Friday, November 07, 2008

SIT Minutes/Notes 11-7

SIT Goals
- Kevin shared proposed staff goals
Discussion:
-Teresa Q re clarity for parents re "measured by report cards & GLCEs"
-kevin could/will include secure outcomes from report cards on forms
-proposed changed to "MLK students will write paragraphs"
-suggestion to put descriptors on the website of report card outcomes and GLCEs
**Keep statement as is and spell out grade level content expectations - w/ link to full descriptors of outcomes**
-reiterated this is collaborative effort - buy in by all stakeholders
-next steps - look at practice as related to discreet, focused goals
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Strand 4 of Ed Yes
Strand 4 = 1/3 of school grade
2 standards:  
- parent & family involvement
-community involvement

We're going to look at Ed Yes strand 4 through the lens of our SIT goals
-including making parents aware of goals
-going beyond communicating what we do, by extended day opportunities???
-making information accessible IF parents want it -- the opportunity
-brainstorm what we already do and then determine what's our greatest needs
-didn't achievel leve 5 due to a lack of systems and sustainability 

Homework
-Think of ED Yes strand 4 through lens of SIT goals
-Kevin will give us a list of what we''re already doing (from last year's ED Yes forms)
-email  lists of what we're already doing and what we could do to Kevin or Camille