation)
Principal’s Report
- SIP: Changes have been made to the SIP per recommendations from area director: test scores have been removed, shortened version, summaries added – goals are fine.
- Test Scores: Discrepancy in writing compared with reading and math – conventions are the biggest challenge for our writers
- Writing PD: How do we teach writing? (teachers working on curriculum mapping); What are grade level expectations for incoming students? (teachers looking at work samples) Teri to bring examples of work so far in curriculum mapping
- Young Audiences – giving opportunities to upper grades – Ramona Quimby play – tryouts in December
- Enrollment Report – same enrollment because of heavy lower grades – we need to work to keep kids here after 6th grade
- Curriculum Map Grant Funding – not needed for grades 2-8 (because of imbedded PD) but could use for K-1
Agenda for next meeting (November 17)
- Curriculum Map Examples
- Update on Professional Development
