PWMS Leadership Team

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

AGENDA
3:00-4:00 p.m. E112 PWMS
Team: Mike Barger, Jessi Buttell, Sarah Doll, Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Amanda Kozitza, Steve Rustad, Renae Satre, Monde
Schwartz, Mike Shores, Jim Tischler
Agenda Item

Facilitato
r

Discussio
n
Informati
on
Decision

Time

1. Welcome- What
celebrations have we had
since our last LT
meeting?

Jessi

Discussion 5 mins.

2. What
questions/comments do
we have about our 20162017 Vision Card?

LT
Members

Discussion 10 mins.

3. Which PD requests are

going to be approved?
-ONE requests at this
time
Angie B ACDA (American
Choral Directors
Association) National
Conference.

Amanda

4. What logistics do we
need to consider for
spring conferences

Steve

5 mins

Discussion 15 mins

Notes

Josh C is visiting! Woot!

Math Flexible Grouping Update: Timeline from Tracy C.

1. Form to track Invisible Mentor contact: Monde will share a
resource with Lisa Meyer around what this will look like to get
monthly feedback.
2. Collaborative Team Formative Assessment Measure
PWMS Professional Development Request

Spring Conference Dates: Monday, February 27 from 3:30-7:30

Monday, March 6 from 3:30-7:30
Families will be meeting with advisor

scheduled with advisors?

5. What is the
schedule/staffing for
second semester?
6. How do we best use
the time between the
spring NWEA and MCA
tests? (Spring Testing
Schedule)

What should we (CICs) do

now?

only
Steve

Discussion 10 mins

Discussion

District Testing Calendar

MCA Reading & Math Calendar - March 6 - May 5
-April 24-25 (Reading)
-April 26-27 (Math)
MCA Science
-May 1 & 2
NWEA
Skills Navigator
Opens March 6
-March 6-7 (Math)
-March 8-9 (Reading)
Encourage use the MCA item samplers and test prep
instructionally as would best fit
Let people know that a number of items are being finalized and
worked out and that a schedule with a final plan will be to them
as soon as we possibly can

7. What will testing

logistics look like?
What will be the
teacher/staff
responsibilities?
Schedule
Make up dates
Proctoring
Chromebook issues
Accommodations
Testing tickets
Opting out

Perhaps a small committee could start conversation

8. How often will we

Jan. 27 STEAM 8:00-9:00 am

hold staff meetings to

address PD related to our
vision card initiatives?
What about non-PD
related concerns?

Thought exchange information 9:00-9:05

Operating Referendum this fall 9:05-9:30 Timeline for innov
What do we need to serve our students in the future?
`AVID WICOR Trackers (Give out)

Next Meeting:
Wednesday, February 15
from 3:00-4:00
Hanging Items
Family Engagement
Night FeedbackDiscipline/data
Staff Morale: How to we
help staff get to know
each other better?
To Dos
Steve and Monde
Continued conversation
around next years
courses and schedule

Group Norms

The PWMS Leadership Team will meet every other Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 pm. We will start and end on time.
All members of the team will be engaged during the duration of the meeting.
All items discussed during the meeting will be held in confidence unless otherwise noted by the team.
Simple majority of all members will be used to make decisions. Once a decision is made, the entire team will honor that deci
sion.
Members should feel safe to share ideas and concerns. No member should feel intimidated by another member.
Food/snacks at meetings help the thought process.
Identify communication items for staff email at the end of each meeting.
Note taker is a Leadership Team Member other than the principal and CIC.
New issues and agenda items will be placed by LT members on a running document and reviewed by LT leaders prior to
meeting days. (Principal, LT Leader, CIC)

PWMS Leadership Team

Wednesday, December 21, 2016
AGENDA
3:00-4:00 p.m. E112 PWMS
Team: Mike Barger, Jessi Buttell, Sarah Doll, Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Amanda Kozitza, Steve Rustad, Renae Satre, Monde
Schwartz, Mike Shores, Jim Tischler
Agenda Item

Facilitato
r

Discussio
n
Informati
on
Decision

Time

1. Welcome- What
celebrations have we had
since our last LT
meeting?

Jessi

Discussion 5 mins.

2. What
questions/comments do
we have about our 20162017 Vision Card?

LT
Members

Notes

Monde and Amanda are in a meeting that is running long

right now.
Jessi is also at a meeting
Can someone else get the ball rolling??

Discussion 10 mins.
1. WICOR PD
WHAT: WICOR PD (optional)
WHEN: Once a month after school
WHERE: Room C-128
WHO: Open to all PWMS teachers grade 6, 7, & 8
WHY: Support teachers as you implement WICOR
strategies in the classroom
Dec.: Reciprocal Teaching
Jan.: Collaborative Groups Structures
Feb.: Marking the Text/Writing in Margins

March: Costas Levels of Thinking/Questioning

April: Collaborative Study Groups
May: Philosophical Chairs Demo
3. Math Flexible Grouping: Progress
3. Which PD requests are Amanda
going to be approved?
-Angie. Braunwarth
(Approved)
-No additional requests at
this time

Discussion 2 mins

4. What changes do we
need to make, or
consider, to our schedule
to better support student
achievement?
Spanish-No General
Music 7?
AVID
WIN
45-90 Blocks at 7 and
8
Uniform schedule 6, 7,
8
Lunch 30 Advisory 15
PE/Health A/B both
Study Hall
7 and 8 Music
Performance
Job-Alike PLCs

LT
Members

Discussion 20 mins

5. How do we best use

the time between the
spring NWEA and MCA
tests? (Spring Testing
Schedule)

Amanda

Discussion 10 mins.

Master Schedule Proposal

Work toward a unified schedule.
What do we want to accomplish during Advisory?
How do we feel about a 3 minute passing time?
Should we survey 6th grade students/staff about our new
courses: AVID 6, GTT 6, and Spanish?
What might it look like to mix lunches 6,7,8?
Do we still plan to have 6th grade classes travel together?

Update from CIC meeting 12/16

Feedback from PLCs
District Testing Calendar
Testing Conversation Steve, Ken, Carmen, and Monde
MCA Reading & Math Calendar - March 6 - May 5

-April 24-25 (Reading)

-April 26-27 (Math)
MCA Science
-May 1 & 2
NWEA
Opens March 6
-March 6-7 (Math)
-March 8-9 (Reading)
6. How often will we
hold staff meetings to
address PD related to our
vision card initiatives?
What about non-PD
related concerns?

5 mins

Next Meeting:
Wednesday, January 18
from 3:00-4:00
Hanging Items
School Culture
Staff Morale: How to we
help staff get to know
each other better?
To Dos
Continued conversation
around next years
courses and schedule
Group Norms

The PWMS Leadership Team will meet every other Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 pm. We will start and end on time.
All members of the team will be engaged during the duration of the meeting.
All items discussed during the meeting will be held in confidence unless otherwise noted by the team.
Simple majority of all members will be used to make decisions. Once a decision is made, the entire team will honor that deci
sion.

Members should feel safe to share ideas and concerns. No member should feel intimidated by another member.
Food/snacks at meetings help the thought process.
Identify communication items for staff email at the end of each meeting.
Note taker is a Leadership Team Member other than the principal and CIC.
New issues and agenda items will be placed by LT members on a running document and reviewed by LT leaders prior to
meeting days. (Principal, LT Leader, CIC)

PWMS Leadership Team

Wednesday, November 16, 2016
AGENDA
3:00-4:00 p.m. E112 PWMS
Team: Mike Barger, Jessi Buttell, Sarah Doll, Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Amanda Kozitza, Steve Rustad, Renae Satre, Monde
Schwartz, Mike Shores, Jim Tischler
Agenda Item

Facilitato
r

Discussio
n
Informati
on
Decision

Time

1. Welcome- What
celebrations have we had
since our last LT
meeting?

Jessi

Discussion 5 mins.

2. What do the results of

our Visioncard Check tell
us about how were doing
on Visioncard measures?
Technology Int. Spec.
Google Classroom
Google Team Calendar
Formative
Assessments
RT
WICOR

Amanda

Discussion 20 mins.

Notes

TIS: Yes 61% No 39% Baseline

Technology Integration Log: 48 form submissions from
PWMS from 10/14-11/16!
Google Classroom: 44/51 = 86% Just shy of Progress
Google Team Calendar: 35/51 = 69%
PWMS subject plc using common weekly formative
assessments: 30/51= 59% of teachers
RT: 38/51 = 75% Progress
RT form: 23 total times this year from 9/14-11/16
2 teachers Sept.
12 teachers in Oct.
5 teachers in Nov. so far

Teams discuss RT regularly at team meetings: 2 of 6 =

33.3 %
WICOR
Teams discuss WICOR regularly at team meetings: 4 of 6
= 66.6 %
Writing: C-Notes, Quickwrites, Learning Logs/INB
Inquiry: Costas Levels of Thinking & Questioning;
Philosophical Chairs, Tutorials/Collaborative Study
Groups; or NONE
Collaboration: Think Pair Share/Whip Share; Partner A
Partner B; Jigsaw
Organization: Agendas, calendars, planners; EQs
Reading: RT, Marking the Text, Connecting with ideas,
writing in margins
Flexible Grouping in math: 8 of 10 teachers
3. What do we need to do LT
to get ourup and
Members
running?

Discussion 5 mins.

28 Teachers responded to the survey that they would like

to be a mentor. (26 teachers decline)

4. How many home visits

have been made so far
this year?

LT
Members

Discussion 5 mins.

Logs are available on the PWMS Staff page. Only one

student has been logged so far.

5. Do we need to make
changes to our schedule
to better support student
achievement?
Spanish-No General
Music 7?
AVID
WIN
45-90 Blocks at 7 and
8
Uniform schedule 6, 7,

LT
Members

Discussion 5 mins.

We need to schedule a schedule meeting.

8
Lunch 30 Advisory 15
PE/Health A/B both
Study Hall
7 and 8 Music
Performance
Job-Alike PLCs
6. How do we best use
the time between the
spring NWEA and MCA
tests? (Spring Testing
Schedule)

Amanda

Discussion 10 mins.

7. How often will we

hold staff meetings to
address PD related to our
vision card initiatives?
8. Which PD requests are
going to be approved?
-Angie. Braunwarth
We will meet Dec. 22 @
7:40 am
Next Meeting:
December 21 from 3:004:00
Hanging Items

To Dos
Schedule a Master
schedule meeting w/Jim
and Dusty (Monde)
Tuesday, Nov. 29
continue brainstorming
the schedule (Monde)
Invite LT to review PD
request (Amanda) Nov. 22

Ran out of time.

Ran out of time.

Amanda

Decision

Group Norms

The PWMS Leadership Team will meet every other Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 pm. We will start and end on time.
All members of the team will be engaged during the duration of the meeting.
All items discussed during the meeting will be held in confidence unless otherwise noted by the team.
Simple majority of all members will be used to make decisions. Once a decision is made, the entire team will honor that deci
sion.
Members should feel safe to share ideas and concerns. No member should feel intimidated by another member.
Food/snacks at meetings help the thought process.
Identify communication items for staff email at the end of each meeting.
Note taker is a Leadership Team Member other than the principal and CIC.
New issues and agenda items will be placed by LT members on a running document and reviewed by LT leaders prior to
meeting days. (Principal, LT Leader, CIC)

PWMS Leadership Team

September 16, 2016
AGENDA
7:10-8:00 a.m. E112 PWMS
Team: Mike Barger, Jessi Buttell, Sarah Doll, Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Amanda Kozitza, Steve Rustad, Renae Satre, Monde
Schwartz, Mike Shores, Jim Tischler
Age
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Item

Facilitato
r

1.
Jessi
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celeb
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Discussi
on
Informat
ion
Decision

Time

Discussio
n

5 mins.

Notes

have
we
had
since
our
last
LT
meet
ing?
2.
Steve/Mon
What de/Amand
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tions
/com
ment
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have
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2016
2017
Visio
n
Card
?

Decision

30 mins.

Review Completed

3.
Jessi
Whe
n
will
LT
meet
ings
take
place
duri
ng
the

Discussio
n/decisio
n

5 mins

Review norms and decide on a plan now that we are off

and running.

2016
-17
scho
ol
year
?
4.
Amanda
What
shoul
d our
proc
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for
Profe
ssion
al
Deve
lopm
ent
Requ
ests
look
like?
Next
Mee
ting:

Han
ging
Item
s
How
often
will
we
hold
staff
meet

Informati
on

ings
to
addr
ess
PD
relat
ed to
our
visio
n
card
initia
tives
?
To
Dos

Group Norms

The PWMS Leadership Team will meet every other Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 pm. We will start and end on time.
All members of the team will be engaged during the duration of the meeting.
All items discussed during the meeting will be held in confidence unless otherwise noted by the team.
Simple majority of all members will be used to make decisions. Once a decision is made, the entire team will honor that deci
sion.
Members should feel safe to share ideas and concerns. No member should feel intimidated by another member.
Food/snacks at meetings help the thought process.
Identify communication items for staff email at the end of each meeting.
Note taker is a Leadership Team Member other than the principal and CIC.
New issues and agenda items will be placed by LT members on a running document and reviewed by LT leaders prior to
meeting days. (Principal, LT Leader, CIC)

PWMS Leadership Institute

August 16, 2016
Agenda
Team: Mike Barger, Jessi Buttell, Sarah Doll, Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Amanda Kozitza, Steve Rustad, Renae Satre, Monde
Schwartz, Mike Shores, Jim Tischler
Agenda Item

Facilitat
or

Discussion
Information
Decision

Time

Notes

1. Welcome- What
celebrations have we had
since our last LT meeting?

Jessi

Discussion

15
min.

PWMS Identity - Writing our Story

2. What does our

academic data tell us
about how we might want
to move forward this
year?

Amanda,
Steve,
and
Monde

Discussion

60
min.

3. What does our behavior

data tell us about how we
might want to move
forward this year?

4. What does our

attendance data tell us

By race District-wide and

What is the total number of discipline referrals?
What is the % of students disciplined in each student
group?
Is there any over-representation of a student group?
By race Building-wide - 2015-16 EJH Behavior Data
What is the total number of discipline referrals?
What is the % of students disciplined in each student
group?
Is there any over-representation of a student group?
How can our referrals be categorized: Defiance,
Disrespect, Disruption/Disruptive Behavior, Harassment,
Insubordination
Average Daily Attendance

about how we might want

to move forward this
year?
5. What should be
included on our 20162017 Vision Card?
6. What data should be
shared or topics discussed
with staff during
workshop?
7. When will LT meetings
take place during the
2016-17 school year?
Next Meeting:
Hanging Items
Family Engagement Random Acts to a Core
Strategy
PWMS PR
LT Term Limits/Rotation
To Dos

PWMS Leadership Team Meeting

May 11, 2016 -- 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
AGENDA
MN Valley Room -- CCP
Team: Mike Barger, Jessi Buttell, Sarah Doll (on leave), Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Amanda Kozitza, Steve Rustad, Renae Satre,
Monde Schwartz, Mike Shores, Jim Tischler
Agenda Item

Facilitat
or

Discussion
Information
Decision

Time

Notes

1. Welcome- What
celebrations have we had
since our last LT meeting?

Jessi

Discussion

10
min.

2. What is the purpose of

the leadership team?

Monde &
Steve

Discussion

30
min.

Our purpose: Governance-Oversight-Leadership-Appraisal,

Advocacy (Vision Card)
Impacts the principal, CIC, staff etc.

3. Do we need more
membership or
representation on our LT
by other
departments/teams?

Jessi

Decision

5 min.

Representative do not need to be content specific; each

grade, each team, specials, possible representation from
other committees (AVID, PBIS, etc.), and student support
services (guidance, social work etc.) Pull in more staff to
represent each department? Only real need is math
representation for our Vision Card. Representation by
grade, team, and staff from other committees so focus can
be on Vision Card. Need 8th grade Cougar and Student
Services added to the LT.
Do we need team leaders on LT? No, time given to reps to
talk at team meetings.
Steve mentioned knowledge of Vision Card would be easier
for discussion with team leaders being on LT.
Pros and cons. We are asking certain staff to do a lot. Team
leaders now on LT, on AVID, on PBIS. Could get tough for

some to continue it all.

Decided: Team Leaders will also be on LT.
4. How can we best use
the 16 Characteristics
graphic to support
conversations around
middle school philosophy?

Monde

Discussion

45
min.

Leadership team discusses and identifies gaps and areas of

emphasis
-16 Characteristics can help guide our Vision Card
Building culture needs to be focused on. In This We Believe
seems to be a book study, maybe we focus on the culture
piece.
Give every team the safe and inclusive piece to work on.
This piece will need to be added to the Vision Card.
Staff will use the graphic in fall, all teams (whole school)
will focus on: Culture and Community
Each team will focus on The school environment in inviting,
safe, inclusive, and supportive of all
Each team will determine their action step based on that
characteristic..
Action steps will be measured on the Vision Card.

5. What is the purpose of

staff meetings at PWMS?
How often do we have
them? When do they take
place?

Jessi

Discussion

30
min.

Franklin has gone away from staff meetings. Occasionally

talk about AVID. Had around four meetings this year.
East has staff meetings on prep days. What about staff that
have after-school duties with coaching/advising?
Meetings should not be used for housekeeping. These need
to be meetings in which we learn/develop something. Not
just meeting to meet.
Have to get these dates on a calendar asap so teachers can
plan accordingly.
Think about this and speak with colleagues before our next
meeting.
If we start going to after-school, would this eliminate the
prep day PD?
Staff meetings do not replace PD on workshop days, but

opportunities will be shortened based on this.

We need to give staff a heads-up for meetings.
Communicate with staff contractually how many hours we
can meet for staff meetings quarterly and on PD/Workshop
days.
Contract language:
3 meetings/ month within contract time
4 meetings per calendar year for 1 hour outside of contract
time
Double check language for PD specific time
Schedule staff meetings for the fall to make sure staff get
this when they arrive for fall workshop.
Jessi will put together a calendar for meeting times. Vision
Card will drive PD. Meetings after school, calendar provided
for staff to plan ahead.
After school meetings-Dates to be determined
6. What do the first couple Jessi
of weeks look like for
students and parents?
How do we best support
students in making the
transition to PWMS?
How do we best support
parents in making the
transition to PWMS? What
should fall open house look
like? What should entrance
conferences look like?
7. What will we continue
to do to unite our PWMS
staff?

Steve

Discussion

45 min

Put a committee together to help create the Orientation and

Back-to-School Nights. Steve will put that out to staff in a
weekly bulletin.
Can teachers be compensated to be on this committee? How
long to these meetings have to be? Are staff volunteering
their time? Dont want staff to think everything is paid.

Discussion

10
min.

Friday, May 6 - Staff Social at BWs

Wednesday, May 25 - Root beer floats at Sibley 6-7:30 pm
Monday, August 8 - Youth Frontiers Honor Retreat 8:0011:30 am
T-shirts/apparel. Sunshine Committee in charge of this?

Renae will talk with other SC members to see if they are

willing to take this on? Maybe add members?
8. What committees and
teams are needed at
PWMS?

Jessi

Discussion

2 min.

9. What should our 20162017 Vision Card look

like?

Jessi

Discussion

120
min.

PWMS Committees/Teams

PD is generated using our vision card.

How do we set PLCs up for success at PWMS?
Started 2016-2017 VisionCard for PWMS combing Franklin
and EJH VisionCards from 2015-2016
Compared Franklin and EJH Vision Cards, made some
revisions. Will look in more detail at institute to add
initiatives and activities.

10. What is the best

schedule for PWMS?
PWMS Draft Schedules
Building Schedule
16-17 PWMS 6th Draft
Schedule

Steve

Discussion

60
min.

We talked about WIN time, supervision going to look

different - wont have a study hall. May have lunch duty, hall
duty, etc - similar to HS right now.
Study halls are mostly wasted time. Could we provide more
opportunities? Exploratory?
Reorganize team time to before school to open up the
schedule.
Beginning 2016-2017, all 6-12 teachers are under the 330
minutes student contact time.
Still a work in progress. Meetings will occur with Steve and
Monde to look at schedule with specific explanations.

Next Meeting:
Leadership Institute Tuesday, August 16
location/time TBD

Bargers going to go out on a limb and say we will need to

meet again before Leadership Institute :)

Parking Lot Questions

Instead of having random
acts of family engagement,
how do we use family
engagement as a core
strategy that schools
develop and support in
order to achieve our goals?
What is the positive PR
going into PWMS? What
makes us unique? What
will PWMS offer? How will
we make our mark and
sustain positive PR?
How long should each
individual serve on the LT?
To Do List
Steve work with Monde to
dig into contract language
and schedule PD meetings
throughout year so we can
get them on the calendar.
Jessi will create dates for
staff meetings/PD-start
discussions of what staff
meetings/PD will consist of
Steve and Monde will get
small committee together
to start planning
Orientation Night
Steve will set up a time
with Kathy (in the next
week) to discuss Back to
School Night and Entrance
Conferences for the fall

Staff Development
-We can have 3 after school meetings per month for
meetings (within contract)
-We can go 1 hour past contact time 4 times a year
Prep Days
-We cannot go beyond 1.5 hours on a prep day for PD
Workshop/Orientation group put together
Solidify a date for Orientation Night

 Monde and Steve will get

in contact with Dale to see
if we can front load forms
(image release,field trip,
student handbook, etc.)
onto chromebooks
Group Norms

The PWMS Leadership Team will meet every other Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 pm. We will start and end on time.
All members of the team will be engaged during the duration of the meeting.
All items discussed during the meeting will be held in confidence unless otherwise noted by the team.
Simple majority of all members will be used to make decisions. Once a decision is made, the entire team will honor that deci
sion.
Members should feel safe to share ideas and concerns. No member should feel intimidated by another member.
Food/snacks at meetings help the thought process.
Identify communication items for staff email at the end of each meeting.
Note taker is a Leadership Team Member other than the principal and CIC.
New issues and agenda items will be placed by LT members on a running document and reviewed by LT leaders prior to
meeting days. (Principal, LT Leader, CIC)

PWMS Leadership Team Meeting

March 16, 2016 -- 8:30 am - 3:00 pm
AGENDA
Team: Mike Barger, Jessi Buttell, Sarah Doll (on leave), Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Amanda Kozitza, Steve Rustad, Renae Satre,
Monde Schwartz, Mike Shores, Jim Tischler
Agenda Item

Facilitat
or

Discussion
Information

Time

Notes

Decision
1. Who are our LT
members?

Jessi

Discussion

15
min.

2. What is the purpose of

leadership team meetings
at PWMS?

Jessi

Discussion/Decis 20
ion
min.

Members present: Monde Schwartz, Jim Tischler, Amanda

Kozitza, Renae Satre, Jay Eichhorst, Dusty Julius, Mike
Shores, Jessi Buttell, Steve Rustad
Each teacher answered the following question on an
notecard: What is the purpose of the Leadership Team
meetings at PWMS?
We used these ideas to come up with our team norms.
Noted that we have no representation from language arts
on the team.

3. What are our norms?

Jessi

Decision

10
min.

We adjusted and added to norms.

4. Is the Leading Learning

at the Middle Article the
best resource to start
conversations around
Middle School
Philosophy?

Monde

Discussion

45
min.

All LT members will read In This We Believe, ordered by

Monde and the book study will be lead by Monde and
Renae. Needs to be read prior to our May 11th meeting.
This will be our resource (guide) as we move into PWMS.
16 Characteristics
Staff will be given a copy of the article Monde sent to us
and will be told a little about our middle school philosophy
at the next staff meeting.

5. How do we
honor/support staff as
they leave EJH and
Franklin?

Monde

Discussion

5 min.

Franklin plan is to use the last day 6/6 to say goodbye to

the 6th grade staff. At East we will have a short retirement
get-together. Honoring some staff that have been at East
for a while. Steve will work with Pam and the Sunshine
Committee on this.

6. What are some team

building opportunities to
unite staff this spring,
summer, fall etc.?

Steve

Discussion

10
min.

Should we organize a staff get together as the new school

year gets closer? A retreat-type of experience at the
beginning of August. Youth Frontiers could come in for a
day for 3-4 hours.
What do we do for staff that cant make this date and time?
Staff would be paid for their time to attend.

Youth Frontier retreats are 3 hours long, therefore;

could do something later in the day to unite people or the
next day. Space to be determined.
Have to find out from YF if they are available around this
time. Jessi will contact YF for dates and times they are
available.
Social events should be addressed by the Sunshine
Committee, Renae and Pam get together? Possible spring
and fall event that Sunshine Committee will organize. (
7. What committees and
teams are needed at
PWMS? What work will be
required this spring,
summer, and fall that will
involve teachers?
Leadership Team
PBIS Team
Cougar/Pride Team
Leaders
AVID Site Team
Problem Solving Team
CPI Team
Emergency Team
First Aid Team
Safety Team (rep)
Technology Committee
Sunshine Committee
Threat Assessment Team
(sped. contact)

Jessi

Discussion

10
min.

East JR has a list of people on committees and Renae will

get that together for Franklin. We will look at the list once
the lists are gathered. Renae and Jessi will put that
together.

8. What PD needs do we
have as we support the
transition to PWMS?

Jessi

Discussion

5 min.

PD is generated using our vision card.

East PD:
WICOR
RT
Digital Formative Assessment (tech. integration)
STEAM
Developmental Designs

PBIS
AVID
Online presence
Franklin:
PBIS
STEAM
WIN Time (as part of RTI)
Weekly PLCs
Standards Alignment
Franklin Vision Card
EJH Vision Card
9. What is the purpose of
staff meetings at PWMS?
How often do we have
them? When do they take
place?

Jessi

Discussion

30
min.

Franklin has gone away from staff meetings. Occasionally

talk about AVID. Only had a two meetings this year.
East has staff meetings on prep days. What about staff that
have after-school duties with coaching/advising?
Meetings should not be used for housekeeping. These need
to be meetings in which we learn/develop something. Not
just meeting to meet.
Think about this and speak with colleagues before our next
meeting.
If we start going to after-school, would this eliminate the
prep day PD?
Have to get these dates on a calendar asap so teachers can
plan accordingly.

10. What is the positive

PR going into PWMS?
What makes us unique?
What will PWMS offer?
How will we make our
mark and sustain positive
PR?

Steve

Discussion

45
min.

Capitalize on the fact that we have a new building with the

opportunity to set high expectations for behavior from the
beginning.
Our kids are our advertising.what they come home
with... is who we are. Conversation about PBIS with
Steve.
Need to be more intentional with our PR. What is going on
in our building that can get the news in for stories?
KEYC/MFP. Possibly put together a PR committee? Jay is

willing to lead this.

11. What is the best
schedule for PWMS?
What things do we value
most that should drive the
schedule? What do we
love? What dont we love?
What to add/delete?
PWMS Draft Schedules

Steve

Discussion

60
Focused on the 6th grade schedule. Looking at how to
min.
make schedules work as some classes are quarter long,
some semester.
We talked about WIN time, supervision going to look
different - wont have a study hall. May have lunch duty,
hall duty, etc - similar to HS right now.
Study halls are mostly wasted time. Could we provide more
opportunities? Exploratory?
Reorganize team time to before school to open up the
schedule.

12. What information do

teachers need in order to
pack and purge? What
classroom storage will be
available at PWMS? Will
there be paid time?
Next Meeting: May 11,
2016
-SSSC?
How do we develop an
above the line culture at
PWMS that supports staff
in helping others succeed,
communicating you
matter, honors the absent,
and that sees the
problem, owns the
problem?
How do we set PLCs up
for success at PWMS?
How do we support those
teachers who would like
to use a standards-based
grading approach?

Steve

Discussion

5 min. Teachers will be paid for 8 hours at $11.00

Can we bring furniture from our current classrooms to
PWMS?
Need to provide teachers with the furniture/storage that
will be provided.

 How do we best support

students in making the
transition to PWMS?
How do we best support
parents in making the
transition to PWMS? What
should fall open house
look like? What should
entrance conferences look
like?
Instead of having random
acts of family
engagement, how do we
use family engagement as
a core strategy that
schools develop and
support in order to
achieve our goals?

Group Norms

The PWMS Leadership Team will meet every other Wednesday from 3:00-4:00 pm. We will start and end on time.
All members of the team will be engaged during the duration of the meeting.
All items discussed during the meeting will be held in confidence unless otherwise noted by the team.
Simple majority of all members will be used to make decisions. Once a decision is made, the entire team will honor that
decision.
Members should feel safe to share ideas and concerns. No member should feel intimidated by another member.
Food/snacks at meetings help the thought process.
Identify communication items for staff email at the end of each meeting.
Note taker is a Leadership Team Member other than the principal and CIC.
New issues and agenda items will be placed by LT members on a running document and reviewed by LT leaders prior to
meeting days. (Principal, LT Leader, CIC)