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Members include: Linda Carr, Leroy Hill, Rose Jacobs, Natalie Kramer, Paulette Lind, Jodi Madden, Kathy Morin, Colleen Nelson, Becky Olson, Ronald Seibring, Michelle Stein, Melissa Atkinson, Jeremy Christie, Jaime Conway, Mary Cornell, Shannon Dyrud, Mark Ernst, Shawn Gombos, Jan Keaveny, Deb Leadem, Sara Martini, Angela Mitchell, Kris Pitt, Dan Schaefer and Joe Telfair.

Next Meetings

May 13
7:00 pm- Teacher’s Lounge

Strengths
Of
Talahi School

DIVERSITY

QUALITY STAFF

CARING PARENTS

STUDENTS

QUALITY INSTRUCTION

PROGRAMS

2007-2008 GOALS Of Talahi SITE COUNCIL

DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP ON “INVOLVEMENT” COMMITTEES
PROMOTE THE STRENGTHS OF TALAHI SCHOOL
CONTINUE TO PROVIDE QUALITY PROGRAMS
INCREASE VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES TO A DIVERSE GROUP OF PEOPLE
DEVELOP/ENHANCE PARTNERSHIPS WITH COMMUNITY AGENCIES

In attendance: Shawn Gombos, Bruce Mohs, Michelle Stein, Jody Madden, Linda Carr, Joe Telfair, Dan Schaefer, and Angela Mitchell.

Site Council Meeting: April 8, 2008.

1. School Board Report: Bruce Mohs shared the District's progress with the Superintendent search. This is a public process with information available on the website.

2. Principal's Report: Shawn Gombos shared information regarding the process used for staffing Talahi in the 2008-09 school year.

3. Focus Questions: Site Council worked to provide Talahi input on 4 District generated focus questions.
1) Do the teachers and administration use assessment data to communicate set achievement goals?
2) Does the school communicate to the stakeholders their achievement goals?
3) How does the school engage parents in the education partnership?
4) Does the school accept and teach the cultural values and norms of its student population?
We discussed how multiple forms of data from CMA results to regular fluency and Rigby testing results are used to drive instruction, who the various stakeholders are in our educational partnerships and how we can further those, shared many examples of parent involvement opportunities and how they benefit our students, and how cultural awareness is shown through the literature available in classrooms and in the Media center as well as through our practices at Talahi. Those results will be shared at the upcoming District Curriculum Committee by Linda Carr as our representative.

Next meeting: May 13, 2008. This will be the final Site Council meeting for the year.

Any questions, concerns, comments can be directed to Shawn Gombos

Next meetings: May 13 7:00 pm Talahi Teacher’s Lounge

All are welcome at Site Council! Please come and share your ideas!

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