September+26+Agenda+and+Minutes

September 26, 2013

__**PLAN**__ - What do we plan to do? Meeting Outcomes - We will discuss: 1. October Calendar, particularly Bullying Week 2. School Improvement Presentation to Staff 3. Budget Input from Staff

Meeting Activities - We will discuss each item to determine what to do and how best to disseminate the information to our staff. October Calendar on Bullying - October is Bullying month. There is movie to be seen by the staff. We are required to view the movie. We do the week of October 14th, like Red Ribbon Week where we use something each day for the week. There will be a poster contest in the school for each grade level and then they have a winner for the county. Literature Night for the classes. Older children can help the younger children to buddy up. Stand Up to Bullying is Oct. 7. We will do the week the week of Oct. 14th Red Ribbon Week is the last week of October. Misty will have guidance activities for this month.
 * __DO__** - What will we do to learn the outcomes?

October 17th Primary Literacy Night - will have a language arts focus. It will be in the format of the old "Partners in Print". The families will rotate stations.

School Improvement Team - Katie shared the focus for the School Improvement Plan. The team looked at the information provided from the staff last year. The team decided it is beneficial to look at the resources on Blackboard. Then to provide team planning time to use these resources.

We decided the book study would be better if the people can read the book over the summer. We will be doing some short articles.

The team thought it would be beneficial to look at scoring writing. To look at the rubric and what is expected of the students. Kim said it might be beneficial to deconstruct the rubric using the how, what and where. We will need to decide on the writing to be done and only deconstruct the the one rubric.

To present the information to the staff it was thought a morning meeting to provide a one page snap shot and the template.

Safe School part of the plan is the 3R's in their class and in other areas of the school.

High Quality and Technology and Special Ed. - we will concentrate on special ed.

Budget Input - early in Dec.. Rose shared the process in the spring. Give the staff a copy of the old budget to look at the so that they can make suggestions. Also to look at what the school can handle when they know the information. October we will hear from our business partner.

October is at Kilby Cream Night at the Pumpkin Patch for the PTA event. Their first event is Sept 27th Movie night.

Meeting Results - We will: Do a snap shot of the SIP for the staff..
 * __STUDY__** - What do our results tell us?

Planning for Literacy Night in Primary.

__**ACT**__ - What will we do differently next time? Future Action - We will:

__**Next Meeting Date:**__ October 31, 2013 at 8:00 AM