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Wheatmore High School's School Improvement Team Minutes July 28, 2010 at 9:00 Call to Order-Mr. Brannon-Principal o Nomination of Chair, Vice Chair and Secretary o Chair-Kelly Ivey, Vice Chair- Courtney Page, Secretary Sheila Dunphy-Atkins o All nominations were approved and seconded o Members in attendance were: B. Kessler, C. Freeman, L. Mishoe, C. Page. A. Stewart, J. Craft (M. Partin), C. Allred, K. Saunders (K. Sumner), L. Monroe, K.I vey, M. Wolfe, J. Vest, E. Johnson, S. Dunphy-Atkins, C. Ellington, Betty Denny (Student) New/Old business from 2009-2010 school year · AAttendance-Mrs. Vest o What worked and didn’t work for us this past year Some issues were teachers not calling parents until the very last week of school or when students reached 8 or more abs in their class. Not telling Administration about an issue with a student’s attendance. Nena will run a report of Jake Smith of students who are at 8 abs. This will be done each week. Concern will be if a teacher inputs the attendance wrong, you must fix it within 2 days. Attendance needs to be inputted immediately. Do not wait to input the attendance. This report will be run every Wednesday. Jake will notify Allison Mosley and Joy Vest when a student is at 8 days. o Documentation Logs must be turned in  o Teachers must call at 5th abs in class and speak to a parent o If you speak to a parent about a student and you know who their other teachers are, email them so they know what is going on with this student. o We will still keep attendance meetings and contracts Tardys-Did not work very well at all! Call home at 3 and at 6, very few tardy meetings happened last year. At 6 a meeting and detention is to be served. Students were not being marked tady and detentions was not being given nor served. This caused some issues/problems. Discussion about detention and what matters to the students, does after school detention work? Saturday school-funding? Some suggestions for campus beautification/clean up as the students detention. After school detention-teachers must do it. Teachers can not assign afterschool detention without getting in contact with a parent 1st. At least a 24hour notice to parents must be given and the detention must be served within a 48 hours of the detention being assigned. The detention slip is filled out and placed in the folder. Six tardys email Jake about the issue. Joy-is going to have to double check the county’s policies and get back to us on how to document in NCWISE tardys. This was changed ½ way during the semester.. PLC/Nuts and bolts-Mr. Brannon o PProgress reports will go home every 4.5 weeks OPEN HOUSE will be prior to school starting. TUESDAY AUG 24 from 5-7 (floating). Staff should report later that day (TBA) At 7:00 an AP (Advance Placement) parent/student meeting will take place in the Aud –ALL AP teachers should be in attendance with a course outline etc. Aug 17 and 18th at Mandatory Wheatmore Workdays o GGraduation/Capping/Senior Boards/Other Senior Info o Capping will take place at night and not during the school day. Thursday May 26th at 5:30 will be our capping/scholarship presentation. o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">All faculty will be in attendance <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Senior Boards Nights-December 14th and May 17th <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Picking a Senior of the Day-Amy Stewart suggested, random picking of a senior, who will give a quote for the day and random info about that senior. <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Graduation!-Students will wear Red Gowns and White Stoles, Faculty will wear-Black Gowns with red stoles. <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Graduation is tentatively scheduled for June 8th at 8:00 in the football stadium. Graduation committee will met and make final decisions during the school year. Discipline Policy- <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">No one in the hall without a pass with a signature and time on it. <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">All faculty will wear their ID badges <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Faculty Dress Code-will be stricter-length of skirts etc. <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Student Dress Code-NO HOODIES/HATS <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Cell phones-policy needs to be enforced better/teachers using cell phones during instructional time Student Handbook-its needs to be added to the website More technology training for all teachers will be given this year during planning periods and handouts will be given to all as a reference for the training. <span class="Normal__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">SACS-Dr. Allred-Chair of the SACS committee <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">SACS will be March 13-16th. We all need to know what our MISSION/VISION of the school is and be able to tell the SACS committee what it is if we are asked. <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;">Department Chairs-responsibilities of the Department Chair needs to be turned in and also a copy of the PLC minutes will be turned in each week to Administration <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">. <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Amy Stewart reported that SACS is looking for more information on each of our individual web pages. They need to be updated. Everyone should have at least one PDF, cheat sheet/information (helpful hints) for your subject(s) that you teach on your site. IE math formulas. <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-family: 'Courier New','Arial'; font-weight: bold;">o <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">1-3 important links/resources for your class PEPS-EVERYONE who is at risk of failing or who is not on grade level must have a PEP. It must be either a NEW one or an updated one EVERY 9 weeks of instruction. This is for the BIG 5, Physical Science and Algebra II. A copy must be given to the parent and student. Appropriate comments should be written that pertains to the subject being taught. They must be complete, with documentation that is appropriate to the subject and content area. Make sure they are detailed and documentation makes sense. Once a week during common planning talk about PEP’s <span class="Normal__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Budget- As of today we were $15,000 in the whole for athletics. –Coaching Supplements, paying officials, no HUGE gates, etc. Budget is tight and will only get tighter. ABC/AYP update- ABC-WHS made Expected growth and in several areas high growth. There was only one area where we made no growth. AYP-We did meet our 13/13 goals. It was reported earlier that we missed it, but their data was wrong and it has been corrected and we did meet AYP!!! School Improvement Plan- We will continue to work on and focus on three areas <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">(1) <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Technology/learning <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">(2) <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Professional Learning Communities-Needs improvement <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">(3) <span class="List_0020Paragraph__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Maximum learning-Are we taking advantage of all our resources and having our students take advantage of the opportunities that are out there. IE AP courses, NCVPS Redbook Binders-Lesson Plans should be kept in a Redbook binder more information to come on this topic. <span class="Normal__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Senior Night-Wednesday Aug 11th from 6-9 on the Baseball field-check website for more information Community Pep Rally- Thursday Aug 12th at 6:00 in the Stadium-check website for more information <span class="Normal__Char" style="font-weight: bold;">Adjournment-This meeting is over at 2:00

Department Meeting on Thursday, August 19th in C129. Attendees: Lisa Garcia, Bridget Sain, Holly Carter, Kathy Sumner, Kathy Saunders, Crystal Blackwelder

The department met to discuss common planning and SMART Board lessons. Each member brought laptops in the hopes of creating lesson plan templates and sharing information. Most of the laptops were not updated with necessary software which prevented the opportunity to create templates.

SMARTBoard lessons were observed on the screen, but were also limited by the missing software updates. The decision was made to use flash drives to share information and to seek help in obtaining the necessary updates. Crystal and Bridget were unable to log in without access to the h drive. Holly Carter eventually was added to the WHS site.

The department website was discussed and members agreed to forward pictures to link to the website to put a face on our names.

Members discussed a variety of approaches to lessons. At the next meeting, we will continue to share ideas.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%; text-align: center;">Minutes from Faculty Senate *To have something special for seniors, Mr. Brannon has approved for seniors to leave class for lunch 3 minutes early. He will announce when this will begin.

If emailing information about a student, put in a word document first, then send with a password. (your last name) I will show you this on Thursday. Cap and Gown colors: Seniors: Red gowns and black stolesteachers: black gowns and red stoles. Tassles are white and red.
 * Read chapters 5 and 6 of Data Wise

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Faculty Senate Meeting, Jan 20, 2011 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Attending The meeting was called to order by Courtney Page. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Calendar A suggestion was made that the school calendar should be changed to begin school before August 25 in order to finish early. Some feel that this will improve the high school exam/testing situation. Ms. Sumner suggested contacting Jerry Tilman. Mr. Johnson advised that we need to speak to members of the School Board before we go out to the community. Mr. Brannon offered to talk with Marty Trotter regarding this suggestion. ***It was reiterated that we cannot use RCS email to begin petitions or discuss items that are political in nature. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Previous guidelines regarding a memorial garden for deceased students were discussed and amended as follows: A plaque will be placed in the office by Student Council listing in memory the names of deceased students. There will not be a memorial garden. The motion passed and was approved by the senate. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Dress code policies should be enforced. Students will view the dress code video created by Ms. Trogdon- Stout during 2nd period. The date will be announced. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Clubs and organizations with an //academic requirement// may purchase **cords** for their seniors to be worn at graduation. These clubs need to coordinate colors, so that each one will be different. These cords will be the only distinctive attire to be worn at graduation. Seniors may not wear stoles, pins, medals or cords, attire purchased individually or by parents. //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Seniors of Valor //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;"> will be honored in the yearbook, have their name on a plaque in the office, and recognized verbally at Capping. Students achieving Suma, Magna and Cum Laude status will be recognized. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Dr. Allred asks that each department revisit and do a mid-year check of the School Improvement Plan and highlight areas that need to be worked on. Please turn it back into her so that she can put it together and make sure we are all on the same page. She emphasized that “//writing across curriculums//” should be taking place. This writing should be content related, rather than a standard practice prompt. Each teacher needs to have “proof” on-hand of student writing to present to the SACS visitors if asked. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Brannon emphasized that everyone needs to read **__entire__** e-mails that are sent, especially those that are marked as “ high importance/red exclamation point**!** ” __<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">There should not be any testing taking place in classrooms March 15,16 and 17th per Mr. Brannon. __ <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Everyone should have (and read) -the SACS Power point that was sent out. It was suggested that a list be made of things that will be needed for the SACS visit. The SACS committee will be looking for the following: Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Student interactive activities utilizing the Smart board, document cameras and other technologies. Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Teacher websites should be current, with class info and syllabus outlined by Feb.1. The use of wikis is encouraged. Ø <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Proof of student writing in all areas of the curriculum <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The SACS committee will meet with the Faculty Senate in the media center to discuss aspects of the SIP. The members of the senate will divide up areas and be prepared to answer questions. Dr. Allred said that she has let faculty know that this is a timely thing. It is a process that is always growing. We should not stop what we are doing once the visit is over. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">There will be a “word of the day” that should be used by all faculty in their lesson. We will get a list of words/definitions one week before the words should be used. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Popular Ridge Church is donating 15 tables and chairs. There are new people coming on board second semester per Mr. Brannon. Meeting adjourned by Ms. Ivey.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">Melissa Partin, Burton Kesler, Cathy Freeman, Jennifer Craft, Kathy Sumner, Debbie Trodgon-Stout, Courtney Page, Amy Stewart, Dr. Allred, Paul Brannon, Kelly Ivey, Mandy Tuggle, Misty Wolfe, Lisa Mishoe, Nicole Clausi.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 115%;">The __revised__ school calendar for the remainder of the school year is posted on the webpage.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Remembering Deceased Students **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Dress Code/Video **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Honors and Awards for Seniors **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">School Improvement Plan **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Email **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Possible/Probable SACS visit March 15-17 **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Word of the Day **
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;">Wrapping Up **