Verified EESAC Meeting Minutes

Recording Secretary: Sarah Russell

Location of meeting: Dorothy M. Wallace COPE Center, Room 39

Was a quorum established? No

Was the meeting advertised? Yes, 02/12/2016

Attendance

Topics Covered

The meeting was called to order at 8:03 a.m. by Mrs. Alfreida Joseph-Goins in Room 39 of Dorothy M. Wallace COPE Center.

In Attendance: Alfreida Joseph-Goins, Annette Burks-Grice, Sonya Harrington, Karla Revere, Ali Fallah, Sarah Russell, Marilyn Morning, Dr. Calvina Clay, Constance Gilbert, and Janie Centeno.

Mrs. Goins welcomed those present and introduced Mr. Ali Fallah from Farrell & Patel Associates to those who may not have known him.

The minutes of May 20, 2015 were reviewed. Changes were made to the minutes and it was motioned and seconded to approve the minutes with the changes. The motion carried unanimously.

The minutes of October 6, 2015 were reviewed. Changes were made to the minutes and it was motioned and seconded to approve the minutes with the changes. The motion carried with unanimous approval.

There was no old business to discuss.

The School Improvement Plan/Midyear Data Overview of SIP Data was presented by Mrs. Grice. The following items were highlighted:

On Monday, February 1, 2016 a Midyear Instructional Review was conducted by The Division of Educational Opportunity and Access Staff. The team visited classrooms and spoke with teachers and student. The focus once again was literacy across the curriculum. Information gathered through this Instructional Review was shared with teachers, whole group and individually. The desired outcome for the Instructional Review was to collaboratively update the school site Action Plan and alignment to the School Improvement Plan.

As a result of Instructional Review, the following recommendations were presented:

(1) Teachers develop explicit lesson plans that provide instruction for differentiating instruction.
(2) Greater emphasis is placed on graduating students that have not met all requirements.

Mrs. Grice concluded her presentation by ensuring continuous support for improving teacher
effectiveness.

Ms. Gilbert presented an overview regarding Parental Involvement. She addressed Parental Involvement challenges though we continue to send out ConnectEd messages, flyers, and during morning announcements to inform students of various activities in which their parents can become involved.

She also informed those present that the upcoming Math FUNdamentals night has been postponed and suggested a ConnectEd message be sent out.

One successful activity parents attended was the Holiday Bash held in December which was sponsored by our Dade Partner, the law firm of Farrell & Patel.

Ms. Revere presented an update on the CTE/STEM. One academy’s (Early Childhood Education) students have taken industry exams. Another academy’s students (Health Science) will be testing on EKG certification. The Business Academy students will be taking the MOS certification test.

The Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) program will be returning next year. We lost our teacher for this early in the school year.

Ms. Revere informed attendees of upcoming academy activities: Business Academy will be going to AT&T on Thursday, February 25, 2016, to do job shadowing. All three academies are planning spring activities for the entire school population. On March 4-7, 2016 FCCLA members will be attending the annual conference in Orlando.

Dr. Clay gave an overview of Student Services/Attendance. Attendance incentives are in place. There are attendance incentives for each grading period to include but not limited to movies, special breakfasts, etc.

An Attendance Review/Truancy Committee has been established (Dr. Clay, Ms. James-Bodie, and Ms. Morning) to meet with students and parents regarding excessive absences. Truancy meetings are ongoing. Telephone calls are made to absent students on a daily basis to find out why they are absent.

Mrs. Goins asked if we have the average attendance rate and was informed that we do.

Mrs. Grice informed attendees that the district iAttend initiative has been implemented. This initiative allows the district to track student attendance and schools report monthly attendance percentages.

Every staff member needs to become a mentor – select a student to mentor.

Mrs. Goins gave a presentation on the progress of the CORE content classes (English/Language Arts, U.S. History, Math and Science). She explained that the Annual Measurable Objectives (AMOs) are set by the State of Florida for Reading and Mathematics and what the percentages of the student accountability groups are. She then informed those present what progress our students had made, by grade level, in each of these areas. The data was taken from the midyear assessments. Currently there are no students proficient in the core content areas of reading/math/grade 8 science/history. 29% of the students tested on the Biology Midyear Assessment are proficient.

At the end of her presentation she spoke of modifications going forward. The guiding question was “what changes are necessary going forward to increase student achievement as we approach summative assessments?

Mrs. Grice thanked the presenters. She then gave us an overview of the EESAC funds currently available - $425.83 - and explained that the amount is based on student enrollment here. It was proposed to use $395.00 to purchase food for academic/achievement recognition. A vote will be taken on this proposal in March as a quorum was not present at this meeting.

Mrs. Goins informed those present that on Monday, February 22, 2016 a vote had been taken regarding School Improvement Waivers which included keeping block scheduling and assigning administrative duties to instructional personnel. 100% of the staff voted to keep block scheduling for the 2016-2017 school year. 93% of the faculty voted to keep the assignment of administrative duties to instructional personnel.

Mrs. Goins then presented information on Briefing #18945 – Revisions to School Board Policy 5511 – Dress Code and School Uniforms and asked if anyone of the EESAC members wished to change the current uniform policy here at Dorothy M. Wallace COPE Center. It was a unanimous consensus that no changes should be made and the shirt colors would remain red, white, or navy blue and pants would remain jeans.

Announcements:

The Coffee & Conversation meeting will be held this Friday, February 26, 2016 along with the Honor Roll Celebration for the second nine weeks.

On Thursday, February 25, 2016, our African-American Read In will be held from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Dr. Avis Procter, President of Broward Community College North Campus, will be the keynote speaker.

The meeting was adjourned at 9:07 a.m.