Site Base April 2,
2014
Attending:
J. Ronning, L. Brooks, J. Palmiotto, S. Fuller, S. Cahill, N. LeClair, S.
Jacobs, M. MacIntire, J. Fabis, G. Bellows, S. Manning, G. Elsesser, S. Fuller
Meeting
began: 7:06 p.m.
1.
Community Forum:
None
2.
Minutes—January 8, 2014---Approved
3.
Evening Classes:
* FM Technology Department has sent home a survey for evening
classes. Technicians were interested in helping the community members, hoping
to get a good turn out for these workshops. Sam will resend the survey. We hope
to host these evening classes in our local attendance areas.
4.
Adult/Parent Library----Mr. Stan donated many
items. We will keep promoting it in the newsletter. It can go home with the
children to parents. Mrs. Bellows reported the current list is the most recent
newsletter.
5.
SAU/Walpole School Website---remind parents to
go to this site. We discussed how to get updates sent to parents via email/push
notifications. This will be checked on.
6. Common
Core Forum: Principals would like to host something in the Fall, 2014, to explain
and direct the curriculum changes for parents/community members.
7.
Community Activities--- At our last meeting we
discussed bringing the community into the school to lead programs. We have a
tremendous amount of activities going on right now, but will investigate this
further for next year.
8.
Results of NECAP and MAP Testing—results came
out at the end of January, and we are looking at the comparison of the cohorts
of kids. Sam presented data.
*Scores should be in the 80th
and 90th percent
*Writing: We have used staff
time to review writing/discuss ways to improve. We need to improve in this
area.
*COHORTS DATA----some cohorts dropped, and
some went up, how do we encourage the students to improve? We are constantly
working on this. It was noted that a leave of absence by a teacher could be an
issue in the 8th grade testing. It shows the impact educators have
on student performance.
9. BUDGET
RESULTS---there are not a lot of items in the budget for Walpole, we have a
pre-K program for 2014-2015, and are planning ahead for next year. It is a ½
day preschool program. We had a reasonable tax increase in the community. The
FMRSD budget passed.
10.
ENERGY AUDIT— completed, there will be an
attempt to cut costs by using two or more heating methods (propane, wood chips,
oil) This pays for itself overtime.
11.
WHAT ARE WE WORKING ON---
1. Writing—
vision to improve the writing scores, Collins, Six Traits, Committee Set Up to
explore new methods
2.
Handwriting, Cursive, etc.---discussion will
occur on the value of
cursive teaching, and printing and keyboarding. Sam will lead
a discussion with the faculty about our approach.
3.
Teacher Evaluation Model----State of NH is
aligning the model of the teacher evaluation forms and tying in some important
components to the program which relate to Common Core—using Danielson Model,
Teacher needs to be aware of how to become
distinguished…evaluation
is for growth, not for disciplinary action. Eventually testing data will be
part of the eval.
4. Star
Math/Accelerated Math—NW has researched this, we are moving to the programs for
these children, testing/progress monitoring might replace AIMSWEB because it
does the scoring for you. Star Reader, does this too, everything is broken
down, etc. Accelerated Math: This
program will generate a particular lesson tailored to the student’s needs.
5. Pre-K-Kindergarten Handbook----The enrollment
maximum will be
15 children.
We will mail families a packet. The enrollment will
occur
on a first come/first serve basis. A handbook for both Pre-K
and Kindergarten will be generated.
6. Emergency
Protocols---we are meeting with local agencies, we want to make sure that we
get information, and then disseminate it appropriately. We are asking that
people call if they hear about an emergency so that we can prepare and react
accordingly.
7. Smarter
Balanced Test (Common Core Test)— a learning experience for all, NW was not
chosen to pilot, but all teachers had a chance to experience it. We were able
to administer/observe. We will give
feedback to the state and company
8. Depth
of Knowledge ----We will present more about this at the next meeting. It is
about the depth of the curriculum as opposed to breadth.
9. After
School Clubs---Thunder Chickens, Game Clubs, etc.
a. Running
Club M/Th—5k race, 43 kids running, they will do a 5K race, everyone has stayed
in it…..The students have enjoyed it, and will get prizes for each of the 4
laps they run.
b.
Lego, cooking, and crafts
10. Academic
Fair---big night/big success—some community members came
11. Wellness
is going on throughout the year……NW went sliding, WPS dancing, and 6-8 went swimming, and 5th graders will go swimming
soon.
12. Nurse
at NWS—thank you. A substitute nurse was hired because our nursing needs were
above capacity.
Meeting adjourned 8:40
p.m. Next meeting: May 7th,
2014
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