2022-11-03 School Committee Minutes

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� or RlgQ Town of Reading RECEIVED Meeting Minutes TOWN CLERK READING, MA. Board—Committee —Commission —Council: 2823 MAY -4 PM 4:5g School Committee Date: November3, 2022 Time: 7:00 PM Building: Reading Memorial High School Location: Library Address: 62 Oakland Road, Reading, MA Members Present: - Shawn Brandt, Erin Gaffen, Carla Nazzaro, Sarah McLaughlin, Charles Robinson, Tom Wise Others Present: Superintendent Dr. Tom Milaschewski, Dr. Sarah Hardy, Susan Bottan, Jayda Hayes Minutes Respectfully submitted by: Susan E Brown on behalf of the chairperson 1. Call to Order - Mr. Brandt called the meeting to order at 7:00 PM Mr. Brandt reviewed the evenings agenda. Innovation Pathways— Ms. Jessica Callanan presented on the new program through DESE - Innovation Pathways for RMHS. The presentation in its entirety is available in the packet. 2. Public Comment— no public comment Consent Agenda -Ms. Nazzam motioned to approve consent agenda, seconded by Mr. Wise. One correction, Allison Wright should be included in attendees list. Motion passed 6-0 as amended. Reports: 1. Ms. Hayes reported that RMHS recently closed the first quarter on Wednesday, report cards will be out shortly, entering a slower month at school. Fall athletics playoff season has begun, Field Hockey, Football and Soccer and Volleyball and Swimming. Robotics will be presenting next week at RMHS and everyone is looking forward to that. 2. Dr. Hardy presented on mentoring program, we are trying to provide PD and training for new faculty members, there is a week-long introduction program in the summer just before schools starts, and another on-going program is the mentor program where a mentor is assigned and then they continue meeting regularly during the school year. A new program for year 2 staff is Mentor Cohorts, they meet regularly and assist with PD, this is a requirement for licensing, 50 hours of mentoring. Another new element is staff development series, it will provide a space to develop relationships and receive training. The last meeting we had was developing high quality relationships with families in the community. We collect feedback to ensure that we are covering everyone's needs. A new assessment system has been launched at the middle school level to assess reading and math in grades 6, 7, 8. There are lessons being learned in streamlining and implementation and we are assessing how this new system is working, to learn the new platform and then we can assess the data.