Admin.+Meeting+Agenda


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Future agenda items: Webex - eSchoolPlus Student Success Planner (follow up discussion) District mission and vision- discussion Permanent Substitutes

__June 21, 2009__ Final week of school discussion Teaching Assistant Assignments Federal Grants

__June 1, 2009__ Clerical Subs- protocols and procedures for requesting (Ed) Navigating the various Nanuet School District wikis (Ed) Spedial Education Staffing '09-'10 (Donna) LTF and a shift from PAF to Wilson Interventions (Donna)

__May 11, 2009__

Copyright - Dana DeVita 2009 - 2010 Assessment Plan (Tungsten Assessments - Grades 2 and up) Reading Staffing, 2009-10 Literacy Task Force Udate


 * May 4, 2009 meeting CANCELLED**.

April 27, 2009: 1. Singapore Visitors: Tuesday, May 5, 2009 2. District Mission and Vision (guest- Allison Zmuda)

__April 20, 2009__
 * 1) Director of PE/Health update
 * 2) Rosetta Stone update
 * 3) District ELA, social studies, science, math, and professional development wikis
 * 4) Railway Safety Presentation
 * 5) Teaching Assistants and AIS

__March 23, 2009__ Director of PE/Health update Rosetta Stone update Webex - eSchoolPlus Student Success Planner 12:45 - 1:30 District mission and vision- discussion

1. Director of PE and PE staffing, 2009-10 2. Reading Staffing 2009-10: (ongoing discussion): we will review the assessment data re student needs for reading remediation, 2009-10. We will also continue the discussion on ideas to address the needs given a 1.0 reduction in staffing. The discussion will be framed by the following essential questions: A. What are the numbers relating to chiildren who need services, and what are their needs? B. What are the kinds of service options we are currently providing? C. What are the number of minutes identified students receive services per week? D. Think outof the box. are there are ways to meet student needs? (i.e. technology, use of teaching assistants)? E. What do we need to provide and how is it different from what we may want to provide?
 * __March 16, 2009__**


 * __March 9, 2009__**

1. Strategic Planning: discussion on parent forums for elementary and middle/high school parents; staff forums. Note: **Please mark your calendars: on July 6 and 7, 2009, we have tentatively scheduled an administrative team workshop on strategic planning, focusing on Gap Analysis (i.e. how does our current state compare to our vision/mission?)** 2. Staffing 2009-10: Reading (ongoing discussion): we will review the assessment data re student needs for reading remediation, 2009-10. We will also continue the discussion on ideas to address the needs given a 1.0 reduction in staffing. The discussion will be framed by the following essential questions: A. What are the numbers relating to chiildren who need sercices, and what are their needs? B. What are the kinds of service options we are currently providing? C. What are the number of minutes identified students receive services per week? D. Think outof the box. are there are ways to meet student needs? (i.e. technology, use of teaching assistants)? E. What do we need to provide and how is it different from what we may want to provide?


 * __March 2, 2009__**- Snow Day- agenda moved to 3/9/09


 * __February 26, 2009 (moved from 2/23)__**

sped names/numbers by grade.
 * 1) Staffing: PE/Health
 * 2) Teacher Web Pages and Curriculum Maps- linking the two (Ed and Ursula)
 * 3) Strategic Planning: agenda for faculty discussions: [[file:Agenda for Staff Focus Group Conversations.doc]] and summary notes of forums: [[file:Communityvision 2-23-09.doc]]
 * 4) Updates on budget, staffing (see unfinished items on 2/10 agenda)
 * 5) Staffing, 2009-10: how will we adjust staffing/services based on personnel reductions (-1.0 Reading, -.6 Physical Education). Please note: these are system-wide reductions, and our solutions must be system-wide. We need to frame this discussion in terms of student need as we move towards 2009-10, not what building/grade level teachers are curently assingened to. Principals- please work w/your staff and the special ed office so you can bring the names of students who have reading services currently, the nature of those services,

Some beliefs that that I'd like to suggest should guide our discussion:
 * if some of our interventions are working, then some of our remedial students should be able to achieve with less intensive support
 * if some of our service delivery models are not working, we need to change them.
 * student needs, not current schedules, need to drive our decision making process. (Ed and Donna)


 * __February 10, 2009 TUESDAY__**
 * 1) Tri-State Preparation for March 4-6 visit
 * 2) Teacher and community participants, strategic planning
 * 3) District Web Site: e-chalk
 * 4) Personnel, 2009-10
 * 5) PBIS - Reflections
 * 6) Permanent Substitute
 * 7) Professional Development during the school day
 * 8) Curriculum Development (including change in protocol to increase involvement of dept. coordinators/instruc. facilitators)
 * 9) Supervision
 * 10) Superintendent's Conference Day
 * 11) NYS testing Survey for Grades 3-8

__February 2, 2009__
 * 1) Emergency Response Drill (B. Smith)
 * 2) Personnel, 2009-10
 * 3) eSchool Flags (Ruben)
 * 4) PBIS Overview - Donna, Barbara, Meredith (for this part of the agenda)
 * 5) Names of residents for Mission Statement Committee
 * 6) Permanent Substitute
 * 7) Professional Development during the school day
 * 8) Curriculum Development and Inservice Courses Follow-up
 * 9) Supervision
 * 10) Superintendent's Conference Day Activities: February 13, 2009

__January 26, 2009:__ Update from the leadership subcommittee of Nanuet's 2.0 Technology Committee. Meg DeMont and Jess Johnson will share information with the administrative team relative to expectations for leaders, teachers, and students. Documents for this discussion include the following: ] ] Staffing 09-10: reductions, leave replacements Update on workbook photocopying and copyright issues (principals- please be prepared to share what you found out in your review and conversation with staff) __January 5, 2009__ Photocopying: In-house v. Doc-U-Tech (cost analysis as well as a discussion regarding workbooks we are producing), and personnel assigned to copy work. Please note: Phil Sions and Cathy Plate will join this discussion. Technology Presentation by Jonathan Kertesz of Classlink on "client virtualization" Nanuet 2.0 Building Walk-throughs Leave Replacements, 2009-10- the need for a consistent approach

__December 22, 2008__ February and March Superintendent's Conference Days Update on RTImDirect

__December 15, 2008:__ Discussion on the future mission of the Nanuet School District (Allison Zmuda)

__December 1, 2008__

Discussion: Should we pilot RTIm Direct?

Discussion: Daniel Pink's book "A Whole New Mind." Possible focus questions: Discussion: December 15 meeting with Allison Zmuda re: our district mission
 * 1) What ideas in the book hold meaning for you and why?
 * 1) Should the “six senses” (Design, Story, Symphony, Empathy, Play, and Meaning) change schooling?  If so, how?
 * 1) What are the implications for the mission of the Nanuet Schools?
 * 1) Where do we go from here?

__November 24, 2008__

Pride Survey

Music Staffing

Debriefing: Emergency Response Drill of 11/4/08 (please bring your notes form the day and reflections with you)

RTI- each school will share information about a student referred to IST- data, interventions, follow-up

Reminder- we will be discussing the Daniel Pink book "A Whole New Mind" at our December 1 meeeting. We will also discuss RTImDirect (a pilot?) at the 12/1 meeting. On December 15, we will be meeting with Allison Zmuda to discuss our ideas relative to a new mission statement for Nanuet.

__November 10, 2008__ Debriefing: Emergency Response Drill of 11/4/08 (please bring your notes form the day and reflections with you) RTI- each school will share information about a student referred to IST- data, interventions, follow-up New Cell Phones - data transfer PRIDE Survey Nanuet 2.0 - Student Surveys February Sup't Conference Day - National Consultant? (DL) Basic Writing Skills Staff Development Proposal (DL)

__October 27, 2008__ Staffing 2009-10: potential impact of budget cap Final review: plans for Supt. Conference Day (November 4) including assigning teachers to locations RTImDirect demo and discussion (Barbara A/ amd Donna L.)

Continuing Items: Wellness Policy Emergency Response Teams

__October 6, 2008__: RTImDirect demo and discussion (Barbara A. and Donna L.) Work day Issues (Ed and Mark) Update on Crisis Drill- Superintendents Conference Day Permanent Subs nanuet 2.0 teacher Survey (Ursula)

__June 2, 2008__ 1) Math Assessments K-8 (Anna Sexton and MaryRose Palumbo will be present) 2) Tungsten 08-09 3) Ollweus 4) NUFSD Tech Wiki 5) Debrief Student Tragedy 6) AESOP to Wincap

Continuing Items: Emergency Response Teams

__May 12, 2008__ 1. Student Tragedy 1. Math Assessments K-8 (Anna Sexton and Maryrose Palumbo will also be present) 2. Staffing, 2008-9 3. Olweus

Continuing Items: Wellness Policy Review Emergency Response Teams

 __May 5, 2008__ 1. Horizon Food Services - Jay Newler - Implementation and system functions 2. Wellness Evaluation (see attached file: 2. District Assessment Plan- complete discussion on ELA portion of assessment plan (note: this discussion is optional for high school administrators). PLEASE NOTE: WE WILL DISCUSS MATH ASSESSMENTS AT OUR MONDAY, MAY 12, 2008 ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM MEETING..

__April 28, 2008__ 1. Ollweus Anti-Bullying Program- Next Steps 2. Annual Wellness Committee Meeting- date and agenda 3. Evalaution Pro- Feedback 4. Summer Curriculum and Pro Grants- systemic focus

__April 15, 2008 (rescheduled from 4/14)__

1. District Assessment Plan- contginuation of discussion from 4/7 (NOTE: THIS DISCUSSION IS OPTIONAL FOR HIGH SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS). 2. OllWues Anti-Bullying Program- next steps 3. Evaluation Pro- Feedback 4. Annual Wllness Committee Meeting

__-- April 7, 2008__
 * 1) District Assessment Program - Initial discussion including our K-6 instructional facilitators
 * 2) State & Federal reporting of students served with IDEA funds - Early Intervention Services
 * 3) Ollweus Anti-Bullying Program - Next Steps
 * 4) Evaluation Pro- Feedback
 * 5) Annual Wllness Committee Meeting

Friday, April 4, 2008: Demonstration of Evaluation Pro- software that can be used to streamline the process of writing teacher observation reports and evaluations, track the process, and analyze the data. We will meet in Room 171 of the high school at 12:30 p.m. Lunch will be provided.

Monday, March 10, 2008
 * Reminder- the March 10, 2008 Administrative Meeting has been cancelled.**

Speical Meeting: Friday, April 4, 2008 at 12:30 p.m. (room 171 of the high school). The purpose of the meeting will be to demonstrate an electronic tool, Evaluation Pro, hat can be used to reduce the time you are currently spending writing observation and evaluation reports. It is completely compatible with the Framework for Teaching and Nanuet’s professional evaluation procedures and allows for customization. The beauty of the system is that it tracks due dates for professional growth plans and observations, and even includes an electronic signature feature to make the process virtually paperless. There is also the potential to generate reports regarding professional development needs. In sum, this approach addresses our goal of working smarter, not harder. The system is currently being used in the Clarkstown School District. Dr. Deborah O’Connell, Associate Superintendent for Curriculum, Instruction, and Personnel, will share how the tool works and how it is being used by her district. As this is a working meeting, lunch will be provided.

Administrators' Meeting

Monday, March 3, 2008 12:30 PM Superintendent's Office

Agenda topics 2008-9 Staffing: special ed, school psych, etc. NTA Contract and issues of time** (as per Mark's note below) Colleagues:
 * The Nanuet Schoolhouse
 * Assessment of CSE and ELL Students*

I would appreciate thoughts on when we should review the status of the following two goals:

//1.//** //Increase special education students’ performance with achievement gains of at least a year’s growth using multiple measures that include state assessments// //**2.**// //\////Increase English Language Learners’ performance with achievement gains of at least a year’s growth using multiple measures that include state assessments//

Thank you, Mark


 * Status of Curriculum Mapping K-12**


 * see Betsy's memo on Dibels Assessment Results:

__CONTINUING ITEMS__: Wellness Committee Emergency Response Teams**