[Date]
ALBANY CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
[Time]
HACKETT MIDDLE SCHOOL-BUILDING LEADERSHIP TEAM
Date: 9/27/12
Facilitators:
Juana Catala-Huguley
Timekeeper:
Jessica Patnaud
Attendees:
Note taker:
Library
3:15 – 5:15 PM
Ashley Lakis
K. Finnigan, S. Stevenson, V. White, A. Lakis, A. Butt, J. Catala-Huguley, J. Hutchins, D. Chard-Wiershem,
A. Netter, M. Paolino
Please read:
Please bring:
A copy of the SIG Update Document (Pg. 16-34)
Team Purpose (mission):
Team agreements (norms):
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Consensus w/ do no harm
Commit to date and full time period (limit interruptions caused by electronic devices)
Attend to the speaker and ask for the floor to contribute
Adhere to agenda and time limit (allow for extraordinary circumstances, balancing individual contributions)
AGENDA ITEMS:
TOPICS
PRESENTER
START TIMES
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Approval of Minutes
o No issues with last meeting’s minutes
A. Lakis
3:20-3:25
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Subcommittee Update
Committee Liaisons
3:24-3:3:45
o All of the subcommittees will be linked and we need to figure out how to communicate this to the
subcommittees
o Student Advisory: Informal observations, better feelings and energy about the new format of
advisory, consensus that 1 hour was too long, real curriculum for each grade will help with
advisory lessons, scheduled a time for Student Advisory to meet 1x a month with Culture and
Climate
o RTI: AIMS Web Screening- 6th & 7th grade reading fluency piece is completed, 8th grade is almost
completed, Maze was completed in the 24th and 25th of September, team will grade Maze and
input scores by Tuesday 10/2, goal for IST to work more closely with the RTI team, subcommittees
will meet 1 Monday a month, discussed how the RTI pyramid will look like at the middle school
level and how interventions will be implemented
o PD: difficult getting people to rejoin committee, looking for more individuals to commit, redefine
what their role as a committee will be
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Review the SIG
M. Paolino
Identify the data that needs to be collected
by the subcommittees.
o Responsible for coming up with a progress monitoring tool
3:40 – 4:10
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Important to keep Wiki and keep it updated, talk to McNally about getting Wiki linked to the
Hackett website
How are we a BLT: figure out how as a committee what we are going to do with the data the
teachers are collecting to analyze the academic performance of our students
CSSR is coming in to assist running the team meetings, and will also help teams analyze data and
implement interventions based on the data analysis; also provide strategies for utilizing the flexible
block scheduling
CASDA coming in to train teachers from the teams on differentiated instruction, 1 representative
from each team will attend off-site training and then come back and train the other members on
team
Learning Environment: Culture and Climate will give the survey that was given last year to
compare results from both years, discipline referrals on-line so data can be stored on the student’s
database and teacher will receive e-mail regarding disciplinary action
Team Development: CSSR and CASDA will be coming in to work with subcommittees
APPR should all be on-line through the OASIS program
Receive a data report from the Attendance committee and make recommendations
Data for Common Formative Assessment needs to come back quicker so we can utilize the
findings from the assessments
All 6th graders are taking Math seminar for the full year, which is different than last year’s schedule
Need to hire 2 Data Coaches and a new Transformation Officer
Progress Monitor every 10 weeks
Consultation Model: Subcommittee presents proposal, BLT members ask questions, presenter
then answer questions, BLT committee discusses proposal following the Q&A, presenter receives
a chance to clarify and then discussion is made
the Progress Monitoring Tool
M. Paolino
4:10 – 4:50
Tool can be whatever we decide we want to use to monitor the academic progress of students
Review initiatives and indicators
Discuss at the end of the first quarter
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Review
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HMS Mission Statement
M. Paolino
4:50 – 5:05
Determine how we would like to move forward
in writing a HMS vision/mission statement
o Vision and mission statement that everyone knows and is on every document that goes home
o Goes on the front page of the Hackett website
o At faculty meeting present that we want a consensus on the mission and vision statement so
everyone has a voice and an input on what the statement would be
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Wiki
K. Finnigan
5:05-5:10
Review the BLT wiki and establish protocol for
updating the page.
o K. Finnigan will send everyone the link to the Wiki and e-mail T. McNally about getting the
BLT Wiki on the Hackett website
o Agenda will be e-mailed and the minutes will be posted on the Wiki
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Set Agenda:
o Review interims
OTHER INFORMATION
K. Finnigan
5:10 - 5:15
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Need to get on the agenda for Attendance and Culture and Climate in order to present data
recording template
J. Hutchins and M. Paolino will attend Attendance
A. Netter and V. White will present proposal to Culture and Climate
Special Notes: Next meeting Thursday October 11, 2012 from 3:15-4:15