School Leadership Teams - Dilworth Elementary & Sedgefield Elementary

Quarterly Meeting Agenda

October 4, 2017

Attendance

Terry Hall / Rebecca Crawford / Stacey Clark / Stephanie Conlon / Tara Lynn Sullivan
Tangela Williams / Sara Weiers / Lindsey Auten / Jessica Jones / Meredith Murchison
Rebecca Drendel / Molly Bilderback / Sara Hickock / Morgan Walker / Mary Kathryn Fashjian
Sam Grubbs / Donna Callaway / Beth Person / Akiesha Craven-Howell / Janet Thomas
John Kennerly / Duncan Lewis / Tony Murray / Kate Davis

Introductions

Purpose of Combined SLT Meeting

●  Update status of pairing

●  Preparation for 2018-19 SY

●  Share SIP goals and progress

Principals’ Update

●  Enrollment

○  DES 674 (down from projections)

○  SES 469 (340 are K-5; 129 are Pre-K and continuing to enroll) (also down from projections)

●  Staffing Adjustments

○  DES losing 1 teacher position

■  Dissolved a kindergarten class; K classes now @ 21 or 22 each

○  SES hoping to not lose a position

●  Attendance

○  DES 98.2% average daily; 35 average tardies a day

○  SES 94.3% average daily (social worker hired & supports individual attendance issues)

●  Professional Development

○  Combined PD

■  Math - Envisions - completed during August pre-planning days

■  Oct 18th - Cultural Diversity Training Module 1 of 4

●  Curriculum/Instruction

○  Instructional Leadership Team (ILT) (Reading/Writing Focus)

○  Facilitator Collaboration

■  Planning professional development

■  Sharing resources

■  Attending PLC meetings

○  Literacy Support

●  Partnership Development

○  SES has many great partnerships, such as Myers Park United Methodist Church (offers many support opportunities for students) and For the Love of Reading.

School Improvement Plans (SIP)

●  SES academic goals

○  Increase the number of students proficient in 5th grade as measured by Math, Reading, and Science EOG’s

■  Action steps:

●  Develop teachers’ effective classroom management skills

●  Aligning instruction to the highest level of rigor for the standards

●  Administration team to monitor instruction to determine professional development next steps for staff

●  Follow a data driven instruction model

●  DES academic goals

○  K-2 goal to increase the number of students who perform above grade level in reading by 2% from 52% to 54%

○  K-2 reduce number of students below benchmark in reading by 2 percentage points, from 17% to 15%

■  Action steps:

●  Focus on targeted phonics instruction to teach decoding skills, letter sounds, etc.

●  Align interventions and resources to students more closely

○  3-5 goal targeting our students performing at or below the bottom 25% percentile in literacy based on MAP assessments - goal is for 75% of these students to exceed expected growth in order to close the learning gap

■  Action steps:

●  Strategic guided reading group instruction

●  Fluency focus, LLI, and corrective reading instructional strategies

○  3-5 goal - 85% students will demonstrate at or above proficiencies in reading and math based on their EOG’s

■  Action steps:

●  Develop goals with students and help them track their progress

●  Personalized Pathways to develop individualized practice and instruction

Action Items

●  BOE votes on our school name (Dilworth Elementary School; Sedgefield Campus/Latta Campus)

●  Open House (DES 10/11 and SES 10/12)

○  Parent panel (talking points reviewed)

○  Tours

●  Transportation

○  Busing plan review and feedback

■  Bell schedule final recommendation - 15 minute gap between the two campus’s dismissal times

■  Siblings riding together presents two challenges:

●  Bus making two stops takes more time

●  Significant ride time increase for students

■  Siblings at different schools riding different buses:

●  Parents waiting on two different buses for pick up and drop off

○  A feedback form will be developed and sent to parents to collect feedback on whether or not siblings should ride together, regardless of bell times

○  Communication with school communities will continue as