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September SIT Meeting        

9-9-19

In attendance:  Law, K. Puckett, Nardone, Ramsey, Rogers, Russo, Jarvis, Gelormine, Caldwell, McIntosh, Moore, Anderson, Key, Coble, Brown-Williams

1. SIP: Approve new mission statement.

The mission of Isenberg Elementary is to provide every student with the best educational experiences possible that will empower them to reach their true potential, to propel them into becoming leaders in a competitive global world, to show empathy for all cultural backgrounds, and to become life-long learners.

The team approved this mission statement. This will be recited each day and printed for all classrooms. 

2. Literacy Agenda Items         

Progress Monitoring on iStation      This needs to be done by the end of this week (September 13). Just let your students log in and it should automatically do this. Dr. Jarvis will send a reminder email to do the next PM with instructions on how to do this. All teachers need to conference with their students after they have completed their progress monitoring.

3. Safety: 

Mr. Moore discussed the amount of discipline referrals outside of PREP. There must be behavior plans in place for repeat offenders. Anyone who has a student with behavior issues is expected to have a behavior contract with the student. Formal FBAs and BIPs need to be in place for students who continue to have repeated and/or serious behavior issues. Mr. Moore will ask about what happens and how you are supporting that student in changing behaviors. Home visits can be set up if needed.

Devices: teachers need to be aware of what students are doing on their devices. Use Apple Classroom to monitor. 

Classes are doing a great job of transitioning in the hallway. Be mindful of allowing large gaps in your lines and who is next to who in line. Make sure stopping points allow you to see all of your students. 

Lock down drill will take place in the next few weeks. Fire drills-Ms. Jaymee will be giving everyone a roster for their red folders. Other drills will be conducted as well. 

4. Parent Involvement: 

Make sure everyone contacts parents about unsigned Parent Compacts. Dr. Jarvis will put the forms in teachers’ boxes for noting who returned these. 

Teachers need to attend 3 after school events: 1 will be Fall Festival and 1 will be Spring Fling, and 1 is teacher’s choice. PTA dates for the year will be provided soon. Mr. Moore will be sending out a template for a grade level flyer that can be sent out on DoJo. It will be an editable template.

5. Data: 

Grading policy-Mr. Moore sent everyone the district’s grading policy. Zeroes are the issue. Are we working for grades or for learning? Students need the opportunity to redo assignments and/or remediate and retest. The goal is to promote learning. It should not be okay for students not to complete assignments. Parents need to be aware that grade adjustments take time to be posted. Mr. Moore explained that core subjects are the priority and PE is required. You can’t use recess time for making up work. Mr. Moore suggested that teachers communicate their retest and redo assignment policies to their parents and to include a time frame for entering adjusted grades. New grades should be added weekly (board policy).

6. Important Dates:

• Sept. 12, PBIS Assembly  12:30 K-2 and 1:15 3-5

• Sept. 13, Community Night at Salisbury High School football game   5:15-7:15 will be tailgating

• Sept. 25, eLearning Day

• Sept. 26, Million Father March   7:00-8:30

• Sept. 30, Staff Meeting

• Oct. 3, SIT Meeting

• Oct. 18 Fall Festival

• Oct 24 Career Fair 8am-11am 

• Title I Curriculum Night, Tuesday, November 19   5:30-6:30

7. Other

Screen Time-Mr. Moore shared that some of the behaviors that are becoming associated with the iPads are getting ridiculous. Devices are not substitutes for teachers. Screen time needs to be limited. In a 90 minute block students should only have 45 minutes of screen time (half of the time). Students need to have books and manipulatives in their hands for learning as well as technological devices. Students should not be on devices all day. Consider that there are engaging activities for students that do not involve devices. It was suggested that there be occasional days when devices do not go home. 

Adjourned:  4:10

Next Meeting: Monday, October 3, 2019

August SIT Meeting        

8-6-19

In attendance:  Jarvis, Law, K. Puckett, Mickel, Gelormine, Russo, Rogers, Nardone, Ramsey, McIntosh, Moore, Brown-Williams, Tomlinson, C. Puckett, Anderson

Purpose of Meeting: Determine a new school mission and vision statements.

Notes: 

Mr. Moore opened the meeting by thanking everyone for their hard work and a successful Open House. Be sure to start the year off on the right foot and on a positive note with our students and families. Make sure you are referencing the district’s directional system in your classrooms, lessons, and work. Mr. Moore reminded everyone that our focus is to be a Global School. 

Mr. Moore discussed the Design Team’s work in June on creating a mission and vision statement that promotes our school’s global initiatives. The vision statement is a quick statement about our goals. The mission statement is longer and related to the work. 

Vision: 

Today’s global learners...Tomorrow’s global leaders:  Disciplined, Motivated, and Empathetic

Ideas for Mission Statement

To provide every student with the best educational experience possible in a caring and empathic environment inspiring all of our students to reach their true potential and to act as responsible participants in a global society. 

The mission of Isenberg Elementary School is to provide every student with the best educational experience possible which will empower and repurpose our students to become leaders in a competitive global world through experiences that provide them with knowledge, awareness, and empathy for all cultures and backgrounds with opportunities to practice their 21st Century skills as they grow and mature into lifelong learners. 

Empower our students to be leaders by encouraging them to become knowledgeable and effective communicators in the school as well as allowing them to experience different roles and occupations in our community. 

Thoughts: 

The mission of Isenberg Elementary School is to provide every student with the best educational experience possible in a caring environment  which will empower our students to reach their true potential, become leaders in a competitive global world, have empathy for all cultures and backgrounds, and become life-long learners.

---May SIT Meeting        

5-6-19

In attendance: Jarvis, Moore, Law, Puckett, Ramsey, Rogers, Caldwell, Anderson, McIntosh, Brown-Williams, Key

1. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines   

2 items are due by the end of the school year-both are complete

2. Literacy Agenda Items               

Could we begin doing 20 minutes of DEAR every other Friday on B week?  Start next year.

Reading Fair Winners!

Grades 2-3

1. Dinosaurs Before Dark - Jada Neely

2. If You Give a Mouse a Brownie - Joseph Johnson

3. Junie B. Jones and the Stupid Smelly Bus - Aaliyah Constantino

Grades 4-5

1. Freckle Juice - Riley Lowe

2. Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief - Hannah Le

3. Because of Winn Dixie - Rachel Wilkerson & Micah Lightfoot

Library books due May 17. 

This year’s Global PD expectations.

Global 2019-20:  PD needs/requests.  More live PD? Arts emphasis?

Great idea!   “Geo-Literacy Nights”  Run stations where participants can learn more about global stuff.  (Example) Can use Tour builder for one station for instance.  

We will talk with Meriwynn.  We would like to do less modules.  Maybe 1 with a short one for a new employee.  Emphasize SDGs in Global displays and get PD hours for the work.

3. Safety: 

Older walkies -- call the front office for assistance.

Be sure to monitor students, use passes, and mindful of where your students are. 

Adhere to recess schedules.

If you see anyone without a visitor’s pass or an ID badge, check with them and escort them to the office.

Everything is not a fight and everything is not bullying. However, we need to be aware of conversations that are occurring with our students. Be proactive and step in when needed.

4. Parent Involvement: 

   1. Lunch and Learn-May 15 and 20

   2. Awards Days-make sure to contact parents when their child is receiving an award

   3. DLI Kindergarten Registration is approaching (tomorrow).

5. Data: 

Mr. Moore sent the district comparisons for the NC Check In data. 

Keep encouraging students, each other, and yourselves.

Mr. Moore will be meeting with everyone over the next few weeks for our summatives.

LLI interventions were introduced.

6. Important Dates:

• Kindergarten Registration:  May 7 for DLI 6:00-7:15

• Reading 3D EOY Testing-May 6-24

• Lunch and Learn-May 15 and May 20

• Field Day-May 21     Rain Date: May 22

• Kindergarten Registration: May 23    6:00-7:15

• Girls on the Run fundraiser will be May 24th 1:00pm.

• EOG Testing Begins-May 29

  • Reading-May 29

  • Math-May 30

  • Science-May 31

  • Read to Achieve-June 4

  • Make-up testing-June 5

• Gator Rock Star Party (PBIS) June 5 Starting at 12 noon

• Awards Day for K-4: June 6

• Isenberg Idol-June 6

• Awards Day for 5th grade-June 7

• Last Day of School and Early Release Day-June 7

7. Other

• Title I Plan-will be completed this week and then sent to the group to be reviewed.

• Donations for Ms. Yepes.  (Where to store?) Mr. Moore will find a place on campus to store items.

• Scholastic Warehouse Sale May 8-18

• Yearbook is due today.  Here are the pages.

Adjourned:  3:41

Next Meeting: Monday, June 3, 2019

April SIT Meeting        

4-1-19

In attendance:  Nardone, Law, Rogers, Anderson, Jarvis, Guri, Brown, Moore, Caldwell, K. Puckett, Brown-Williams, McIntosh

1. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines   

Three objectives are due by the end of the school year and all are completed.

2. Literacy Agenda Items               

   1. Reading Fair projects - judging Tuesday & Wednesday. Winner announced Thursday.

   2. April is National Jazz Appreciation Month and National Poetry Month.  Here are some poetry resources on an editable Google Doc if anyone wants to add anything.

   3. How are use of https://newsela.com/ and Big Universe going? All grades levels check to see if these are being used and let Mrs. Puckett and Dr. Jarvis know. Ms. Law shared that not many people are using Mind Yeti. Can be used as a brain break or as a cool down after a really active period. Everyone needs to start using this resource. 

   4. Third quarter Global Exhibition Project.

   5. Achieve water bottles and bracelets. - please see if there are any students who should also be included. K-2 is based on a coloring sheet and 3-5 is based on Achieve 3000.

   6. Panorama Survey-will be done during enhancement classes on Tuesday for grades 3-5. Will be conducted by Anderson, Jarvis, and Law.

3. Safety: 

• Hall passes-be sure you are using them-office has extra passes if needed

• Afternoon dismissal-seems to be working well

• Be proactive with placement of students in the class and in their spaces.

• Recess-follow schedule and get a walkie-extras have been purchased so there should be enough-make sure you are up and watching your students

• Conversations with ANYONE that could be confrontational should not be held in public-everyone loves drama!!

4. Parent Involvement: 

   1. Mr. Moore’s My Turn article in the Salisbury Post

   2. Salisbury Post article about March 28 Dual Immersion Academy

   3. Monthly Regional newsletters need to be sent to parents.

   4. Kindergarten Registration:  May 7 for DLI; May 23 for regular.

5. Data: 

Title I CNA Summary Report-this will need to be shared with the staff

NC Check In Comparison data-will be shared later by Mr. Moore

6. Important Dates:

• Awards Assembly-April 18

• Spring Break-April 19-26

• North Rowan High School is performing The Lion King May 3, 4, and 5.  Since 3rd graders study Africa, they will be asked to perform.  Notes/permission slips sent home with rehearsal and performance dates and times. Parents will have to be willing to transport their students.

• Kindergarten Registration:  May 7 for DLI 6:00-7:15

• Reading 3D EOY Testing-May 6-24

• Lunch and Learn-May 15 and May 20

• Field Day-May 21     Rain Date: May 22

• Kindergarten Registration: May 23    6:00-7:15

• EOG Testing Begins-May 29

  • Reading-May 29

  • Math-May 30

  • Science-May 31

  • Read to Achieve-June 4

  • Make-up testing-June 5

• Awards Day for K-4: June 6

• Isenberg Idol-June 6

• Awards Day for 5th grade-June 7

• Last Day of School and Early Release Day-June 7

7. Other

• Enforcing uniform policy on regular days and dress-down days-Have discussions with students prior to dress down days about what is not appropriate. Let them know ahead of time that holes in jeans, etc. are not appropriate. This discussion will need to be continued next month so that Mr. Moore will be available to discuss this with the team. It was suggested that at the beginning of next year the PTA sell school sweatshirts so that students will be less likely to wear unapproved items in class. Mr. Moore never tells students they can wear hoodies in the building. Students who refuse to remove hoodies are being non-compliant and refusing to comply with an authority figure. Students who tuck in their hoodies and the hoodies  remain that way will be okay but if the hoods come out, then they must be removed. 

Adjourned:  3:42

Next Meeting: Monday, May 6, 2019

March SIT Meeting        

3-4-19

In attendance:  Anderson, Guri, Law, Jarvis, Ramsey, Rogers, Nardone, K. Puckett, Caldwell, Brown-Williams

1. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines   

A2.13-Student data notebooks-date needs to be changed to December 2019 so that all teachers will be able to have data notebooks. 

2. Literacy Agenda Items               

• Reading Fair! 

• Grades 2-5 will do the Reading Fair. Students may work with a partner and all students are expected to participate. This is due by April 8. Some presentation boards are available for those students who need them.

• April is National Poetry Month - please add any resources you have!

• Teaching Tolerance Family interview - goes along with “global.” This is a resource teachers can do if they want to.

3. Safety: 

• Hall Passes - Serious concerns about students wandering the halls at varied times of the day.  Hall and bathroom passes should be ready by end of week. No 5th graders should be heading to Ms. Harrell’s class. 

• No students should be allowed to go to Mr. Anderson before 7:30. He isn’t there! He is on duty. No students should be going to see Mr. Anderson unless he calls for them.

• CIS has provided teachers with passes. No students may come without one.

• Students should not be sent to Ms. Law’s office. If a student needs to see her, send her an email and she will come to get the student.

• All hallways at 2:30-still chaotic - After discussion the plan below was decided. It will be effective on Wednesday, March 6.

  • 2:30 Kindergarten, first grade and bus 106 express load only for grades 2-5 dismiss

  • 2:35 2nd-5th dismiss

  • Dismissal will need to be prompt because the cafeteria closes at 2:45.

• The Momo Challenge on social media - hoax

This has been on social media but has now been removed from all sites. Do not bring this to students’ attention but teach internet safety instead.

4. Parent Involvement: 

All-parent email possibilities-Is there a way to send an email to all parents at one time? You can send a Connect Ed email. This will go to all accounts that have an email attached to their phone number. Mr. Moore with talk to Rita Foil and front office staff about how to do this through Connect Ed.

Dual Immersion Parent Meeting-next meeting is March 28 at 6:00. Mr. Moore is currently speaking at local preschools. A video is also being made to add to our webpage. The application is currently available on our website. There are 50 spaces available, 25 for Isenberg students and 25 for students outside the Isenberg district. All students will be given the Kindergarten screening prior to student selection. 

5. Data: 

District Data Meeting-March 19

6. Important Dates:

• District-wide Walk for Wisdom event is April 13. (Here is the district Flyer.)  Isenberg’s Spirit Week is April 8-12.  Art competition for Rowan-Salisbury students in grades 4-12.  All art teachers have been sent info.

• North Rowan High School is performing The Lion King May 3, 4, and 5.  Since 3rd graders study Africa, they will be asked to perform.  Notes/permission slips will be going home with rehearsal and performance dates and times. Parents will have to be willing to transport their students.

• Tuesday, March 12 -- picture day combo.  How to best organize/schedule? Front office will create the schedule. Puckett will hand out flyers/posters.  Staff, please get your photos made!!!!!!

  • Fall picture make-ups

  • Spring pictures

  • Class photos

*DEAR Day-April 12-We will be partnering with Knox again. None of them should be doing whole group reading. They will be doing Buddy Reading. 

*March 22-28-TE21 and NCCI Assessments

7. Other

Enforcing uniform policy on regular days and dress-down days-Have discussions with students prior to dress down days about what is not appropriate. Let them know ahead of time that holes in jeans, etc. are not appropriate. This discussion will need to be continued next month so that Mr. Moore will be available to discuss this with the team. It was suggested that at the beginning of next year the PTA sell school sweatshirts so that students will be less likely to wear unapproved items in class. 

Kindergarten color project-Old markers are being collected by Kindergarten. There is an orange tub in the Media Center to place them in. When markers run dry, put them there.

3rd quarter global exhibition  This link will take you to the information for the 3rd quarter project. Mrs. Puckett will send a separate email so everyone will be aware. Teachers may use the same SDGs. 

Adjourned:  4:05

Next Meeting: Monday, April 1, 2019 (no fooling!)

February SIT Meeting        

2-4-19

In attendance:  Brittany Russo, Chastity Ramsey, Deanne Law, Nita Jarvis, Nick Anderson, Heather Nardone, Toshuka Caldwell, Marvin Moore, Jennifer Rogers, Sonya Gregor 

1. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines   

No new items for discussion.

2. Literacy Agenda Items               

• • • Reading motivation initiatives

      • Reading Games for grades 4&5 is underway.  Students who want to enter need to pick out their books by Wednesday.  Email was sent last week that 4th & 5th grade students can come to Media Center 7:45-8:15 today, tomorrow, & Wednesday to speak with Mrs. Puckett and address any questions

      • Reading Fair for grades 2-5. 

      • March 15, 9:30am: Officer Sexton to bring 5 police or firefighters to read to K-2 students.  Kindergarten & First meet whole grade level with 1 officer each. Each 2nd grade class will have one officer.  Need to borrow Ms. Russo’s Dr. Seuss collection. Be sure Ms. Russo is aware of who has which title.

      • Students who qualified for a free book from eLearning day.  Teachers who haven’t yet, please send students at 8:30 tomorrow morning, Feb. 5.  

3. Safety: 

Mr. Moore sent out an email regarding monitoring student behavior, especially when the weather gets warmer and there are long periods of no breaks. Talk about things during morning meetings and review policies and procedures as needed. If you have students who need behavior plans, make sure to contact the appropriate staff members to help create one. Be sure you are communicating with parents as well. During recess, stick to the schedules. Don’t just sit on the bench and let kids run around. You need to be up monitoring your students and they need to be on the same playground with you. Mr. Moore suggested that you have students do 2 laps around the track before they begin the remainder of their recess. 

Mr. Moore emphasized the importance of being consistent with policies, procedures, and consequences. 

4. Parent Involvement: 

Triple P Positive Parenting Program-Thursday, February 7 at 11:30 and again at 5:30 in the evening. 

Dual Immersion Program-will have parent nights in February and March with Kindergarten registration on April 11. This is not just a Kindergarten program but a school-wide program. It will grow by one grade level each year. 

5. Data: 

We have not received the district data scores yet. These will be shared once they are received. Mr. Moore will be meeting with teachers for individual data meetings. Our district data meeting will be February 11. 

6. Important Dates:

• Food Drive ( Feb 4 -March 1st) -SGA and K Kids

• District Data Meeting-Feb. 11

• Second Quarter global projects  (February 21-22) and parent night  with K/1 performance (February 26)

  • Please fill in what your students are working on at this link. (Rubric is also on this link.)

  • Please list student presenters on this schedule

• District-wide Walk for Wisdom event is April 13. (Here is the district Flyer.)  Isenberg’s Spirit Week is April 8-12.  

• North Rowan High School is performing The Lion King May 3, 4, and 5.  Since 3rd graders study Africa, they will be asked to perform.  Notes/permission slips will be going home with rehearsal and performance dates and times. Parents will have to be willing to transport their students.

• Service Learning Project-Tuesday, February 12

• Seussify Week-February 25-March 1

• Read Across America-March 1

7. Other

Mr. Moore shared that all grade levels should be meeting at least once per week as a grade level. This is not the ILS Meeting. He wants each grade level to send the day they will be meeting to Dr. Jarvis so she can share that with the admin team. 

All students should be watching the news everyday. This is a school expectation that all classes watch at 7:25. That way all classes are doing the pledges and school expectations. 

It is no longer January so all staff should refrain from wearing jeans except on Monday and Friday.

Feb. 6 Kindergarten Book Club                                 8:00

               Great Gator Celebration                                  afternoon

Basketball for Brains, Books, and Balance         3:00

Feb.7      Parent University                                           11:30-1:00

               Parent University                                           5:30-7:00

Feb. 8  Awards Day-Kindergarten                               8:00-8:30

               Awards Day-4th & 5th grades                           8:45-9:30

               Awards Day-2nd & 3rd grades                           9:45-10:30

               Awards Day-1st grade                                     10:45-11:15

Staff should be dressed appropriately. No jeans. 

Basketball for Brains, Books, and Balance         3:00

Feb. 12   Service Learning Project                                 2:30-5:00

Feb. 13   1st Grade Book Club                                       8:00

Basketball for Brains, Books, and Balance         3:00

Feb. 15   Basketball for Brains, Books, and Balance         3:00

Feb. 20   2nd Grade Book Club                                      8:00

Basketball for Brains, Books, and Balance         3:00

Feb. 21-22   Global Project Presentations                            During the day

Feb. 22   Basketball for Brains, Books, and Balance         3:00

Feb. 26   Global Parent Night with Performance by Kindergarten

and First Grade                                     6:00

Feb. 28   Black History Program                                   1:00

Basketball for Brains, Books, and Balance         3:00

               Dual Immersion Parent Meeting                       6:00-7:15

Adjourned:  3:37

Next Meeting: Monday, March 4, 2019

January SIT Meeting        

1-22-19 11:00

In attendance:  Karen Puckett, Nita Jarvis, Jennifer Rogers, Heather Nardone, Sonya Gregory, Nick Anderson, Deanna Law, Marvin Moore, Crystal Brown-Williams, Lindley Guri, Chastity Ramsey, Toshuka Caldwell, Atasha McIntosh, Brittany Russo 

1. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines   

Discuss new SIP calendar-Dr. Jarvis shared the new goals and the calendar for completion.

Develop activities for new goals (A1.09, A2.07, A2.22, A4.11, A4.21, B3.02)

The team helped Dr. Jarvis to add activities to the new goals that were added to the SIP.

2. Literacy Agenda Items               

• mClass Testing-All testing is to be completed by Friday.

• Achieve 3000 Level Sets-week of Jan. 28-Feb. 1

• Reading Motivation Initiatives

• How to access online book and reading resources:  Epic, Big Universe, Newsela, etc.

  • Epic

  • Big Universe

  • To log in for the first time - https://newsela.com/join/#/school/67425

  • Follett Shelf (ebooks in Isenberg’s collection.  Also shows our print catalog)

  • Rowan Public Library online resources

3. Safety:

Digital citizenship-students receive some instruction during Guidance; team considered that all students need some additional instruction in this area and it needs to be added to one of the Parent University sessions. Teachers were encouraged to use Guided Access with students as needed to keep them where they need to be on their devices.

BIP-Some students have these and staff need to follow them. Teachers must follow them with fidelity. It is no different than intervention for MTSS. Be sure to communicate with the administrative team and support staff if a BIP is not working for a student.

PBIS-This is a school-wide initiative. Staff needs to reinforce the expectations and give out Gator Bucks when possible. Staff may get more Gator Bucks from the office. Teachers need to model what is expected and make sure students are aware and reminded as needed.

Teachers need to make sure their attendance is done by 8:30. This is mandatory. The earliest time to do your attendance is 7:45.

Mr. Moore also discussed the need to make sure afternoon dismissal goes correctly. All transportation changes are sent out by the office every day and teachers need to check them. All teachers need to walk to every bus and watch as their students board the bus. At 2:30 only car riders, Kindergarten, 1st load bus, van riders, and YMCA.

4. Parent Involvement:

• • • Parent University-ideas: Technology; Digital Citizenship; ACE Scores (Films:  Resilience, Paper Tigers)

    • Parent Training-Triple P Parenting (Feb. 7)

5. Data:

Will be discussing in ILS sessions (NC ENSI, mClass, TE21, NCCI)

Mr. Moore recommended that everyone begin having data conferences with their students to discuss their recent assessments. He will be having individual data conferences with teachers in the near future.

6. Important Dates:

• Second Quarter global projects  (February 21-22) and parent night  with K/1 performance (February 26)

  • Please fill in what your students are working on at this link. (Rubric is also on this link.)

  • Please list student presenters on this schedule

• District-wide Walk for Wisdom event is April 13. (Here is the district Flyer.)  Isenberg’s Spirit Week is April 8-12.  

• North Rowan High School is performing The Lion King May 3, 4, and 5.  Since 3rd graders study Africa, they will be asked to perform.  Notes/permission slips will be going home with rehearsal and performance dates and times. Parents will have to be willing to transport their students.

• Service Learning Project-Tuesday, February 12

• Seussify Week-February 25-March 1

• Read Across America-March 1

• 2nd Quarter PBIS Celebration-February 1

• Gator Den-Open Jan. 24-25

7. Other

• NCAE meetings 3rd Wednesday at 4:30 at Rowan Public Library

• SGA/K-Kids Food Drive whole month of Feb.

• Considered switching Enhancement Schedule to the Alternative Schedule permanently and doing the long planning block once every 6 weeks.

• After School Clubs

• Copyright resources - All staff should read these to make sure we are copyright compliant. 

Adjourned:  12:35

Next Meeting: Monday, February 4, 2019

December SIT Meeting        

12-3-18

In attendance:  Inman, Rogers, Jarvis, Guri, Law, Nardone, Ramsey, Anderson, Moore, K. Puckett, McIntosh

I.                  SIP:     Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines   

Discuss possible new School Improvement indicators to add to SIP-Dr. Jarvis shared a document with the team that included all the possible indicators the team had suggested to her. The group determined which ones they wanted to add this month and prioritized the ones they would like to add at a later date.

Determine which indicators are to be added to the SIP-The team decided to add the following indicators: A1.09, A2.07, A4.11, A4.21, and B3.02. The team decided to add these indicators in the following order: A2.08, A2.22, A2.23, and A4.03. Then these indicators should be added next: A1.03, A3.01, A4.04, A4.05, A1.06, A1.08, A2.06, A2.18, B2.01, and C1.02.

2. Literacy Agenda Items

            PBL Projects-due in January-should be a grade level project or can be each individual teacher on a grade level presenting their own PBL tied to their content area

            Accountability in Small Groups-make sure students are doing what’s asked of them

            Progress Monitoring in Reading and soon in Math

3. Safety:

            Internet Safety-monitor students while they are on their iPads-use your Apple Classroom-up and actively walking around your room during instructional times to be sure students are doing the right thing and doing the assignment correctly

            Students should be visible at all times, ie: never sitting students outside classrooms unattended by an adult

            Students should not go to support staff’s classrooms without the teacher making a phone call to that room first. Make sure that person is in his/her room and expecting the student.

            Students should never be sent to PREP. You make a phone call to the office and someone will pick the student up.

            Dismissal-dismiss orderly and at the proper time 

4. Parent Involvement:

                        Parent University classes will begin in January. Contact Mrs. Brown-Williams and Mrs. Harrell if you would like to become involved with this project.

Are we planning to present anything based on the ACE scores? The video was shown at the Norvell Theater last year. It was suggested that our local community needs to see this as well. We will be doing more Resiliency Training on January 4.

5. Data:

            NC Check ins, TE 21,  and EVAAS Data - Mr. Moore and Dr. Jarvis will be sharing some data information with groups and individuals this week.

6. Important Dates:

            School-wide Service Learning Project                        Dec. 10

            Spirit Week                                                      Dec. 17-21

            Gator Card Dodgeball Tournament                Dec. 20

            School Dance                                                 Dec. 20

            Early Dismissal                                               Dec. 21          

7. Other

Ms. Law shared that SGA meetings would begin next week. She will send an email out to teachers.

School groups need to share the learning projects being done so there is no overlap of projects.

Adjourned: 3:33

Next Meeting: Monday, January 7, 2019

November SIT Meeting        

11-5-18

In attendance:  Toshuka Caldwell, Nick Anderson, Lindley Guri, Deanne Law, Nita Jarvis, Heather Nardone, Atasha McIntosh, Marvin Moore, Crystal Brown-Williams, Joanna Brown

Mr. Moore shared that we are now in 2nd quarter but the last 3 weeks our schedules have been erratic due to 2 hurricanes, testing, OG Training, the Math Conference, and other meetings. We have not a normal schedule for some time now. If kids are out of sorts, then adults are, too. We need to work hard to model positivity and calm spirits with our students. Don’t let one or two students ruin the entire day or class. Be intentional about how we work with and around our students. The holidays are coming up soon and not everyone approaches these times the same as others. We need to be mindful of this. Mr. Moore said that the observations he has done have been very good. Lots of good things are happening in our school. Our data is looking good. We need to be positive about what is happening, without the sarcasm. Let’s enjoy what we are doing. He shared about how various groups of people are coming to visit our school in the next couple of weeks. We need to celebrate what we are doing and control the narrative about our school. It’s a part of our job so we need to come ready to work but also enjoy what we are doing. Our job is to be ambassadors for our grade level.

I.                  SIP:     Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines      

Need evidences for:               A1.05: pre- and post-tests

A3.04: Review pre- and post-test data in ILS meetings

Dr. Jarvis will send a form to put this into.

 Completed:   A1.07        B3.01

 To be completed by Dec. 30:      A2.13        A2.14         A2.15

 Other:       A4.01: Will we be training teachers in MTSS this school year? We will ask Allison when she comes tomorrow. Kristi Morraco can do the training. This spring rather than the fall would be better.

We will need to add 4 new goals at our December SIT Meeting and 3 new goals at our January SIT Meeting. Dr. Jarvis asked that the team go to Indistar.org and look at some of the objectives. All team members please submit ideas to Dr. Jarvis by the Friday before the next meeting. She will send everyone a link so they can find the objectives to choose from.

2. Literacy Agenda Items

A.             Innovation Academy         Rita Foil has sent out information regarding this. The district is growing our own leaders within this district. Teachers apply to this cohort.

B.             Journaling               Mr. Moore is loving the journaling in classes. He reminded everyone to be sure to send the enhancement journals to their classes. He suggested assigning 2 students the job of carrying the crates. Journaling in math class is especially powerful. Even if kids struggle with it, it is our job to help them get better at it.

C.             Pre- and Post-Assessments-This is a must. It is in our School Improvement Plan. It should especially be happening at the beginning and end of units. Dr. Jarvis will be sending a form for recording this data. These forms should be sent to her.

D.             New Programs: Newsela, Reflex, Scholastic, Brain Pop, Brain Pop Jr., Defined STEM-Staff should have been getting emails about some of these programs.

E.             Achieve 3000 is not optional. Everyone has to use it in grades 3-5. There are career goals and information regarding the lexile level that goes with that. Our recent trainer showed us how to use this. We need to make sure students are aligning their career goals with their lexiles. Teachers have to push Achieve.

F.             Reading Pledge for the district was discussed. Dr. Jarvis is handing those out during ILS meetings.

Global: Carolina Navigators Culture Kits spring ordering has started. Order early because some units are popular.

Global Day rotations information

Global Exhibitions and Curriculum Night

All students who completed K-2 reading challenge will receive a free book from Mrs. Puckett.  Their names will be submitted to the district for their water bottles.

If you’re interested in being a club advisor. Please sign up here.

3. Safety

Bullying-be aware and listening to students-Please educate students on what bullying is and is not. Teachers need to take time to listen and attempt to solve some of the situations before they actually become bullying. Be sure you document conversations you have regarding bullying. If it’s serious, bring it to an administrator’s attention. Kids should not be saying they told the teacher and nothing was done about it. Teachers should also be monitoring students closely during recess.

Afternoons-teachers who keep car riders in their rooms for any reason must notify the staff on duty in the Media Center. This is a concern because they may tell someone the student is gone when they are not.

Playground-Classes need to remain in their assigned area and not mixed with other classes. Staff should be actively watching students, not sitting down or having conversations with other staff. Too many issues are occurring on the playgrounds that could be prevented. If teachers take any type of food to the playground they should take a trash bag with them.

Afternoon Dismissal-2:30 is Kindergarten, car riders, van riders, Bus 106. Mr. Moore and Mrs. Brown-Williams will look at addressing some of the areas that are problematic at 2:30 when students are unsupervised during dismissal.

4. Parent Involvement:

Dual Immersion Parent Meeting-This Thursday. Staff need to complete the staff survey. Mr. Moore, Mrs. Puckett, and others visited a school using dual immersion today.

1. Dual Immersion STAFF SURVEY:  https://goo.gl/forms/U0mjkF8IKcC58kUc2
2. Dual Immersion  PARENT SURVEY:  https://goo.gl/forms/ZXR9BRMu5NGw5M272 In English and Spanish

5. Data:

            Teachers are meeting with Mr. Moore for their Individual Data Meetings.

            NC Check In results will hopefully be available before Friday.

6. Important Dates:

            SGA Voting day           Nov 5th

            SGA Installment Ceremony PTA                    Nov 13th

            Curriculum Night with a Global Focus                        November 13

            Phoenix Readers        Nov 14th

            Awards Day     Nov 16th     2-3  8:00-8:45         4-5   9:00-9:45         K-1??    10:00-10:45

                        Kindergarten will discuss how they want to do their awards.

            School-wide Service Learning Project                        Dec. 10

7. Other

A local reader's theatre troupe, the Phoenix Readers, will be coming to Isenberg on November 14.

Beginning at 8am, the troupe will perform 30-minute performances based on the poetry of Shel Silverstein.  Each performance will take place in the Media Center as follows:

8am-8:30am: K-1 performance

8:40am-9:10am: Grades 2-3 performance

9:15am-9:45am: Grades 4-5 performance

Concerns about Nov. 13 Curriculum night because 5th graders who are performing haven’t had an opportunity to practice due to testing. Mr. Moore will discuss this with Ms. Price.

Adjourned: 4:10

Next Meeting: Monday, December 3, 2018

September SIT Meeting        

10-15-18

In attendance:  Bonnie Harrell, Karen Puckett, Heather Nardone, Nick Anderson, Nita Jarvis, Deanne Law, Lindley Guri, Joanna Brown, Atasha McIntosh, Toshuka Morle, Crystal Brown-Williams, Marvin Moor 

1. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines     

No new updates this month. Will need to add new goals next month due to several completions.

2. Literacy Agenda Items

Instructions for First Quarter Global Exhibition

The team discussed how to set up and do rotations. Some felt that more time was needed for rotations and some grade levels need multiple spaces. Ten minutes is needed for a presentation. Each class will start at a different location. It was decided to have one location per grade level for this first exhibition. Teachers can decide how many students are presenting and how they might rotate out. A rubric is being used for judging and teachers will receive prizes. Support staff will be assigned to grades 2-5 to assist with monitoring presenters. Kindergarten will use their hallway and 1st grade will use their hallway. 2nd grade will use the intervention room. 3rd grade will use the ILS Lab. 4th grade is still to be determined. 5th grade will be using the gym. Mr. Moore will do the schedule and map for rotations.

Global Themed Curriculum Night-Tuesday, November 13

What you do for the Global Exhibition can be repeated for Curriculum Night. Our focus for the night is global. Let parents know what you are doing as a grade level, what resources are available for them, and not a time for conferences. Good idea to have student ambassadors to let parents know what is happening in your rooms/grade levels.

3. Safety

See Something Say Something

This was mentioned in staff meeting. Ms. Law is working on a bullying program with the students. Everyone needs to understand exactly what bullying is and is not. Address incidents immediately. Be sure to listen to the students. During morning meetings, discuss with students when and how to approach adults with their concerns. Provide students with an outlet for reporting their concerns to you such as a “Concern” Box.

Lockdown

This will be rescheduled. Mr. Moore will provide us with the new date when he has it. We will be moving from orange to red during this drill. Make sure you know what to do. Remember what to do if you are on the playground or outside the building. Orange-come back inside. Red-hide in the trees. Remember to check outside your rooms when there is a lockdown and pull students into your room. Teachers near bathrooms should be checking the bathrooms. Tomlinson, Harrell, Key, Puckett, Brown, and Ruffin should check the bathrooms near them.

4. Parent Involvement:

Fall Festival-Oct. 25

All staff should have their information from the staff meeting last week.

Parent Meeting for Dual Immersion Program

Mrs. Brown-Williams is going to be visiting a school. Mr. Moore will also be visiting schools. Mr. Moore will be meeting with parents to share information regarding the dual immersion program and to answer their questions. Students will be taught one day in English and one day in Spanish. The goal is to have about 50-60 students so they can switch off between a Spanish-speaking and an English-speaking teacher.

Gator Reading Club:  This is our 4th year.

• Can we use 2nd grade hall intervention room Tues-Fri from 10-11:05am? Yes if the schedule for that room allows. Mr. Moore will check with Mrs. Troutman and let Mrs. Puckett know.

• 3rd grade:  Mon-Wed: Media Center and STEM lab

• 3rd grade:  Thurs-Fri: ILS room

• Exact test dates next week? 2nd and 3rd grade will be testing almost every day next week. Assessments can run between 60-100 minutes.

5. Data:

District Data Meeting- October 16th 12:15

Representatives from the Teacher Led Design Team will be attending this meeting in the ILS Lab. The focus for this meeting will be our Needs Assessment. The four areas our school will be addressing are: Social-Emotional Needs, Parent Involvement, Literacy Consistency between grade levels, Healthy Staff and Students.

6. Important Dates:

Data Meeting October 16

Pink Out Day for Breast Cancer Awareness October 17

Career Day October 19

Lost Boy of Sudan October 22

SGA speeches on the Morning News            October 22th

Career Day(4th)          October 24

Unity Day-wear a black or orange shirt as a sign of unity against bullying

October 25

Fall Festival October 25

Required Workday October 29

SGA Voting day           Nov 5th

STEM Training with Overton @ Isenberg Nov. 6 8:00-11:00 Global PD in

afternoon

SGA Installment Ceremony PTA Nov 13th

Curriculum Night with a Global Focus November 13

Phoenix Readers Nov 14th

7. Other

Schedule for Global Visits

Career Fair-Ms. Law and Mrs. Harrell will be sending out a schedule. It is this Friday. The ILS Lab will be used for 3rd grade. The Media Center will also be used. Surveys from the presenters will be done this year. Firefighters will be in the gym and speak to all students. This last for most of the morning. All grade levels need to be mindful  of their own schedules.

SGA-Ms. Law will be meeting with students who are running for office on Tuesday morning. Posters are limited to 3 per student. Voting will be on November 5. Students will use QR codes for voting in the STEM Lab. Speeches will be played on the morning news. Officers will be installed at the Curriculum Night on November 13th.

After School clubs

OK to start After School Clubs process to begin week of Oct 29? A final date will be sent out once Mr. Moore and Mrs. Puckett meet about this.

Mission Possible

We are adding a little bonus to the Mission Possible Reading Promotion The area Masons would like to provide a bike to a child each quarter during awards day ceremonies.  In order to be entered in the prize drawing, students in grades 3-5 will get their names in the drawing box by meeting their iRead40 goal.  For the first quarter winner, every student who reaches their goal by November 2 will have their name entered in the prize drawing.  For every 10 over the goal of forty, their names will go in there 2 more times. Please let your students know about this opportunity. 

Phoenix Readers Perform Shel Silverstein

A local reader's theatre troupe, the Phoenix Readers, will be coming to Isenberg on November 14.

Beginning at 8am, the troupe will perform 30-minute performances based on the poetry of Shel Silverstein.  Each performance will take place in the Media Center as follows:

8am-8:30am: K-1 performance

8:40am-9:10am: Grades 2-3 performance

9:15am-9:45am: Grades 4-5 performance

Lost Boy of Sudan

On October 22, James Lubo Mijak ("Lubo") a "Lost Boy of Sudan" will visit Isenberg. He will make a presentation in the Media Center on October 22 at these times:

8am-8:30am: Presentation to grades 2-3

8:40am-9:10am: Presentation to grade 4

9:15am-9:45am: Presentation to grade 5

See this link for more information about Lubo,

See this link for lesson plan ideas.

Reading of Brothers in Hope

Adjourned: 4:20

Next Meeting: Monday, November 5, 2018

May 2018 SIT Meeting Agenda

5-7-18

In attendance: Marvin Moore, Kenya Bennett, Sonya Arnold, Chastity Ramsey, Candis Coble, Lindley Guri, Jocelyn Watkins, Nita Jarvis, Nick Anderson, Karen Puckett, Rachel Karriker, Toshuka Morle

1. Title I Plan:

Discuss any needed changes to Title I Plan and vote on it.

Approve Home-School Agreement.

The team voted to approve the Title I plan and Home-School Agreement for 2018-2019. Mr. Moore reminded everyone that the Title I plan is a working document and can be revised as needed.

2. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines

We have currently completed 7 goals.

We currently have 9 goals in progress. We need to have 12 in progress.

Within the next 2 weeks we will complete 4 additional goals leaving us with 5 goals

in progress.

We need to add 7 new goals. The following align with planning units of instruction

(A2.04): A2.02, A2.13, A2.14, A2.15. A1.05 aligns with our current A3.04 and D1.02 aligns with our Title I and Restart Plans. Dr. Jarvis shared these with the team. Everyone is to look over them and provide feedback before the SIT Meeting in June. New goals will be added in June.

3. Old Business

Restart Schools

Mr. Moore reviewed the Restart Plan with the team. Each section was discussed and explained.

Plan Move Up Afternoon (June 6, 1:00-2:00)

Suggestions included: a pep rally to transition students from one grade level to another; each grade level needs to determine the activities to be completed with each new group; have 5th stay in 5th and talk with 4th graders coming up-serve as mentors to 4th-assign each 5th grader a 4th grader to talk with; have teacher assistants to help with upper grades moving from area to another; grade levels can determine if they want all students together or in individual classes; good idea to have something they can take with them about how to be successful at their new grade level; have each grade level turn in their logistical plan to Mrs. Brown-Williams by May 21st.

4. Literacy Agenda Item:
   1. Any interest in https://newsela.com subscriptions? Similar to Achieve, both can be used if desired, has current events, more of an upper grade program, will consider ordering for 4th and 5th grade, 3rd grade would prefer something that is a paper copy (magazine type)
   2. Morning book club: need to complete The Man in the Moon with grade 1; Do 2 readings with Kindergarten.
   3. St. John’s Lutheran is giving $1800 for summer books for 3rd graders to take home (and keep). Will divide between rising 3rd and rising 4th. Sending letters to other faith and community partners for funding for summer take-home books.
   4. Reader’s Theatre Club “Continents” video. Mrs. Puckett would like feedback on whether or not to send to whole school for viewing. Send feedback ASAP (tomorrow). Suggestion: put on website for viewing whenever or break it up into pieces.
   5. Please submit Reading Without Walls names of students who read books in all 3 categories in the spreadsheets on the link above. This must be done in time for us to prepare for pizza and ice cream celebration May 10-11. So far, it looks like only some of the students in Ms. Tomlinson’s class have participated. Mr. Moore asked teachers if they are sharing information from Mrs. Puckett. It’s shared on the morning news but teachers said there so much they just don’t have time to monitor all of it. Mr. Moore wants to make sure that the students who participated are rewarded. He would like for teachers to encourage students to participate more. He’s aware there was a lot coming out. Could more QR codes be used in the future to help students keep track of their own information?
   6. Puckett working on district Winter reading challenge -- making sure we have included all eligible prize winners: Teachers be sure to check these lists.
      1. K-2 winners
      2. 3-5 winners
   7. Puckett working on Partners in Learning grant application. Planning to order:

• Multicultural library books from Follett School Solutions, Inc. at $2,729.86 + tax
• Spanish language and bilingual books (k-1 level) from Follett School Solutions, Inc. at $552.44 plus tax
• Global Read Aloud 2018 titles from Follett School Solutions, Inc. 16 $199.34 + tax
• Current globe from Amazon.com at $60 + tax
• ALA 2018 award winners (Coretta Scott King Award, Pura Belpre Award, Theodor Seuss Geisel Award, Caldecott Award, Newbery Award) from Bound to Stay Bound Books at $471.10 plus tax
• subscriptions to globally oriented magazines for Media classes grades 3-5. Need to know which classrooms are already using Scholastic News or Scholastic Geography Spin at $1742.29 (plus tax?)
  • Grand total for grant request is $6157.88 with tax

5. Safety:

Vestibule changes should be taking place soon.

Cameras have been installed and are working.

An officer is now on duty during the day.

Continue to carry red folders during fire drills, etc.

6. Parent Involvement:

2 Lunch and Learn programs in May for parents-May 16 and May 23

Students will receive summer packets with reading and math activities and materials to help prevent the summer academic gap. All teachers should have entered their student names into the spreadsheet for check out of these materials. These will be returned when school begins in August.

Considering a summer enrichment afternoon at some of the local apartment complexes to be done in July.

7. Data:

All 3-5 teachers should have received their Panorama data. Discuss with students some of this data. If your numbers dropped you might want to have some conversations to determine areas for improvement.

Testing coming up and we will getting a lot of new data. Reviews should be taking place right now. Calculators should be used daily at grades 3-5. 5th grade should be doing gridded responses daily. Discuss with students what they do not understand and why they might have missed questions.

8. Important Dates:

1. May 10th – (a Thursday night) “Why I love my teacher” / Dinner @ Salisbury Mall / choose 2 for our school (Ms. Inman and Mrs. Guri) to be presented at the dinner & those teachers & their spouses/other will be invited to the dinner – Principals will be invited.
2. Lunch and Learn for parents May 16 and May 23
3. PBIS Rock Star Parties May 25 in afternoon
4. Move Up Afternoon June 6: 1:00-2:00 Turn in plan by May 21st
5. Field Day June 7
6. 4th Quarter Awards Assembly June 8 K-1: 8:00-8:45; 2-4: 9:00-10:00; 5th: 10:15-11:15

9. Other

Puckett to follow up on:

• 4th course (change SEA system to go from 4 CEUs to 3 CEUs for this year.)
• Carry over 4th course until next year.
• Find out how to get Participate certificates submitted to Human Resources for this year.
• Find out Participate requirements for next year -- make sure there are no more than two 10-hour modules.

Registration is now open for the 2018 Participate Global Schools Symposium in Durham, NC on June 18-19!

Day one will be for administrators to learn and network with other Participate global and dual language administrators from across the region.

Day two will be for both administrators and teachers to ideate and share best practices with fellow Participate educators.

Registration instructions for administrators:

1. Visit this link and enter the password Global Learning to access the registration.

2. Click the green Register button.

3. To register for both Monday and Tuesday, click Enter Promotional Code and enter Global leader.

4. Click Checkout, then fill in your contact information and click Complete Registration.

Registration instructions for teachers:

1. Visit this link and enter the password Global Learning to access the registration.

2. Click the green Register button to register for Tuesday's sessions.

3. Click Checkout, then fill in your contact information and click Complete Registration.

Adjourned: 4:25

Next Meeting: June 4, 2018

April 16, 2018 SIT Meeting Agenda

4-16-18 3:00

In attendance: Lindley Guri, Nita Jarvis, Kristen Harris, Candis Coble, Chastity Ramsey, Jocelyn Watkins, Toshuka Morle, Kenya Bennett-Marlin, Marvin Moore, Crystal Brown-Williams, Sonya Arnold, Deanne Law, Bonnie Harrell, Karen Puckett

1. Title I Plan:Review and approve. Review Home-School Agreement and approve. The team reviewed #10 on the SW Compliance Plan. Mr. Moore suggested that all SIT reps share the Title I documents with their grade levels and and provide feedback to Dr. Jarvis by April 30. It was asked who was considered a Title I Tutor and currently the school has none. Mr. Moore gave a brief summary of the budget and how monies were spent on personnel. Dr. Jarvis will resend the documents that need to be reviewed. Mrs. Troutman will also be sending out additional information about Title I in the future. Mr. Moore explained that Title I is a funding source designed to level the playing field for high needs schools. He also explained how Title I funds must be used for personnel that are not already funded by the state.

2. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines

Completed Objectives: A2.04-unit plans

Objectives due in May and June: A2.05, A4.01, A4.06, A4.16, B3.01, C3.04

Dr. Jarvis will send emails to anyone who needs to provide evidences.

After discussion, the team decided to do a school-wide move up day on the afternoon of June 6 from 1:00-2:00. Plans will be made for this. This is to replace the Switch Day for 2nd and 3rd grade.

3. Old Business Restart Schools: Mr. Moore shared that our dual immersion plan will not begin until the 2019-2020 school year. During the 2018-2019 school year, staff will visit dual immersion schools. This will help in planning for our program. Restart is not about the state taking over our school and people jobs being impacted. It’s about removing some of the things that hinder our school from moving forward. He also explained that even though we could manipulate our school day and calendar as a restart school, it needs to be planned and all stakeholders need to have input into the plans.
   
   
4. Literacy Agenda Item:

Puckett - Consider purchasing pro subscriptions to https://newsela.com/ for each 3rd, 4th, 5th grade teacher (plus Media Specialist and Tech Facilitator). The reasoning behind this is our kids need real instruction in discerning what is real news and developing an awareness of current events. This site allows customized lexile levels on the same news story. Mr. Moore shared that he likes this program but he would need to make sure that it would be OK with the district since we already have Achieve 3000. He encouraged everyone to take a look at it. The “pro” version gives more articles and resources than the free version. It is also pushing out the current news every day. It was shared that some grades would like to have Scholastic Readers. Mr. Moore encouraged more use of print materials. A balance of print and technology is more desirable.

April book competitions: Reading Without Walls; Book Selfie Contest

Fourth and fifth grade going to Biltmore: if this becomes an annual event, we really need to have them read at least the first in the Serafina series. Teachers could go ahead and use it as a read-aloud now -- even after the trip. Mr. Moore suggested that we consider a fundraiser to pay for this trip in the future.

6. Safety: The new vestibule has been installed. It is now an emergency exit once you have entered the building. Students and staff should be entering the office area through Mrs. Hartsfield’s office. A door will be installed in the office for entrance and exit. Make sure students are not entering the vestibule area once the school day begins. Cameras are being installed. Card readers should be installed by August. Active monitoring of students is a must at all times in all areas.
   
   
7. Parent Involvement: Mr. Moore reminded everyone that a part of parental involvement is when the teacher is having conversations and communication with parents about their children.
8. Data: This has all been covered in preparation for the District Data Meeting on 4-17-18 at 9:30. Staff should be ready by 9:15.
   
   
9. Important Dates:

1. Career Fair - April 19th 8:00-11:00 Ms. Law will be sending out information about this.
2. Salisbury Regional Schools STEAM Celebration April 21, 11am-3pm at Horizons
3. Cultural Appreciation Day - April 24th- Lots of food from different regions given by Nutrition dept., Moore has passports for the students. Each grade level will have displays for their regions. Reader’s Theatre Club will present. The team discussed the best way to have students to present their information and to visit one another. It was suggested to have it as an assembly with only a few actual stops. It was also suggested to use the gym as a central location with displays and representatives for each grade level. It was suggested to have each grade level hallway set up as their focus area. Mr. Moore will have information to grade levels by tomorrow in order to clarify this project and simplify it. He will provide more information on the food that is being provided once he has that information. Prizes will be provided to the best areas and presentations.
   1. Walk for Wisdom/PTA Plan
4. Digital Promise – April 26th (here) – We’ll get about ½ of the visitors (app. 100 – 150) & Rock Hill will have the other ½. Make sure our Marque has “Welcome Digital Promise” during that time. If you would like visitors to come see what you are doing that is technology-related, let Mr. Moore know. http://digitalpromise.org/ Will not be visiting all classes, only certain ones.
5. 3rd Quarter Awards Assembly April 26 K-1: 8:00-8:45; 4-5: 9:00-9:45; 2-3: 10:00-10:45
6. Walk for WisdomApril 27 Walk for Wisdom Spirit Week Plan
7. May 10th – (a Thursday night) “Why I love my teacher” / Dinner @ Salisbury Mall / choose 2 for our school (Ms. Inman and Mrs. Guri) to be presented at the dinner & those teachers & their spouses/other will be invited to the dinner – Principals will be invited.
8. Lunch and Learn for parentsMay 16 and May 23
9. Field Day June 7
10. 4th Quarter Awards Assembly June 8 K-1: 8:00-8:45; 2-4: 9:00-10:00; 5th: 12:00-1:00

9. Other

Registration is now open for the 2018 Participate Global Schools Symposium in Durham, NC on June 18-19!

Day one will be for administrators to learn and network with other Participate global and dual language administrators from across the region.

Day two will be for both administrators and teachers to ideate and share best practices with fellow Participate educators.

Registration instructions for administrators:

1. Visit this link and enter the password Global Learning to access the registration.

2. Click the green Register button.

3. To register for both Monday and Tuesday, click Enter Promotional Code and enter Global leader.

4. Click Checkout, then fill in your contact information and click Complete Registration.

Registration instructions for teachers:

1. Visit this link and enter the password Global Learning to access the registration.

2. Click the green Register button to register for Tuesday's sessions.

3. Click Checkout, then fill in your contact information and click Complete Registration.

Adjourned: 4:40

Next Meeting: May 7, 2018

March 5 , 2018 SIT Meeting Agenda

3-5-18 3:00

In attendance: Marvin Moore, Nita Jarvis, Karen Puckett, Toshuka Morle, Lindley Guri, Jocelyn Watkins, Rachel Karriker, Nick Anderson, Sonya Arnold, Chastity Ramsey, Candis Coble, Crystal Brown-Williams

1. SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines

Grade levels are completing their units during their Planning Days.

We have now completed A3.05-includes training staff on TE21, analyzing the data,

and data conferences and C2.01-includes planning for PD.

Need to look at A4.16 and begin to make plans for this indicator’s objectives. Dr. Jarvis went over this indicator and the team discussed evidences needed and who needed to sent them to her.

2. Old Business

PBLs-need to do these by end of year-each grade level should have 2-some grade levels have done this-a PBL is just having students to solve a problem or do a project based lesson or unit-teachers need to document when they do these things. Global projects can be used as PBL projects. Where do these evidences need to be housed? Suggested to create a place in Schoology to drop them. Mr. Anderson will create this and notify staff of where to find it. Evidences of our PBLs must be taken to the Community Event on Saturday, April 21 at Horizons. Dr. Cindy Moss-STEM Boss- will be at this event.

April 21-Salisbury Community Day with a STEM focus-more info as date gets closer. For all RSS schools. Our responsibility is to have some students to lead discussions on their PBLs from 4th and 5th grade.

3. Literacy Agenda Item:
   1. Blended Learning should still be happening along with small group instruction.
   2. Teachers who can need to add books to the Free Little Library out front.
   3. Tutoring-2nd-3rd grade teachers-need to push this with students and parents. Need more students to sign up for tutoring. Also have school on Saturday from 8:30-11:30. Need about 25 students on Saturdays. Last week we had only 8. Let parents know that tutoring is available.
   4. Puckett
      1. Students can check their library records using these steps
      2. Staff can check their library records using these steps
      3. Writing letters to faith partners and Kiwanis to get books for summer reading (sort of like Give 5 Read 5). Will cite findings of this article when making request. (Waiting to hear if St. John’s will fund 5 books for every 3rd grader -- $2000). Does SIT team have ideas of other possible partners we could ask in addition to this list? Based on $5 a book via Reading Warehouse or Scholastic Warehouse sale, will ask for 3 books for student at this price structure:
         1. $400 for 1 book for a grade level
         2. $1200 for 3 books per grade level
      4. Reading Games for Grades 4-5 -- Students who are signed up have an extra week to complete each of their projects. New deadlines are on this document. I am waiting for 1-sheet summaries from most. Students may come in during their recess and lunch on Monday-Wednesday. I will share whatever supplies I have. (Although I’ll do my best to hang around during that time of day, they know to make sure I’m in the Media Center before they start working on stuff.) Alternative to Showbie????
      5. District Reading Challenge due April 11. K-2 challenge page in English and Spanish.
      6. Reading Without Walls -- a reading promotion that emphasizes diversity -- runs during the month of April. Can we make this align with our diversity week? Could lower grades incorporate into read-alouds? Students who read 3 books that follow this criteria get a certificate: 1) Read a book about a character who doesn’t look like you or live like you; 2) Read a book about a topic you don’t know much about; 3) Read a book in a format that you don’t normally read for fun (a chapter book, a graphic novel, a book in verse or an audio book). Puckett will put out lots of books that fit the criteria. Take to Raz kids links. (Ms. Karriker will help Mrs. Puckett.) Kids on morning news publicize what they’ve read or what they’re planning to read. Staff should participate and publicize as well. Ice cream party for top class in each grade level. (Develop a criteria. Put class rosters in Google sheets.) Teachers could do some kind of chart in their rooms to encourage their students to read. Do a kick off right before Spring Break so students can read over Spring Break. Mrs. Brown-Williams also has some pizza party dates available. End on April 30. May 10-11 (3 classes per day have a pizza lunch w/ice cream for dessert. Pizza from district.)
      7. Read Across America week was great! Knox students have a protected “Drop Everything and Read” moment built into their ELA block for 20 minutes a day. Should we do this? Some schools do this daily. Suggested that maybe we do this once per week school-wide. This could be tied to our Literacy goal. How do we make students accountable? Some kids were reading last week but not all of them were. Have students share out about what they just read, need some type of parameters, do a quick write in their reading journals, possible 15 minutes reading and 5 minutes writing.

III. Safety:

1. New rosters will be provided for the red folders.
2. Teachers should be in their rooms before 7:05. Students do not come until 7:05. It is a safety issue if students are not being supervised by an adult.
3. Conversation in halls-adults need to be mindful of their voice levels and the amount of adult conversation taking place in the hall. Not appropriate for us to expect students to be on level 0 if we aren’t. Students are listening to adults having conversations so we need to be aware of this. We also need to be aware of WHAT and HOW we speak to students. Do not lose your cool. Be calm.
4. Be aware of visitors in the building. Schools in our area have been on lockdowns recently. Know the procedures for the different lockdowns when you are outside. Yellow and orange need to return to the building. Red means to hide in the tree line. Goal is to be away from the hallway door. Doors need to stay locked and closed at all times. Suggested to look at what Karriker has on her door and provide to all classrooms (it has velcro and directions for a sub). Bathrooms need to be checked as well. Mr. Moore needs to check to be sure there are master keys available for subs.
5. Changes to front office will be taking place soon as well as changes to door entry with ID badges.
6. Puckett

8. Red folders for enhancement teachers? Ms. Hartsfield will print the rosters for enhancement staff.
9. Media doors to lock in yellow/orange lock down-ones on 3rd grade hallway are locked when they close but ones on 4th grade side do not. Consider putting a panic bar on those doors.

4. Parent Involvement:
   1. Puckett
      1. Need thumbnail pages back from several folks for yearbook (Can make a new copy if needed.) These need to be turned in by Wednesday.
      2. Need classroom candids put into yearbook using these instructions
      3. K-Kids canned food drive through March 9

5. Data:
   1. Puckett
      1. Need data from other schools for Gator Reading Club-will discuss with Mr. Moore about getting this.

6. Important Dates:

1. March 19-23 - TE21 testing dates and NC Check-in
2. Curriculum Night- March 21st 5:30 - 7:00. Performance beforehand from K and 1st. Every grade level should have their 2nd Quarter Global project displayed.
3. Ed Camp - March 24th – Registration @ 8:00 / sessions start at 9:00 / @ Salisbury High School / 4 student leaders speaking (1 session will be “What I wish my teachers knew) / Breakfast & lunch provided / can be used as a trade-off day for a bad weather day - More information forthcoming.
4. Salisbury Community Day - Saturday, April 21st 11:00 - 3:00 @ Horizons
5. Cultural Appreciation Day - April 24th- Lots of food from different regions given by Nutrition dept., Moore has passports for the students. Walk for Wisdom April 27.
6. Digital Promise – April 26th (here) – We’ll get about ½ of the visitors (app. 100 – 150) & Rock Hill will have the other ½. Make sure our Marque has “Welcome Digital Promise” during that time. If you would like visitors to come see what you are doing that is technology-related, let Mr. Moore know. http://digitalpromise.org/
7. Somewhere around Teacher Appreciation Time – May 10th – (a Thursday night) / Have a committee do something where the students do a short video clip on “Why I love my teacher” / Dinner @ Salisbury Mall / choose 2 for our school to be presented at the dinner & those teachers & their spouses/other will be invited to the dinner – Principals will be invited
8. Benchmark Testing begins May 7.
9. EOG testing begins May 30.

7. Other
   1. Emails that come during the day to teachers-teachers are not expected to respond to those during the day but they are expected to respond after school hours.
   2. Summer Planning for developing integrated units in June with Ms. Harris and Dr. Jarvis. Dr. Jarvis sent out a sign-up calendar for grade levels to indicate when they want to do theirs. Teachers will paid for coming on 3 days.
   3. Puckett
      1. Cancelling Buy 1 Get 1 free book fair for April. Future of book fairs?If dates for events could be coordinated to correspond with each other it might be better. At some schools, the PTA helps with the book fair. Staff members are encouraged to shop at the book fair. Book fairs have to be scheduled a year in advance. In June, plan to meet to create a year long schedule.
      2. Questions regarding 3rd quarter Participate modules? Need to be getting these done.
      3. N.C. Teacher Working Conditions Survey-will need to have a meeting to hand out the slips for this survey. Administration uses the results of these surveys when planning for school improvement.

Adjourned: 4:15

Next Meeting: April 9, 2018

February 5, 2018 SIT Meeting Agenda

2-5-18 3:00

In attendance: Marvin Moore, Crystal Brown-Williams, Heather Nardone, Toshuka Morle, Bonnie Harrell, Candis Coble, Chastity Ramsey, Courtney Puckett, Deanne Law, Sonya Arnold, Nick Anderson, Nita Jarvis

I.SIP: Review Calendar and discuss upcoming deadlines

Teachers need to continue working on unit plans and PBLs. We must continue doing the 2 Unit Plans to be completed by the end of the year. One in reading and one in math. Also must do PBL units. It would be wise to combine the 2. If you need help, see Jarvis or Harris.

2. Old Business

PBLs-need to do these by end of year

April 21-Salisbury Community Day with a STEM focus-more info as date gets closer

3. Literacy Agenda Item:

Continue blended learning. PD opportunities: Global is part of literacy PD. Use Mr. Anderson as a resource and as a PD resource. Will need Technology CEUs now beginning this year!

4. Safety:

A.Visitor Policy: parents are welcome to have lunch with students in the cafeteria. No visitors should be going to classrooms. They must have appointments to come to your room and must be accompanied by an adult. Parents who want to volunteer need to see Mrs. Harrell and go through the Volunteer Program. All school visitors must display their visitor’s pass at all times. If any staff member sees an adult without a pass, direct them to the office. This policy is for the safety of the students and staff. Mr. Moore will have Ms. Harrell to send out a list of volunteers so teachers will know who is allowed. No volunteer should be coming to classrooms without Mrs. Harrell notifying the teacher in advance. If parents are having a party, they will come to the office first and the office will call down to the room before they are allowed to come to the room. When parties are over, call the office for an escort.

B.Question: when will the new office access be installed? Not sure but it was originally scheduled for the spring. Mr. Moore would like to enclose the area near the trailer and the PREP classroom.

5. Parent Involvement:

PTA had a board meeting recently. There are several good things coming up. Walk for Wisdom in April. Students will get sponsors and walk all week. There will be an early release day that week so there will be a celebration that day. Cultural Appreciation Week will happen all week. This is also Teacher Appreciation Week and it will have a global perspective incorporated into it.

6. Data: Individual Data Meeting

Data meetings have been going well. Be sure to intentionally plan for deficits in the data. Discuss in PLCs. Anyone who works with your students, teachers need to have conversations with these individuals in order to know what they are working on together. All support people now have access to all programs and student data. Teachers are the Core and everyone else is the MORE. If your name is on that child’s data then you need to know what is going on with that child when is not with you. Volunteers have no access to student data. Teachers must provide them with materials for instruction when needed. Teachers might just want to check with the volunteers to see how the students are doing when they are with them.

All grade levels will receive the district data comparisons for growth. Mr. Moore wants to see our school exceed growth this year.

7. Important Dates:

A.Black History Program - Friday, February 23 around 1:00, school-wide. If you have anything that you would like to add to the program, let Mr. Moore and/or Mrs. Puckett know.

B.Curriculum Night- March 21st 5:30 - 7:00. Performance beforehand from K and 1st. Every grade level should have their 2nd Quarter Global project displayed.

C.Career Day- March, 22nd 8:00 - 11:00ish. Give students access to professionals that they may not come across on a daily basis. If you know any professionals that can participate, let Law and/or Harrell know. Law will send out a Google Doc. for participants and for snacks/food for the presenters.

D.Cultural Appreciation Day - April 24th- Lots of food from different regions given by Nutrition dept., Moore has got passports for the students.

E.Ed Camp - March 24^th – Registration @ 8:00 / sessions start at 9:00 / @ Salisbury High School / 4 student leaders speaking (1 session will be “What I wish my teachers knew) / Breakfast & lunch provided / can be used as a trade-off day for a bad weather day - More information forthcoming.

F.Somewhere around Teacher Appreciation Time – May 10^th – (a Thursday night) / Have a committee do something where the students do a short video clip on “Why I love my teacher” / Dinner @ Salisbury Mall / choose 2 for our school to be presented at the dinner & those teachers & their spouses/other will be invited to the dinner – Principals will be invited

G.Digital Promise – April 26^th (here) – We’ll get about ½ of the visitors (app. 100 – 150) & Rock Hill will have the other ½. Make sure our Marque has “Welcome Digital Promise” during that time. If you would like visitors to come see what you are doing that is technology-related, let Mr. Moore know. http://digitalpromise.org/

H.March 19-23 - TE21 testing dates and NC Check-in

8. Other

• Mr. Moore shared some of the things he learned last week when he was at a conference in Florida. K-5 vocabulary was the same for content areas. 4 Cs: Collaboration, Critical Thinking, Communication, Community (?). STEM focus across the school and in all classrooms. Would like to have summer planning to integrate Reading, Social Studies, and Science as well as Math and Science. He knows folks go on vacation but he wants to see what times will work best for each grade level.
• Students in Tier II: stay on top of those interventions. Let Mr. Moore know if you need any help with having time to do this. Tier II interventions must be completed with fidelity before students are able to move to Tier III.
• When folks visit your classroom, don’t stop what you are doing, just keep teaching! It’s wonderful that when more than one adult is in the room, visitors do not know who the teacher is! That’s great because everyone is working with students.
• We are a Restart School which gives us charter-like status. The state has given low-performing schools the option to do whatever they feel they need to do to come out of low-performing status. We have met growth for 3 years but we are still a D school. We will need to have 2 years of exceeding growth or being above a D in order to no longer qualify as low-performing. We will not get any more money but we can be very flexible in other ways. Question: What do we need to do differently to get our kids on a level playing field with other students in the state?
• Next week is Love the Bus Week. It would be nice if students made cards for the bus drivers. Please give these to Mrs. Brown-Williams by the 12th.
• Math PD and Staff PD/Planning dates will be sent out soon. Some PD may need to take place on Thursday afternoons.

Adjourned: 3:55

Next Meeting: March 5, 2018