Green Ridge Elementary School

SIT Meeting Minutes

7/12/17

10:00 – 11:45

Attendees: Mr. Wright, Ms. Steed, Dr. A. Ellis, Dr. James, Dr. Noland, Mr. Autumn, Ms. Castelli, Ms. Bunting, Ms. Knapp, Mr. Crane, Ms. Read, Ms. King, Ms. Woodruff, Ms. Sparks, Ms. Mashburn, Ms. Leach

Mr. Wright opened with his appreciation of the support from the central office and thanking members of the SIT team for taking the time out of their schedule to participate. Ms. Steed passed out Trend and Cohort data and Ms. Castelli passed out SIT plan to compare the data.

SIT Plan Components/Discussion

-Ms. Steed, Dr. Ellis, and Dr. James reviewed the process of the SIT team and noted there needed to be a parent, recorder, create an agenda, post meeting before, post team process, and to vote on a chair and secretary.

-Ms. Steed also noted the need for a math/reading goal team and have them ready to report back monthly and they recommend they also be on the SIT team.

-Green Ridge needs to establish roles/post when we will meet/post minutes n line is a requirement – if you change a meeting you need to post the change in a public notice.

-When you are talking “student specific” when discussing data, this can be done in a private forum and not for the parent representative to be a part of.

-The plan should include the K-2 goals, TRC goals, add graphs, look at deployment steps and assess what worked and what didn’t.

-Look at trend data and cohort data and track the students

-Dr. James noted there needed to be a safety portion that is to be cut in plan

  • Mr. Wright and Ms. Castelli will update the information and will identify the hallway/first responders/need to identify the safety reps.
  • Dr. James discussed Indistar and how it is an ongoing plan and ad the data as you go.
  • Dr. James noted the goal teams and there should be one meeting devoted for MTSS and inform the SIT team
  • Possible MTSS training and support will be provided; however, everyone should know the data and should do a gallery walk to discuss the data and see what it says.

Breakouts: Created a Reading/Math group using the data Ms. Steed provided the team. We were to look at: What does the data tell us; What does the data not tell us; Look at goals and how does it relate/what are steps; and What are strengths/weaknesses.

Debriefs:

-Science:

  • Grew 10 points from year prior
  • Contributed to Science block of 90 mins, Muddy Sneakers, and LearnEd (specially for Science, consumable, and had an online component)

-Reading:

  • 5th grade reading – had three 90-min: 10 transitional students: in 4th grade these students received a double-dose of reading/intervention but because of disruptions could not replicate this process (A+, DARE)
  • 4th grade reading – went down from 48.7 to 46.8; however, there was growth in the cohort from 41.9% to 46.8%. There was also growth in i-ready.
  • PACE students need to be mainstreamed into the curriculum as much as possible
  • 3rd grade had more growth and gain in proficiency from the BOG.
  • I-ready went down in K and 5th; however, 4th was a celebration
  • Kindergarten proficiency is up
  • Students can recall the words but are not understand the words

-Math:

  • Math was a struggle across the board to include 1st grade
  • Math increased in the 4th grade trend data, but not in the cohort data. 3rd and 5th grade went down – 5th grade again noted time restraints and interruptions.

-Question/Takeaway:

  • Are you looking at the depth of the standard with students?
  • Are we modeling good reading and good writing?
  • Are we working with students in solving deeper math questions?

Mr. Wright ended meeting with thanking all members again and proposing to the team a new schedule based on central office training to push in more adults to support teachers. Moreover, he discussed the situation with numbers in K/1st grade and the possibility of a blended classroom, but not final decisions have been made. The way the schedule looks and based on data, there may not be blocking.