3/6/2014 SCHOOL COUNCIL - QUASHNET SCHOOL Minutes

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1 20134014 QUASHNET SCHOOL COUNCIL 3/47 J) Minutes of Meeting: TPM to 4:15PM Quashnet School conference Room Present: Patricia DeEoer, Principal} Diana Littleton, Teacher; Dianne Lout Teacher; Kellie Alliegro, Parent; Jack Phelan, Community-at-large member; Superintendent Brian Hyde Absent: Liz Vieira, Parent; Dan O'Neill, Parent f Our four major argas of resR2nsibili 1. Adopting educational goals for the school that are consistent with local educational policies and statewide student performance standards . Identifying the educational needs of students attending the school 3, Reviewing the annual school building budget 4. Formulating a school improvement plan MeeUng Handouts: Agenda 2014 Quashnet School Council Survey Results SY13-14 Parent Student landbook AGENDA ITEMS/MINUTES 1. 2014 Quashnet School council surrey Results We discussed the results on each question. Any question that received less than 0%in the"Agree" a "Strongly Agrees,categories needs further analysis—considered unacceptable. We need to develop a plan to get higher scores. We discussed and agreed upon the following next steps: A. Survey results will be shared with Quashnet School staff(3/10) B. Staff will break into groups; analyze specific questions; ponder the why behind the low rating and develop a specific action plan that will lead to an improved score. (3/24) C. Survey results will be posted on our websit /blog. (3/31 . Parents will be notified to review the results—electronically and by paper notice (3/31) E. We will run the survey again after encouraging greater parent participation (April) SY14,15 Plan nlng'—spe lals For SY1 4-15 we will maintain our current -day specials cycle in order to accommodate common planning time for grade-level teachers and also to allow all students In the same grade to participate in band, chorus, and strings together. Specials planned (may change with further input from staff: Physical Education Art General Music or Band, Chorus, Strings Computers Keyboarding, Coding, Excel, Word Processing, other technical skills STEM—Science, Engineering, Math Exploration, Robotics Research Skills/Study Skills/Organizational Skills (Library/Computers)—Project Based The science special that we have had for the past few years for grades 3-5 will be eliminated, health for sixth graders will be merged into PE and also into 6th Grade classroom science. We will no longer have writing as a special. 5t'and 6th graders will participate in a web-based, 'interactive foreign language program 2x per week for 30 minutes per session. Homeroom teachers will receive training and will take their students to the computer lab. With the exception of departmentalized classrooms, one session will be taken from ELA and the other from math time. For departmentalized classrooms, we can alternate weeks—first week both sessions come out of ELA block, second week, bath sessions come out of math block. Students will have user nares and passwords allowing for extra exploration at hone.