Northern High School
Site-Based Team
Minutes
Date: Monday, November 9, 2009
Time: 3:05-4:30 P.M.
Media Center classroom
Members Present:
Josh Bartz,
Stacie Phillips, Ruth Hodge, Linda Trepanier, Terri
Novaria, Brenda Marsh, Amy Meyer, Patti Werme, Joanne Walters, Bonnie VanEenenaam,
Chris Armitage, Kevin Riggs, Jerry Swoboda, Matt Kamm, Jim French, Amy
DiMaggio, Atul Dewan, Mike Huber, Justin Walker
Members Absent:
Kathy Mirakovits, Ben Neal, Chris
Riker, Pete Schermerhorn, Tim Tallon
Relationship Builder:
Talking Chips
How does starting the new marking period
impact you?
Other Business:
Item 1:
Follow up
with departments on how the data analysis exercise went on November 6th.
What were the results?
Impact on SMART goals?
- Justin
Walker
There was a fruitful
discussion on data and Smart goals.
Departments shared their SMART goals and tools they were using in
order to assess the SMART goal.
(Ex.)) Common Rubrics) There was close analysis of our SMART goals to see
whether or not they were assessing the right things.
Questions that were asked about Smart Goals included:
How do you assess?
Why are you assessing what you are assessing?
How does that information change your plans for student learning?
Main points of the discussion:
It was said that our formative
assessments need to have an impact on instruction.
Therefore, it is important that we have a quicker turn over on those
assessments so we can have a more immediate impact on student learning.
One aspect of the
discussion dealt with whether or not we need to have the same grading
criteria amongst one another.
For example, total points vs. weighted grades.
Is that important in order to maintain consistency across the board?
It was suggested that departments should have these discussions.
Another discussion led
to the issue of grading knowledge vs. behavior.
What does that look like?
It was said that many of our staff are uncomfortable with grading for
knowledge alone. Are there other
techniques that can be utilized in changing behavior that we can implement?
Can we utilize DLR and ASSIST more?
Item 2: Bullying Goal
Brainstorm- Mike Huber
Mr. Huber discussed an online
survey that will be given to our students sometime this school year.
Mr. Huber asked how we could give this Survey to students with as
little disruption to the school day as possible.
Ideas were brainstormed such as, utilizing MME testing days for this,
as well as grade level classes volunteering to use class time to implement
the survey. For example, 9th
grade Social Studies or Science classes.
This was just a preliminary brainstorm.
No definitive decisions were made.
Item 3: DAC Staff
Representative Language- Jim French
One action item that took place was a change in the language of our SBT
membership as outlined in the team charter. The new language is
outlined in red below. This can be found in Roman numeral VI, Section
C. of the charter: Membership of the Site-Based Team (SBT):
"Staff members serving on the Site-Based
Team shall be the Building Chairpersons for their curricular areas or their
designee. In addition, the staff
member sitting on the District Advisory Council shall also be an active
member of the Site-Based Team."
Stacie Phillips made the motion to pass
the new language. It was seconded by Chris Armitage and passed
unanimously.
Item 4:
Pyramid of Interventions update- Kevin Riggs
Kevin Riggs made a quick statement
that the Pyramid of Interventions committee is actively working.
More updates to come as information becomes available.
Adjournment:
The meeting was adjourned at
4:30 p.m.
Respectfully Submitted,
Justin Walker
Site-Based Team Chair