January 8, 2018 at 7:00 PM - Work Session

Description:  Demuth, Habben, Hesse, Humbert, Schurman, and Wesenberg. 

Student Representatives: Emily Haus, Alexa Hennen, Grace Sauer, AnnaMaria Tomovic

Description:  Board action to approve the agenda for the meeting is expected.

Description:  This portion of the agenda has been designated to highlight programs and initiatives within the district or to invest extended time to discuss issues of strategic direction. 

Description:  During the course of the year, the principals at the elementary and secondary levels are asked to attend the work session to allow for greater interaction between the School Board and the Administrative team. Secondary administration and elementary administration will rotate on a monthly basis to allow the interaction. The administrators from the secondary site are scheduled for the month of January.

Description:  At the December meeting, information about district testing results and WBWF information was reviewed.  As a result of that conversation, School Board members requested opportunity to have a work session with the academic team to discuss the results of previous assessment information and the processes of academic improvement.

As the discussion unfolded, a series of questions were generated by School Board members which become the basis of this agenda item.  Those questions are:

1.     How did we get into the position/status the WBWFreport “presents”?  (Why are we in the position we are?)

2.     Who in each of the academic buildings sees the kind of information offered in the WBWF report?

3.     How is each school building using the RtI (or other processes) to set goals, pursue improvement, and share information about the status of the site?

4.  What is being done to change things so that a year from now, we will see scores that meet the goals or show significant improvement?

Each academic administrator is expected to be present for the meeting to be able to share site-specific information about the improvement processes offered within the site.

Description:  Each month of the year, members of the Administrative Team are scheduled to share information with the School Board.  The idea behind the time is to allow each administrator some extended time to offer updates on the programs under their jurisdiction but, more importantly, to outline the strategic plans and directions they are leading their building or program.

For the month of January, Cold Spring Elementary is asked to provide a program update.  Mr. Skanson is expected to be present to share information about Cold Spring Elementary including ideas related to the academic program and educational spaces at the site.