ACME ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

Members Present: Alicia Scott, Jon Anderson, Jackie Ebert, John Mumma, Ellyn Erickson & Justina Bass

Members Absent:  Classified Representative

In Process:

1.  School Improvement Plan - Implementation

Acme Writing Project  -  Writing Team Update – December 13, 2006

Next meeting:  Wednesday, January 10^th 3:40-4:30 pm

            On the agenda:  review grade level band plans for data based instruction.

Teachers will bring student work from the past 6 weeks to share with their grade level partners.  Activities will include sorting for high/medium/low, summarizing findings: what was notable of surprising?-- Followed by sharing out to whole group.  **Instructions for next independent prompt-based writing assessment will be delivered at this meeting.

Next steps:  In early February, each grade level band will be released for ½ day to score writing and to plot student progress on dot charts.  On February 7^th we will have our 2 hour chunk time after school and will invite Linda Dobbs as a guest speaker.  Topic will be:  “Is my instruction having a positive impact on the work my students can do independently?  If not, what can I do?”  Teachers will be encouraged to bring any questions or concerns that may arise through the assessment process.

2.  Facilities - Room 8

Each ALT member had queried their constituents about how best to use this space, understanding that it would only be for the remainder of this school year.  They brought the various suggestions to the group.  After sharing all of the possibilities the ALT reached the following decision:

Room 8 will be available for use by staff members

by signing up for a particular time and day.

A sign-up form will be placed on the door.

Preference would be given for student use such as science lessons for classes housed in portable or units that would benefit from having materials set up for a period of time.  Other uses could be the Occupational Therapist, NA Counselors, staff access to the computer, space for teacher projects during the school day and non-regular small instruction groups.

The room will be reorganized to remove the materials that need to be surplussed.

3.  Class Load Decisions - 5^th/6^th Grades

The 5^th & 6^th Grade Team has determined that the best use of the resources available is to create a mini-lab of 10 computers in the annex hallway.   10 refurbished CPUs and keyboards are available through the technology department.  We will purchase 10 flat screen monitors.  The plan is to attach shelving similar to the computer lab on the east wall of the hallway.  Maintenance, technology and Viktor are all working together to determine the most efficient and cost effective plan.

4.  Norms of Collaboration 

WE discussed the need for each grade level band to create norms of collaboration for their work together in writing and other grade level issues.  The ALT members were not sure that it would be necessary to formalize those agreements in each group.  They will go back to their groups and check.  If the group decides that they would like to create those norms, they will do that together.

New Topics:

1.  Budget –

We discussed stipends for KCT & other extra curricular activities.  To do this we reviewed the Building Budget and discussed the district distribution of Leadership funds.   It was decided that we needed to determine the stipends now and maintain them over time so that staff members will know what the compensation will be fore specific tasks.  The funds designated specifically for Acme Leadership Activities is $2418.  Any compensation that exceeds this amount will come from the building budget.

2.  Site Visit for SIP

Each ALT member was given the document pages from the SIP manual about Site Visits to read.  Ellyn would set up a time for Gary Wall to talk to the whole staff about the purpose and process of conducting a site visit.  The Writing Implementation Team would be involved in determining the procedures for the visit, since they have been involved in the plan formation.  Jon Anderson agreed to set up a date with Nooksack Elementary School in February.

3.  Re-Ordering Team Concern

The ALT received an Issue Concern Form asking us to reconsider the current Re-supply Team process.  The concern was that staff members do not use the KCDA ordering system often enough to be efficient and they have to bother Michelle may times to get the actual order completed.  We talked about a number of ideas to change the system.  The ALT finally asked Ellyn to talk to Michelle and find out what she would find most effective.

Here is her recommendation:

1.  Have teacher teams create the lists on the clipboards with as much information as possible.  (Teachers know better what items they want to use.)

2.  Give those lists to Michelle and she will do the price checking between vendors and do the final ordering on-line. (Michelle has access to a variety of vendors and can find the best pricing.)

We will try that for the next round and get feedback for the team and Michelle.

4.  CSI Progress Survey

Ellyn compiled some survey information for the ELT and wanted to know how to share that information with the staff. The ALT decided to have the compiled report shared at the Writing Staff Meeting on January 10^th.

5.   Other ?

Next Meeting:    January 24, 2007

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