Learning Improvement Team Minutes
January 9, 2008
Operating Principle: The committee will operate on a consensus basis, with
each voice being heard. Minutes from January 17, 1995: ÒIt was discussed and
agreed that a significant majority of votes of team members present would be
required when consensus was not reached. Significant majority means a ratio
of 2:1 (example 6 positive votes to 3 negative votes). Without a significant
majority, the proposal will be considered ÒtabledÓ until brought up at a later
date.
Team Members Present: Ray Birks, Heidi Bucholz, Allyson Rasmussen, Nancy Mowat, Penny Brown, Rhonda Noah, Tauni Hink, Josie Bryan, Shelby Lockhart, Edwina Seton, Lynne Fuller (8th Grade Parent Rep.), Carrie Arthur (6th Grade Parent Rep.), Tanya Bofto (7th Grade Parent Rep.)
Recorder: Chad Morgan
Guests – Julie Schubert
Budget allocation: $29,462 remaining: $10,127.00
Budget Allocation: $10,238 remaining: $ 6,323.20
...for instructional assistance time, instructional materials, staff development training, or other creative solutions to assist in providing services to remedy class student mix problems.
Budget allocation: $12,405 remaining: $10,405.00
É When determining the uses for ÒMedicaid MatchÓ dollars, the following should be considered:
Funds may be made available for any medical or academic related needs students have that parents or guardians are unable to provide.
Funds may be made available for meeting academic needs of students. Those monies could provide para-pro services, bus/transportation needs, and after school tutoring for students.
Funds may be made available for meeting academic needs outside FMS programs. That may include summer school tuition or academic packets made available to parents for the summer.
Funds may be used to help students with nonacademic needs that involve school related needs such as instruments and or clothing, payment of ASB card, etc.
Operational (3 min.)
Review Code of Cooperation
Discussion – Add that the members will switch all cell phones to vibrate at the beginning of the meeting.
Class Size/Class Mix Requests For Funds (10 min.)
Guiding Question – Are the request for funds in alignment with our building plan?
Proposal 1 6th Grade Team: Collaboration request for standards based grading.
Proposal 2 An FMS team to attend a UBD/Differentiation workshop
Discussion –
Proposal 1 – ½ day substitute request to free up the team to discuss the implementation of standards based grading for reading and writing. $291.50
Approved
Proposal 2 – A team (Mrs. Clark, Mrs. Brown, and Mrs. Viall) to attend the Carolyn Tomlison (UBD/Differentiation) workshop in Seattle. $1,494.00
Approved
Vital Few B (15 min.)
Guiding Question: Should we use the January 28 LID for us to review our progress on our building plan and staff plans as an entire staff?
Discussion – How will we structure this time? What will be shared out? The time should focus on strategies that are leveraging student achievement.
Suggestion to develop a plan, in the future, on how we can collaborate across the curriculum teams better.
Proposal to use the January 28 LID for Vital Few B
Possible framework:
7:35 – 8:00am – Team Time to look at building plan, Team Plans to discuss student progress, effective instructional strategies, grading systems, lesson design, and good ides.
8:00 – 8:10 – 6th Grade Core Team
8:10 – 8:20 – 7th Grade Team
8:20 – 8:30 – 8th Grade Team
8:30 – 8:40 – Science Team
8:40 – 8:50 – Math Team
8:50 – 9:00 - Closing
Approved
Open House (30 min.)
Guiding Question: What progress has been made towards modifying Open House for next year?
Discussion – Review of the FMS Open House brochure proposal
Suggestions to add Spanish speaking sections, how to prepare our 8th graders for the high school transition, interventions for students in need, new family orientation (7th & 8th grade)
Guiding Questions: What is the status for STAR protocol training?
Discussion – Phase 1 training will occur Feb. 21 or March 4. This will be facilitated by the building instructional coach and will consist of 1 day of observations within the WDS. Feb. 19 will be a Phase 2 workshop focusing upon lesson planning. Teams will use the PLT lesson-planning format to create aligned lessons and evaluating student evidence. Any individuals or teams interested in this training, please contact Mr. Waldren ASAP.
Parent Teacher Conferences (20 min.)
Guiding Questions: What do parent responses tell us about our conferences? How was the overall participation? Do we need to consider any changes for next year?
Discussion- Review of parent feedback and the number of parents that attended
Suggestion that all teachers use their timers, have certain nights/days designated for groups (A-G on Monday, H-M on TuesdayÉ). Parent comments were overwhelmingly positive especially with regard to how teachers were so well-prepared for conferencing.
Adjourned at 4:15
Next Meeting – February 6 @ 3:10
March 5 meeting will be moved to March 6