SAC MEETING MINUTES
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The minutes from the previous
meeting were handed out to members present.
Ms. Daniels was attending a
Climate Survey Meeting at the Landings, and in her absence John Carey began the
review of the School Improvement Plan.
Mr. Carey asked everyone to
look at page 12 of the SIP and began to review the strategies that have been
implemented since the beginning of school.
1
Teachers are
meeting twice a week with PLC monitoring student progress and
how to meet the needs of those student needing extra
help.
2
Compass Learning
has been implemented with each class having a scheduled time in the computer
lab and reports from FCAT Explorer indicate it is being utilized by a large
number of students.
3
The CAST Program
is now complete and took place after school, Monday through Thursday from Sept
– December, as well as 6 Saturdays. This
focus was on
4
All classes have
90 minute reading blocks during the day with no interruptions.
5
We have had one
FCAT Writing Night for fourth grade students and one of their parents. We have scheduled a third grade reading night for students
and one of their parents for Jan 20th.
6
The CAT (Cross Age
Tutorial) Program will be implemented in February beginning on Feb 5th
for Fourth Grade Writing and the following three Saturdays Feb 12, 19, and 26th
for students grades 3-5 for Math.
7
We have hired a
part time A-3 Instructional Aide to work with Level 1 students in Math in
Grades 2 – 5.
There was discussion about
reviewing this information without specific numbers indicating progress or how
these programs/strategies are working.
Mr. Carey indicated he did not have specific numbers available, but
would try to have it available for the next SAC meeting.
It was brought up that
possibly the CAT Program could be implemented in some form to be an on-going
tutorial program throughout the year for those students needing special help in
either math or reading.
Mr. Carey mentioned that
using funds from our Gulfcoast Community Grant we have Mary Lewis reading and
writing workshops being conducted throughout the year with teachers. So far the consultant has held writing
workshops for our third and fourth grade teachers. We are conducting school-wide writing prompts
during the week of January 10.
It was suggested that we have
grade level presentations regarding current assessment of progress by students
in reaching our SIP goals and what strategies are working.
Meeting was adjourned at
Respectfully submitted,
Margaret Roberson, Secretary