HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-02-02-DIAMOND-minDiamond Middle School Site Council Meeting
2/2/2017 7:00 am
Members present: Curt Barrentine, Sawhney Deepika, Dan Strollo, Yi Yang, Catherine Findlay,
Jennifer Turner, Sean Han
Last meeting's minutes were approved
II. Principal's Report
• LEF school community grant was approved
• Drummer will be coming for all school event as well as doing direct instruction in classes in
French
Drum - themed incentives will be purchased
Sammy Amman and Rachel Alexander will lead students in painting mural(s). They are still
scouting sites and will verify them with the contractor
• PTA club stipends will stay one more year until contract negotiation time. We are waiting to
hear this officially from the business office.
• Parent Conference Survey Result: 179 responses
• We'll still trying to figure out what the community and the school think the purpose of the
conference is
Next step is staff focus groups later in February
Parents and staff results will be compared, and this will probably be a year -long
conversation. There probably won't be major changes for next year's conferences.
• Are there other models that other schools use that we could consider?
Staff survey results about effectiveness of Ms. Turner's building leadership so far this year
Communication and culture has improved
Staff generally feel informed and valued
People did not feel overwhelmed about communication
Need for continued communication about weekly goings on
There is a real and perceived difference between on team and off team teachers. This
came through again in the survey
• Staff asked for clarification of roles /responsibility of the principal and assistant principals
• Desire to develop a shared vision for next year. This year's theme was building
relationships.
• Desire for more collaborative communication during faculty meetings
• Talked about the possible need for a principal's mid -year assessment across the district or
some type of climate survey /check -in at the end of the year
• Talked about the migration to Gmail; Google groups could help to promote collaboration
amongst the staff.
• Would Google groups also help to get parents involved?
• Ms. Turner has been running principal advisory meetings this year
• VVe have not yet had an uptick in stomach or other viruses, but we're being more careful
III. Staff Report:
• Staff seem to be comfortable with the format and decisions of the classroom moves
committee
IV. Mid -Year Review of SIP
• First Goal is improving academic performance for all students. Ms. Turner believes this is
happening and has become regular practice in the building
• VVe will continue to discuss the SIP at further site council meetings
V. Member Input
• Discussion about the health curriculum and parents' concerns about sensitive sexual topics
• Question about Rising 6th -grade parent night
VI. Adjournment