School Improvement Team (SIT) MeetingOctober 19, 2015
Media Center
MINUTES
Members present: [in bold]
Buie, Monroe, Riggins, Smith, Bass, Gabriel, Munsie, Osborne,Via, Carrigan, Murphy(Tiffany Burgess substituted today), Hester, McCormick,Hubbard, Morgan, Martin,Cornatzer,Arrington, Cook, Glover, Snow, Naber,Schurman,Wallace, Valdes, Wiles, *Lancaster, *Lindstrom, +Lancaster, +Bullard, +Joines
*denotes Parent representatives
+denotes Student representatives
Meeting was called to order at 3: 57 pm.
- Success Plan—L. Smith presented an example of a contract given by Andrew Allison in the Social Studies department. Many times we talk about using contracts with students, and this gives an example of what one that might be used. S. Wallace said she has had a lot of success with using these in her classes. A. Buie suggested something like this would be great to use from the beginning of the semester rather than wait until students are in trouble. Please see attached.
- Early Release Day—S. Wallace said she has received some wonderful feedback about the discussion that took place on the ER day. She is creating a schedule of those who want to volunteer time during a 3rd block planning or a lunch period for student help. There are several ideas that may be incorporated into the coming year. One of them is a “Smart” block that would take place between 1st and 2nd periods. It would come from shortening classes by 5 minutes or shortening the length of time between lunches. Students would have that time (probably in homerooms) to work on homework and/or with teachers for make-up work. NOTE: This is not something that would begin until NEXT school year.
- Lesson Plan—Mr. Bass said he is appreciative for everyone for getting those to him. He will be choosing some to discuss with the committee coming from Central Office. They want to make sure that we are doing them and taking them seriously.
- Learning Walks—Mr. Bass said that the Learning Walks from Central Office will begin with their next visit, so we will likely be beginning those at our school level soon in preparation.
- Future Ready—Mr. Bass said that we have an opportunity to get additional technology from Central Office if we are 1 of 7 schools chosen for the Future Ready process. We have to be willing to commit to the process and get the professional development needed. This should be discussed within departments and the answer returned to Mr. Bass ASAP. We ALL need to be on board if this is going to work.
- Other Topics for Discussion:
*Thanks to students for the success of our Pep Rally. We hope to have at least one more during football season. Teachers…we need to show the students how to cheer and have fun!
*Welcome to Ms. Keisha Gabriel and Mr. Michael Osborne, our new Assistant Principals.
Meeting adjourned 4:35 pm
Draft of minutes submitted by Laurie Smith, SIT Secretary
October 20, 2015