3:00 p.m. in the Media
Welcome Back: The first
SAC-SMT meeting of the school year was called to order shortly after 3:00 p.m.
in the Media. Thanks to Donna
Catanzarite and Ginny White for the excellent refreshments. We are celebrating the fact that Englewood
Elementary is an “A” school and now the challenge is to maintain that level of
performance.
Membership Roster for 2002-03: SAC-SMT welcomes back its continuing members and also welcomes
our new members. Attached to the
minutes is a SAC-SMT roster for 2002-03.
SAC-SMT Notebooks – basic information, etc: Each SAC-SMT representative received an information notebook for
2002-03. Ginny reviewed the items in
each notebook including a member information sheet, SAC meeting calendar,
Strategic Plan for Excellence timeline, SAC-SMT Roster for 2002-03, a revised
Operational Guidelines document (for discussion), and a preliminary Adequate
Progress Report. The group elected the
following officers for 2002-03:
Facilitator/Chairperson Ginny
White
Vice
Chairperson Melida Barton
Secretary Vicki Brewer
Code of Conduct Information: Melida informed the group that all parents and staff members have
received Student Code of Conduct for 2002-03 which details expectations for
student conduct and consequences for violating these expectations. A parent signature has been required for
each student confirming that each parent is aware of the contents of the
Student Code of Conduct. Melida will
provide a copy of the document to all SAC-SMT members and review the code at
our September meeting.
SAC Member Training: On Thursday, September 19,
2002, PALS Partners in Education is sponsoring six training workshops at
Brookside Middle School. Sessions begin
at 6:00 p.m. Two of the sessions (SAC
member training and Business Partner Coordinator training) are required in
order to meet 5 Star School criteria.
Those attending for E.E.S. include:
Volunteer
Coordinator Training E.E.S.
Volunteer Coordinators
Business
Partner Coordinator Training Vicki Brewer
Five
Star School Training T.B.A.
School
Advisory Council Training Diane Gomoll, Cheryl Roeder,
Barb
Walker, Tonya Wampler
Pat
Ryan, Liz Cole
Grant
Writing T.B.A.
P.T.A./
parent group Gina
Bannan
Review of SAC-SMT Organizational Guidelines: Ginny reviewed several proposed changes in the Englewood
Elementary SAC-SMT Organizational Guidelines.
The changes were primarily the result of new language requirements by
the county. Specific changes included:
1.
change
in terminology from “school improvement plan” to strategic plan for
excellence.”
2.
review
of EQuIP and other pertinent data as part of the needs assessment process.
3.
after
two consecutive unexcused absences, a SAC-SMT member may be removed from the
council and replaced according to established procedures.
4.
meetings
shall be scheduled at times when parents, staff, and community members can
attend.
5.
a
quorum of members (a majority) must be present before a vote may be taken.
6.
meeting
notices and agendas will be posted at least 72 hours prior to a scheduled
meeting.
After review of the proposed changes, the group
approved the proposed changes by consensus.
Changes will now be proposed to the entire staff for 2/3 ratification
vote. If the proposed changes are
ratified, the revised Organizational Guidelines will be forwarded to the county
office by their due date, October 4, 2002.
Team SAC-SMT representatives should be sure to share their copy of the proposed
changes with each member of their team before the ratification vote.
Adequate Progress Report Items: Ginny reviewed the preliminary Adequate Progress Report which
reflects E.E.S. student performance measures of our 2001-02 Strategic Plan for
Excellence goals. There will eleven
goals in total, and data has been evaluated for 4 of those goals. Specifically, E.E.S. has shown adequate
progress in the following 4 goal areas:
1.
Career
Preparation – 93.67% of students K – 5 participated in a job for their class
EMCOT project; 99%+ participated
through E-TV. Goal was at least 85%.
2.
Citizenship
– there was an increase in the percent of students earning a VFW Citizenship
award
(46% to 57%); Citizenship – 50% or more students earned a
VFW Citizenship Award. (57%)
3.
Citizenship
– 85.6% of students earned a satisfactory grade in Work Habits at least 2 of 4
quarters of the school year. Goal was
at least 80%.
4.
Family/Community
Involvement – the number of Business Partnerships between E.E.S. and community
organizations and area businesses increased from 16 to 17 as documented in the
5 Start School portfolio.
The complete Adequate Progress Report is due to the
county on September 16th.
SAC-SMT can review the entire report at our September meeting.
“Call to Action”:
The
county wishes to maintain the “Call to Action” communications link that was
created during the referendum campaign.
Last school year our e-mail contact was Donna Matherly, and she has
volunteered to continue. Thanks, Donna!
Parent Involvement Training: Joanie LaBadie and Michaelene Brame have volunteered to represent
E.E.S. at a training workshop to promote parent involvement in student
education. The workshop will be at the
Landings, and Joanie and Michaelene will bring back the information to share
with the staff.
Recognition Funds:
Because Englewood has been designated by the state as an “A” school, the
school will be receiving over $50,000 in recognition funds. The “A” school designation is linked to
school performance on FCAT assessments.
Seven components are evaluated according to state benchmarks and
criteria including year’s growth, and a point total awarded to each
school. Our school point total
qualified us as an “A” school. The
disposition of the recognition funds is the mutual responsibility of the
governing bodies of the school – the faculty and the SAC-SMT. We begin the process with some background
information at this meeting, and each SAC-SMT representative must discuss and
brainstorm ideas for the recognition funds with their teams. At a faculty meeting in early October, the
faculty and staff will discuss and come to consensus on their recommendation to
SAC. Then the SAC can take action at
their October meeting with the official action documented in the minutes.
Our prior experience with recognition is an award of
funds for significant improvement in school achievement three years ago at a
time we were designated an overall “B” school.
At that time, the funds were split with a percentage going to staff
merit bonuses and the leftover amount designated for training. Melida also informed the group that the
recognition funds have some restrictions --- they cannot be used to fund any
item which has recurring costs, and they cannot be used to buy staff.
September SAC - SMT Meeting: The next regularly scheduled SAC-SMT meeting for Englewood
Elementary School is on Wednesday, October 23rd at 3:00 p.m. in the
Media. Anne Talbott-Wycoff and Liz Cole
will provide refreshments.