Members in Attendance: Jenny Heffner, Kali Agy, Youna Ha, Emly Wallis,
Carly Miskol, Matthew Miskol, Holly Uphold, Michelle VanDyken, Shawn
Walker, Katie Cartwright.
Visitors in Attendance: Anna Whitmore, Liz Huff, Aleicia Jones, Amy Jo
Royall, Ann Fisher
Agenda Items:
1. Welcome and call meeting to order: Called to order 4:05 PM
2. Approval of minutes from our last meeting: Carly Miskol motioned to approve.
Kali Agy seconded the motion. All approved.
3. Discuss how we publicize our year’s work and plan successes to the school
community and Legislators.
a. Mr. Walker compiles results of Acadience testing on an annual basis.
These results are made public through a ParentSquare message. Mr.
Walker also sends an email to all relevant legislators.
4. Welcome new members of SCC for the upcoming school year:
a. Anna Whitmore
b. Holly Uphold
c. Kali Agy
d. Aleicia Jones
e. Amy Jo Royall (odd year position)
f. Liz Huff (odd year position)
g. New faculty members are Shawnya Klingler, Katie Jenkins, and Ann
Fisher, joining Michelle VanDyken.
5. Review School Safety Report action items. Principal completes School Safety
report follow up report on CSD Dashboard.
a. Mr. Walker received outreach from Cottonwood Heights Police
Department regarding community concerns at the corner of Titian Way
and Bengal Boulevard. The city is planning to paint the curb red to help
enforce parking restrictions. It will be up to the school/volunteers to
re-educate drivers and help with ongoing enforcement.
b. Members will follow up on this item during the August 4th meeting to
make sure the curb has been painted, and discuss a retraining plan for the
school community.
6. Member questions:
a. What does technology and iReady look like next year?7. i. Classroom technology will be more restricted next year, and used
only for curriculum instruction. Second grade teachers have
expressed interest in keeping iReady to help with progress
monitoring and standards mastery in relation to RISE testing. If we
continue to use iReady in certain classroom situations, funding
would need to come from the school (SCC).
ii. In some instances, technology is still used to correspond with
lessons, such as Amplify (math). Students and teachers are working
together using dual technology, as opposed to working individually.
b. How are we focussing on common core standards?
i. Teachers are intentional about selecting essential items/elements of
common core standards and applying them to meet unique
classroom and student needs. Teachers unpack the standard to get
specific about vocabulary, prerequisites, etc. Instructional emphasis
is determined by teachers based on what was learned in the
previous grade and what the next grade will require.
c. Members raised concerns regarding ongoing lunch issues (table
separation, noise, staffing):
i. Next year the grade schedule has no over-lap in the lunch room.
With just one grade, more flexibility as far as seating is possible.
ii. Allowing “free-seating” at lunch may be possible at a grade level,
based on reinforcing positive behavior, while also allowing time to
build classroom communities. Using a buddy pass was suggested as
an incentive (Bengal bucks).
iii. Students will also start using different halls for each grade’s release
to recess in order to minimize sound disturbances. Facilities funds
may be used for sound-proofing in the cafeteria.
iv. Clear system and enforcement is necessary.
d. e. Staffing: Cafeteria aide, recess aides, kindergarten teacher position open
Permitting is still ongoing. Mr. Walker will make determinations over the
summer based on individual needs and overall school/grade balance.
Closing: Adjourned 4:53 PM. Jenny Heffner motioned to close, Carly Miskol
seconded the motion. All approved.
Upcoming Meetings:
● August 4th CVE School Improvement Goals 26/27
Reading:
- 80% of all students will make typical or better progress in Acadience Pathways of
Progress
- 85% of kindergarten students will be at or above benchmark in Acadience Reading
Nonsense Word Fluency – Correct Letter Sounds (NWF-CLS) by End of Year (EOY)
- 90% of 1st grade students will be at or above the benchmark in Acadience Reading
Nonsense Word Fluency/Whole Words Read (NWF/WWR) by End of Year (EOY).
Math:
- Implement the new Amplify math curriculum with 100% fidelity by the end of the
school year as measured by classroom walkthrough observations.
Student Well-Being:
- Students will act responsibly, be safe, and demonstrate increased
competence/understanding of specific social-emotional skills supported by the Thrive
- Time curriculum as measured by surveys and/or conversations with student focus
groups.
Action Steps
Reading:
1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Identify essential standards and curriculum alignment by team
Continue with the school-wide process for teaching writing
a. Evaluate effectiveness in PLCs (3 times a year) using rubrics, etc.
Intervene/extend on behalf of individual students
a. Intensifying T1 instruction
b. T2 instruction (intervention/extension)
i. Pay for 4 interventionists to support T2 instruction (Land Trust $31794,
TSSP $41735)
ii. Use alternative programs/strategies for students not showing growth
with current programs
Fund one additional teacher to lower class sizes and create a better student to teacher
ratio (Land Trust $47000, TSSP $47000)
Increase and support teacher expertise through providing ongoing professional
learning, team collaboration/planning, data analysis and peer observations (TSSP
$7000 for subs).Math:
1. 2. 3. Identify walkthrough protocols for implementing Amplify math with integrity
a. Do walkthroughs 3 times during the year
i. Use data to follow up in whole faculty/PLC/individual professional
learning to accomplish our goal of 100%
Increase and support teacher expertise through providing ongoing professional
learning, team collaboration/planning, data analysis and peer observations (TSSP
$7000 for subs).
Pay for 1 interventionist to support deepening math concepts by working with small
groups of learners (TSSP $4000).
Student Well-Being:
- Each teacher will continue to use the Thrive Time curriculum with integrity on a weekly basis
- Continue to support BA hours at full time to allow for more opportunities to teach
- Thrive skills and intervene as needs arise (TSSP $23000)
- Create a safe and orderly environment in the cafeteria by continuing to pay for 1
support aide (TSSP $6566)
Our 3 to 5 year plan:
Steps that need to be taken:
- Celebrate/recognize current achievements/successes
- Understand that focusing on growth is part of continual improvement
not an indictment of current efforts and progress
- Identify essential standards and common formative assessments – include
rigorous learning targets for all students.
- Set goals per student per unit/standard
- Regularly review student progress individually by name (data meetings with
principal, instructional coach, and teacher)
- Improve individual teacher practice and build the team’s capacity to achieve its
goals – ongoing PL on best practices
- As a school, provide a systemic process for intervention and enrichment
- Intervene/extend on behalf of individual students
- Intensifying T1 instruction
- T2 instruction (intervention/extension)
- Research/Implement other best practices
Review and refine our processesLand Trust
(4110) TSSP (5678)
Combined BudgetsExpenditure 79,189 + 122,924 = 202,113
Interventionist 1 (22 hrs) 18,897
Interventionist 2 (22 hrs) 18,897
Interventionist 3 (22 hrs) 18,897
Interventionist 4 (22 hrs) 16,838
Interventionist 5 4,000 4000
Cafeteria Supervision/Intervention
(10 hrs/week) 6,566
1 FTE (Teacher) 94000
BLT Trainings, PL, Peerobservations 14000
From Educator Salary Adj and TSSA District Accounts 13500
BTS – 3300 (4 hrs every other week)
Total Spent 201595
Amount Remaining 518