PLC Meeting Minutes 4-14

Our PLC meeting last week was cancelled.

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Attending this week: Farthing, Muzzy, Maglio, Burkhead, McKenzie, Pate, Crim, Morning-Cain

Ms. Morning discussed the status of the Watsons Go to Birmingham - 1963 project. We are in crunch time. Classes should have read through chapter 12. Students will begin their culminating project within the next couple of weeks. They will research the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing and the four girls who were killed in the bombing, and present their research in a PowerPoint presentation.

Summative evaluations for teachers are coming up. Teachers who are evaluated using the new teacher evaluation tool need to begin to pull evidence for their standards. Ms. Morning gave examples of evidence including:

• PLC notebook/notes
• data analysis
• examples of quality lesson plans
• parent communication
• how we incorporate literacy
• global awareness activities
• technology use

Ms. Morning will also send out a questionnaire to teachers to help them gather evidence and prepare for their summative interview.

Ms. Pate & Ms. McKenzie are on a different evaluation tool and will not complete this process. New evaluation tools are being developed for Media & Tech coordinators.

Upcoming events & related information:

Friday, April 16: Career Day in the morning. Specialists have been assigned positions for helping. Ms. Crim will put a final schedule in our boxes tomorrow or Thursday.

Next week: Administrative Professionals week.

Friday, April 23: BUG/Terrific Kids ceremony. We will follow the same schedule as last time. We need to bring in treats and/or candy for the bags for the students. Ms. Muzzy will coordinate with Ms. Harvin to get the bags done. Ms. Pate and Ms. McKenzie will be at a workshop and will be unable to assist.

Week of May 17: EOG's

June 4: Field Day in the morning

Planning for the graduation ceremony is going on. 5th grade and possibly 4th grade will be taken off campus for the ceremony. If you plan to give awards at the ceremony, please let Ms. Bitting know ASAP so that she can make sure you get on the program. Our business partner, Piney Grove church, is providing strong support for this event and Minister McCloud is coming to meet with the 5th grade teachers on Thursday for more planning.

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If there are any corrections or additions to these minutes please leave a comment or email Ms. McKenzie to let her know.