Mitchell School Improvement Team Meeting

Mitchell-Scarlett Community Center
October 5, 2016
7:30 AM

For our first meeting of the year, I am hoping each member will read the following before coming to the meeting:
A. The purpose of the Mitchell SIT team is to:
     - Support the requirements of Education Yes!;
     - Facilitate the improvement of Mitchell School through the analysis of data;
     - Implement strategies to support Education Yes! strand 4;
     - Fulfill the requirements of Public Act 25 of 1990.
     - Come to the meeting with one question you have bout the purpose of the SIT
B. Look over the current draft of the Mitchell School Improvement Plan (SIP)
     - Before coming to the meeting, please share 2-3 things you notice about the SIP on THIS document
C. Look over ideas we've previously generated for the Mitchell-Scarlett Community Center

At the meeting, we will:
1. Introduce ourselves
2. Answer at least three of the questions from A above (maybe more if it makes sense)
3. Spend at least 10 minutes sharing what was noticed in the current draft of the SIP
4. Dialogue about the community center proposal, share the current work, and discuss

I'm also open to suggestions in revising / tailoring the agenda if you have suggestions.

Mitchell SIT on Tuesday, 5/17 @ 7:30 AM

Hi,

We are meeting on Tuesday morning...7:30 AM.   Can't wait to see you.

We will focus on the draft partnership proposal around the family resource room.

Kevin

Mitchell SIT Agenda - April 19, 7:30

Hope to see you in the morning

Family Resource Room Update

- Naming categories of activities we want to occur in the FRR

- Potential Partnership Proposal

Announcements:

Mitchell Expansion Update
Mitchell School Improvement Plan for 2016-17 - Sharing where we are now

Mitchell Expansion - Further Input from Mitchell SIT

Hello Kevin (and Merri Lynn for #2 below),

Please consider the following input from the Mitchell School Improvement team regarding the Mitchell Family Resource Room design.

1.  Please make the hallway windows with the ability to open them and create free flowing space in and out the space from the interior hallway.  We would hope that those windows/door walls (whatever we call them).

2. The team sees the premium of the wall space in the room and believes putting a large LCD on the new wall does not fit the needs of the space.  We are wondering about a solution here that could be mobile/movable as a way to value the use of the space as flexible.  Maybe there is a solution that has a white board on one side and the giant LCD on the other?

3. I'd like to talk with you about the new wall and the possibility of extending it as a way to make the semi private space a bit more private?  Or maybe add in a movable/folding wall.

Thank you.

Kevin

Mitchell School Improvement Agenda - 3/15/16

We'll meet for a school improvement team meeting on Tuesday, March 15 at 7:30 in the conference room.

Agenda:

-EdYES Report

-Mid-Year Data Update

-Building Expansion Plans

Mitchell School Improvement Team Agenda - 2/23/16

Looking forward to seeing all of you for an important Mitchell School Improvement Team meeting.

During this meeting, we'll work to accomplish the following:
1. Continue to update and define our wishes for the Mitchell Expansion Phase 1 project.  Our previous input is listed HERE.

2. Update about IB developments (if needed, depending on who is able to attend this month's meeting)

3. School Improvement Plan - Updating language
- We've been away from this work for a bit of time now but it seems- 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
- HERE is the state of our current work

Mitchell Phase 1 Input Update

Thank you to Jackie, Melissa, Erica, Wendy, Cathy R., Kelly and Matt for meeting this morning to give input about the Mitchell Phase 1 construction.  It was good to have teacher, community and parent perspectives represented at this meeting.

So you know/remember, phase 1 addresses six new classroom spaces, the family resource room, the updated book room and the Title 1 K-2 space needs. 

The input received from the group includes the following:

New classroom wing needs:

- Classrooms must have sinks

- Six toilets in the wing are sufficient for the six classrooms (average of one per room)

- Because Mitchell School has summer programming for ~70 students we should consider air conditioning in the new classrooms; if AC is not possible, look at possibility of ceiling fans

Family resource needs:

- Make this space visible and attractive for parents - windows in hallway would make sense so families would see it as their "place"

- Projector and white board - possibly use existing but relocate?

- Conference table for 6-8 people

- Shelving for storage of family education activities/kits (update existing?)

- Sink

- Counter space

- Cupboard

- Large size coffee maker

- Small refrigerator

- Family bathroom

- Nursing station

- Space for four desktop computers (computers slated for purchase from 2015-16 Mitchell Title 1 budget)

- Area for couch, chairs, coffee table, rug

- Copier/fax machine (discuss possible PTO purchase)
- Additional input on 2/23:
- include an oven
- Warm colors as a part of the room
- Spaces to put "stuff"? - Coat trees, hooks?

Title 1 space needs:

- Size should be similar to current sized space

- Need room for storage of Title 1 materials

- During meeting with architects, noted that if family resource room needs all of space in Krigbaum's current room, it may make sense to subdivide Padgen's room instead...the architects were going to look at this carefully.

If you have concerns about this general direction or want to give additional input, please let Kevin know.  Thank you.

Kevin