September 8, 2021 at 6:30 PM - Board of Education Meeting

Rationale:  The meeting date, time and location was published in the Plattsmouth Journal on 

Rationale:  Visitors may address the board during this portion of the meeting.  Each speaker is limited to 5 minutes.  Multiple speakers for the same subject should appoint a single spokesperson to address the board for a maximum of 5 minutes. 

Rationale:  1. Activities are in full swing

• VB Varsity Tournament - 
• Workers

2. Trophy cases continue to be updated 
3. Football parking silent auction
4. Banner silent auction
5. Athletics Golf Tournament - Oct. 3rd
 

Rationale:  I am giving feedback to staff on lesson plans to ensure proper planning is taking place for instruction. Also, lining up some of my feedback in walk-throughs with lesson plans when possible so teachers can see that connection. 

Elementary has finished FAST reading screening and started math. We are diving into the data analysis for reading and determining the need for core interventions at each grade level and then will progress to small groups and individual, more intense interventions. After reading is up and going, we will follow the same steps with the math data. 

PALS has now started on Fridays. High school students are paired with elementary students to interact in positive ways on Fridays first thing in the morning. 

After MAP reading is completed I will get Reading Law letters out to families and IRIPs (Individual Reading Improvement Plans) created for teachers to add to. 

Setting up an ECNC Elementary Principal Networking meeting. We will be hosting the first one at WWPS either end of September or first week in October. Focusing on meeting each other, welcoming new members, and sharing strengths/challenges/questions so far in the year. 

Received ReadyRosie grant. ReadyRosie is an early childhood education tool that helps families, schools, and communities strengthen and deepen family engagement efforts.  Includes tools that help families create meaningful home-learning environments. We are starting with preschool and will possibly expand.

Rationale: 

1. Professional goal conversations are underway with new staff focused on Design Areas of Building Relationships or Establishing Rules & Procedures.  Returning staff will continue to have goals in one of those two areas but will also focus on new Design Areas of Communicating Clear Learning Targets or Using Engagement Strategies.  
2. Classroom observations are also underway with walkthroughs and informal visits and feedback.  Formal observations are being scheduled.  
3. Plans are underway to organize our September professional development day.  ESU3 staff will be assisting with training to strengthen learning targets as part of lesson planning.  Secondary staff will continue to focus learning on building assessments in eDoctrina and Elementary will be collaborating with ESU3 staff on progress being made with new curriculum resources.  
4. MAP Fall Growth Assessments are underway in both Elementary & Secondary classrooms.  Data will guide collaboration and planning conversations moving forward.
5. Having a fully staffed SPED team is awesome!  Our resource teachers are getting to push into classrooms to work with all kids and are getting opportunities to target instruction and interventions during resource periods with their students.  This practice is new for content staff as well and many have shared positive experiences already as they are learning to share instructional roles.  
6. Yondr implementation seems to be going smoothly.  There have been only a handful of instances where students have either forgotten their pouches or used a phone during the day where a parent has needed to come collect the device after school.  Since we are implementing it along with Tri-County, we have another district to share ideas and experiences and are planning to present our experiences with other schools at either the Principal's Conference in December or at NETA this spring.  
7. Homecoming events are underway so it promises to be an exciting week!

Rationale:  Special Education:

Working with ESU 3 Special Education Director and Administrators from area schools to plan for quarterly Professional Development for the special education teachers in Cass County School districts.

Determining training opportunities for special education staff around Interventions, Behavior, and Post-Secondary Planning.  (The NDE has released additional funding for students with disabilities through American Rescue Plan (ARP) within the federal IDEA grant. 

Childcare/Sixpence

We will be meeting with Sixpence and Conestoga Staff on expectations of the Sixpence Grant. 

We currently have 13 eligible families (we are required to have 16 by December 1st, the official start date of the Sixpence Program). 

Rationale: 

• The next policy review/revision cycle will start with the October 18th BOE meeting.
• Targeted Yellow Procedure update
• Policy 3016 Smoking