Midvale Elementary
SCC 3.22.2021
ATTENDEES
Principal Lori Reynolds – Chair Steve Brown – Vice Chair Juliet Meinzer – Secretary Heidi Sanger
Council Members: Margaret McCann, Kwame Siriboe-Watson, Haydee Franco, Bryant Brown
Call Meeting to Order – Steve
Review and Approve Last Month’s Minutes- Steve
Motion to approve minutes by Margaret; seconded by Juliet. Unanimously approved.
Drill Update – Lori
Lori noted that the second door in the office area should be locked at all times unless the emergency alarm is pulled. It did not work during our last evacuation drill so a work order has been put in for it to be fixed.
Land Trust Final Approval – Lori
Update –
- Beginning to talk with teachers about specific grade level goals for next year. There is a meeting with district support and Achievement Coaches on Wednesday to analyze data and start problem solving.
- Major focus will still be literacy. BLT wanted to add math goals so they are working on those goals, which will be put under TSSP rather than under Land Trust. It makes sense to add math goals given that we have the two-teacher model. Having only literacy goals put a lot of pressure on the ELA teachers and left the math teachers out.
- We made a special education services goal under our Land Trust plan. This is exciting and groundbreaking!
- Proposed spending is similar to last year’s plan shown.
Estimated funding is in the plan; Lori will update that as soon as the actual fund amount is released.
New: Grade Level Specific Goals
Lori displayed the Land Trust plan for review by the SCC members. Lori explained that the Uniform Growth Goal (UGG) in Utah is 60%, which is why the growth percentage in the goals is 60% or higher. Steve suggested adjusting some of the language (progress/growth) for consistency. Lori will change the language to “growth.” Lori also noted that she will have separate goals for special education and for multilingual learners. Haydee asked about the special education language in terms of using the composite scores. Lori reviewed the current growth of those students and noted that the special education teachers felt comfortable with this goal. Discussed that we use Pathways of Progress which looks at growth. The Land Trust goals are set and then we use that funding to support those goals.
Reviewed the Action Steps and Expenditures in the Land Trust Plan as displayed by Lori. Lori noted that we are really focusing on the foundational blocks, especially in the younger grades. The bulk of the expenditures is for our hard-working Interventionists. We will be dedicating one IPLC per month to focus on analyzing the progress monitoring data for students.
Juliet noted that she likes how consistent this plan is and how it supports all students to know the expectations.
Motion to approve the Land Trust Plan was made by Bryant; seconded by Juliet. It was unanimously approved. All members will need to sign the plan.
Motion to move meeting to April 12th for final TSSP approval
If we move the next meeting to April 12th for the final TSSP approval, members would only need to come in once to sign them on April 13th. Bryant made a motion to move the next meeting to April 12 for final TSSP approval; seconded by Juliet. Unanimously approved to move the meeting.
Lori reviewed the TSSP. Last year $52,000 was earmarked for interventionists. She is going to be reviewing how much was actually used. She is considering adding another behavior assistant to the current two. Another idea is having an additional playground aide. The playground setup is not ideal with the portables blocking the view of some of the field. Steve noted that the TSSP interventionist dollars may have been for math interventionists. The plan did not specify that last year but it could be something to consider. It is difficult to find math interventionists. Juliet wondered about having an additional Playworks person rather than an additional playground aide. We could consider having Playworks move back out to recess and hire a PE Instructional Technician again.
The plan also includes a focus on attendance incentives, such as building Potato Heads as the classroom meets attendance goals. Each student would also have their own attendance book; research shows that students tracking their own attendance made an impact.
The plan also includes our Brain Booster art teacher, which is a part time position.
Steve asked about our priorities on the possible positions noted. Members discussed. Playground safety is a high priority. More research is needed to see how much is available and the estimated costs. Lori will provide this information to the group so it can be reviewed on April 12. If you have additional ideas, please contact Lori. She noted that TSSP cannot be used to support Special Education services.
Lori expressed appreciation for the support of the SCC members.
Meeting Adjourn – Steve
Bryant moved to adjourn. Meeting was adjourned.
