Site Council Notes – April 6, 2009

Agenda

1. District Updates from Linda
2. Student Learning/Teacher Planning project
3. School Improvement Plan
4. Action Statement from PTA
5. Meet with other committees

Members Present

Site Council:  Rob Gibson, Tricia Barry, Linda Kapranos, Carol Schrader, Ingrid Petersen, Dana Barbarick, Tom Fuller, Melissa Dragich, Chris Tebben
School Committees: Safety (Hollyrood and Fernwood); Arts; School Climate; Green Committee
PTA Rep: Craig Williams

Approval of Minutes

Minutes and Agenda unanimously approved

District Updates (Linda)

• Staffing due Friday (April 10)
• Enrichment Conversation will happen at next meeting
• Schools are able to apply for additional funds to meet the 3 periods of enrichment

           - .5 FTE applied for just for Hollyrood – person to fulfill a variety of tasks

Student Learning/ Teacher Planning project

• Linda read content areas teachers have chosen and those willing to work over the summer
• Discussed grant options
• Conversation to create an electronic file and checking in about different formats for this

- David Douglas – Curriculum Mapping template?

School Improvement Plan

• Rough draft due July 1st
• New format based on Datawise
• What else is needed?

 - school vision/mission statement
 - template (none sent yet)
 - looking at content areas of writing and science

Meetings with other committees

Site Council recap for other committees

- Updates from other committees

Agenda for next meeting (May 4th)  

• Start 15 minutes Earlier!!!
• Approval of Agenda/Minutes
• Revisit vision/action statement (3:15-3:45)
• Update on teacher planning curr./funding
• Staffing info and district updates
• Discussion about enrichment and descriptions (after 3:55)