LIVINGSTON COUNTY MIDDLE SCHOOL (LCMS)
Pending Approval at next meeting.
SCHOOL BASED DECISION MAKING (SBDM) COUNCIL
MINUTES
December 17, 2014, at 3:30 PM in the LCMS Cardinal Room
1. Called to Order by Lisa Huddleston, Pledge Allegiance by council, Invocation by Mary Dunning
2. Present: Lisa Huddleston, Principal; Kim Calender, parent; Resanda Robertson, teacher; Michele Powell, teacher, Michaele Edmonson, teacher Absent: Jennifer Cosby, parent, Guests: Mary Dunning, Food Service Director, LCMS Student Government
3. Agenda approved by consensus. Motion made by Michaele Edmonson. Seconded by Resanda Robertson
4. November Meeting Minutes approved by consensus. Motion made by Kim Calender. Seconded by Michaele Edmonson
5. Student Spotlight: SOM-November: Alissa Spencer, Quinton Gibson, Madison Mathis, John Rose; Student Art work at ETC Coffee Shop & John Kraft; Conservation Essay district Josey Tolley 2nd place; Spelling Bee: Cainan Goodaker-runner up & Ryan Turner-3rd place; All District Choir; All District Band: Daphne Hansen, Samantha Rice, & Devon Ramage ; 8th grade night; Please see Facebook/Twitter, Website/IC Portal/Agenda/Newsletter, & Good News Reports, etc.
6. Concerns from Guests—Open Forum (5 minutes)-LCMS Student Government-Student Cafeteria concerns & Cellphone rewards(sharing ideas), Fundraising ideas/questions
7. SBDM Communications & school comment box
8. Reports: FRYSC, Media Specialist, Guidance, Curriculum Specialist, Attendance, PTSO (CIPL), ESS, Tutoring, ILP, RtI, PBIS, Walk-Throughs/Inst Rounds, PL/PD Action Plan , CURRICULUM-moni concepts, interdisc & curr map, Inst Time, Class loads, Plan Time, Staffing, Courses based ILP/Community Data, BMI & wellness goals, Reflect/Support/Inform Prog Areas, SE, 504, GT, ELL, Clubs, Academic Team, Athletics, Cheerleading, Research/Top 20, School Safety, School Discipline, Athletics, Surveys, Grants, Assemblies/Field Trips, Technology by Oct. 31, Monthly Good News & Newsletters, Donations, FR, FT, TEXTBOOK PURCHASING PLAN, etc.
9. Committee Reports (ABRI, Program Review, Learning Environment, Academic Performance, Efficiency, Advisory, CSH, DLT, ): SISI self study – uploading narratives and evidence to OneDrive LCMS SISI Group; minutes in packet
10. PLC Report (7th, 8th, Math, ELA, Science, SS, SE, etc.): Minutes on OneDrive SISI Group
11. CSIP [Exec Summary, Needs Asmt, The Missing Piece, Impv Plan Stk Inv, Goals & Plans, C&A – MS, KDE Assurances, Safety (WITH Progress Notes in Mar, June)] - Posted on website & in SBDM NB: APPROVAL CSIP-Motion made by Resanda Robertson, Seconded by Kim Calender; there is a CSIP review rubric this year
12. KDE Closing the Achievement Gap Report: in ASSIST by Sept 30 of each year
13. Procedure, By-Law, and Policy Review/Revise/Create or Approval (base on MVCGB, CSIP, & Data): Second Reading on Revision of policies 24.01 and 26.01-Approved, Motion made by Michaele Edmonson Seconded by Kim Calender
14. 5 GOALS as of Dec. 4, 2014: ***1200 Volunteer Hours is 280.3 hours; 98% Attendance is 95.59% ; No office referrals [see data on bulletin board: 215 events (34 types) involving 87 students & 25 staff]; No Ds or Fs is (see data); Great Test Scores/100% ILP parent review/Testing Effort/Compliments from visitors/staff/Improving Data, etc.
15. Social Media Data: 171 followers on Twitter with 1035 tweets; 277 likes of our Facebook page with multiple posts
16. SBDM Newsletter; 32 PD-sub days allotted by district; 15 staff absences to qualify for Live Red attendance incentive
17. Title I Report, survey data, & PtGT Data: Title I Schoolwide KDE Report is separate report in ASSIST this year and is due on Jan. 3, 2015 –Title I Report Approved, Motion made by Resanda Robertson Seconded by Kim Calender
18. Safety Report (Current with drills & documents on ASSIST by Oct. 15)
19. Program Review Reports: OneDrive (SBDM must answer questions for World Language this year; due June 1, 2015)
20. School Report Card: As of Dec. 4 (# PT Confs= ___ unique and ___ total for 89% FTF unique, SBDM parent voters on April 17, 2014=17, # parents comm.=12, vol hours=above, etc.)
21. Monthly budget & financial reports – monitor its effective use & involve all in development
a. Section 6 (SBDM alloc 19530)
b. School Activity Funds (PTSO, Athletic, etc.), PD ($1100), ESS ($), Title I ($), Donations ($), Instructional ($6944)
c. Extra Allocation: $6825 – Americorps, Mag Subsc, Reading Plus, Calculators, Agendas
d. Monthly Budget Reports- Approved, Motion made by Kim Calender Seconded by Resanda Robertson
22. Professional Learning Update: Sept22-23,Feb19-Learning 360 with Steve Olsen; May 7/July 21 Standards Based Grading with Ken Mattingly; July 28 (SWAT grant) literacy integration with C. Alexander & OD Writing with D.Cothron in PLCs, M.Powell to OD writing PD, J.Walker to Ky Reading Conf, All trained on Reading Plus on Sept 24, B.Heppner to SS Network, J.Walker to Science NW, R.Robertson to Science Academy, J.Strickland/R.Robertson/S.Lawton to 2 week MSU Math/Science Academy, L.Flatt on Nov. 13, etc.
23. Grant/Donation Watch :Got “Leader In Me”5 Year grant (2015/16 beg) & have applied for Gear UP; ME & CS are applying for Tech grant
24. School Info: LCMS Home page/Social Media/IC portal/One Call; PD 360 focus on engagement and WOW, Feedback, Management, Eng
25. Instruction: Instructional Rounds, Monthly Walk-Throughs TPGES, Peer Observations, Learning 360, WKSEC co-teaching & clrm management/engagement; Constance Alexander; ABRI; ERL and ERS
26. Spring 2014 School Data: SCHOOL REPORT CARD LINK below (up in 3 of 4 areas – achievement, growth, gap AND only 1.8 points from a proficient school ranking 184/329 MS). Also, see Executive Summary and Needs Assessment of CSIP [School Report Card, K-PREP, EXPLORE, STAR, Reading Plus, ABRI, Open House, TELL, KIP, ILP, Gallup, PTG, RtI, CIITS, PD 360, IC (clrm grades, attendance, behavior), KCMP, surveys (Parent through ASSIST, Title I, PL, FRYSC, PRC, TRC, Student Voice Surveys, CSIP stakeholders, KCSS], Clrm vs MAP vs Explore vs K-PREP, etc. SRC LINK: http://applications.education.ky.gov/src/Default.aspx
27. Personnel Action – Americorps (Sept 1-June 30), Vacancies: Instructional Coach Leaves: None District Hires: None
28. Key of Proficient SBDM Council (16 keys): Makes DECISIONS that create and sustain …
a. Principal selection based on school needs and sound personnel practices
29. Standards & Indicators for School Improvement (SISI – 9 standards in 3 clusters w/ 88 indicators) Standard of Focus
a. 9.6c: The school evaluates the degree to which it achieves the expected impact on classroom practice and student performance specified in the plan.
29. Reminders for all meetings – notify absence so we can cancel if no quorum (at least 4: 1 teacher, 1 parent, chair/vice chair)
, time, Quorum, location & UPDATE contact information)
30. Next meeting date Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015, at 3:30 PM in Cardinal Annex
31. Adjourn-Motion made by Resanda Robertson Seconded by Kim Calender