SSC Minutes 10/24/13
1. Introductions
2. School
Site Council Role and Responsibilities
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A representative decision making body (budget,
Quality School Plan, program or school changes, recommendations from ILT,
develop and improve plans for increasing parent involvement, out of district
policies)
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Meetings will be 4:30-6:30
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The first Thursday of every month unless the
school is not opened in which case the meeting is postponed
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Next week Nov 7, Dec 5, Jan 9, Feb
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3. Role
Assignments
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Roles – Secretary = Dooling
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Hiring – Subcommittee – Dooling, Gheridian
(Tolbert, Fife – Ford as alternates)
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Co-Chair (Tutwiler, Ruby Francis)
4. Check-in
a. Senior
Dilemma
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Currently a good number of seniors do not have a
full schedule, some have 5 classes, some have 4
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After lunch block students are leaving (some
have jobs, some have dual enrollment)
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Finding a productive place for students to be is
a work in progress
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The shift in 4 to 6 periods and cuts in staff
have created this issue
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These students would benefit from additional
class time,
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Many students leaving after 4th
period influences the entire school culture in negative ways
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When students leave they are disruptive
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A study hall has been created so students have
somewhere to go
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Gretchen Lahey (Dual Enrollment coordinator at
Bunker Hill) will be working with Brighton for Spring Semester opportunities
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Long Term – when budgeting process begins we
need to look at staffing to find out how we can accommodate full schedule for
all students
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Students want computers – is there a place that
they can go to and use computer?
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Move study hall to Mr. Z’s room?
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Col. Fife will accept 12th graders to
his room during 5th and 6th period? – it would likely be
no more than 12 students – he could start this the week of Nov. 4th
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OIT and Brian will meet with Col. Fife
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Tomorrow’s meeting will address opportunities
for the spring as well as for next year
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Master schedule should be built much earlier –
done before the summer.
b. Teacher
course load – maximizing possibilities
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There are some teachers who have class size max.
with a disparity in skills and language
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Can we find an ESL SPED teacher who has a free
period who can teach ESL 3?
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Needs to be RETELL/ESL certified
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Some students are getting more English hours
than they need with students in the room who are significantly below their
level (in terms of English skills)
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Next Steps – Administration will work with the
ESL & SPED Dept. to look into changing schedule
5. Teacher
Evaluation
a. There
has been a shift in who is evaluating which teachers
b. The
vast majority of people have same evaluator as last year, some people have new
evaluators
c. Teachers
now have primary and secondary teachers so that at least one teacher has
background in subject area
d. Every
administrator now have minimum of 4 visits for experienced teachers (6 for new)
e. Evaluations
are supposed to be growth oriented – small visits over time in order to give
multiple opportunities to get a sense of the classroom and to give feedback on
it
f. This
is a growth model – Dr. Tutweiler is considering talking to the teachers to explain
this to them
6. Teacher
course load
a. We’re
experiencing many issues as a result of master schedule not being done in a
timely manner
b. We
have teachers who do not have full teaching loads
c. We
also have extremely unbalanced classes (some very small, some at max)
d. Short
term solution - it’s being addressed by
Guidance and Admin team
7. School
Site Council
a. Mr.
Prieto read a letter regarding concerns about last year’s headmaster decision
b. Any
written document shall have all individual signatures of School Site council
Members
8. SSC
focus for the school year –is there a project/task this group would consider?
a. More
Parent and Student Involvement – in School Site Council and throughout the
whole school community
b. More
family important
c. Fundraising
to help with burden of graduation costs & senior activities
