Site Council

The Site Council, is comprised of up to five parents, up to five staff members, the Student Council president, and the principal. The purpose of Site Council is to ensure our students’ success by helping to advance the District’s mission, “Our students will be prepared for and eager to accept the academic, occupational, personal and practical challenges of life in a dynamic global environment,” through collaborative planning, communications and decision-making.

Site Councils are established at each school to advise the principal on how to advance student learning through strong shared planning, open communications, and problem-solving strategies.

Applications for open positions are accepted in the spring.

Site Council Meeting Minutes

October 15, 2024

Site Council Mtg
Zoom
Tuesday, October 15, 2024
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Kristin Cakarnis, Areesa Bourdon, Megan Raak

Purpose:

Site Councils are established at each school to help advance the District’s mission and ENDS through strong shared planning, communications and decision-making. Specifically, Site Councils are intended to:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Agreements and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/agreements	4:00-4:05	Agreements: Be solutions focused Use time efficiently and effectively Ask questions Partner with the community of Briarwood –staff, families, students are in this together
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates	4:05-4:30	Currently at about 608 students (including ECE/ECEAP and TK) ECE/ECEAP/TK: TK is new this year and we are loving it! ECE is continuously growing. K-2: Implementing the new Benchmark (Literacy) curriculum. Kids are liking the books in the primary levels – a big focus on non-fiction texts. In Kinder – working on assessments to help improve reading. 2nd Grade is using them too. 3-5: Implementing Benchmark curriculum, working on science and math too. Fall Festivities are coming soon! Other: Boosterthon Fun Run last Friday was a huge success – Yay PTA!, Breakfast Program starts next Wednesday – see eNews articles, Unity Day is Wednesday 10/16. Community Updates: How much participation do we need to keep the Breakfast Program at BW? Our understanding is that we will keep it regardless of the number of kids coming through. Concerns about sugary breakfast options – welcome to take these concerns to the Food Services Dept. What are we hearing about the Bond? Some updates at a PTA meeting recently. Changes in clubs – community concerns about these club changes. How are we measuring success with new Benchmark curriculum? Assessments!
Assessments	Updates	4:30-4:35	WIDA Screener – ongoing i-Ready Diagnostic – 3 times per year SAEBRS and mySAEBRS – 3 times per year Kinder – WaKIDS Coming Up -
Other	Other items to discuss	4:35-4:45	Conversation about how many students at BW are from bilingual households Academic Supports at school Look at PeachJar for references to outside resources
Wrap Up	Anything else? Action Items	4:45-4:50	Looking for a Classified Rep! If anything comes up – reach out!

Next Meeting, January 21, 2025:
- SIP Presentation (update)

May 7, 2024

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, May 7, 2024
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Megan Raak, and Kelly Taylor

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00-4:05	Agreements: Be solutions focused Use time efficiently and effectively Ask questions Partner with the community of Briarwood –staff, families, students are in this together
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates	4:05-4:15	Currently at about 650 students (including ECE/ECEAP) K-2: 1st grade – Light and Sound or Animal Habitat, wrapping up place value and ending the year with Geometry. Working on opinion. All are working on i-Ready Diagnostic reading and math 2nd Field Trip on Friday Kinder – getting ready to start ABC countdown 3-5: All are working on or about to work on SBA. 4th and 5th Grade this week and 3rd grade next week. 5th Grade did a Ceramics Project – kids made a bowl and are currently drying and then we will fire those and then they can be glazed. Thanks to the PTA. 5th Grade prepping for Promotion and End of Year Party. Other: Invisible Mentors, Kindness Focus – Assemblies and into all classes for a Kindness Chat Megan asked about the District Tech Committee and working in Digital Citizenship. Kelly asked about an ENews article about the uptick in mean behaviors. Kelly asked about when DC is taught in Library and others
Assessments	Updates	4:15-4:20	In Process/Coming Up – SBA, i-Ready
SIP	Tia will discuss our current SIP and upcoming plans for next year	4:20-4:30	Start the new SIP process: Tia explained the new process. Megan reminded us all of the importance of family/ stakeholder voice in that document.
Other	Other items to discuss	4:30-4:40	Watch DOGS vs. Recess DOGS – Julia reminded how the program has worked these past 2 years. Right now we have an AM, PM and Full day option. They are in the classroom as well as lunch and recess. The biggest benefit to BW students is the increase of adults in the lunch room and recess. Staff is considering shifting to recess only instead of the classroom component. Kelly asked about how to get involved and more details of the program. Megan asked about drop off and pick up and to continue to improve that system with possibly more adults.
Wrap Up	Anything else? Action Items	4:40-4:45	Next Year: Adding Transitional Kindergarten for next year. Explained a bit about that program Site Council Next Year: watch for an advertisement to join SC next year if interested.

Next Meeting: TBD

March 5, 2024

Site Council Mtg
Zoom
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Megan Raak, and Kelly Taylor

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program 
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.   
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and 
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00-4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused Use time efficiently and effectively Ask questions Partner with the community of Briarwood –staff, families, students are in this together
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates	4:05-4:15	Currently at about 650 students (including ECE/ECEAP) K-2: Kinder – Starting Science Unit on Pushes and Pulls, number bonds in math and subtraction to 10, learning basic digraphs. 1st Grade – working on All About Families/School books, measurement, introducing trigraphs. 2nd Grade – parts of speech and stronger sentences, fluency in jump rope rhymes, jokes. 3-5: 3rd Grade – Informational writing, fractions, 5 regions of the US, text structure. 4th Grade – finishing geometry, starting fractions, opinion writing, Black History Month banners, text structure and features, Explorers in SS, Waves and Sound in Sci. 5th Grade – x fractions, literary essays, reading with an eye towards writing, Wheat Week!, Colonial America and the events leading to Amer. Rev. in SS. Other: Musical put on by Drama Club – Pirates! The Musical. Music in our Schools Month and Multicultural Month. March is Cooperation Month.
Assessments	Updates	4:15-4:20	Past – Kinder CogAT In Process/Coming Up – 2nd Grade CogAT/TTCT, SBA, WIDA Continued – i-Ready
SIP	Tia will discuss our current SIP and upcoming plans for next year	4:20-4:50	Start the new SIP process in the Spring now!
Other	Other items to discuss	4:50-4:55	BW Way – Update
Wrap Up	Anything else? Action Items	4:55-5:00

Next Meeting, May 7, 2024:

January 16, 2024

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, January 16, 2024
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Megan Raak, and Kelly Taylor

Purpose:

Site Councils are established at each school to help advance the District’s mission and ends through strong shared planning, communications and decision-making. Specifically, Site Councils are intended to:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00 –4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused. Use time efficiently and effectively. Ask questions. Partner with the community of Briarwood – staff, families, students are in this together.
T/LAP Presentation	Ann and Eve present annual T/LAP information	4:05-4:20
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates	4:20 –4:30	Currently at about 650 students (including ECE/ECEAP) K-2: Kinder – Science (pushes and pull) and Gingerbread Man Hunt in December, 1st – Fairy Tales, Science (Animal and Plant Defenses), 2nd – Learning about the community (Market Day coming up) 3-5: 3rd and 4th – no updates right now, 5th – back from CAMP (first in 3 years), fractions, science (water), research based argumentative, book groups
Assessments	Updates	4:30 –4:35	Past – Kinder CogAT Coming Up – 2nd Grade CogAT/TTCT, SBA, WIDA Continued – i-Ready
Other	Other items to discuss	4:35 –4:45	BW Way Niche
Wrap Up	Anything else? Action Items	4:45 –4:50	Spread the word on Niche Spread the word on applying to be a sub

Next Meeting, March 5, 2024:
- SIP Presentation (update)

March 7, 2023

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, March 7, 2023
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Melanie Zimmerman, Megan Raak, Danielle Jahn, and Chrita Iyer

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00 –4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused. Use time efficiently and effectively. Ask questions. Partner with the community of Briarwood – staff, families, students are in this together.
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates Sub Shortages Continued Goals	4:05 –4:25	Currently at about 640 students. Valerie (K-2 Rep): Valerie (K-2 Rep): Kinder (forces and motions, blending cvc words, writing how-tos), 1st Grade (graphing and measuring, animal defenses in science, visualizing as we read, retelling), 2nd Grade (arrays in multiplication, opinion writing, facts in reading passages). Phil (3-5 Rep): 3rd Grade (area in math, starting fractions unit, summarizing non-fiction and fiction stories, theme, informational writing, 5 regions of the US and family heritage projects), 4th Grade (geometry and multiplication/division of fractions, informational reading, reading is thinking strategies, informational writing about Black History Month, pioneers/missionaries/forts in WA), 5th Grade (multiplication/division of fractions, Revolutionary War, Wheat Week, literary essay unit, writing about reading unit, book clubs). Melanie (Classified Rep): 1 Building Para Position, next Classified Appreciation Week is next week.
Assessments	Updates - FYI	4:25 –4:30	SBA/WCAS is coming in May 2nd Grade CogAT and TTCT is this week WIDA is wrapping up
Open Discussion for Feedback	Curriculum Night Picture Day on MTT Other	4:30 –4:45	Curriculum Night – Grades 1-5: seems to be a difficult day since it is such a big and exhausting day, takes the whole evening, lack of time at home (good dinner, family time, rushed), building volunteer base could be impacted (hard to recruit on the first busy day), this is a time for a big push for membership (recruiting members for PTA), missed a Zoom option, hybrid option (?), childcare options, recording the presentation, teachers spend a lot of time fielding questions before curriculum night, other times as options, if hybrid isn’t an option – what do we need to make this an option? Kinder: enjoys early since new to the process, information to prepare for the year was helpful in advance Picture Day on MTT – people prefer this (people like this before recess makes a mess), like this for Library Cards, ability to dress and style kids before they ran around by doing it on MTT, long time to wait between photos and MTT (could we stagger it or change the organization to limit down time?), problem that the school ran into was that there was not a good turnout (huge number of make -ups to do, about 50% got picture done on MTT), more activities and representation at MTT to cover downtime Watch DOGS – great Watch DOGS feedback from the two dads who have come so far, advertising (PTA Newsletter, weekly bulletin, PTA database, word of mouth, etc.), Papa Bears (new name?), shirts (?)
Wrap Up	Anything else? Action Items	4:45 –4:50	Next Year – keep an eye out in August/Sept for recruitment Report Card feedback – need info earlier than March for some students, felt like a lack of data on progress. Exit Interviews? Do we do this for families who leave the district? Would love the opportunity to offer feedback.

Jan. 9, 2023

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, January 9, 2023
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Melanie Zimmerman, Megan Raak, Danielle Jahn, and Chrita Iyer

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00 –4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused. Use time efficiently and effectively. Ask questions. Partner with the community of Briarwood – staff, families, students are in this together.
TLAP	Annual TLAP Presentation	4:05 –4:15	Thanks Abby and Monique for presenting what you do each day in T/LAP to our Site Council!
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates Sub Shortages Continued Goals	4:15 –4:25	Currently at about 640 students. Valerie (K-2 Rep): Kinder is working on CVC, Science – pushes and pulls, place value in 10s. 1st grade is working on continents and counting beyond 10. 2nd grade is working on goods and services community. Phil (3-5 Rep): 3rd Grade is working on multiplication and division, distributive/associative properties, geography, wrapped up inheritance and traits, non-fiction text features, and informational essay. 4th Grade has no report today. 5th Grade is working on adding and subtracting fractions, European colonization, persuasive writing, and reading articles to form opinions. Melanie (Classified Rep): still down a few positions – apply! We appreciate our subs – apply!
Assessments	Updates - FYI	4:25 –4:35	i-Ready Reading and Math will take place from now until February Winter Break SBA is coming in May 2nd Grade CogAT and TTCT is coming in March WIDA for MLL is starting in January and will go through March
SIP	Annual SIP Presentation	4:35 –4:45	Thanks Tia for presenting our SIP to Site Council tonight!
Wrap Up	Anything else? Action Items	4:45 –4:55	Next Meeting Topics: Curriculum Night Photos on MTT

Next Meeting, March 7, 2023:
- Curriculum Night
- Photos on MTT

Nov. 8, 2022

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, November 8, 2022
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Melanie Zimmerman, Megan Raak, Danielle Jahn, and Chrita Iyer

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00–4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused Use time efficiently and effectively Ask questions Partner with the community of Briarwood – staff, families, students are in this together
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates Sub Shortages Continued Goals	4:05 –4:20	Currently at about 640 students Valerie (K-2 Rep): absent Phil (3-5 Rep): 3rd Grade (Measurement, Time, Summaries, Spooky Narrative, Dialogue, Country Project), 4th Grade (Area and Perimeter, Energy Unit, Toymaker comes soon, Burke Gilman Museum is coming too, WA 1st Peoples Unit, Reading – parts of speech, stamina, fluency, Realistic Fiction), 5th Grade (x and dividing numbers, 2-step word problems, measurement conversions, informational writing and reading, 1st Field Trip in 3 years last week) Melanie (Classified Rep): Filled some positions, still have 2 para openings (ECE and Building) Other: Lunchroom Changes (bells and new systems), Curriculum Night (night 1 – pros and cons)
Assessments	SIP for the 2021-2022 School Year (goals, plans, questions)	4:15 –4:25	K CogAT Screener wrapping up now (make-ups are almost done) Coming up – 2nd Grade CogAT and TTCT, no more IOWA i-Ready SBA Spring
PBSES	State Assessments	4:25 –4:30	Positive behavior looks different for every kid (recognizing all students – improvement not perfection) Perspective from students too that the Bear Coins may not come directly to you but can come to the whole class VOICE Mentor Program – reach out to Belma Martin PTA – speaker to come and talk about Social Emotional Guidance
Wrap Up	Next Year – looking ahead	4:40 –4:45	Julia send out a COVID/Sickness Update and Attendance Blurb (re: Doctors Note) in Weekly Bulletin. Volunteers – stay in your program area and sign in/out, safety reasons!

Next Meeting, January 10, 2023:

Curriculum Night Night 1
Photos at MTT
TLAP Presentation
After School Clubs – chess club

May 10, 2022

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, May 10, 2022
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Jen Combs, Megan Raak

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00–4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused Use time efficiently and effectively Ask questions Partner with the community of Briarwood – staff, families, students are in this together
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates Continued Goals	4:05 –4:15	681 students May You Persevere Month Continued focus on positive behavior Kindergarten – looking forward to ABC countdown 1st Grade – wrapping up SS unit, starting last Science unit, animal reports, Geometry 2nd Grade – continuing to learn and grow! Changing landforms in Science. 3rd Grade – SBA Testing 4th Grade – Finished SBA Test last week and wrapped up the week with celebrations. Wrapping up Mod 4-5 in Math, writing project, STEM Wednesdays. 5th Grade – SS Constitution and Bill of Rights/Amendments, Math Geometry, Fantasy Unit in Reading (indigenous peoples books from the ISF Grant), Memoirs Last Para Meeting of the year tomorrow Lunchroom – sitting in tables! Recess – more team sports and creative games
SIP Update	SIP for the 2021-2022 School Year (goals, plans, questions)	4:15 –4:25	Reading Focus this year Celebrations – great progress, high engagement, recovery services, and so much more. SGG for Julia and Tia are tied directly to the SIP – analyzing and reflecting on school-wide data right now. SO MUCH GOOD WORK – Success Blocks, Data Dives, i-Ready tools, small groups, phonics interventions, etc.
Assessments	State Assessments	4:25 –4:30	State Testing (SBA) is currently taking place. Grades 3-5 are taking 2 ELA and 2 Math Tests. 5th Grade also has the Science Test.
Wrap Up	Next Year – looking ahead	4:40 –4:45

Mar. 8, 2022

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, March 8, 2022
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Megan Raak

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00–4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused Use time efficiently and effectively Ask questions Partner with the community of Briarwood – staff, families, students are in this together
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates Sub Shortage Continued Goals	4:05 –4:25	Currently at 674 students Valerie: Kinder – social teaching, 10 and more in math, celebrated the 100th day, letter sounds and making words. 1st Grade – toymaker workshop, group art projects. 2nd Grade – IOWA testing this week, Success Blocks up and running, communities and businesses/economy in SS. Phil: 3rd Grade – text structure, compare/contrast, problem and solution, summaries, informational writing (Arctic Animals), started their fractions unit, fluency, maps. 4th Grade – wrapped up mult./div, starting fractions, Lewis&Clark, finished up opinion writing, text structures in reading. 5th Grade – US Revolution and Colonial Boston, fractions (dividing), finding fractional parts of a whole, argumentative unit in reading, table groups to facilitate discussions, research based argumentative debates in writing. Jen Combs: SWIS training at Para Meeting, updated recess expectations book, expectation reminders. Other: Success Blocks are now up and running, SciTech Lottery March 8-April 8. Sub Shortage – update: less than it was! Musical March Community Update - Lunch Tables – progress report (social distancing, masks, updates?) Community Update – Levy (need information in the community about if the levy does not pass) Community Update – COVID (mask changes and varying opinions)
SIP Update	SIP for the 2021-2022 School Year (goals, plans, questions)	4:25 –4:35	Save for next meeting (May 10th)
Assessments	2nd Grade HiCap testing WIDA Testing State Assessments	4:35 –4:45	2nd grade testing is finishing this week, IOWA. CogAT and TTCT took place in January. WIDA (formerly ELPA 21) is taking place, Kinder is the last group to be tested. All others are done! SBA and WCAS testing will take place starting in late April, wrapping up in late May.
Wrap Up	Recruitment Questions, thoughts, important announcements? One word take away Anything else?	4:45 –5:00

Next Meeting, May 10th, 2022

SIP Update for the year

Jan. 11, 2022

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, January 11, 2022
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Julia Dorn, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Megan Raak

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Norms and Intros	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda/norms	4:00–4:05	Norms: Be solutions focused Use time efficiently and effectively Ask questions Partner with the community of Briarwood – staff, families, students are in this together
Title/LAP Presentation	Abby, Chad, Monique share about the Title/LAP Program for 2021-22	4:05 – 4:15	New format for Reading Title/LAP (phonics), the assessments that qualify students (i-Ready and RGR), Success Block model, RGR overview, response to new data, parent involvement and plan/policy Math Title: i-Ready, Math Screener
Building Update	Enrollment K-2 Update 3-5 Update Other Updates Sub Shortage Continued Goals	4:15 – 4:35	Currently at 616 students Valerie: Kinder: review time; 1st Grade: feeling great (dream come true), fairy tale unit, ready to start new Science unit (shadow and light); 2nd Grade: non-fiction ELA, All About Book, place value and chart model for +/-, Science unit (trees)! Phil: 3rd Grade: x and division up to multiples of 10, 2-step word problems, informational writing about penguins, non-fiction text features; 4th Grade: multiplication facts, Mid Mod Exam this week, opinion writing, text structures, grammar reinforcements; 5th Grade: new Science unit (Matter and Food Science), +/- with fractions, reading with an eye for writing, book groups, literary essays. Other: lunchroom seating and s&p controversy in 5th Grade (advocacy) Sub Shortage Volunteers – end of day pick up support, material prep – things could go home and come back Kindness Month coming up
Assessments	2nd Grade Highly Capable Testing WIDA Testing State Assessments	4:35 – 4:45	2nd Grade testing is now taking place. The window opened today. WIDA is taking place from 1/31-3/25. SBA and WCAS testing is this Spring for Grades 3-5.
Wrap Up	Recruitment Questions, thoughts, important announcements? One word take away Anything else?	4:45 – 5:00	Another parent, para Levy – spell out how Briarwood would benefit from the upcoming levy2

Next Meeting, March 8th, 2022 - happy post anniversary, Phil!

Recruitment
SIP Update
Levy Update

Jan. 12, 2021

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, January 12, 2021
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Taryn Kepford, Phil Rossiter, Valerie Muirhead, Jen Ferris, Megan Baker, Jasmine Brothers, Diane Oberg, Stephanie Mayo, Monique Cabellon, Carmen Unti, Dawn Brastad

Purpose:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff, and students in school-wide decisions.
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school, and
Provide an effective venue for creating school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Review Norms	Set the stage for our meeting(s) and review agenda Briarwood Site Council Members agree to: Deal with issues and not react to personalities and personal agendas. Maintain confidentiality on agenda issues when requested. Demonstrate the “we” attitude in participating and supporting decisions and directions of the council. Understand that silence in a meeting implies consent. Improve the educational climate and experiences of Briarwood students and constantly measure our decisions and actions based upon the question, “What is good for students?” If a conflict arises, the district civility guidelines will be followed.	4:00	In attendance: Tia Kleinkopf, Taryn Kepford, Valerie Muirhead, Jen Ferris, Megan Baker, Diane Oberg, Stephanie Mayo, Dawn Brastad
Building Update	Review goals for this year: How do we continue to improve online learning in a way that matches our beliefs?		ILT is still working to develop PD plans to help support meeting our beliefs in a hybrid or remote setting. Also working to support students who may be transitioning to new classrooms as they return to in person/hybrid instruction.
	Enrollment Numbers		667 w/ PreK is 667 (623 w/out) Last year at this time: FTE w/ PreK is at 743 (690 w/out)
	Safety Updates		Run Hide Protect Drill completed today.
Title I Plan Review	What our Title I Plan/Program looks like		Reading: Additional Staff for reading this year. Welcome Carmen Unti. Still supporting students 1-4^th. Kinder is supported by paras already. 1^st grade= 22 kids 2^nd grade= 9 kids 3^rd grade= 11 kids 4^th grade= 3 kids Focusing on early intervention and students furthest from meeting standards. Using the same curriculum, but adding pieces—Heggerty Phonics/phonemic awareness curriculum. K/1 Training for Heggerty started last week. Hope is to “play with it” this year with full implementation next year. Kepford is working with a 5^th grade group for some intervention. Math: Started at the beginning of the year working with students for pep talks around mathematical mindsets. Working on content for grades 1-3 and mathematical mindsets for grades 4-5. Family Math Night is schedules for 1/20 @ 6:00 for families participating in our Title Math Program. Continues support of using i-Ready diagnostic tool to help identify students needing intervention support.
School Improvement Plan (SIP) Update	Where are we in the SIP process -- Due at end of month to Board		3 Guiding Questions this year: What are some of the ways your school is encouraging and monitoring active, productive engagement of students in learning and the school community? Looking at weekly engagement data. Communicating with teachers and families to help eliminate barriers. What strategies is the school using to monitor academic progress in essential learnings and ensuring students will be prepared for future learning? What have you learned from the ISD family and student survey in the fall of 2020? How did your school team respond to family and student feedback? At a glance of the open ended questions, big ideas that popped out: it was split on “everyone is doing their best and it’s ok” to “my kid has to get back to class in the building.” I would like for kids to find ways to have less screen time and more social support.
Assessments	2nd grade HiCap testing ELPA 21 Testing State Assessments		2^nd grade testing is by request. The window opened today. ELPA 21 testing will be in March-June this year. SBA and WCAS testing is still a go for grades 3-5.
Upcoming Events	Incoming Kinder Night 1/26 Material Distribution 2/3 PTA Bingo Night 2/5 @ 6:30 PM
Other Topics of Note	Boundary Committee updates: Doesn’t impact BW students and families at this point. A final decision impacting families is forthcoming.
Review Norms	How did we do? What do we need to work on for next time? Thanks for coming!	4:55-5:00

Next Meeting, March 9th, 2021

Follow Up Items
Recruit Members
Update Annual Report—Student Handbook

Nov. 17, 2020

Site Council Meeting
Zoom
Tuesday, November 17, 2020
4:00-5:00 PM

Team Members:

Tia Kleinkopf, Taryn Kepford, Phil Rossiter, Megan Baker, Jen Ferris, Diane Oberg, Valerie Muirhead

Purpose:

Site Councils are established at each school to help advance the District’s mission, “All Students Learning Well” through strong shared planning, communications and decision making. Specifically, Site Councils are intended to:

Foster continuous improvement of the school’s educational program;
Blend the values and perspectives of community, staff and students in school-wide decisions;
Foster effective communications among all stakeholders in a school; and
Provide an effective venue for creative school-wide planning and problem solving.

Topic	Objective	Time	Notes/ Questions:
Review Norms	Set the stage for our meeting(s) - review norms and agenda Briarwood Site Council Members agree to: Deal with issues and not react to personalities and personal agendas. Maintain confidentiality on agenda issues when requested. Demonstrate the “we” attitude in participating and supporting decisions and directions of the council. Understand that silence in a meeting implies consent. Improve the educational climate and experiences of Briarwood students and constantly measure our decisions and actions based upon the question, “What is good for students?” If a conflict arises, the district civility guidelines will be followed.	4:00
Building Update	Review goal for this year: How do we continue to improve online learning in a way that matches our beliefs?
	Enrollment Numbers		PreK-5: 662 FTE PreK: 35
	Co-Curricular Program offerings		Co-Curricular Program offerings: Building Leadership Teams and Student Clubs. Saved some of our budget to determine use in the spring, based on current restrictions. Applications for Bear Chorus and 5^th grade Leadership should be starting up soon.
	Staffing		All positions are filled!
	Safety Updates		Lots of COVID Mitigation plans and plans for suspected illnesses and what our procedures are.
School Improvement Plan (SIP) Review	Where we are in the SIP progress		This year would have been a new SIP Goal/cycle. This year we are asked to report on 3 big questions: What are some of the ways your school is encouraging and monitoring active, productive engagement of students in learning and the school community? What strategies is the school using to monitor academic progress in essential learnings and ensuring students will be prepared for future learning? What have you learned from the ISD family and student survey in the fall of 2020? How did your school team respond to family and student feedback?
Assessment Data	i-Ready Data for Reading and Math		A portion of our staff Piloted i‑Ready Math last year and is in training for Reading today. i‑Ready is a blended learning program that allows for diagnostics of reading and math skills as well as identifies lessons and strategies to help kids with areas of unfinished learning.
Upcoming Events	PTA Book Fair 11/14-27 w/ a Drive in Event 11/19 from, 3-6 PM Family Support Night 11/19 from 6- 7 PM
Other Topics of Note	Boundary Committee Representative		2 Applicants came in yesterday. Tia is waiting to see how we determine, but it should be figured out soon.
Review Norms	How did we do? What do we need to work on for next time? Thanks for coming!	4:55-5:00

Next Meeting, January 12, 2021

Follow Up Items
Update SIP
Share Title Math Piece (Review LAP Plan)
Professional Development Update

Briarwood Site Council By-Laws

The Briarwood Elementary School Site Council’s official name will be “The Briarwood Site Council”.
The purpose of the Briarwood Site Council (BSC) is to provide a process for staff, parents and community to work together to maximize student learning.
The Briarwood Site Council’s focus and primary areas of responsibility are to:
- Monitor the implementation and achievement of school improvement goals
- Receive and listen to concerns
- Direct concerns to the appropriate person or group
- Gather input from diverse groups
- Clarify and monitor the decision-making process
The composition and representation of the Briarwood Site Council shall be as follows:
- Principal
- Certificated Staff
- Classified Staff
- Parent Representative
- PTA Board Representative
The prospective Site Council member should meet the following criteria:
- Leadership potential. Each member would be willing to share the roles of facilitator, secretary,
- recorder and time keeper.
- School-wide Focus. Each member must be able to place individual concerns aside in order to support
- the good of the whole.
- Each member will display strong communication skills (good listener, paraphrasing, asking questions, etc.)
- Each member will have the available time and commitment to attend all meetings. Two (2) absences per year will be grounds to dismiss a member.
- Each member will commit to support council decisions – once the BSC has voted, the membership shall support the decision.
Persons interested in serving on the BSC shall fill out the Briarwood Site Council Application Form.
All applicants will go through a screening process performed by the Selection Committee which will be made up of two staff members and two parents. This process will be designed to ensure that applicants meet the criteria outlined in #4. After screening, all qualified nominees will be put in a pool and selected via a lottery process.
Terms. Each member will serve on the BSC for a 2-year term, except for the first year of existence, when half of the BSC will be elected for a 1-year term. This will provide for a rotation of Council members that shall not exceed half the members at any one time. Positions that are vacated prematurely or are needed to maintain continuity will be replaced by appointment of the BSC.
Meetings. The BSC will meet once a month in the Briarwood Conference Room of the Administrative Wing. Members of the team will decide on an agreed upon meeting time. There must be 70% of the team present in order to meet.
A consensus will be 80% of those present. There must be 80% of the members present in order to vote.
Formal minutes will be taken at each meeting with one copy to be sent to the School Board, one copy published and posted in the school building, and additional copies made available to the public in the school office.

Rev 5/05