Community Council Minutes November 15, 2017
Community Council – Meeting Minutes
November 15, 2017
Council Members in Attendance:
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School Staff |
Community Members |
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Laura Wright – Principal - Marjean Swanson – 5th Grade - Charlotte Harp – 3rd Grade - Sheril Thompson – Resource |
Holly Stowers Ashley Marks Stacy Harris Steve Turner Marlisa Lund Julie Simmons Mindy Pendergast |
Minutes:
- Welcome & call to order - Steve Turner
- Review of Previous Minutes – Charlotte Harp filling in as substitute for Justin Bailey
- Council members are required to review and approve minutes. We can do this by reading minutes at each meeting or reading them personally and approving them by email.
- Council decided to send minutes via email and send confirmation email with approval
- Council members are required to review and approve minutes. We can do this by reading minutes at each meeting or reading them personally and approving them by email.
- Follow up on Regional Council Training (on Nov.8th - Farmington) given by Steve Turner
- Our core goal is to address what funds will do to maximize student success.
- We are an advisory committee, we do not have final say. District can veto our decisions.
- Meetings are open to the public – public can put in ideas but council must vote on it
- Digital Citizenship – cyber bullying info and classes given through the district
- House bill 214
- State average: $98 spent per student – Weber district is below average (about $94 is spent per student)
- Websites for more info:
- Trust land money is EDUCATIONAL based (i.e. desks would not be covered but projectors/smartboards would)
- Teacher Survey Information given by Charlotte Harp
- Reviewed graphs with teacher survey responses
- Majority of teachers expressed interest in a personal classroom set of chomebooks
- Other forms of technology were secondary to chromebooks (ipads, projectors, listening stations, etc.)
- District is still supportive of ipads
- Technology neds/demands differe by grades
- Chromebooks to rent (35 count) w/ cart is about $10,00- $13,00
- Discussed the necessity of chromebooks
- Do all teachers need it or would be usable?
- Possible teacher training for those teachers who are not comfortable/less familiar with the programs
- Chinese teachers? Do they need/have the same demands for the chromebooks?
- Laura will be asking/checking up on that
- Teacher chromebook usage – put together a survey to figure out how much teachers are actually using them/how much they would use them should they have access to their own personal set.
- Projectors- getting older, needing updates. (projector is about $800)
- Newer models of projectors have a longer lifetime
- Bulbs are $35 per projector
- Newer models use LED lights so they last longer
- Newer models of projectors have a longer lifetime
- Laura will check with Mark Malan (Tech guy) to find out numbers of newer/older model projectors that are currently in school
- Do all teachers need it or would be usable?
- Curriculum/materials came in third place.
- Reviewed graphs with teacher survey responses
- Review of Student Data – Laura Wright
- Laura introduced Data Pathways and discussed school scores on standardized tests
- Last year plan reviewed by Laura: (Look to Data gateway for info)
- Goal 1: literacy development and comprehension/fluency
- DIBELS, push in groups, take home library
- 47.8% growth state requirement K- 3 (DIBELS)
- Bates average was 67.28% growth
- Weber district average was 66%
- Goal 2: Fine arts to provide PLC time for teachers
- Goal 3: access to technology
- Goal 1: literacy development and comprehension/fluency
- School Grade:
- 2 things factor:
- How many students show growth vs. school proficiency
- Bates has moved from a “C” to a “B” (only 7 schools in the district can be assigned “B”)
- 2 things factor:
- Other Items
- Idea brought forth to hold a Parent technology night.
- Discussed possible dates to hold technology night
- January close to safety week - netsmartz
- Possibly technology training for parents: emails?
- Better advertisement for the trainings
- Possible cone presentation for training- Laura will touch base with other principals in cone.
- Idea: Send links to parents with the CIPA lessons
- Discussed possible dates to hold technology night
- Parent help for math:
- Links provided for parents to look at to get on and watch
- Idea brought forth to hold a Parent technology night.
- Proposed meeting schedule for 2017 – 2018 school year
- January 10, 2018 – Discussion of school needs and plan for 2018 – 2019 school year
- March 7, 2018 – Review of plan & voting