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Minutes from committee meetings are placed on our school's webpage to keep parents, community members, and staff informed of what is happening with School Improvement at SMS. If you would like to join a committee or provide input you can email Mrs. Leonard or call 453-0311

Component 5 Minutes

1/26/06
3:20 p.m.
 In attendance: Kim Graybeal Brian Smith Mandy Field Myra Monroe Susan Habraken Fran Dunn Laura Leonard Julie Minnette Lisa Williams

Today we talked about the Community Involvement Action Plan surveys
 Kim and Brian compiled the results from the staff and made a rough draft of the Action Steps for TSIPP
The Action Steps include, but are not limited to improving teacher WebPages to include: Assignments/Due Dates,  Class goals/Rules/Expectations,  Pride Rules/Motto/Slogan,  Upcoming events where Parents may come or be involved

PTO involvement

• Board meeting = 2nd Monday each month
• Every other month nightly meeting 4:00 or 6:00 (times will vary)
• Meeting times posted on WebPages

Open House/Orientation

• Continue with the Open House at the first of the year
• Add an Open House/Orientation within the first 6 weeks (possibly one of the 2 first Parent- Teacher Conference Days)
• Allows Teachers to “know” students better when meeting parents
• Possibly get an email list from parents at this time to create “paperless” newsletters

Team Communication Plan

• Devised to benefit each team by the team
• Includes a MONTHLY newsletter
• Gives information for parent volunteers
• Includes volunteer information for PRIDE and exploratory classes

Parent – Teacher – Student Night

• Each team organized 2/year
• Include activities such as:
• Cookouts
• Kickball/Softball/Basketball/Volleyball
• Silent Auction
• Talent Show

 Each lunch with your child day
Team day designated in team areas or outside if weather permitting

? What’s Next: (The BIG Question?)
? Waiting on other 2 parts (data and goals)
? Laura will email Kim about data driven components
? Only need 3 action plans
? Need to work quickly TO BE COMPLETE 2/10
 
 

? Technology Wish List
 Smart Boards
 TV connected to computers
 Notepads for “free writing” as you teach

OUR NEXT MEETING:
 Thursday 2/2 @ 3:15 (possibly 7:30)
Parents and students invited to this meeting
Parents/students must sign an agreement form
Laura will provide the agreement form
Meeting adjourned at 4:00pm

We realize that we are waiting on other committees for a part of our work, however we are able to develop a plan for increase in parent and community involvement.  We need specific ideas that can be and are staff willing to involve and welcome others into our school. Some ideas are:

• Eat with your child day
• Reading day/Family Reading Night
• Family Computer Lab Night
• PTO meetings @ night to include ALL parents & staff
• Putting articles about students in the good news section of the Mountain Press

Laura said that in the shared folder the surveys parents took are available to view for ideas on how they want to be involved.
She also encouraged the web page saying in the month of December we had more than 10,000 hits outside of the school system.
A reminder to all to keep up those WebPages
We recognized what action steps are for our documentation and that we will create action steps for: Math, English, Science, and Social Studies, and Community Involvement.

Community/Parent involvement requires building a relationship of trust between staff and parents to make problem solving easier as the year progresses.
The Timeline section of our documentation MUST BE FOLLOWED THROUGH!
Based on Parent Surveys
School wide input/surveys
Administration approval

*Need to come up with top 10 actions for improvement by using surveys to get approval from administration.

Our Next Meeting is Thursday 1/28 at 3:15
Need input from staff about ideas for communication