Ms. Christa Billings presented three draft policies for Board input, 

This item was tabled for the next meeting.

The Board discussed the current per classroom cap of students at 30.

Director’s Report 12-19-19

Information to Share

Student Achievement

• Betty Evans has agreed to be our test coordinator this year.  We will pay her an hourly stipend rather than giving her an extra duty contract.  She and I will both attend a training in January on accessing student achievement data.
• As part of this year’s goal setting process, all teachers are setting one student achievement goal.
• The Leadership Team is working on creating an assessment calendar so that we can progress monitor in all content areas.  We have systems in place for Math and English Language Arts right now, but we need to develop consistent systems in the other content areas and then train teachers on using the assessments we choose.

Climate and Culture

• We had a parent meeting on 12/6 to talk about the new middle school configuration.  About 20 people came. There was concern, but I think people left with a better understanding of the rationale for the decision.  Thank you to Christa, Mario and Sarita for attending and offering support.

Professional Development

• We had our first day of SIOP training on Dec. 2.  The main topic was Lesson Preparation (component 1 of 8 in the SIOP program).  All teachers were asked to add an element of the SIOP Lesson Preparation model to their professional goals.
• Teachers are required to submit 3 professional goals. In addition to SIOP and student achievement, they are setting one goal connected to the Beaverton 5D framework, which is a rubric that outlines effective teaching practices.  All teachers are meeting with me to go over their goals.  

Hot Topics

• My goals

Seeking Input

• Our counselor would like to purchase the Second Step anti-bullying curriculum, but we don’t have the funds this year.  The elementary component is $2000. She suggested trying a Go Fund Me campaign. Thoughts?
• Access to BDBT is muddy, which is hard for parents who are going straight to work.  Can we make improvements?
• Would it be possible to put cameras in the halls for middle school? We are trying to increase teacher supervision, but it is tough to have someone out there all the time.

Decision Needed

• We are interested in changing our janitorial service provider.  We are not happy with the quality of the service we are getting.  I have three bids for you to review.
• We need to make a decision about for-profit after school clubs.  Math Gamers wants to start in Jan.
• I used the policy template the Christa provided to create a draft of the admissions testing proposal that I brought to the board last month.  I am still working with BSD to figure out our options for assessments, so I did not name a specific testing system in the policy. If we use Logramos, the cost is $14.50 per online test.

 

The Board and Executive Director Michelle Herron agreed to an informal, partial Board mid-year review. 

ACTION ITEM: Ask Mr. Mario Barron to research options/estimates for the Buenos Dias/Buenas Tardes entrance to decrease muddiness.

ACTION ITEM: The Board will ask Mr. Mario Barron, and Executive Director Michelle Herron will ask Office Staff. where the cameras from the previous building are and install in current building. 

The Board reviewed a draft policy of the Spanish Proficiency Admission Requirement. 

There was not a staff report today.

There was not a PTO report today.

There is no Development & Community Relations Committee update today.

 

 

 

No Finance Committee Update today.

Ms. Christa Billings updated the Board on proposed policies coming at the next Board Meeting.

Ms. Sara Marx read out the Action Items.