This SIP Team meeting was called to order at 3:25 PM. In attendance were Rob McCarthy, Sam Lewis, Michelle Kumor, Jim Smith, and Jen Kelsall.
The meeting began with celebrations of school improvement initiatives:
Michelle Kumor commented that the planning for the January joint institute is going very well.
Sam Lewis celebrated that the transition of location for Maple Park Academy went very well despite how quickly everything needed to be turned around. Michelle celebrated that she really liked her Rising Star Indicator because it really helps to focus what school improvement initiatives are the most important and deserve the most attention.
The minutes from the November 1 meeting were accepted and approved.
Old Business was introduced. The SIP Team began to review the Rising Star Indicators that are due to be submitted ASAP. It was agreed upon that only two of the indicators had limited implementation and that these would most likely need to be the focus of the school improvement plan that must be submitted to the state by December 13, 2010.
Michelle Kumor reported that the January Institute is coming along and that the PDC is currenlty working with Sam Lewis to ensure that the online registration will be ready to go. Michelle stated that the PDC has the first half of the March institute planned and has ideas for the second ½ but would like to wait.
Sam Lewis reported that the Tech Committee is ready to start training Ridgewood High School staff on developing content for the new site on December 8 and possibly December 15 if needed. Once the initial site is set up, a future training will be set up for a small focus teacher group who will be expected to train other teachers and staff members later this year, most likely during the March PDC institute. The intention is then to provide time for departments and or teams to develop the content they would like to have displayed publicly and to have the public redirected to the new site by the start of the 2011-2012 school year.
Jill Laubenstein was unable to attend the meeting. Information about the PTO’s events were tabled until the January meeting.
The SIP Team then moved opened up the meeting for any specific committee concerns and updates.
The Reading & Literacy Committee has distributed new vocabulary signs that encourage students to choose specific vocabulary instead of generic as part of the passive programming campaign. In addition every teacher and staff member was provided a new “currently reading” laminate sign to show students, other staff members and visitors that everyone reads at Ridgewood.
Rob McCarthy reported that the School Safety and Discipline Committee is still working on a reunification plan that coordinates with local police and fire departments in the event of an emergency evacuation. He reported that Natural Helpers was still going strong with another speaker visiting next week to speak with students. Finally, the Honorable Rebel program that celebrates students exhibit excellence in citizenship continues to gather support from local businesses such as McDonald’s, Twins and Rex’s, who graciously donate certificates to help celebrate Ridgewood’s Honorable Rebels. A suggestion to have these business display a sign that they support this program was made and will be looked into.
The SIP Team then turned to New Business.
Sam Lewis has been investigating how Ridgewood staff and teachers could use Google Documents and Applications more effectively for collaborative sharing of ideas. He has formed a SIP Team distribution group using sip@ridgenet.org. The advantage is having the ability to use ridgenet.org login be the same for Ridgewood accounts and Google accounts. This way personal emails or user names won’t have to be used when collaborating with other members of the Ridgewood community. Sam is working toward having the entire school set up perhaps as early as the March institute.
Finally the SIP Team announced that its next meeting will be Monday, January 10, 2011 at 3:15 in Room 151.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:06PM
The meeting began with celebrations of school improvement initiatives:
Michelle Kumor commented that the planning for the January joint institute is going very well.
Sam Lewis celebrated that the transition of location for Maple Park Academy went very well despite how quickly everything needed to be turned around. Michelle celebrated that she really liked her Rising Star Indicator because it really helps to focus what school improvement initiatives are the most important and deserve the most attention.
The minutes from the November 1 meeting were accepted and approved.
Old Business was introduced. The SIP Team began to review the Rising Star Indicators that are due to be submitted ASAP. It was agreed upon that only two of the indicators had limited implementation and that these would most likely need to be the focus of the school improvement plan that must be submitted to the state by December 13, 2010.
Michelle Kumor reported that the January Institute is coming along and that the PDC is currenlty working with Sam Lewis to ensure that the online registration will be ready to go. Michelle stated that the PDC has the first half of the March institute planned and has ideas for the second ½ but would like to wait.
Sam Lewis reported that the Tech Committee is ready to start training Ridgewood High School staff on developing content for the new site on December 8 and possibly December 15 if needed. Once the initial site is set up, a future training will be set up for a small focus teacher group who will be expected to train other teachers and staff members later this year, most likely during the March PDC institute. The intention is then to provide time for departments and or teams to develop the content they would like to have displayed publicly and to have the public redirected to the new site by the start of the 2011-2012 school year.
Jill Laubenstein was unable to attend the meeting. Information about the PTO’s events were tabled until the January meeting.
The SIP Team then moved opened up the meeting for any specific committee concerns and updates.
The Reading & Literacy Committee has distributed new vocabulary signs that encourage students to choose specific vocabulary instead of generic as part of the passive programming campaign. In addition every teacher and staff member was provided a new “currently reading” laminate sign to show students, other staff members and visitors that everyone reads at Ridgewood.
Rob McCarthy reported that the School Safety and Discipline Committee is still working on a reunification plan that coordinates with local police and fire departments in the event of an emergency evacuation. He reported that Natural Helpers was still going strong with another speaker visiting next week to speak with students. Finally, the Honorable Rebel program that celebrates students exhibit excellence in citizenship continues to gather support from local businesses such as McDonald’s, Twins and Rex’s, who graciously donate certificates to help celebrate Ridgewood’s Honorable Rebels. A suggestion to have these business display a sign that they support this program was made and will be looked into.
The SIP Team then turned to New Business.
Sam Lewis has been investigating how Ridgewood staff and teachers could use Google Documents and Applications more effectively for collaborative sharing of ideas. He has formed a SIP Team distribution group using sip@ridgenet.org. The advantage is having the ability to use ridgenet.org login be the same for Ridgewood accounts and Google accounts. This way personal emails or user names won’t have to be used when collaborating with other members of the Ridgewood community. Sam is working toward having the entire school set up perhaps as early as the March institute.
Finally the SIP Team announced that its next meeting will be Monday, January 10, 2011 at 3:15 in Room 151.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:06PM
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