School Leadership Team

Garinger High School: Principal Conference Room

February 5, 2014

Agenda

•2014-2015 master scheduling process

•Second quarter review/presentation of SIP updates

•Grading practice exercise

•New building updates

•Changes affecting Garinger during 2014-2015 from Cochrane

•Hiring updates

•After-school updates [CRED (Credit Recovery/Extended Day)/Y-Achievers]

Attendance

1)Mike Drye

2)Captain Elmore Brown

3)Lindsay Mathis

4)Rochelle Stanley

5)Keisha Bailey

6)Alex Iorio

7)Tribut Williamson

8)Terra Kennedy

9)Hope Robinson

10)Sgt. Major Jacqueline Thomas

11)Nemal Patel

Minutes:

1)Garinger Foundation Update

a)Opportunity to tap in to the powerful alumni that have matriculated from Garinger

b)Significant dollars already available for senior scholarships

c)Work in progress: more updates to come as the details are worked out

2)Summer feeding program

a)Looking into options for feeding students that are on campus during the summer for various programs and activities

b)Very successful program in the past

c)Circle back with Mr. Peterson for more details and next steps

3)Master Scheduling Update

a)Beginning stages of the process – lots of work still to be completed

b)Students may be able to register for classes online

i)Students should theoretically be able to see their course offerings and select classes online

ii)We need to ensure students are seeing accurate reflections of course offerings when they view course offerings online

iii)Only tallies (course interest) are collected online

iv)Counselors will verify course selections once course tallies are collected

c)Need to iron out registration cards for rising 9th graders

d)Considering course offerings that will be added/changed for Fall 2014

e)Once more information is available, the influx of students from Cochrane will affect the master scheduling process

4)Second Quarter Review/SIP updates

a)Data was just obtained (NCFE)

i)We have numbers, but don’t necessarily know what they mean

ii)Teachers either received or are receiving their students’ scores

iii)Still awaiting updates from the district

iv)Changes moving forward will come from understanding the data fully

v)Teachers will be working through data once it is explained

b)Discipline

i)Without viewing the finalized data, it seems suspensions are down from last year

ii)EC committee is working together with the SLT leadership to implement augmented discipline consideration for EC students, in consideration of federal disproportionality concerns

iii)Identification of students that are “chronically” truant and consequences accordingly

(1)Notifying teachers of these students

(2)Actionable item: remind teachers of their access to the Google Drive document which outlines student discipline (transparency and open communication)

5)Cochrane Changes

a)Roughly 350-400 students will be transferring from Cochrane to Garinger

b)This will affect the master schedule and course offerings

6)Hiring Updates

a)ISS

i)Current ISS position is posted

ii)Hiring process will take into consideration the shifts in the discipline plan to include a second specialist

iii)Next year we plan to have two ISS specialists, pursuant to SLT recommendations

b)Other hiring updates will become available as we approach the summer

7)After School/CRED updates

a)Extended Day

i)10 Math I students, 2 Biology, 8 English II

ii)Considering the addition of teacher instructors

(1)Administrators will advertise the need for additional instructors via ClawPrint

(2)4 buses, 13 shuttle stops – funds were used. They need to be utilized!

(3)If students need to leave campus early they are allowed to leave with a city bus pass.

b)Credit Recovery

i)45 students enrolled (combined through APEX and GradPoint)

ii)35 additional students (11th grade) that should be enrolled in CR

iii)SAT prep courses are also online credit recovery courses (upperclassmen)

iv)Students that failed due to excessive absences are able to recover their course credit

(1)Attendance forms were submitted by 37 students

(2)Saturday school is in effect and students are responding positively

(3)AP courses are also providing additional support for students on Saturday

c)Mentorship program updates

i)Data has been returned

ii)Counselors will reach out to teachers

iii)Teachers should encourage students to stay after school especially if they need additional support

8)Grading Practice Exercise

a)District-level activity to provide feedback about forthcoming grading changes

b)Working through the high school Grading Plan 2014-2015 Draft (with Survey Links)

i)Concerted attempt: verified

ii)Initial mastery percentage: 84%

iii)Following additional practice, students may obtain up to 93% on a re-assessment

iv)Percentage breakdown of classwork/assessments: Should be consistent across all CMS schools

v)A minimum of 5 formal assessments should be included in the final grade for a course

vi)Feedback: potential barriers of the current draft of the CMS Grading Plan:

(1)Number of off-grade level students at our school for any number of reasons

(2)Definition of “mastery” is too loose