Minutes+July+24+2007


 * Team viewed "Did You Know", "Creativity", and "Wikis in Plain English"
 * Discussion of how Wikis will be used for administrative and curricular innovations at Westwood
 * Divided up School-wide Adopted Curriculum for explanation to entire faculty and development of wiki pages: Margot will be asked to be in charge of A+ Anywhere and Literacy Nights (National Board needs), Acclerated Math- Sandy, Alphabetic Phonics and Saxon Phonics and Guided Reading Sight Words- Kara, Four Square Writing- DeWayne, Shape Up Grammar- Keta
 * Professional Development will be taken on as a team
 * The Title One plan will be reviewed and adjusted quarterly
 * The Master Schedule was discussed and is on the wiki; however, the in-depth model will be laid out tomorrow.
 * This year we will have a character development program offered through boy and girl scouts. Scouting will be during the school day for 45 minutes every two weeks. Each grade level has an assigned time.
 * Field trips were discussed and Jan will be vetoed if trip requests meet goals to be developed.
 * Family Literacy Nights will be a big focus this year. We will work on the development of this in future meetings.
 * Sandy reviewed the Westwood Testing Skills Plan and all teachers will be using these in all testing situation (teacher made and formal testing). Kara requested grade level training for the teachers.
 * Sandy discussed Tutor/Mentor and changes for this year. Teachers must view themselves as the trainers of these folks and have expectations for their participation on our campus. Sandy will be developing these and will work through CIT to provide clarifications.