March 16, 2022 – Minutes

SCC Minutes 3/16/22

Mount Jordan Middle School

After school programs to carry over to next year.

• Expenditures (still being updated TSSP Funds)
  • Special-ed teacher
    • ($40,000 – Salary and benefits)
  • Substitutes
    • Allow for teacher planning days
    • $9000 for two planning days per teacher
  • Curriculum Materials
    • $500
  • Incentives
    • $5000 – Used with Land Trust funds and any additional funds needed to be taken out of General
    • T-shirts, Beanies (popular item)
    • *James Baron suggested portions of incentives be provided to go to motivation and reading*
  • AVID Summer Institute for teachers
    • Very valuable trainings were not available due to Covid
    • 22 teachers going this summer
      • This comes from last year’s budget
    • 4 – 5 teachers (those that were not able to go this year, to go next year (2022 – 2023)
      • $8000 registration
    • Student Support Mentor ($40,000)
      • Funds split between 50/50 between math and reading
    • Student Teaching Technology $2500
      • Doing well on this but keeping funds available for items needed later
      • *Presentation Boards suggested to be reviewed for consideration*
        • Touch screens
      • After School Program – Hourly Pay $44.000 distributed across different areas listed below
        • Reading (if needed)
        • Math 180
        • D&F’s
        • Multilingual
      • IPLC Stipends ($750)
        • Monthly meetings made available for teachers to meet after school
        • Data will be collected for all RI – Fall, Winter, Spring. Teachers will provide monthly evidence of IPLC and discuss data
        • WICOR “walk throughs” for AVID:
          • Ensures teachers are implementing AVID effectively.
        • Extra sections of special education (.05 FTE)
          • Increase performance and have that extra help
        • Interventionists to help in classes when needed
          • Read 180 to be provided
          • AVID strategies
          • WICOR planning days
        • Funds to also go to English language learners
          • Multilingual teachers teaching strategies with general ed. Teachers
          • Beginner (Level 1 & 2) classes now available for those new to country

Will continue to share with BLT our Community Council after RI’s are complete.  Students can check data after their administrations with RI.  Teachers then use Common Formative Assessments to help teachers know what areas need to be retaught.

Action Items

• Math Inventory used for grades 6 and up (Acadience used for 5th graders)
  • $5000 funds for this
• Students are reviewed annually to check for progress
• Student rewards based on growth and proficiency on MI
• Buying out some teacher prep periods $7000 (split between Land and TSSP to buy for another prep period) – this allows for secondary honors class (these are students that tested high and doing high school math)
  • This is currently being done with one math teacher. Buying out a prep period allows for the secondary class and does not take away a period from the regular day.
  • Students are tested for this in the summer for year 2022-2023
  • This is gaining traction and every school will have their own
  • Continue after school program
  • Provide a mentor
  • Providing incentives for growth
• Keeping Mountaineering Time/AVID Curriculum
  • Continue professional development on emotional/social lessons
  • Mountaineer Market
  • AVID binder/planner
  • Provide summer bridge for students transitioning from 5th grade to 6th ($2000).
    • A weeklong of teachers introducing AVID
    • Looking at around 250 new students for 2022-2023
  • Provide 25 FTE to hire FT Counselor
    • Review EWS as BLT regularly
    • Share celebration/tips with parents in weekly communications
    • SCC will receive monthly TSSP reports
    • Late start/early out for Fridays being reviewed.
  • Total funds
    • TSSP – $116,500
    • Land Trust – $123,500
    • *numbers may fluctuate a bit dependent on cost of living adjustments*

If additional funds are available:

• More teacher stipends
• Additional substitutes
• Purchase additional textbooks/materials
• Field trips
• More technology if needed
• Additional hourly rates
• Allow teachers to attend conferences

Counselor Report:

• Wrapping up with guidance curriculum (in-classroom lessons)
• Prepping for 8th grade career day
• Scheduling and sorting through data to ensure kids are in correct classes for next year

Faculty Report:

• Last MI/RI was done in April (8th grade will be the 12th or 13th of April)
• End of term is this week

Misc:

We are hiring!

Last year for Principal Watts

Debbie motioned to approve the financial plan.  Cassie second the motion.

 

Attendees: 

Matt Watts 

Debbie Johnson

Lindsay Maxfield

Val Caravella

Cassie Smith

Whitney Bates

Tom Gibbons

Lia Batchkoff

James Barron

Visiting: Clareen Arnold district 4