SIT Meeting Aug 27, 2012 -- School Improvement Plan, first step

CHAMPS review—went over pretty well, and voting results showed good consensus among the staff

CHAMPS consequences:

• We don’t want to add to teachers' plates
• Provide something that is easy to administer
• Teachers are addressing students who are not their own. 
• Offer a menu of basic items (most taken care on the spot)
  • What about repeat offenders?

Options:

• Elkins:  prefers bucket list of items to choose from.

• Gentry:  conferencing with students is helpful--she did with three students just this morning 
• We should be in agreement with a list of three or four interventions
• If it gets beyond the menu items, then it takes it to a higher notch, and we need to document

List of possible interventions (not in any particular order)

• Verbal warning
• Pull them out of line to conference with student (wait)
• Escort student to class
• Put student at front or back of line (walk back to a point and walk again)
• Hold student until everyone proceeds to class
• If problem persists, then revisit regular interventions, consult with team/call parent/solicit the help of an administrator.
• Brendan will share with staff

School Improvement Plan:

• Parent survey results--Over 300 responses—overall very positive 
  

  •  Timetable for School Improvement plan:  due second week of October

• Identify  possible priorities
• Then start on a skeleton of a plan
• Members got into groups of two or three people
  

  • what data stands out: positive/negative/missing?
• People don’t feel like they are being bullied
• Data that stands out:  reading for all three grade levels lower proficiency
• Weakness:  Teachers consistently enforce rules of student conduct (big drop)Also,  Staff didn’t feel like we were all on the same page, but we are addressing with CHAMPS
• Policy and procedures of student conduct are well known by faculty: 97% to 79%
• Weaknesses:  Teacher—felt short amount of planning—addressing with no tutoring
• Top Priorities that emerge:
• Policies and Procedures (Champs) (also shown in student survey—don’t understand expectations of their conduct)
  
  • Continue literacy across the content areas to address reading
• Missing data:  what caused white students to not to make AYP?
• Parent  support teachers in contributing to the success of students (saw a drop on the teacher survey)  curriculum nights? other parent interventions and reaching out?
• Teachers have sufficient access to instructional technology did drop—do we want to address?  Laptop cart.
• Missing data—EVASS predictor scores before the EOG’s
• Gentry to review feedback forms completed at this meeting and summarize results. 
• Here is a link to the notes that Ms Gentry summarized

August 20, 2012--CHAMPS

SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM MINUTES

MONDAY, AUGUST 20

Present:  B. Elkins, S. Worrell, K. Thorne, B. Graham, T. Maxcy, F. Santoro, D. Davis-King, R. Holmes, B. Griffin, M. Futrell, Ja. Sherman, L. Turner, P. Lakey, S. Gentry, D. Neal

Induction of New Members: The committee approved four new SIT representatives for the 2012-2013 school year:

            F. Santoro – 8^th grade

            R. Holmes – Encore

            Ja. Sherman – Guidance

            B. Griffin – Classified

Nomination/Selection of SIT Chair: Brendan Elkins was the only individual nominated for the SIT chair.  He accepted that nomination.  The team unanimously selected him as the chairman for the 2012-2013 school year.

SIT By-Law Approval:  Ms. Gentry met with the PTSA on Monday, August 13, to discuss proposed by-law amendments.  The first proposal was to amend the by-laws to state that SIT representatives would serve a 2-year term and could serve two consecutive terms.  The second proposal was to amend the by-laws to state that the SIT representatives would meet before September of each school year to select the team members.  Both proposed amendments were unanimously approved by the PTSA Board on August 13. 

Role of SIT members:  Ms. Gentry reviewed the purpose of SIT and what role the representatives would serve.  She plans to discuss this with the staff so that they, too, understand what the purpose of SIT is.

School Improvement Plan:  Ms. Gentry has already sent out a data packet to all existing members.  Those who have been inducted today will receive the same packet to review this week.  In addition, Ms. Gentry handed out a planning packet for SIT members to review in preparation for rewriting the School Improvement Plan this fall. 

Meeting Schedule:  Several SIT meetings have been scheduled throughout the fall.  The next two meetings will be on August 27 and September 10 to work on the School Improvement Plan.

CHAMPs Expectations:  The SIT team discussed possible CHAMPs expectations for the hallway and cafeteria.  These will be presented to the staff at Thursday’s CHAMPs training session to vote on what the final expectations will be.  Brendan Elkins will present this to the staff. 

CHAMPs for Hallways:

            Option #1:       C – Minimal/Whisper

                                    H – Step out of line, approach teacher

                                    A – Going directly to destination

                                    M – Single file, right side (unless directed otherwise), no stopping

                                    P – Respectful of others’ space and classrooms

            Option #2:       C – Silent

H – Step out of line, approach teacher

                                    A – Going directly to destination

                                    M – Single file, right side (unless directed otherwise), no stopping

                                    P – Respectful of others’ space and classrooms

CHAMPs for Cafeteria:

                                    C – Students at your table

                                    H – Raise hand, may move with permission

                                    A – Eat lunch

                                    M – Stay seated at all times

                                    P – Respectful of others’ space and lunch

What are the consequences for not following CHAMPs?  This will be discussed at the next SIT meeting.  It was agreed that the consequences should be consistent for everyone.  Be careful with consequences – don’t want to put too much on the teachers. 

**Addendum:   C is communication, H is help, a is activity, M is material, P is participation. Communication refers to whether or not the students can talk during a certain activity. H stands for how will they get help. Activity defines what they will actually be doing. Materials is self explanatory - what materials will they need for the activity. Participation means how will you know they are participating. When CHAMPs is used all together it is suppose to create well behaved and organized children.

More info on CHAMPS: 

http://voices.yahoo.com/what-champs-behavior-program-classrooms-and-2285328.html

https://www.msu.edu/~kojiroja/pdfs/Classroom%20Management%20Plan.pdf