Pathfinder Meeting
3:40 – 5:00 p.m., October 22 (Monday)
Agenda Recorder: Erin
3:40 p.m. October 26 Staff Development—Final Run Through
· Confirm schedule
o There were a few time changes (SIPs, School report card)
§ After meeting with Andrew, the Differentiation group has changed from doing a survey to small discussion groups
o Will be grouped in departments for part of day and focus/discussion groups for Differentiation presentation
3:51 p.m. November 5 Staff Meeting
· Set schedule
o Technology Show& tell? (Suggestion from Tech committee)
o Dog-Gone Good
o Student Feedback in Performance Classroom--Bonnie
o Check & Connect info & update—Shannon, Brittany, & Brandon
o Continuous Improvement Sharing—possibly Social Studies
o Feedback from Oct 26 Staff Development
o Academic Honesty article discussion-Nichole & Val
4:04 p.m. November 1—District SIP Work/Qtr 2 Action Planning
· We will not have grade data yet from Q1, but will work on action steps
o Might have to meet again to input grade data
o Next year, would be better to meet after 1st quarter grades are available
4:15 p.m. Monthly SIP Reports—How may classes?
· Teachers should be reporting on ALL classes
o This is important for the SIP teams to have data from all classes to study
o If teachers are struggling with finding an easier way to keep track of data, contact Nichole for help
o Use the gold check-box sheet to help keep track for each class, keep track daily/weekly instead of trying to remember at the end of the month
· Teachers of multi-grade level classes should choose the CCRS skill they would like to work on
o Can vary between the specific grade level skills if that works better
4:26 p.m. Tier I RTI—Peer Observation for Student Engagement—Jason Kling
· Jason will start peer observations based on what he learned at a recent conference.
o He will start with the Pathfinders’ classrooms
o More info will be coming out later
4:41 p.m. English—Review of Writing Structures
· Renee offered to review & work with other departments on writing structures
o Will possibly set aside time for Dec 3 inservice
4:49 p.m. Other
· Quarter grades
o Teachers should be giving students a cut-off date for when all assignments are due at the end of the quarter.
o There is not a rule in place for this, it is at the discretion of each teacher
Upcoming Dates
Oct. 30 & 31 WKCE Testing
Nov. 5 End of Qtr 1
Nov. 5 Staff Meeting
Nov. 6 Grading
Nov. 12 Fall Academic Award Banquet
Nov. 15 P/T Conferences
Nov. 19 P/T Conferences
· Next meeting: Monday, November 12 Recorder: Jeremy