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Served on district/school improvement committee (H) - BLT committee

BLT Meeting Agendas and Notes

2015-16

Meeting Dates:

January 14th 3:15--4:30

February 11th 7:15-8:00
March 10th
April 14th
May 12th

Norms:
● Focus on K-6
● Use time wisely
● Respect other members’ opinions
● Stick to 30 minutes

March 10th, 2016--3:15-4:00

Agenda:
● Pros/Cons Discussion
○ Need to educate parents. Parent Night. Family night of RESPECT!
○ PTO--Look into this
○ Love and Logic/Arcadia April 26th--Chris Peterson
○ Incentive cards
● Staffing Discussion
● OM performances on March 17th--
● Kick Butts Day--Options
○ March 24th
○ April 1st
○ April 8th
○ April 22
○ Send google form
● Book-It Program 2016-17
○ Kwik Trip--Kwik Books
● Inclusion--Policy
● How is Tuesday, (March 15) or Wednesday, March 16 at 2:30 pm for the MIOSM jazz performance?
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 Standard 2 H
Served on district/school improvement committee (H) - BLT committee

● iPAD damage...Responsibility for broken covers, screens...lost/damaged power

cords?? How/when to inform parents?
○ Mr. Pooler/Administration

February 11th, 2016--7:15-8:00

Agenda:
● Technology Needs
■ Especially a need at the 4th grade level
■ Where are all of the black keyboards
■ Double check the 4th grade keyboarding standards
■ Possibility of a group set for K
○ Chromebooks at Elementary level--discussion
○ 4th/5th/6th grade--Keyboarding Skills
○ Start w/ 5th, add grade level each year.

● Parent Teacher Conferences 2016-17

○ Fall
■ Oct 11/13
○ Spring
○ March 14/16

● 2016-17 Calendar
○ June 5th, rather come back the Monday after cheesefest

● Feedback on how the school year is going. Improvements?

○ Hallway/Specials problems--how to support colleagues?
○ Same respect for ALL staff, same expectations.
○ Communication?
○ Report Cards--go to Trimesters?
■ --November 30th--58 days
■ --March 3rd--58
■ --June--59

January 14th, 2016

Agenda:
 Standard 2 H
Served on district/school improvement committee (H) - BLT committee

● 2016-17 Calendar
○ 2016-17 Master Staff Discussion
○ Send home information to parents mid-August.
○ Floating day is crucial.
○ Concern from 4K to get the required amount of days. February 27th
shifted to February 24th.
○ Monday June 5th removed versus coming back on a Monday.
○ Need to set PT conferences for next year.

● January 22nd Inservice

○ Galesville Elementary
○ Ettrick Elementary
○ BRF-Schedule one grade level at a time.
● Kick Butts Day--S.A.D.D.
○ Outline for the Proposed Kick Butts Event
○ Concerns about age of students and appropriateness.
■ Death
■ 3-4, 5-6 different lesson possibly.
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● SOARING Grant--$$
○ Family Night
■ Ideas for Parental Development Sessions
1. Skyward
2.
● Grade Level Sites
○ K Grade Level Site

○ 1
○ 2
○ 3
○ 4
○ 5
○ 6
● Pace of Change at B-T?
○ Year 1
○ Year 2

November 10th, 2015

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Agenda:
● Busing Update
○ Letters v. Numbers
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● Technology Expectations
○ K-4--Keep iPads at school all the time
○ 5th grade and 6th as needed
● Report Cards
○ Changes--not at this time
○ Grades due--Specialists, January 18th @ 3:00, Core-January 25th @
3:00, Go home on the 1st.
○ Sent home on--February 1st.
● Peer Sensitivity Training--December 11th--
○ Rebecca Hiegel--Development Associate and Peer Sensitivity Outreach Specialist, The Down
Syndrome Association of Wisconsin, Inc.
○ K-1---individual classroom presentations-30 minutes
○ 2-3---group presentation in the auditorium-30 minutes
○ 4-6---group presentation in the auditorium-45 minutes
● Strategic Plan---Curriculum/Scope and Sequence
○ Year 1
■ ELA-Bring in outside support/PD
■ NEED consistency across grade levels
■ communicate with parents/keep it positive/set goals
■ school wide competition/needs to be done correctly
○ Year 2
■
○ Year 3
■
○ Year 4
● Ideas
○ ELA-Guided Reading
○ Math
○ Science
○ Social Studies
○ Student Behavior--”The Wildcat Way”
○ PAWS--Intervention/Enrichment
○ Curriculum Maps/Timeline
○ Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs
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Served on district/school improvement committee (H) - BLT committee

October 13th, 2015

Priority list from previous meeting:

1. Busing
2. Behavior issues-consistent expectations/consequences
a. all line up on the pavement
3. Curriculum-scope and sequence
a. Year 1
i. ELA-Bring in outside support/PD
ii. NEED consistency across grade levels
iii. communicate with parents/keep it positive/set goals
iv. school wide competition/needs to be done correctly
b. Year 2
i.
c. Year 3
i.
d. Year 4
i.

Agenda:
● Busing Update
● Common Technology Expectations
○ Allow to take home for only certain grade levels?
○ Only when homework is assigned?
○ Should iPads be used as a privelage?
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September 28th, 2015

Meet on 2nd Day 4 of each month 3:15-3:45.

Norms:
 Standard 2 H
Served on district/school improvement committee (H) - BLT committee

● Focus on K-6
● Use time wisely
● Respect other members’ opinions
● Stick to 30 minutes

❏ Purpose
❏ To make building wide decisions that point our elementary in the
“right” direction
❏ Where are we at now? Where do we want to go?
❏ Scope and sequence for all curriculum areas--READING
❏ More volunteers in the classroom--community involvement
❏ Support emotional needs of our students--EBD program
❏ Continue with the PBIS initiative--improve student behaviors--include
character traits into PBIS
❏ Staff input into the busing negotiations--compile a list of challenges
related to busing
❏ Common technology expectations and use--who is held accountable
for damages?-Who do we go to for software support? More training?
❏ Priority List
1. Busing--Colors, animals,
2. Behavior issues--address all student behaviors--consistent
expectations/consequences--no pride factor!! Data CANNOT be
used to pit teacher against teacher.
3. Scope and sequence for all curriculum areas
❏ Culture of the Building
❏ Behavior in the hallways are better.
❏ All students know the PBIS terms.
❏ Lining up at recess is a good thing.
❏ Breakfast is an improvement.
❏ Communication with staff
❏ At staff meetings, emphasize that we have a BLT