SLT Minutes 3-7-5

Leadership Team Minutes 3-7-05

In attendance

Rich Mozzini, Til Tribuzi, Miguel Appleman, Ron Beall, Joyce Dickson, Martin Ortega, Catherine Bunch, Behrooz Shahvini, Gerry Mountain, Alison Silvestri, Michelle Casale, Linda Brockett, Jacquie McEvoy, Nate Johnson (facilitator and recorder)

Summary of Actions:

We discussed preparing for a faculty vote on piloting the seven-period day next year.

Next Meetings:

On March 11, 2005, the department chairs will host an informational meeting at 8:00 a.m. in Room 51. See agenda below.

On March 18, 2005, the faculty will vote on whether to pilot the seven-period day next year.

On April 4, 2005, the department chairs will meet for monthly meeting.

More Detailed Minutes from March 7

7-Period Day Pilot for 2005/06 School Year

Issue: Do we want 6 or 7 periods next year?

Assumptions: Other schools will pilot. Union will not object. Cuts are made. Faculty decides.

Goal: Give Jacquie our unified position.

What we Know	What we Need to Know
w A teacher group can visit schools and see	w Will Board mandate minutes in 06/07?
w More “redirection of funds” is possible	w Are we down 5% every year?
w Board in favor of 7 periods	w Will unprepared students really benefit?
w Athletics is not the intent of 7 per.	w What is the plan for long-term financing?
w We will mandate 7^th per. for needy kids	w Why would we not want to pilot?
w More options will be available for all levels	w What is the stance of union?
w Union recommends a study committee	w Will working conditions change?
w Union says all schools go or none	w How many schools will pilot?
w 7 periods is a corrective action under NCLB	w How many schools can pilot?
w 7 periods does not necessarily mean more teachers or more classes	w Will teacher pay go down in the long-run?
w We don’t yet know about how many sections or teachers we’ll need next year	w What about preps?
	w Will we have evaluation of 7 per. plan

Question: Should we pilot a 7-period day next year (2005-06)?

Pro	Con
w More freedom in designing and implementing our own schedule in 2005 and in 2006	w We need more planning time
w We’ll have more FTEs next year	w We don’t know the nature of FTEs that are going to be retained
w More Fine Arts students next year	w We don’t know that long term plan for funding
w We’ll learn more by doing it.	w Should we put in the time to plan if only three schools are allowed to pilot and we are not one of the three schools
w Full core starts next year
In summary: It’s happening anyway	In summary: We don’t know anything

Next SLT Meeting: April 4, 2005

Before Next Meeting

On March 11, 2005, the department chairs will host an informational meeting at 8:00 a.m. in Room 51.

Jacquie—5 minutes answering questions;

Allison—5 minutes answering questions;

Nate—5 minutes presenting agenda;

Faculty—30 minutes for discussion. Nate records.

On March 18, 2005, the faculty will vote on whether to pilot the seven-period day next year.

April 4 Meeting

Topic: To be determined (Out come from school-wide presentation)

Duration: TBA

Facilitator: Nate or another

Recorder: TBA

Goal: TBA.

Product: TBA