Monday, August 8, 2022 Regular Meeting will follow the student policy hearing - Board of Education Regular Meeting

1. Call to Order

1.1. Roll Call

1.2. Recognition of Open Meeting Law

1.3. Pledge of Allegiance

2. Reports, Communications & Public Participation

2.1. Board accepts public comments

2.2. The Board of Education will follow Federal regulations and will accept public comments on elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds.

2.3. The Board of Education will follow federal regulations and will accept public comments on the reopening of schools for the 2022-2023 school year.

3. Consent Agenda

3.1. Approve the consent agenda which includes the minutes and financials

3.2. Approval of Expenditures/Payroll for July 2022

4. Reports from Staff Members and Committees

5. Administrator's written reports: Please review prior to the board meeting

6. Superintendent's Comments

As I indicated last month in my Superintendent's comments, the requirements for taking the state NSCAS assessments have been modified by NDE for the upcoming school year. The reason for this modification is due to the fact that the student results that the assessments were providing did not agree with results collected on other standardized achievement tests as well as local data. While the students will continue to take the NSCAS assessments, the process for assessing and the required number of assessment questions has been changed for the 2022-2023 school year. It is my hope that the state will soon develop an assessment process and test which meets all legislative requirements as well as provides teachers with data they can use to improve curriculum and instruction. 

Area Membership Meeting is Tuesday, September 20th in North Platte.

New teachers started on August 3rd. Thus far, the new teachers have been introduced to administrators from across the district along with essential support staff, District procedures, Raptor and crisis intervention training, ITIP, PLCs, technology integration, mentors, and Eureka math materials.

An all-day teacher training session is going to be held on August 11th at the McCook Evangelical Free Church. The focus of the training is on teaching with clarity (effect size .75). The organization doing the training is Corwin, who focuses on teacher clarity, teacher efficacy and the PLC process.

All teachers are back on contract on Friday, August 12. Students in grades K-6, & 9 start school on August 16 and grades 7,8, 10, 11, & 12 start on August 17. Both days are 2:00 dismissal days. 

Admin Team Retreat Highlights:

1. The administrators met on July 27th for an in depth discussion on essential academic issues. Topics discussed include school safety, staff retention, state assessments, curriculum and assessment, and literacy. We took a careful look at our literacy scores across the District and recognized we fit with a national trend that boys slightly underperform girls in reading/ English language arts. We discussed the negative consequences this has on boys and their academic achievement, and worked to identify solutions to help encourage boys to read and write more. 
   1. We did discuss improving literacy scores for all students, while discussing how we can accelerate growth for boys. 
2. During the 2022-2023 school year, following necessary training, MPS will begin a multi-year process where we review and refine our curriculum (essential learning objectives) and our CRT assessments. 
3. We also updated the "Look Ahead Table" and made adjustments to it for the 2022-2023 school year. Emphasis will be placed on teacher clarity (effect size .75) and the jigsaw instructional method (effect size 1.20) during the 2022-2023 school year. 

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Teacher Clarity Training Elements
Collaboration
Identifying learning intentions (learning objectives)
Scope and sequencing of learning progression
Lesson design
Skill demonstration (assessment)
 

7. Business Manager comments

8. Board member comments

9. New Business

9.1. Accept Resignations

9.2. Review and Approve File: 504.20 Elementary and Secondary:Activities conduct (bullying prevention)

9.3. Approve 2022-2023 Option Enrollement Resolution

9.4. Approval of local substitute certificates. 

9.5. Approve student fees policy

9.6. Approval of an interlocal agreement with the city of McCook to cooperate in the construction of certain recreational facilities in and for the benefit of the City and its residents and for the benefit of the District and its students.

10. Positive Comments

11. Adjournment

12. Items for Review