School Leadership Team Minutes
In attendance
Rich Mozzini,
Til Tribuzi, Cynthia Rapaido, Ron Beall, Martin
Ortega, Jacquie McEvoy, Behrooz
Shahvini, Nate Johnson
(recorder), Diane Termini, Steve Asp, Brad Friedman, Ruth Micheletti,
Michelle Casale, Joyce Dickson, Sally Seebode, Cece Cronin, Dan Kiely, Miguel Appleman, Sara Catalli
Summary of Actions
1.
Jacquie painted a
gloomy picture of the budget with an update on the district’s financial
situation
2.
Rich portrayed the opening of school in brighter
colors
3.
Cynthia used a
neutral palette to represent activities such as the fire drill and fall sports
rally
4.
Rich framed CST
and CAHSEE data by directing department chairs to examine the numbers with our
constituents
5.
Behrooz and Jacquie presented a draft of the School WASC
Action Teams (SWATs)
They determined that several SWATs naturally formed based on our last meeting’s work.
People on these groups would work during Thursday embedded times to become
experts in the topic throughout the year.
SLT members may spearhead the
groups to get things started on the Staff Development Day. People should pick
the group that will meet their needs but also will capitalize on their
expertise. At the next meeting, the SLT
members will be the guinea pigs to see how we as a staff might settle out in
groups. At the SLT meeting on September 11, the SLT will approve the SDD agenda
and the WASC Framework, and the SWAT proposal form, which Jacquie and Behrooz will draft out.
The goal for the SDD is to
begin work on the WASC Action Plans. We hope to have people identify a SWAT to
work on this year. On September 19, those staff members who did not attend SDD
will attend a make-up session to join or create SWAT(s). Proposals for the
make-up SWAT are due with the other proposals on September 22.
The following are the
proposed SWATs with some notes on their more specific
duties
Staff Development Planning—Workshops
What are the school-level needs
Operations—effective use of time
7-period day, advisory,
specialized advisory
Student Support System A—schoolwide
Catalog what support is
there; what are we doing
How are we going to evaluate
what we have?
Student Support System A—9th
grade
Catalog what support is
there; what are we doing
How are we going to evaluate
what we have?
Data Gathering and Analysis A—schoolwide
Failing students, for example
Data Gathering and
Analysis B—9th grade only
Failing students, for example
Curriculum Expansion A—Experiential Learning
Program
Allow teachers to pilot
seminars that could become electives
Curriculum Expansion B—Potential Partnerships
What partnerships could be available through the community? Who can we work with on projects such as ROP, arts
Teacher Generated Proposals
Could be curricular expansion—generate new course of study or take on established course of study
Other proposals that address the WASC plans will need to be approved by SLT
