meeting capture form 10/29/20 slt meeting

THE FRESH CREEK SCHOOL

Public School 325 875 Williams Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11207 Phone: (718) 272-1843 • Fax: (718) 272-2813

www.PS325FreshCreek.org Lisa Goodson, Principal Audrey Fowler, Assistant Principal Douglas Avila, ATR Principal

Fresh Creek School… Where “Success is the Only Option “for our Scholars

Meeting Capture Form 10/29/20

SLT Meeting 10/29/2020 Afterschool Library

Topic/Reason for Meeting:

Discussion Opening of SLT Meeting: Call to order by Ms. Fields Presentation of Agenda is delivered:

• Welcome• ReadingandApprovalofthePreviousMeeting’sMinutes• Principal’sReport• CEPDiscussion(Mission,Vision,Priority)• DataDiscussion• DiscussionofNewBusinessAgendaItems• CreationofAgendafortheNextMeeting• Adjournment

ChairpersonreadsandpresentsthebylawsthatweredesignedandapprovedbytheSLTexecutivegroup;Ms.Goodson,Principal,Ms.Fields,UFTChapterLeader,Ms.Marcena,PTAPresidentPrincipal’ReportwasdeliveredbyPrincipalGoodson

• Thefocusforthisacademicschoolyearison“personalized”explicitinstructionanddiscussiontobuildcomprehensionskillsandwriting.

• ThePartner’sProgramwasinstitutedduringlastschoolyearandwillcontinuevirtually.- ParentsasTeachers- TeachersasLeadersPARTNER’SPROGRAM- CBOasPartners- Studentsasleaders/partners

Meeting called by Principal Goodson

Type of meeting Scheduled

Facilitator Participants: Ms. Goodson (CSA, Principal) Ms. Fields (UFT) Ms. Eve (UFT) Ms. Fischetti (UFT) Ms. Vargas (CBO) Ms. Bell (Parent) Ms. Marcena (PTA President)

SLT Meeting






• Data-TheschoolhasbeentakingtheirBOYassessmentusingMAPandF&Pdata.Theseassessmentswillidentifystrandsofstandardsthatstudentsaredeficient.

• Safety-Theschoolwillcontinuewiththe4R’strainingtodevelopsocialemotionalsupportsforthestudents.Activeschooltrainingwilltakeplacetosupportteachers.

• Asocialemotionalcenter/resourceswillbeavailablevirtuallysostudentscande-escalateortakeamomentofreflectionbeforejoiningtheclassenvironment.

• Partnersfortheschool:- Cityyearsupportstheschoolinacademicsintheclassroomandinafter

schoolprograms.- Keystoabundantlife(ComingSoon…awaitingSIGgrant)

CEPdiscussion• ELAgoalwaspresented(Goal:(ByJune2021,therewillbea10%

increasefrom30%to40%,ofAllStudentsachievingatProficiencyLevel(levels3&4),asmeasuredbyNYSELAExamResults)

• Mathgoalwaspresented(Goal:(ByJune2021,therewillbea10%increasefrom26%to36%,ofAllStudentsachievingatProficiencyLevel(levels3&4),asmeasuredbyNYSMathExamResults.)

• ChronicAbsenteeismwaspresented(Goal:(ByJune2021,ChronicAbsenteeismforallstudentswilldecrease10%from29.9%to19.9%,asmeasuredbyATSAttendanceData)

• NYCSchoolSurveygoalwaspresented(Goal(ByJune2021,therewillbea10%increase59%to69%ofteacherswhosaythatadultsattheirschoolhaveaccessschool-basedsupportstoassistinbehavioralandemotionalescalations(Q23h))- Subcommitteeswillbeformedtomakesurethatthesegoalsarebeing

monitoredatbenchmarkpointswhicharedesignedinOctober,January,andMay

- AllgoalsandtheactivitieswerediscussedtomonitorthegrowthoftheCEPgoals

***RevisitedtheMissionStatement***TheFreshCreekschoolcommunityiscommittedtoensuringthateverychildinourschoolcommunityhassocialemotionalsupports,theopportunitytosucceedandhavetheirvoicesheardwithinthevirtuallearningexperience.Webelievethatallchildrencanlearn.Ourstudentsengageinrich,meaningfulcognitivelychallenginglearningexperiencesthataretailoredtomeettheirindividualanddevelopmentalneeds.ThegoalofeverymemberoftheFCSfamilyistobuildourstudents’confidenceandhelpthemtoreachtheirpotential.EverymemberoftheFCSfamilyworkscollaborativelytoempowerourstudentstobecomecriticalthinkers,caringcitizens,andlife-longlearnerswithlimitlesspossibilities.***RevisitedtherevisedVisionStatement***Isthisstillourvisionforourschool?TheVisionStatement.FreshCreek’svisionistocreateaschoolthatsupportssocialemotionallearning,cultivatesinnovative,well-roundedcitizenswhoarecriticalthinkersand






inquisitivefutureleaders,whouseliteracyandtechnologyskillstoexcelinallfacetsoftheirlife.VisionStatementwasreadanddiscussionforpossiblerevisionstotheVisionstatementisallowed.Alongwiththat,whataretheindicatorsthatarealignedtotrackthevisionstatement. TheVisionStatementwasagreeduponandconsensusmadetokeepthecurrentVisionStatement.VisionStatementIndicators:InnovativeStudents

• Engagedindiscussionusinghighfrequencyvocabularywords.• Studentsareinvolvedinproject-basedlearning.• Studentshaveastudentgovernmentandvoicetheirthoughtsonwaysto

improvelearningandschoolculture.• Studentsareconfident,theyarticulateideas,theyarerisk-takers,andhave

agrowthmindset.Well-roundedCitizens/FutureLeaders

• Behaviorchanges-responsible,thinksaboutotherswell-being.• Studentschantschoolcorevalues(RISEUP)andmotto• Attendance-Parentsandstudentsareengagedinincreaseofattendance.• FutureLeaders

CriticalThinkers

• Studentsareengagedintaskssothattheycanshowtheirthinking.• Askquestions-inquisitive.• Listeningtoothers• Articulatingideas,whatthey’relearning.• JaleayahCastro:STUDENTPRESIDENTSTATES:“Studentsshouldthink

beforemakingadecision.It’simportanttotalktostudentsaboutstrategieslike“talkingitout”.Weshouldhavestudentleadersleadinlessons.Ibelievethatthecorevirtuesofrespectandintegrityareimportant.Theyshouldbefollowedconstantly.

Literacy• Customizingcurricula:Wit&Wisdom&• Researchbasedpracticesthatinfusesnon-fiction,literature,andvisualart.• Savvyreading=consistentskillsthatreadersuseacrosstheweek;Monday;

previewingandmakingconnections,Tuesday;askingquestions,Wednesday;determiningimportanceandenvisioning,Thursday;inferencing,Friday;synthesizing.

Technology

• Technologyisinfusedintheclassroom,ipods,chromebooks,imacs• UsevariousplatformssuchasKami,peardeck,nearpod,padlet,jamboard.

Sub-Committees:






1. SEL-Ms.FieldsandDr.Fowler2. Attendance-Ms.VargasandMs.Eve3. ELA-Ms.GoodsonandMs.Bell4. Math-Ms.FischettiandMs.Fields

Conclusions/Agreement Next Steps: Share out CEP data updates Culture Survey Discussion Next Agenda: Welcome/Call to Order Reading and Approval of the Previous Meeting’s Minutes Principal’s Report Share out of initiatives in the CEP subcommittees and next steps Data Discussion Discussion of New Business Agenda Items Creation of Agenda for the Next Meeting Adjournment

Action Items Emails will be shared

Committees will meet at least once before our next

meeting.

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Follow Up Needed?

Next meeting will take place on November 19th, 2019 11/19/2019

meeting capture form 10/29/20 slt meeting

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