Nov 1st, 2016

PSSC

In Attendance:

Mark Steeves, Chad Murray, Nick Smith, Stacey Anderson Weldon, Paula Zirpolo, Cindy Somers, Michelle England, Andrea Nugent, Karen DeGrace

Notes:

Reviewed Minutes from last meeting

New vice-chair, Karen DeGrace, was selected

Nick shared key points from “Ten year Plan” and “Provincial principal meetings”

-Discussed early immersion change

-Look for’s in literacy (9 components)

-Teaching process and learning cycle

-Resiliency

-Leadership in a time of change

Looked and discussed assessment results for Grade 2 Literacy and Grade 6 literacy & numeracy

-Nick explained how screeners work and possible issues that played a part in numeracy scores

-Several questions posed in regards to the questioning style and origin of the Grade 6 assessment

Nick shared feedback from Student Wellness survey on smartboard.

Grit time – staff will be working on zones of regulation and magnets in action during Grit.

Next meeting is Dec 6th and one topic we’ll be discussing is the new report card.

Dec 6th, 2016

Attendance:

Mark Steeves, Chad Murray, Nick Smith, Paula Zirpolo, Michelle England, Andrea Nugent, Karen DeGrace, ken Gillispie, Susan Sweetnam, David Gingras, Angela Lawson

Made some changes/additions (motions) to last week’s minutes as note taker…. Did not add!!

Motion made after for last week’s minutes - Dave & Andrea

Motion for agenda - Susan and Michelle

Report cards

Nick discussed and showed new report cards - 1, 2, 3 & 4 point system,deeper level of thinking needed to attain 3+ and 4’s report card key, learning habits coding.

The idea or concern of the vast range of abilities that fall within the 3 was shared as a parent worry.

10 year Plan

Next week all k-2 principals from South and east will be meeting in Saint John

Nick shared areas/topics that will be touched upon

Need a sense of what are targets are

Grade 3 entry point concerns (curriculum, need for assessment for gr. 3 entry point)

Staff changes – the fear of the unknown

SIP

Different framework that is living and updated as we move along

Grade 6 assessment results were discussed. Angela Dawson from the “DEC” shared the concerns with the validity of the results due to question style or types

Family of schools

Angela shared integrated services model