Minutes from Monday, October 6, 2008

SIP Meeting Minutes
10/06/08

1) Call to order
2) Roll call
a. Michelle Felde
b. Michelle Kumor
c. Jason Rush
d. Jill Laebenstein
e. Jim Smith
f. Sam Lewis
g. Guest: Hillyn Sennholtz (West 40)
h. Jennette Gonzalez (3:20pm)
i. Robert McCarthy (3:30pm)

3) Committee Updates:

a. RtI – Michelle Felde
i. Presentation at Wednesday Staff Meeting
1. Did not finish all items
2. Staff wants more training on differentiation
ii. Logistics needed for interventions
1. When can we do these
2. How are pull outs affecting credits
3. Who will provide these interventions
4. To be done by Nov 1 (deadline for course recommendation guide)
iii. Scantron
1. To be made available to tier 1 students by 209-2010
2. To be implemented in study halls for 30 minutes
iv. Discussion
1. RtI plan is a living document
2. Submitted with basic info, evaluated and updated “a living document”

b. Reading and Literacy – Jennette Gonzalez
i. Survey results from last year on reading strategies
1. English dept felt most confident
2. Other departments followed
ii. Universal strategies
1. Transparent & transportable
2. 7 strategies found using book “Creating Literacy-Rich Classrooms
for Adolescents”
3. Implement using professional development
iii. Assisting struggling readers

c. Discipline & School Safety – Robert McCarthy
i. Discussing methods that were researched
1. Peer mentoring: Upperclassmen assist underclassmen
2. Peer mediation: Conflict resolution with other students
3. Soliciting information from students to evaluate these methods
4. Pulling data for what counselors are busy with to add to needs assessment
ii. Other ideas for interventions
1. Positively focused mentoring
2. Social workers “Challenge Day”
3. Online message boards

d. Community Relations – Jill Laubestein
i. Issues with attendance/meeting times
ii. Working on strategies, developing needs assessment
1. Parenting skills – Active parenting class
2. Michelle Kumor suggested some strategies
a. Parent mentorship program
b. Parent resource center – room in bldg with computers
c. Classes on technology
d. Materials in native language
e. Parent involvement in assignments
f. Jennette suggested parent literature initiative
i. Student recommends book
ii. Then it’s openly discussed

e. Professional Development – Jason Rush
i. Needs assessment results from 2006
1. Critical friends
2. Morale building
3. Reading interventions
4. Differentiated instruction
ii. Decided upon new needs assessment
1. Survey via Zoomerang
2. How to move forward
a. What topics are important
b. How to analyze the data
c. Options on how to structure the PD
3. Questions for SIP team
a. Wellness Institute Day – October 24th, 2008
b. How to schedule the day
c. Team building items

f. Technology – Sam Lewis
i. Team meets on Tuesday mornings 7:15am, monthly
ii. 10 members, staff from many areas of school
iii. Tech Plan
1. Draft almost done, needs to be completed by Erate form 470 submission
2. One year plan, due Feb 27, 2009
3. SIP plan needs to be done by end of January
iv. Professional Development needs
1. Apple – March 20th and either March 21 or March 19.
2. Flagging key attendees and determining a structure to get this info out

4) The plan
a. Four areas – Action Plan
i. Goal/Objectives
ii. Student strategies & activities
iii. Professional development
iv. Community involvement
b. Evaluation/Monitoring progress
c. Look to grants for budgeting needs
d. Community involvement: Blogs! Yahoo group announcement needed, Jennette will handle this.

5) Next meeting: Monday, November 10th