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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-03-05 School Council - Wood End Elementary MinutesN of u Town of Reading - RECEIVED.. Meeting Minutes TOWN C L R K ,j .18COA9o� - Board - Committee - Commission - Council: 2018.MAR 14 PM 3:'36 School Council -Wood End Elementary Date: 2018-03-05 Time: 3:15 PM Building: School, - Wood End Location: Conference Room Address: 85 Sunset Rock Lane Purpose: Monthly Meeting for 2017-18 Year Session: General Session Attendees: Members - Present: Ellen Commito, Andrea Freeman, JoanneXing, Lynda Michel, Casey Moulton, Melissa Murphy, Elena Raffia Members - Not Present: N/A Others Present: Jackie Pelusi Minutes Respectfully Submitted -By: Casey Moulton Topics of Discussion: The fifth monthly meeting of the Wood End Elementary School Council was held in the Conference Room of the Wood.. End Elementary School on March 5, 2018. Call to order: A quorum of members.being present and the meeting having been duly.convened at Wood End School by Wood End principal, Joanne King called the meeting to order at 3:15 p.m. and proceeded with business. Public Comment: No comment. Review and Acceptance of Minutes: Members reviewed draft minutes from the February meeting. There were no corrections.or additions. Dr. King moved that the minutes from the February 5th meeting be accepted. Motion seconded. The members then voted unanimously to approve the minutes. Vote: Minutes Accepted 6-0-0 New Business: FY19 Budget Update: There is a PTO meeting this upcoming Thursday night and Brian O'Mara, Budget Liaison will be presenting an update. Additionally, Chuck Robinson, School Committee Chair, will also Page 1 1 be present. Lastly, the School Committee passed the wording for the override question in April at their last meeting. All budget information is posted on the Reading Public School website, located below: https://www.readinci.kl2.ma.us/test/budget-information/fyl9-budget-information/ Kindergarten Screening: The School Committee is meeting on March 19th to further discuss the North/South campus option for the half-day kindergarten students attending during the 2018-19 school year. The elementary school principals are meeting this week to look at data about students' performance using the integrated model. Kindergarten screening is tentatively set for late May/early June. There are still various options for screening being discussed, including holding the screening at each of the elementary schools as well as having a. centralized screening process. More details will be sent to families once these decisions re finalized. School Improvement Plan: As a follow-up to the last meeting, Jackie Pel usi .discussed that they had submitted a survey for the teachers to complete. As part of the school improvement plan, the teachers wanted to have an.opportunity to observe other teachers. The survey was sent out for teachers to indicate what they would like to observe. Jackie is going to summarize the information, and then Melissa will put together a sign-up genius to have parents. volunteer in classrooms to' provide support for the teachers during the observation time (1 -hour blocks). This is reflected in the school's goals: M: To focus our energy and effort in identifying and implementing evidenced based instructional practices and interventions which will close the achievement gap with our students our students in the high needs group (i.e. special education, English Language Learners, economic -disadvantage). enchmark Effective instructional practices identified through observations and walk-throughs; provide time for teachers to observe. in other classrooms (school and district -wide) SPED had observed all " programs in district, schedule times for March 2018 for all teachers to observe; principal continue to focus on specific areas during observations (i.e. teacher talk, collaboration between students, use of support personnel) oal 2: o improve literacy instruction for all students by providing teachers with time and training, timely supervision and coaching, evidenced based Tier 2 student interventions, grade level, progressions, clear expectations and pacing chart. i3enchmark Effective instructional practices identified through teacher observations and walk-throughs; provide time for teachers to observe in other classrooms (school and district -wide) Provide time in March to allow teachers to observe and note practice; Work with School Council to set up activities for each class and provide parent support (no additional work for teacher to plan for observation) or provide time for students to read&write independently MCAS Testing Dates: The dates for MCAS testing have been tentatively set for April and May, and will be finalized in the coming week. These dates will be posted on the school's website and principal's weekly blog. Adjournment There being no further business, the School reconvene on April 9th, 2018. Respectfully Submitted, Casey Moulton, Recording Secretary Council adjourned at 4:00 p.m. with plans to Page 1 2