April 18, 2011
Present: Barb S./LAP, Amber/Library, Jill/Music, Sally/Kinder, Kim/1st, Cristeen/2nd, Peggy/3rd, Kim/4th, Patti/5th, Andrea/Assistant Principal, Arturo/Principal
Retreat Planning for CSIP 4th and 1st grade is one vote per grade level, as many people as want to come but the CSIP team member gets paid Crystal: Outgoing and Incoming CSIP team members paid, one vote Amber: Those who serve on the committee get a stipend that also includes retreat at end of year Kinder and 5th grade: one vote per grade level; put money in pot and share for those who come PACK agreed to one vote per grade level. However all certificated staff members are welcome to attend. Additional votes: music/library/PE=1 vote, LAP/Resource=1 vote, para-educator=1 vote, parent=1 vote Discusson of and agreement of having an agenda of the retreat so staff can choose to attend all or part of it. The CSIP rep for the year will receive the stipend/paid day. If the CSIP team member is not able to attend then a rep will be identified to be the official rep and receive the stipend/pay. Discusson of date for PACK Leadership retreat Retreat date: June 21st, 8:30-4:00 pm. Lunch will be provided.
Lucy Calkins Curriculum Pro Dev Discussion of Lucy Calkins writing curriculum suggestions included: waiting until next year for training, pro dev this spring and spending time over the summer for next year, see a grade level specific training, separate for primary and intermediate, request that looping teachers have opportunity to attend both grades if separate sessions. Discussion of when the training can occur included after school for a couple of hours, Discussion of benefits of having the training at Carson or the presentor's own classroom. Acceptable locations: Carson as first choice, then other schools not too far away Acceptable days: Monday thru Thursday. Not Fridays
Student Grade Level Placement for 2011-2012 Kim shared past process for creating next year's class lists Forms used two years ago will again be utilized It is up to each grade level to determine the process that they will use for separating students as long as classrooms are balanced in terms of academics, behavior, other needs, etc. However, the forms to office do need to be the same. Questions: When will the list be due? By the end of May, but as soon as possible. Request: Once the lists have been finalized, it should be final.
Diversity Day: Refer to the Carson Diversity Committee minutes from last May (scroll down right side of blog) for info on this year's Diversity Day schedule, lunch schedule, recess schedule.
The current change is that we will not be able to combine classroom groups for teaching individually.
Arturo will send out a survey today to get info for scheduling classrooms.
We will follow the same schedule as last year. (Example) 8:45-9:30 Opening Assembly 9:45-10:30 Session I (S1) 10:35-11:20 Session II (S2) 11:30-12:00 Lunch for primary/Recess for intermediate 12:00-12:30 Lunch for intermediate/Recess for primary 12:45-1:30 Session III (S3) 1:30-2:00 Closing Event Activities using CNN 2:00-2:30 Recess for Primary
Budget The amount of copying has increased. Please share with staff members that as of three weeks ago (approx.) we had $2,800 not encumbered. We have limited paper and copying for the remainder of the year.
