Leadership+Meeting+Minutes

Leadership Team** 1/09/08 [|Good Math Link]
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 * SRI Results-** Dr. Schmook shared where we are with our goals of reaching AYP with all subgroups. If tested today, we would not make our goal according to SRI. Our scores for writing are looking good. As of early December our 4th grade students are at 84% proficiency. We feel confident that the booster groups that are now in place will bring us above 90%.

Horner/Braccio- Our kids seem to understand (after we explained to them why they are in booster groups) that they are in booster groups to help them in areas that need improvement. Banos- My students are doing well. They seem to enjoy being with me. These students are receptive to being in the group. They are enjoying learning new vocabulary. It is obvious to me that they get excited to use these new words in their writing. SLD- They are doing well and are improving in their writing. They have been using their outline. Their challenge right now is expository but I am confident that they will be scoring well come FCAT. The students are learning how to write and understand what a 3 looks like and what it takes to reach their writing goal. Mrs. K says she has seen somewhat of an improvement in the 3 students she is working with. Absences are a concern with one of the students. Gifted- I have been incorporating more writing with my students. I have been working with Gordon on focus. Linda- One of the things I like is that the groupings are small and the students feel comfortable sharing and answering questions. The students feel good about finding out answers to questions. Kristie- We have provided our students with a “wake up” snack because we see them first thing in the morning. Julie- 26 5th graders still do not know their multiplication tables. Motivation is a key factor. We are trying to keep this positive. Ines- We have to make sure that the lower grade levels keep up with their part of the bargain when it concerns writing. Missy- My groups are doing well. My fifth graders like to talk but I don’t have a problem keeping them on track with the lesson.
 * How do you feel about what is happening now with the students you are working with daily?**


 * Survey Results**- The survey is going home in the newsletter. What Ines wants us to do is to start planning what we should do to address issues and areas of concern. Climate seems to be an area that needs to be looked at and analyzed. Climate says a lot about a school. What Ines hears is that the staff things the kids are rude and they do not care about school. Do we expect the parents to fix it. No…we have to work with our students while they are in our care. What do we do about it? Our staff reports that 36% say that students don’t treat each other with respect. Several areas fall below 90%. We need a school-wide approach to address these concerns. For example, we had a theme that the teachers followed which in turn helped with the overall climate of the school. Clutter in classrooms was addressed. Proper lighting, greeting your class, and other factors helped create a climate that helped with the attitudes of all. What worked at Spring Lake was using a theme. It brought everyone together. Students took part and enjoyed participating in the theme. Kids received “manatee” money. Teachers had checkbooks. Kids got paid for planners signed, doing homework, coming to school, etc…We had shopping days. They can buy time on the morning news, arts and crafts, food and drink, etc…Kids looked forward to shopping day. There were students that received and earned no money. These students did not participate in the shopping day. Money meant a lot to the students. Every Friday they received a “paycheck”. This was not a tedious process or plan. We don’t want to create more work for teachers. The goal is to have students get excited about it which helps with their overall experience in school. It helped with classroom management.


 * Math PMA**- Improvement has been made in the area of math in all areas. 4th grade is doing very well. We are at 55% overall. Our goal is 62%.


 * Mid-Year SINI**- We have to report on every subgroup. It is due on the 24th. Blacks are below and Hispanics are below. What do we need to do to fix that? As a county this is a problem. What do we do with those children? We can not control was happens at home or what has happened in the past with their home life. We can only control what happens while they are with us at school. A mentoring system with staff members would be a good idea. We can set up and target specific students to be with a staff member with whom they can talk with and share.


 * Discussion of Acceleration** – pre-teaching concepts.