School Community Council Meeting Minutes
Sprucewood Elementary
March 11, 2024
Members:
| Faculty | Community |
| Cathy Schino (Principal) | Mindy Cupello (Chairperson) |
| Emigh Lo (K-2 Teacher) | Jen Bradford (Vice-Chair) |
| Jen Dean (3-5Teacher) | Jason Dyer |
| Alex Horwood | |
| Alicia Lemus | |
| Dustin Ondrasek |
Members Absent: Jen Dean, Dustin Onderasek
- Call to Order
- Mindy called to order at 4:01pm
- Review current year’s LANDTrust plan, data and expenditures
80% of students will show typical to above typical growth in reading skills according to Acadience Pathways of Progress
K=75%, 1st= 63%, 2nd= 69%, 3rd= 66%, 4th=60%, 5th=55% Overall we are at 65% (which is higher than we were at this point last year) and have 2 months left to show a 15% increase by May.
- Finalize development of 2024-2025 TSSP and LAND Trust Plan
Proposed 2024-2025 TSSP
Reading Goal
Analysis Summary
65% of Sprucewood students demonstrated typical or above typical growth in basic reading skills according to 2024 Acadience Winter Pathways of Progress data.
Goal
By May 2025, 80% or more of Sprucewood students will demonstrate typical to above typical growth in basic reading skills according to Acadience Pathways of Progress.
Action Plan Summary
1) Teachers will backward design active reading strategies into each text set.
2) Teachers will use the monitored independent reading (MIR) strategy.
3) Teachers will strategically plan and use the precision partners strategy daily.
4) Teachers will use timely data to make walk to read groups based on foundational reading skills (progress monitoring and benchmark data)
5) Hire and train five Multi-tiered Systems of Support aides (or equivalent hours) to support students who are below benchmark ($47,000)
Measurement
All grades will use Acadience Beginning of Year to End of Year Pathways of Progress data.
Budget
Landtrust= approximately $47,000.00 will pay for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) aide salaries
Math Goal
Analysis Summary
69% of Sprucewood students demonstrated at or above benchmark skills according to 2024 Math Acadience Winter Pathways scores.
Goal
By May 2025, 80% or more of Sprucewood students will demonstrate typical to above typical growth according to Acadience Pathways of Progress.
Action Plan Summary
1) Teachers will backwards design all math topics using grade level standards.
2) Teachers will utilize Building Fact Fluency (BFF) kit daily in the Number Talks component of the math block.
3)Teachers will utilize math games weekly during the math block.
4) Teachers will teach math vocabulary words from each topic during the vocabulary section of the math block using our district’s systematic vocabulary routine.
5) Teachers will use timely data to make walk to math groups based on foundational math skills (progress monitoring and benchmark data)
6) Hire and train two Multi-tiered Systems of Support aides (or equivalent hours) to support students who are below benchmark (approximately $14,000).
Measurement
All grades will use Acadience Beginning of Year to End of Year Pathways of Progress data.
Budget
TSSA projection(to be split between math and school climate goals): approximately $70,000
- $14,000 will pay for Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) aide salaries
School Climate Goal
Analysis Summary
33% of students are demonstrating internalizing behaviors, according to 2024 Winter SRSS-IE data.
Goal
By May 2025, 100% of Sprucewood teachers will utilize the pre-correction and de-escalation strategies as measured by discipline dashboard data.
Action Plan Summary
1) Provide professional development on pre-correction behavior strategy.
2) Provide professional development on de-escalation behavior strategy.
3) Provide professional development on explicit instruction to be used daily across content areas.
4) Plan for public practice to occur to improve instruction by having teachers observe peers teaching once a quarter on the teacher’s content area of choice.
5) Pay for a portion of our social worker’s salary so she can work with students full time (approximately $50,000)
6) Pay for substitute salaries or stipends to allow the Building Leadership Team (BLT) 4 days to analyze data, and make recommendations for school wide tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 intervention plans ($6,000).
Measurement
Discipline dashboard behavior entries with action steps included.
Budget
TSSA: (to be split between math and school climate goals)=$70,000.
- approximately $50,000 will pay for a portion of our school social worker’s salary to allow her to stay full time in our building
- approximately $6,000 will pay for substitute salaries or stipends to allow the Building Leadership Team (BLT) 4 days to analyze data, and make recommendations for school wide tier 1, tier 2 and tier 3 intervention plans
| Item for Vote: The yellow items mark adjustments BLT proposed since our first discussion in February. All items in black remain exactly the same. | |
| Member Name | Vote |
| Jen Bradford | Likes the school wide continuity. Agrees with plan as it is written. |
| Mindy Cupello | In favor of TSSP funding focusing on keeping full time social worker at our school. |
| Jen Dean | |
| Jason Dyer | We’ve shown success in math with additional aid, so I am hopeful we will be able to hire and keep at least one math aide. The money has been allocated well. I agree with with Mrs. Lo shared. |
| Alex Horwood | Agree with all proposals. Money is allocated well. |
| Alicia Lemus | Agree with all proposals. My son has benefited from the resources as they have been allocated. |
| Emigh Lo | Keeping Mrs. Guymon, our social worker, is a priority. She works with students in all grade levels and all classrooms. She also teaches lessons monthly in the classrooms on SEL skills. Reading plan action steps have been adjusted to meet the needs of students. |
| Dustin Ondrasek | |
| Cathleen Schino | Highlighted areas are adjusted from the previous month. Everything else is staying the same. Our grade level teams are |
| Vote Summary: The proposals are good as written. Keep a budget focus on having a full time social worker at our school. Money is allocated well. | |
- Sign signature page for 2024-2025 TSSP and LAND Trust Plan
- Principal Schino will confirm due date for paperwork signatures, and will send out a Parent Square message prompting team members to stop by the building to sign.
- Review Positive Behavior Plan (principal will submit plan in district dashboard)
- Committee agreed to move this agenda item to April
- Review response to Safe Walking Route
- Committee agreed to move this agenda item to April
- Beverly Taylor Sorenson Discussion
| Our school is planning to continue to run the BTS program at our school next year. What do our SCC team members think/feel about the BTS program? Are we set on continuing with visual arts, or is there flexibility to change art forms if wanted or needed? | |
| Member Name | Discussion |
| Jen Bradford | In favor of having a licensed teacher teach our students, but being flexible about which modality (visual arts or music) is important. |
| Mindy Cupello | I’m always in favor of having music classes for students. I definitely agree that having BTS licensed teacher is important, but flexibility on which program. |
| Jen Dean | |
| Jason Dyer | Our current art teacher is strong and wants to move forward next year, so I am in favor of continuing BTS art instruction. |
| Alex Horwood | In agreement with keeping BTS program, but be flexible with art form. |
| Alicia Lemus | In agreement with keeping BTS program, but be flexible with art form. |
| Emigh Lo | Our school definitely needs to keep the BTS program, but definitely be flexible on which art form. |
| Dustin Ondrasek | |
| Cathleen Schino | Teachers are receiving more planning time, which is causing a shift in the booster structure. Our BLT discussed and voted on continuing with the BTS program, but also discussed the possibility of being flexible as we look for a music teacher to round out the BTS every other week schedule. We can consider running visual arts again next year through BTS and have our music teacher be an IT, or possibly switch to running music through BTS and have our art teacher be an IT. What does SCC think about these ideas? |
| Vote Summary: We want BTS in our building, but be flexible regarding art form. | |
- Other
- Use cell tower money for one year to cover the costs of a music teacher as an IT – $7,000-18,00???
- Adjourn until next month’s meeting April 15, 2024
- Mindy
