12-13-07 AT 4 MINUTES
ACTION TEAM #4Rock Island High School
Date: December 13, 2007 Time: 1:30 ˆ 3:30 Meeting Place: Room 138
Team Leader: Jackie Epperly
Time Keeper: Troy Joseph
Recorder: Angie Loebach
Members Present: Mike Benson, Susie Stark, Jackie Epperly, Jen Johnson, Julie Woods, Angie Loebach, Steve Ebner, Troy Joseph, Shawn Trask, Rick Miers, Lori Young, Craig Allison, Craig Sharpe
Agenda/Goals
Action(s) Taken: 1. Interview students about Jr. High/High School. Notes attached.2.
Issues: 1. We were asked to divide our group into Jr. High/High School and High School/College. Focus team four already has a group working on High School/College transition.
2.
Action 1. Meeting scheduled for January w/Jr. High and elementary teachers
2.
ACTION TEAM #4
Questions
1. What worked to make the transition between Jr. High and high school easier?
Edison ˆ Same number of classes helped.
2. What would have helped make the transition better?
Building tour in spring of eighth grade year. Individual tour w/other student to find classes.
Needed better explanation of cafeteria setup and using ID cards. Get more information about clubs and athletic opportunities.
Action Team: Dual Credits/Parent Involvement
Date: Thursday, December 13, 2007
Meeting Location: Room 135 Start time: 1:45 pm End time: 3:00 pm
Leader: Grace Shirk/Farah Anderson Recorder: Tracy Juscius
Members Present: Grace Shirk, Tracy Juscius, Elizabeth Chapman, Marie Howard, Doug Roberts, Farah Anderson, Diane Krumdiek
Topic of discussion:
1.) Spanish Dual Credit
2.) Volunteers for Schools at Work
3.) Parent Classes
4.) „I Ate w/ Nate‰
Actions taken:
1.) Spanish Dual Credit ˆ
a.)Mike Hawley is qualified to teach this class and has the
paperwork. (We will check on the status of his paperwork.)
b.)Students will need to start with first year Spanish, but can start at any grade level (9, 10, 11,12)
2.) Volunteers for „Schools at Work‰ ˆ
a.)Doug called five parents and did not get any response.
b.)Elizabeth Chapman will email two parents and get back to us with
a response.
c.)Diane Krumdiek will also ask a parent to join us.
d.)Doug Roberts will write-up a phone message to be put on the auto-
phone message.
3.) The „Course Description‰ night
a.)The event is planned for January 24th at 6:00 p.m. There is a note in the Newsletter and Farah may have Jeanette send an auto-phone message.
b.)Cyber Space Bowling & Teen Dating Violence will be classes offered to parents in the Spring.
4.) „I Ate with Nate‰
a.) Jeanette would like Œspecifics‚ of the plan before they set up times,
etc.
Key Findings
1.) Spanish Dual Credit - We hope to have it in place by next year.
2.) Volunteers ˆ We hope to have a parent volunteer by the January meeting.
3.) Parent Classes ˆ Three parent classes will be available 2nd semester
4.) „I Ate w/ Nate‰ ˆ We discussed the three kinds of meetings that will be available.
a.) Staff: - January 18th or the 25th
b.) Students: During Advisory ˆ Maybe February 6th and 13th
c.) Parents: During Parent Conferences in the Spring
Date of next meeting: January 31, 2008 Time: 1:45 pm Location: Room 135
To Do before next meetings: Who: When:
1) Check to see if Mike Hawley is serious about teaching Dual Credit Spanish
2) Email two more parents to come to our meetings
3) Contact a parent & child to attend our meetings
4) Get together with Jeanette and write an auto-phone message asking for parents to volunteer at our meetings.
5) Check on status of Staff Educational Levels
Grace Shirk will check
Elizabeth Chapman
Diane Krumdiek
Doug Roberts
Tracy Juscius
Before the next meeting
Give each committee member and the principal a copy of this log
Next meeting we‚ll discuss:
All the details of the „I Ate with Nate‰ program (With Students, Staff, & Parents
Where we are now?
Our group has met and exceeded the original goals. We have taken on „Parent Involvement‰ as another project.
Where will we be next semester?
There will have a parent and a student in our group.
There will have three (3) Dual Credit Classes: Music, Speech and Warehousing
There may also be a welding class as a Dual Credit Class.
The Counselors will have a „Course Description‰ night for parents and students.
The Counselors will also have two Parent Education nights.
Where will we be next year?
Welding will be a Dual Credit class for sure.
There will also be 2 ˆ 3 other Dual Credit Classes.
„I Ate w/ Nate‰ will be up and running throughout the year.
3. Was there any repetition in curriculum between Jr. High and High School?
Two = No One=Yes
4. Did you feel you were prepared for high school academically and socially?
Academically = NO Not a strong math class in Jr. High
Struggling in Jr. High w/English still struggling in High School
Socially = Participating in extra curricula activity helped
5. Did you feel you were prepared for Explore/Plan tests?
Some courses.
6. What programs or extra help did you take advantage of to better yourself academically and socially?
Lights on for learning, got help from teachers and academic advantage class
7. In your opinion, were your teachers‚ expectations fair?
Yes.
Describe orientation day ˆ went in gym and divided into houses. Team building activity. Look at classroom and go through schedule and talk to ladies in cafeteria.
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