MAY 2009

May 21, 2009

Present: Arlene Crumb, Sara Boedigheimer, Sally Wolslegel, Barbara Stroud, Kim Pisha, Lauri Cotton, Sue Armstrong, Arturo Gonzalez, Tracy Miskowitz, Miles Erdly

Project Room/WASL for Next Year
Concern during WASL testing. The number of students in the project rooms during testing. We only choose the numbers who really need to be in project room. One teacher take a break at one time and other at different-did not create the best environment for them. If teachers did not know students, the disruption was a concern to the teacher because they don't know them. How many students in project rooms and who are we going to put in there. How effective is that? Also talk to the students about why they were being pulled out into smaller groups. Some project room students also disrupted regular classroom testing.

I-728 & TurnAround Schools Conference

PACK Leadership Iwill support staff attending the Turn Around Schools Conference

* This is optional; no timesheets or swapping of LID days/Supplemental days
* August 17th, 8-3 pm (approx); location is in district (TBD)
* Themes/Topics/Keynotes include: "Creating a Culture of Universal Achievement and Developing Exceptional Systems", No Excuses University, Collaboration, TurnAround Schools in Practice, College Bound Scholarship Program, Increasing Reading Proficiency Through Assessment and Intervention, Increasing Math Proficiency Through Assessment and Intervention, Assessment, Promoting a Climate of Success for Schools, Parent Differentiation.

Survey Update
Miles shared new questions from Survey Monkey.
Once survey is completed all staff will have access to the survey
Open invitation to have PACK reps be part of the changes/adjustments to CSIP plan for next year. Let Miles know if you are interested by next Wednesday.
Suggestion was made to prompt for comments for future surveys

Closing Procedures
We are closing school for the summer by Wednesday, June 24th. New procedures will be shared out as soon as they come to the building from central office.

Other
Report Cards: June 15th report card official deadline. We will accept report cards beginning June 12th.
eSchool: New data system for next year for teachers. Will be used by teachers to use email to families, lunch count, etc.. Appears that it will be a basic learning curve but will provide training
Laptops: Need to be shut down daily. Leaving them on affects screen life.
Super Achievers Program: Deadline is June 5th