School Community Council Meeting Minutes
Sprucewood Elementary
February 10, 2025
Members:
Faculty | Community |
Cathy Schino (Principal) | |
Noel Markle (K-2 Teacher) | Eli Clark |
Lauren Crowe (3-5 Teacher) | Jason Dyer |
Alicia Lemus | |
Amy Wall (vice-chair person) | |
Melissa White (chair person) |
Members Absent: Noel Markle, Jason Dyer
- Call to Order : 4:05pm
- Approve last month’s meeting minutes- Amy Wall gave first approval and Lauren Crowe gave second approval
- Review current year’s LAND Trust plan and review if on course
- We are on course with the action steps and the budget items
- Last professional development for teachers from the TSSP will be held on March 7th
- Review draft of TSSP and LAND Trust plans for next school year
PROPOSED 2025-2026 TSSP
Reading Goal
Analysis Summary
64% of Sprucewood students demonstrated typical or above typical growth in basic reading skills according to 2025 Acadience Winter Pathways of Progress data.
Goal
By May 2026, Sprucewood students will demonstrate at least a 10% growth increase in basic reading skills according to Acadience Pathways of Progress from Winter to Spring.
Action Plan Summary
- Teachers will implement Canyons Structured Classroom Discussion (SCD) and Q-TEL best practices to increase student and teacher discourse moves
- Teachers will provide sentence frames for students to use while discussing
- Provide professional development on SCD best practices
- Provide professional development on Q-TEL discourse (rubric)
- Hire and train five multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) aides (or equivalent hours) to increase foundational reading skills. ($43,000)
- Pay for stipends to allow the Student Support Team (SST) to meet twice a month to analyze data and make recommendations for school-wide intervention plans. ($4,000)
Measurement
All grades will use Acadience Middle of Year to End of Year Pathways of Progress reading data.
Budget
Landtrust= approximately $47,000
- approximately $43,000 will pay for MTSS aide salaries
- approximately $4,000 will pay for stipends to allow the SST to meet
Item for Vote: Does the committee approve the proposed Landtrust plan as written or do we have suggestions for changes? | |
Member Name | Member Vote/ any additional note |
Eli Clark | Yes approved as written |
Lauren Crowe | Yes approved as written |
Jason Dyer | ABSENT |
Alicia Lemus | Yes, approved as is |
Noel Markle | ABSENT |
Amy Wall | Approved as is |
Melissa White | Approved as is |
Cathleen Schino | Yes, approved as written. Good plan and well thought out. |
Vote Summary: All vote for yes approved as is. Cathy will submit to the district prior to the April deadline. All members need to stop by and sign the participation paper during Parent Teacher Conference Week. | |
Math Goal
Analysis Summary
61% of Sprucewood students demonstrated at or above benchmark skills according to 2025 Math Acadience Winter Pathways scores.
Goal
By May 2026, Sprucewood students will demonstrate at least a 10% growth increase in basic math skills according to Acadience Pathways of Progress from Winter to Spring.
Action Plan Summary
- Teachers will implement Canyons Structured Classroom Discussion and Q-TEL best practices to increase student and teacher discourse moves
- Provide professional development on SCD best practices
- Provide professional development on Q-TEL discourse (rubric)
- Teachers will provide sentence frames for students to use while discussing
- Teachers will teach math vocabulary words from each topic during the vocabulary section of the math block using our district’s systematic vocabulary routine.
Measurement
All grades will use Acadience Middle of Year to End of Year Pathways of Progress math data.
Budget
No TSSP or LandTrust budget will be used to support this plan
School Climate Goal
Goal
By May 2026, we will increase student talk by 10%.
Action Plan Summary
1) 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.
2) Provide weekly booster instruction to help students increase academic and behavioral skills. ($20,000)
3) Pay for a portion of our social worker’s salary so she can work with students full-time. ($50,000)
Measurement
ISD SCD rubric which tallies teacher talk vs. student talk
Budget
TSSA: approximately $70,000.
- approximately $50,000 will pay for a portion of our school social worker’s salary
- approximately $20,000 will pay for a booster teacher
- Other
- Cell Tower: Proposal to purchase 4th and 5th grade 95% Word Study student workbooks, manipulative kits and teacher licenses ($4,000)
Item for Vote: cell tower funds for 95% program | |
Member Name | Member Vote/ any additional note |
Eli Clark | Yes, |
Lauren Crowe | Yes, would love to continue to use it. |
Jason Dyer | ABSENT |
Alicia Lemus | Yes, is all for it. |
Noel Markle | ABSENT |
Amy Wall | Yes, emphatically |
Melissa White | Yes! Getting ALL the materials and not having to make them |
Cathleen Schino | YES!!! Thank you SCC, this is so helpful. |
Vote Summary: All approve the $4000. | |
Meeting ended at 4:36pm.
- Adjourn until next month’s meeting March 10, 2025
Question from Amy Wall: Can we add to the bylaws, to add a representative from the EEC parents to join each SCC meeting?. Even if they do not have a vote, and can just represent that population/ demographic of that program.
