June 26

                          

        

Picadome SBDM Council

Minutes

Special Called Meeting

June 26, 2003

 

The Picadome School Community is committed to all students attaining the highest levels of academic achievement and responsible citizenship through equitable opportunities in becoming lifelong learners

The meeting was called to order at 2:25 PM by Darla Simms, council chair. Members present were: teachers- Juaacklyn Cunningham, Tammy Johnson, and Bill McMakin; parent- Jeff Mefford; Tammy Lynch was absent. Also present were new members for 2003-2004 Steve Stone, parent and Kathy Cleary, teacher.

I.                   Minutes

      The minutes of the June 10 meeting were read and approved by consensus

II.                Information Items

      A.      Class Configuration:

Using the current enrollment figures, Miss Simms briefly explained the staffing process as it relates to class configuration. There will be three 5^th grades, three 4^th grades, three 3^rd grades, four 2^nd grades and four 1^st grades.  Due to the Smaller Class Size Initiative, there will be three additional classes: two multiage (1st-2nd) and one 3^rd. There will be four Kindergarten classes each with an assistant.

      B.      Special Area class schedule

The Scheduling Committee is an ad hoc committee composed of Juaacklyn Cunningham, Tammy Johnson, Joe Bowsher, Elayne Crystal and Sara Hodges. Juaacklyn Cunningham, representing the scheduling committee, explained the format of   the schedule. All classes were scheduled for art, music, PE and science. The science position is 1.0 and therefore has some open blocks of time in the schedule which council needs to address.  The priorities for the schedule were: 1) that every teacher having daily planning; 2) that 4^th & 5^th grade students not have special classes in their area for assessment on Monday or Friday due to the number of those days we traditionally miss; and 3) that team members have common planning time. On the schedule, library time is extended to 55 minutes like the other special classes. It has previously been only 40 minutes There was some discussion about rotating the schedule to keep students from missing their Monday and Friday classes. Miss Simms suggested that we try the schedule as written first. Council approved the schedule.

      C.      Professional Development Plan 2003-2004

Becky Boling presented the 2003-2004 Professional Development Plan to council. After some discussion, the plan was approved by consensus

III.             Action Items

A.    Staffing update and consultation

Next week the interview committee will be conducting more interviews for a fourth grade teacher.  Ann Anderson has been hired as a multiage (1st-2nd) teacher and Yvonne Dell has  been hired as a primary teacher.

Consultation occurred for the filling of the multi-age and primary vacancies.

B.     Supplemental Duty

The following teachers will fill the supplemental duty positions for the 2003-2004 school year: The curriculum specialists are: Language Arts-Bill McMakin; Math-Juaacklyn Cunningham; Social Studies- Chris Camuel; Science- Debbie Bodkin; Arts &Humanities- Beth Isaacs; Professional Development - Becky Boling; SBDM secretary- Becky Boling; Portfolio Cluster Leader- Ricki Rosenberg; Technology Coordinator- Melissa Moore;  Since no one applied for the position of Academic Coach, Miss Simms would recommended that council purchase the music sponsor position and have Beth Wells and Beth Isaacs share this due to their work with the "Paws Performers." The Student Technology Leadership Program" director is funded by district.  Melissa Moore will fill this position. Council approved all positions by consensus

C.    Hiring and Consultation Policy

The Hiring and Consultation policy was presented for its second reading and was adopted by council by consensus.

      D. Set meeting dates for the 2003-2004 school year

           After some discussion, council decided to meet on the following Wednesdays at 3:15:

             July 16, 2003                  January 21, 2004         

            August 20, 2003                February 18, 2004

                  September 17, 2003            March 17, 2004

                  October 15, 2003              April 21, 2004

             November 19, 2003             May 19, 2004

                 December 17, 2003             June 2, 2004

 

 Meeting adjourned at 4:15

 

Respectfully submitted by Becky Boling