BELLT Minutes 12-15-16 and 12-20-16
Attendance:
Agenda: School Improvement Plan Progress Monitoring
Minutes:
Greeting/ Opening
-Christmas memory
NCSTAR
What do we need to do?
What have we already done?
-discuss what we have already done for each of the tasks
-where are we in the process of getting it done?
-what do we need to do?
-why haven’t we done it?
-how can we do it better?
-How are we holding people accountable?
What do we need to do next?
-make a task list of the things that we need to do to complete these tasks
-delegate and assign those tasks to BELLT members
-create a calendar of tasks and when they are due
Enjoy Winter Break!
Minutes from 12-15-16 Meeting:
-look at the tasks that are overdue (read them off in a list, we will discuss afterwards)
- Tasks to Be Completed:
- A2.04 Create Calendar for Grade-Level Planning and PLTs
- task completed
- A4.01 Create a MTSS Team to represent school and district
- teams feels that task is complete, but district team needs to mark as complete-Kathy will check with Jeff to see how it can be marked complete
- 2 PD days have been offered but has not been completed due to district offerings for trainings.
- Are trainings just for classroom teachers are all staff?
- When will trainings be offered? Wednesdays? Early Release Days? Optional time during planning?
- MTSS school leaders have not received all trainings from district to lead trainings at Brunson.
- One member suggested that teachers that have not been to an MTSS training need to be trained on the PEP portion of MTSS in January (1/25). Staff need to know that this MTSS training is different than the PEP training offered at the end of the 2015-2016 school year.
- All staff may receive next MTSS on 2/15 from school trainers or wait until June once all training is complete. Discussion led to training taking place in June. This meeting will discuss MTSS philosophy and implementation at Brunson.
- A4.06: Staff will create Behavior PEPs or other supports for students struggling with
behavior
- What is the best way to measure this task?
- The procedures are in place for teachers to help students through PEPs,
counseling, conferences.
- A norming system needs to be developed for office referrals before behavior
plans can be tracked.
- B1.03: Align BELLT and EL Structures for Leadership
- we have created a team based on structures of EL
- more work will be done with this in January
- “BELLT should be the health and wellness of the school”
- we will discuss norms, communication, pace of meetings, etc. in January
- an agenda should be set to discuss different topics such as data, sit plan, EL,
etc.
- A4.01: Create BELLT Agenda to discuss student data, enrichment, and intervention
- Team has set a calendar for meeting dates
- Team needs to set agenda for days to discuss student data, interventions,
Enrichment
- Data may include walk-through data, MClass Data, EOG/EOQ
- Team feels we should narrow the data to one area (possibly reading)
- EVAAS could also be a source for data to look for at-risk students (may provide
a bigger picture for school)
- What defines an “at-risk” kid? (absences, tardies, failed subjects, OSS, 504s, LEP and EC
- Data for teachers may come from teacher evaluations and walk-throughs
- Staff Development may be offered for areas that may be seen as struggling areas throughout school based on data
- if work begins with Kindergarten, we will be able to monitor our work as students continue through Brunson
- BELLT needs to create a plan to identify students who are at-risk and how we will look at the data. Team has chosen to focus on First Grade. First grade teachers will be asked about at-risk students for additional data.
- Meeting to discuss 1st grade data will be in February.
- Social-Emotional Needs may be assessed to provide additional data
- Mobility Data will also be observed.
- What should role of BELLT be with at-risk students? Should we develop a plan for students or discuss ways to support teachers to support students? Discussion led to decision to support teachers and make staff aware of students that are at-risk
- This will be discussed further in February.
- PD on student-engaged assessments on Early Release Days
- staff participated in training on CFUs (11/8), but we do not feel that the task is complete because the training was just an introduction. Staff did not complete assessment to demonstrate proficiency. More training is scheduled during other parts of the year on this topic.
- Can this be completed during PLT time? Teachers need more time to plan for the assessments, CFUs, etc. Can Sarah and Kathy schedule a PLT meeting to discuss CFUs during grade-level.
- A4.06-2 Staff will explain how CREW promotes a positive school environment
-survey will be given during next Faculty Crew meeting
-possible questions:
- 1) 0-5 CREW has positively impacted my students behavior and relations with
peers and adults 2) 0-5 CREW has promoted a positive culture at Brunson.
Answer: Give an example of how CREW has impacted a child in your class.
- Survey will be given on 1/18/17 during Faculty CREW meeting and BELLT will meet to discuss data on 2/8/17.
- Other tasks that need to be revisited will be discussed at our next meeting on Tuesday, December 20th.
** Duty-free lunch is a topic many teachers have been curious about. Where is Brunson in the process of making duty-free lunch a possibility?