Civitas SOL Summer Meeting Minutes 6/21/12

Staff in Attendance: Garcia, Thompson, Pollac , Pa!illa, Palacios, Stratton, "arren, #ittle, Golar$, Strou!, Guerrero, Gurrola, Miran!a School %ocus &nsuring success o' the school Thompson( Civitas is in the )*ncu+ator Stage,- "e are currentl. /ithout an acting principal, This might mean a signi'icant change to our school 0e,g, reconstitution, losing pilot school status, etc,1 *t is important that /e )step up our game,- "e nee! to 'igure out /hat /e can !o as teachers to eep our !oors open, Palacios( The /in!o/ 'or principal applications is 2une 23, * /ill +e in touch /ith the !irector an! /e /ill start the intervie/ process at that point, Palacios( The principal hiring committee currentl. consists o' the C*4 committee, stu!ents 0"on 2un "all, 2ason Martine$, *vania 5epe!a, an! 6im+erl. Soriano1 an! parents 0Ms, Linares an! Ms, 5epe!a1, communit. 07iane 8urta!o1, Shannon Cor+ett 07irector o' Pilot Schools1 an! 2eanne %auci 0&9ective 7irector o' Small Schools, Garcia( "e nee! to uphol! the Memoran!um o' :n!erstan!ing 0MO:1, .et most o' us have never seen it, #ittle( "e nee! to get a cop. o' the MO: 'or the ne9t meeting, Thompson( *t is !i''erent than our &lect to "or 4greement, Ma. 22, 2;12 Letter 'rom Pilot Schools 7irector #ittle( "hat !oes )support- entail< Gurrola( Can /e choose our o/n )support,- or !o /e nee! to /ait 'or the Pilot School Committee to )support- us< Thompson( "e nee! to 'igure out /hat in! o' sta'' pro'essional !evelopment our school nee!s, Our pilot school !oes have certain )autonomies, Strou!( Most schools have an outsi!e Pro'essional 7evelopment Support Provi!er, primaril. 'ocusing on Math an! &nglish, "e can suggest .our o/n service provi!er, +ut usuall. the !istrict chooses an in!epen!ent provi!er, +ecause the. are separate 'rom the school itsel', One thing /e nee! to consi!er is ho/ /e +ring in ne/ teachers to the school, ho/ /e orient ne/ teachers, One thing most !istrict oversight are loo ing 'or is e9isting s.stems in place at the school, That shoul! +e one thing /e nee! to 'ocus on at our school 0!iscipline, atten!ance, etc,1, Pollac ( "hat /as the result o' our atten!ance< => or so, 'or all the e''orts o' ?illase@or 0PS41,

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Guerrero( Most schools /ill +ring in people 'rom L4CO& to help a school /rite a plan an! implement that plan, "e nee! to 'igure out our plan 'or "4SC Plan an! this can count 'or +oth the Pilot School Steering Committee an! "4SC, Ae'ore the. come in /ith their )intensive support team,- /e nee! to have these plans in place, so /e have a 'ocus an! a !irection, 8iring Plans 0Teacher an! Principal1 7ealB+rea ers 'or Principal Thompson( Aagels ever. %ri!a. "arren( There nee!s to +e a )chec sBan!B+alances- s.stem in place at our school, Aringing in our ne/ principal, !o /e have s.stems in place< Strou!( 7oesnCt the principal report to the Governing Aoar!< The han!s o' the principal are tie! +. parents, stu!ents, teachers an! sta'', The committee polic. /as e''ective to a point, +ut there are some things that Dust nee! to +e !eci!e! +. a principal, Thompson( "e alrea!. have a preBapprove! list 'or principals intervie/ing 'or the Do+, "arren( "e shoul! have %igueroa create some 'ee!+ac 'or 'uture incoming principals 0i,e, an )e9it intervie/-1, Strou!( "e also share a campus, /hich means the. nee! to +e a /or ing relationship /ith Eo.+al, Miran!a( The. /ill have to uphol! the autonomies o' a pilot school, Gurrola( "eCre also in a con!itional last .ear, so /e nee! to have an un!erstan!ing o' the !eman!s 'or our school to eep its !oors open 0test scores, !ata, etc,1 Miran!a( "e nee! to have a vision too, as a group o' teachers, "e nee! to 'use our goals o' things li e Gate/a., *7 :nit, as /ell as test scores/!ata, Strou!( Our Gate/a., *7 :nit, Senior ProDect success nee!s to translate into test scores, One thing a ne/ principal !oes is it +u.s the school a minimum o' t/o .ears to turn a school aroun!, Gurrola( One thing /e nee! to a!!ress in our school mission/vision is our commitment to environmental/social Dustice, Strou!( One thing a+out "4SC is that /e canCt lieF /e nee! to +e clear on /here /eCre at an! tal a+out /here /e /ant to +e, Guerrero( "e nee! to +e Consistent /ith our !ata, so that /e can a!! our in'o to M.7ata online, Strou!( That coul! +e a P7 'or our school, on ho/ to incorporate more !ata to our !iscussion, Thompson( "e also nee! to a!! !ata to our Gate/a., 8a+its o' Min!, *7 :nit, etc, Aecause i' itCs important, than /e nee! to +e consistent an! !ocument our results, "e canCt report /hat /e !o i' itCs not in !ataB 'ormat, Strou!( "e nee! to 'igure out ho/ to a!apt our ru+rics to !istrictB/i!e

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assessment an! stan!ar!sB+ase! language, "e nee! to 'igure out ho/ to translate alternate assessments into stan!ar!sB+ase! an! !istrictB'rien!l. language, #e/ Teacher Orientation Thompson( * /oul! li e to have /ee l. ne/ teacher meetings 0lunch or a'ter school1, either 'or ne/ teachers to the pro'ession or ne/ to Civitas, Gurrola( Our 'irst 'our P7Cs nee! to +e relate! aroun! ProDects/*7 :nit, Gate/a., Senior ProDect, 8a+its o' Min!, 4!visor., etc, Thompson( * thin /e nee! to provi!e a!!itional support 'or ne/ teachers to Civitas, outsi!e o' P7 time, "arren( "eCre also going to nee! to !e!icate a lot o' our P7 time to "4SC, Strou!( Please post the agen!a /ee l., so that an. teacher can )!rop inan! get some re'reshers or a!! to the !iscussionF or returning teachers can suggest topics o' concern, Gurrola( * must sa. that as a ne/ teacher, i' things /erenCt clear to me at Civitas, then itCs !i''icult 'or me to translate in'ormation to m. stu!ents, 8onors/4P Classes Thompson( Eegar!ing 4P classes, /e canCt Dusti'. mone. to purchase materials i' the 4P classes have not +een approve!, One o' the things /e nee! to consi!er is the o''ering o' 8onors/4P Classes, in or!er to /or on retaining stu!ents, *tCs ver. !i''icult to teach to ever.one in a !iverse class, "arren( *s it possi+le to o''er an 8onors/4P stran!< "e o''er an S7C/ESP stran!, /h. not an 8onors/4P stran!< Miran!a( One thing /eCre loo ing at is that it /oul! a''ect teachers as /ell as stu!ents, Gurrola( Perhaps, /e nee! to 'ocus ourselves in 'ourB'ive areas as a school, One o' the strengths o' our school is getting parents an! communities involve! in our school, 4nother area is stu!ent retention in aca!emics an! other areas, "arren( One o' the things *Cm hearing is that /e nee! to have areas to challenge our +right i!s, +ecause or else, the. are leaving, This coul! start /ith 1;th gra!e classes an! lea! into 11th an! 12th gra!e 4P classes, Thompson( This is a in! o' )trac ing- o' course, Strou!( 4ll stu!ents nee! to have the opportunit. to enter into 4P/8onors classes, +ut it nee!s to +e up to teacher !iscretion at the en! o' the !a., "arren( * thin /e can !o one section 'or 1;th an! 11th gra!e &nglish an! Math, creating a stran!, Thompson( "eCre hoping that this /ill create an incentive 'or stu!ents to choose Civitas, #ittle( Miran!a, can /e ma e this /or , 'rom a master sche!uling perspective< Miran!a( One possi+ilit. /oul! +e a !ou+leBroster, Thompson( Aut that /oul! !e'eat the purpose, Miran!a( "e nee! to create a list o' stu!ents that /oul! +e goo! 'its 'or 8onors, There nee!s to +e a oneB.ear commitment 'rom stu!ents,

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Guerrero( Perhaps, /e coul! have the 'irst /ee o' classes to +e 'le9i+le /ith our 4!visories, to clari'. the reGuirements an! e9pectations an! allo/ stu!ents some trans'erBtime, Gurrola( Coming 'rom a much larger school, there are positives/negatives at a small school li e Civitas, There is a much stronger communit., +ut there are also !ra/+ac s 0little arts o''ere!, no 4P/8onors, etc,1, Thompson( Aecause /e are a small school, so much 'alls +ac on the teachers to create that uniGue i!entit. an! those uniGue i!entities, Strou!( 4re there an. options to connect /ith Eo.+al an! share some o' those resources 04P, electives, etc,1< #ittle( 4re /e planning on o''ering electives again this .ear< Thompson( So 'ar, the same, &lectives in the 'all, ProDects 0to +e negotiate!1 in the spring, Thompson( To /rap things up, Thompson /ill su+mit names 'or 1;th gra!e 8onors &nglish, #ittle 'or 11th gra!e 8onors &nglish, Thompson/"arren 'or 12th gra!e 8onors &nglish, Miran!a /ill select 4/A gra!es 'or stu!ents 'rom Spanish 2 'or Spanish 4P,

Announcements: The Amazing Day of Service with the Mayor !nity "ar#en $ Tues#ay% &une 2'% 2()2% see "urro*a for more information+ ,rom -am.2/m+ A*so featuring /eo/*e from Co*um0ia 1ictures% The Amazing S/i#erman+ Civitas Summer Meeting 2e#+ &une 23 at 2arren4s 5ome 6'/m7 Civitas Summer Meeting %ri, 2une 2H at ThompsonCs 8ome 6'/m7 Next Meeting Business: Wed. June 27 (Warrens Home) *7 :nit Senior ProDect Gate/a. Ca*i0rating 5a0its of Min# 8u0rics% trans*ating A*ternative Assessments into Stan#ar#s.9ase# or District.,rien#*y Data :ni'orm Polic. 0!etermine /hat MO: sa.s regar!ing polic.1 *ncreasing 4tten!ance/Stu!ent Eetention ri. June 2! ("#om$sons Home) 7iscipline Polic. Planning School Orientations Pro'essional 7evelopment "4SC Plans