Opening - West Millbrook Middle School

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WHAT

Opening

Welcome

Visible

Learning for

Teachers:

Maximizing

Impact on

Learning

West Millbrook MS

School Improvement Team

Monday January 27th, 2014

Minutes

Code of Cooperation

1.

Limit sidebars

2.

Turn cell phones to vibrate.

3.

Be present, physically and mentally.

4.

Respect others’ opinions.

5.

Adhere to times on agenda.

Purpose: To monitor progress in order to assess student achievement.

6.

Take breaks as needed

7.

Come willing and prepared to share.

8.

Work on solutions instead of problems.

Desired Outcomes: By the end of the meeting, participants will:

9.

Confront brutal facts positively. o

Data summary regarding the implementation and effectiveness of each Key Process and progress toward

SIP Goals o A list of next steps in response to the quarterly review

Members Present: Diane Walters, Derek Currie, Caroline Hartsell, Dawn Clark, Kelly Cloak, Betsy Nay, Christie

Patrone, Julie Oliver, Amy Wilson (parent), Brent Branham, Janet Frazier, Kelly Aman, Maria Ces-Carou, Nancy

Lowery, Leah Harkness, Megan Reece, Lorraine Finnerty, Donyea Daniels

HOW

Team ranked factors that affect student learning to compare with results from John Hattie research

WHO TIME NOTES:

Derek

Currie

3:15

Caroline

Hartsell

3:16 to

3:45

Team decided that this tool should be used at a future faculty meeting. Nancy Lowery volunteered to help lead that activity. It was requested that one additional person help. Derek will do it if no one else does.

CNA:

Comprehensive

Needs

Assessment

Closing

Team broke into 5 subgroups to work on the CNA

1.

Student Achievement

2.

Instructional Practices

3.

Staff and Students

Demographics

4.

Perception

5.

Programs

We finalized the overall next steps to update the CNA.

SIP members were reminded to share this information with their departments & PLT’s.

ALL

ALL

3:45 to

4:25

4:25 to

4:35

Patterns and Trends section is removed this year.

We need to come up with 1-3 Priority Concerns for each section.

Groups:

Achievement: Reece, Lowery, Cloak, Nay

Instructional Practices, Aman, Harkness, Branham

Demographics: Daniels, Frazier, Ces

Perception: Finnerty, Wilson, Clark, Walters

Programs: Patrone, Oliver ncaccountabilitymodel.org

We need to have CNA updated for our next SIP Chair meeting on Feb 20 th .

Our next SIT meeting is March 3rd

WCPSS students will demonstrate high academic growth; by 2014, all students will graduate on-time prepared to compete globally.

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