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Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Littleton Elementary

SAC Meeting Minutes

August 18, 2016

I. Call to Order Mrs. Broughton Meeting was called to order at 5:00 pm.

Attendees

Jenna Andle Phillip Hector Lisa Peters Jessica Arostegui Amanda Lisenbey Lori Ramey Monica Broughton Jackie Mendoza Shirley Robinson Mandy Fitzgerald Tony Mendoza Jr. Jeff Sanders Jenna Giampi Chad Michaels Kathleen Swaney Anais Guzman Mardell Moralez Catalina Torres Eva Hector Tina Pavy

II. Approval of Minutes Recommendation was made to approve the minutes of May 23, 2016 with the following corrections by Tina Pavy:

a.) Page 1 under DAC update number 2, the fifth sentence should read “In order to close the gap, the District is working to improve the quality of our teachers and our principals; develop high academic standards; testing less and learning more.” (Corrected leaning to learning)

III. Mrs. Broughton gave a brief overview of what the School Advisory Council (SAC) is and what their responsibilities are. SAC is made up of administrators, teachers, support staff, parents, community members and business partners. The purpose of the SAC is to assist in the preparation and evaluation of academic goals as they pertain to the school improvement plan (SIP) and to assist the principal with the expenditures of school improvement funds. SAC approves and votes on the plan after teachers and administrators work on and set our school goals. SAC meets once per quarter, however, we will need to meet twice in the month of August to review and approve the RLE SIP. All are welcome to attend SAC meetings but only members have voting rights. We had sign-up sheets available at open house for parents to sign if interested. RLE’s SIP is due to the district August 31, 2016. Staff and administrators will be working on our plan on August 22, 2016 and SAC will need to approve the plan August 29, 2016. The agreed meeting day and time for the next meeting will be August 29, 2016 at 5:00 p.m.

IV. Approve 2016-17 SAC Membership (Attachment 1) Introduced 2016 2017 voting members and a motion was made by Anais Guzman and a second by Jenna Andle to accept this year’s members.

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Vote: Yes-11 No-0 Abs-0

V. Selection of SAC chair, SAC secretary, DAC rep, DAC alternate, and preferred meeting day

2016-17 SAC Chair: Mandi Fitzgerald

2016-17 SAC Secretary: Lori Ramey

2016-17 DAC Representative: Chad Michaels

2016-17 Alternate: Mardell Moralez

DAC meetings are held once a month. Attendance is taken and it is important that our school is represented. If the representative is unable to attend, the alternate is to be contacted by the representative. Mrs. Broughton is to be notified if both the representative and alternate are unable to attend the DAC meeting. (Attachment 2)

VI. Collaborate on Parent Involvement Plan The plan establishes the expectations for parental involvement and describes how the school will implement a number of specific parental involvement activities. The plan is also incorporated in Title 1/SIP and is submitted to the Florida Department of Education (FDOE). We discussed how the school will involve parents in an organized, ongoing and timely manner in planning and reviewing the Title 1 programs including involvement in the decisions regarding how funds for parental involvement will be used. RLE will have quarterly Title 1 Parent Involvement/SAC meeting composed of parents, teachers, support staff, and business & community partners. The first meeting takes place within the first four weeks of school. We communicate information to our parents in several ways: ParentLink, newsletters, communication folders, and the marquee located in front of school. RLE values parent involvement as we believe it contributes to the academic and behavior success of children. Documentation for all SAC and parent meetings to include: flyers, agendas, handouts, meeting minutes, and sign-in sheets will be maintained in the Title 1 tool kit. The district has approved their part of the parent plan already. The main theme is to promote growth and achievement at highest level. Our first parent involvement function starts with Meet your Teacher. Our kindergarten orientation was held in May. These events include a summary of activities that are designed to build the capacity of parents to help their children. (Attachment 3) We will continue to do the same events that we did in 2015-16 as these are events are the ones that work well for our school and that our families enjoy and support. This is a plan that we can always add events and functions to. Mr. Mendoza said that in Indiana they had a group of dads that would have lunch with students since many of their students did not have any male figure in their lives. He thought this might be something we could do here at our school. He questioned why we didn’t have any sports programs teaching children the fundamentals. Mrs. Broughton indicated that organized sports in our district start in sixth grade. Mrs. Moralez added that Littleton has plenty of extra-curricular activities that students can take advantage of if they want to. Littleton surpasses other schools. Mr. Sanders advised that we teach the fundamentals in physical education classes.

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Mrs. Moralez made a motion to accept the 2016-17 Dr. Carrie D. Robinson Littleton Elementary School Parental Involvement Plan. Mr. Michaels seconded. Vote: Yes-14 No-0 Abs-0

VII. School/Teacher/Parent Compact (Attachment 4) The document is an agreement that outlines how the parents, the entire school staff, and the students will share the responsibility for improved student academic achievement and the means by which the school and parent will build and develop a partnership that will help children achieve the state’s high standards. There is a place for the parent, the student, teacher and the principal to sign indicating that they are in agreement and will participate in this plan. Mr. Michaels questioned how many times a year do we send to parents/students to review what is in the plan they signed? They go home one time, but a copy is kept in the student data binder and presented at any student meeting and Student Led Conference. It is also used as a reference between teacher and student and can be pulled out for review during class hours. Motion to accept School/Teacher/Parent Compact was made by Anais Guzman and seconded by Tina Pavy. Vote: Yes-15 No-0 Abs-0

VIII. Good of the Order and Upcoming Events: a.) Parents Nights at 6:00 p.m.

i.) 5th Grade-8/23/16 ii.) 2nd Grade-8/24/16 iii.) 4th Grade-8/25/16

Kindergarten orientation was held in May. These meeting are not mandatory. Teachers would like parents to come so that they can be made aware of the expectations, curriculum and field trips for this year.

IX. Adjourn Motion was made to adjourn by Anais Guzman. It was seconded by Jenna Andle Vote: Yes-15 No-0 Abs-0 Meeting was adjourned at 5:38 p.m.

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