HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-03-04-BOWMAN-minDr. May Anton
Principal
To: Town Clerk
Re: Please Post
Lexington Public Schools
Bowman School
9 Philip Road
Lexington, Massachusetts 02421
manton @sch.ci.lexington.maus
Tel: (781) 861 -2500
Fax: (781) 861 -2315
Bowman School Site Council Minutes
Friday March 4, 2016
7:45AM- 8:45AM
Bowman School Center Conference Room
Members in attendance: Mary Anton, Beth Glick, Sarah Leveque, Seth Moeller, Melinda
Webster Loof, Alison Stevens, Melissa Abraham, Joshua Curhan
Agenda:
I. Announcements (and updates)
• Homework update (in process)
• World Language update (next year planning year)
II. Public Comment (on topics not on the agenda)
III. Student Reassignment Considerations, Updates and Next Steps
• Tuesday, March 8th, APP Geo presentation to the school
committee with three scenarios
• Saturday, March 12th - community and family members will hear
the APP Geo presentation at Estabrook
• Wednesday, March 16th meeting at Diamond
• April 26th, School committee to make a decision
IV. Professional Learning at Bowman
• Presentations at Conferences
o A group from Bowman will be presenting at the Alumni of
Color Conference at Harvard Graduate School of
Education on 3/5/16 on "Opening Up Spaces for All:
Cross - Cultural Conversation and Conflict in a Diverse
Elementary School"
o Upcoming — Massachusetts Elementary Principals
Association Conference — May 2016 two presentations
• Building a Culture of Trust
• Difficult Conversations Across Cultures: Listening,
Learning and Finding Common Ground
• Math Professional learning
o Second year of school wide look at differentiated Math
o Workshop model
o Looking at teacher and student math talk
o Specifically moving to open ended questioning
and probing of thinking over getting the answer
• Lab Wednesdays
o Job embedded professional learning
o Focus on either math or literacy
o Discuss and investigate as a group
o Move into classrooms where teachers try out
parts of lessons and debrief