Minutes
School Advisory Council
January 14, 2004
Present: N. Forbes, S. Hlohinec, L. DiVirgilio, J.
Murray, D. Litchet, D. Flessner, G. Gibbs, J. Coleman, L. Knight, K. Usman, L.
Long, L. Silva, M. Behrman, L. Silver, D. Mrstik, D. Merkley, J. Yahraus
Linda Knight called the meeting to order at 3:20. Lisa Silva made a motion to approve the minutes as stated, Julie Murray seconded the motion. The minutes were approved.
Jennifer Yahraus was asked to report on the progress of Technology. The Technology Committee along with Jennifer
Purmort as parent representing the SAC committee and Kelly Howard representing
the PTO met with Mike Horan, Supervisor of Instructional Technology, in
December to formulate a 5-year technology plan for Lakeview. The committee prioritized our needs. Laptops for all teachers (accelerating the
3-year process that the County has in place) and a wireless school were the top
two priorities. She also reported that
the iBooks that were purchased with A+ funds have just
been received and that Polly is working on setting them up.
Old Business—Jennifer Yahraus reported for the Art, Music, and P.E. teachers on activities that they have accomplished towards achieving their goal:
Art—Expected Students Outcomes should be stated as “and/or” thus stating: “Students will maintain or improve their proficiency in K-5 art courses as measured through:
* involvement in art displays/exhibits, and/or awareness and participation in community art activities (ex. newspaper articles, community projects/festivals, art contests, visits to museums and galleries),
* authentic assessment,
* tests.”
Activities to achieve the Art goal:
1. Photography Club has been added this year
2. More students are involved with LNN (63 students this year as compared to 20 students last year)
3. Field Trips to art museums are still in the planning stage
P.E.—Students are making progress in the activities as stated and a majority of the students have received a “Satisfactory” grade.
Music—
1. Strings class for 4th & 5th graders has been added this year. This group meets every Thursday at 1:50.
2. All 4th & 5th graders will attend an orchestra performance at the Van Wezel in the spring.
New Business—Discussion of revisions to Goals 1-3:
Goal 1—Reading
2. Add this bullet: “Use of the FCAT Explorer website for 3rd & 4th grade.”
3. Add “thematic units” to this statement: “Instructional strategies will include blending, auditory processing, phonics and decoding, read aloud, shared reading, independent reading, and thematic units.”
4. Add “using a variety of assessment tools” to this statement: “Teachers will regroup students for remediation using a variety of assessment tools.”
5. Add “iBooks” to this statement: “Teachers will use technology (ILS, iBooks), higher order thinking skills and a variety of teaching materials/techniques to motivate and reinforce student learning.”
6. Add this bullet: “Spiraling of the curriculum.”
Goal 2—Mathematics
1. Add “using a variety of assessment tools” to this statement: “Teachers will regroup students for remediation using a variety of assessment tools.”
2. Add this bullet: “Use of the FCAT Explorer website by 5th grade.”
3. Add “iBooks” to this statement: “Instructional strategies may include the use of peer mentoring, manipulatives, writing in math, daily story/math problems, auditory math practice, daily review of math concepts, spiraling in the curriculum, Sunshine Math/Math Super Stars, FCAT preparation materials, and technology (ILS and iBooks).”
Goal 3—Writing—No changes were made to this goal.
All SAC reps were asked to look at Goals 4, 5, & 6 before the next meeting.
Denise Litchet made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Lisa Silva seconded it.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00.
The next meeting will be on Wed.,
Feb. 11, 2004 at 3:15 in the