School Improvement Agenda - 11/17/15

Mitchell Conference Room
7:30 - 8:30

Before meeting:
- Please become re-familiarize yourself with the current revision needs identified in RED on the Mitchell School Improvement Plan - CLICK HERE

Meeting Agenda:
Review last two meetings (5 mins)
- Reviewed purpose of SIT
- Group agreed that achievement at Mitchell is trending in positive ways
- Group decided not to look at the current data in more depth; rather, we decided to move forward with agenda items listed below.
- Group decided to discuss Mitchell SIP as a group and collaboratively update language


School Improvement Plan - Continue  updating language from last meeting (Most of meeting time, I suspect)
- Begin in the reading goal section in the Family Involvement section, M-FLI in particular
- Review and discuss proposed revised language, additions, deletions connected to the school improvement plan
- Goal is to arrive at an accurate and updated plan with input of group
- We should be careful to make sure activities have chairs and are scheduled BEFORE taking on additional activities...

If time:
- Surface and discuss new ideas including those from the first meeting:  communication, community center, bullying were brought up/discussed a bit on 10/9

School Improvement Agenda - 10/20/15

Mitchell Conference Room
7:30 - 8:30

Before meeting:
- Please become familiar with the current revision needs identified in RED on the Mitchell School Improvement Plan - CLICK HERE

Meeting Agenda:
Review last meeting (5 mins)
- Reviewed purpose of SIT
- Group agreed that achievement at Mitchell is trending in positive ways
- Group decided not to look at the current data in more depth; rather, we decided to move forward with agenda items listed below.

That said, here are some data highlights:
Each grade consistently grew achievement beyond expectations relative to growth targets in reading
Each grade consistently grew achievement beyond expectations relative to growth targets in math



School Improvement Plan - Updating language (Most of meeting time, I suspect)
- Review and discuss proposed revised language, additions, deletions connected to the school improvement plan
- Goal is to arrive at an accurate and updated plan with input of group
- We should be careful to make sure activities have chairs and are scheduled BEFORE taking on additional activities...

If time:
- Surface and discuss new ideas including those from the first meeting:  communication, community center, bullying were brought up/discussed a bit on 10/9

Next meetings:
Kevin will bring dates to Tuesday morning...we are focusing on meeting on Tuesdays this year.

School Improvement Agenda - 10/9/15

Introductions

Purpose of SIT 

- Support the requirements of Education Yes!;
- Facilitate the improvement of Mitchell School through the analysis of data;
- Implement strategies to support strand 4 (parent involvement/parent education) of Education Yes!;
- Fulfill the requirements of Public Act 25 of 1990

Review 2014-15 School Improvement Plan
Goals: 

• Literacy
• Math
• Science
• Social Studies
• School Culture

Review Current Strategies

Data Review

Future Goals / Strategies

• Continue
• Cull 
• Think over parent conversations, food distribution,

Proposed meeting dates
10/8, 7:30 AM in the Mitchell Conference Room

• Review purpose of group, data, previous goals and strategies
• Set foci for year if possible

10/27 - 4:15 PM in Scarlett Media Center

• Joint meeting with IB Teacher Leadership and IB Community Advisory 

1/13, 7:30 AM in the Mitchell Conference Room

 
12/11, 7:30 AM in the Mitchell Conference Room


1/8, 7:30 AM in the Mitchell Conference Room


2/12, 7:30 AM in the Mitchell Conference Room

• Education Yes! report possibly due

3/11,  7:30 AM in the Mitchell Conference Room

 
5/13, 7:30 AM in the Mitchell Conference Room

• Updated Schoolwide Plan possibly due