SCCminutes

School Community Council
2.24.2016 / 5:30 PM / Media Center
Meeting called by / Wendy Dau
Facilitator / Mr. Hartog
Note taker / Karen Moore
Attendees / Wendy Dau, Kip Carlsen, Shelley Allen, Clay Hartog, Jared Buhanan-Decker, KeilaEllingson, Kerry Schroeppel
Review Minutes from Last Meeting
Karen
Discussion / Reviewed minutes from last meeting.
Conclusions / Minutes approved
School Trust Lands Budget
Wendy
Discussion / Reviewed current budget and expenditures; in our next meeting, we need to discuss expenditures; we cannot carry over more than $10,000 in budget. We may need to write an amendment to the Trust Lands.
Conclusions / Budgeting will be revisited at the next meeting.Jared made a motion for Wendy to explore an amendment to the School Trust Lands to add a 17.5 hour aide and to pay teachers for curriculum development. This would cap at 40 hours at $25 an hour. Shelley seconded. It was put to a vote and approved.
Action Items / Person Responsible / Deadline
Write amendment, hire aide / Wendy / March Meeting
Progress on CSIP Goals
Wendy
Discussion / Reviewed BLT day outcomes
  • Examined data regarding proficiency on SRI, R-CBM, and SAGE.
  • There are outside factors that influence test scores. Strategies were identified to increase student achievement
  • CSIP Goals were written
  • Literacy
  1. For students in the 0 – 400 lexile bands, 60% of our students will reach grade level benchmarks as measured by the RCBM.
  2. For students in the 400 – 1400 lexile bandwidth, 4 of the 5 bandwidths will exceed expected growth amounts as measured by the SRI.
  3. For students above the 1400 lexile band, Maintain 100%on a 3 or a 4 (proficient or advanced) on the ELA SAGE.
  • STEM
  1. Increase the number of proficient students on the SMI by 50%.
  • PBIS
  1. Reduce daily office discipline referrals (moderate and major offenses) by 50%
  2. Create a survey which measures students’ perceptions of school climate, we will focus on our lowest scoring areas and improve our score on these items by .5 by the end of the school year(cannot make up more than 10% of budget)

Action Items / Person Responsible / Deadline
Investigate the number of students in each bandwidth and relative data / Wendy / March Meeting
Explore writing an additional goal connected to teacher effectiveness in the area of classroom management – 80% of teachers effective on classroom management? Could this be a tool or strategy? / BLT / March Meeting
Conclusions / CSIP will be finalized for approval for approval by our next meeting.
Action Items / Person Responsible / Deadline
Direct BLT to focus on PBIS goals / Wendy / Feb. Mtg.
Progress on CSIP Goals
Wendy
Discussion / Reviewed BLT day outcomes
  • Examined data regarding proficiency on SRI, R-CBM, and SAGE.
  • There are outside factors that influence test scores. Strategies were identified to increase student achievement
  • CSIP Goals were written
  • Literacy
  1. For students in the 0 – 400 lexile bands, 60% of our students will reach grade level benchmarks as measured by the RCBM.
  2. For students in the 400 – 1400 lexile bandwidth, 4 of the 5 bandwidths will exceed expected growth amounts as measured by the SRI.
  3. For students above the 1400 lexile band, Maintain 100% on a 3 or a 4 (proficient or advanced) on the ELA SAGE.
  • STEM
  1. Increase the number of proficient students on the SMI by 50%.
  • PBIS
  1. Reduce daily office discipline referrals (moderate and major offenses) by 50%
  2. Create a survey which measures students’ perceptions of school climate, we will focus on our lowest scoring areas and improve our score on these items by .5 by the end of the school year (cannot make up more than 10% of budget)

Action Items / Person Responsible / Deadline
Investigate the number of students in each bandwidth and relative data / Wendy / March Meeting
Explore writing an additional goal connected to teacher effectiveness in the area of classroom management – 80% of teachers effective on classroom management? Could this be a tool or strategy? / BLT / March Meeting
Conclusions / CSIP will be finalized for approval for approval by our next meeting.
Action Items / Person Responsible / Deadline
Direct BLT to focus on PBIS goals / Wendy / Feb. Mtg.
Update on MYP and Hillcrest Feeder System
Wendy
Discussion / One of the advantages of going to MMS is that teachers are IB trained; this benefits students as they move through the Hillcrest feeder system.
  • Board approval was given for our Hillcrest Feeder Continuum plan
  • Summer plan – focus on at-risk students in 9th grade
  • 4 teachers
  • incentives
  • field trips
  • transportation
  • free breakfast and lunch
  • Mentors will be provided
  • Additional achievement coaches at the three elementary schools, the middle school, and an assistant principal at the high school

Conclusions / The goal is to expand this program to 400 students

Next Meeting 3.16.16