Retreat Roundtables

Friday May 14th 2010

• The roundtable was convened with the objective of getting staff input on the
goals, concerns, issues of the coming school year (2010-11). The main points are
listed below:

• Reevaluating Tuesday PD – Too much with too little time. We need to rethink
and adjust - Possibly reduce session focus to two – Departmental, grade teams.
Differentiated PD is a love / hate situation. Not enough time to do significant
work. Need to share more it seems like we are working in isolation.
• 50/50 – grade team / departmental

• PBIS – are we going to do it? Is it an individual grade team decision? Will it work
if everyone is not participating? Need administrative direction “we would like this
to begin”

• Accountability structures for grade teams. Not everyone is meeting expectations.

More structured administrative support.

• Building issues – space, resources, FPA

• Should we revisit Mission and Vision?

Monday May 17th 2010

Communication:
• Department Websites that are uniform and allow for collaboration. Need for more
“facetime” between and within grade teams.

Safety/Tone:
• Recognition of exceptional students (positive)
• Departmental or grade team supported detention
• Freshman bridge (input for 9th grade)
• Cell phones Ipods and other electronics – confiscation? If so, what is teacher’s
role/ responsibility
• Lack of consistent consequences creating a lack of respect
• Need to “sweat small stuff”
 • Attendance outreach/family involvement – is it transparent to teachers (data
available)
• Are there successful models available of successful implementation of rules such
as no hat, electronics etc.?
• Chancellor’s regs – what we can do – can they be amended as they focus on the
trivial
• The fact that there are no real consequences in fact brings conflict into school (on
the street they would be arrested)
• Do we believe that by calling it “well being” is effective?

Goals/Vision/Mission:
• Where do you see auto in 1 year? 5 Years?
• Revisit goal setting for follow-up and implementation
• Qualitative grading culture – assessments based on the goals that were set