Welcome to the SAC Meeting!!! September 20, 2012

September 20, 2011– Agenda Welcome and Introductions History and Overview of the School Meetings and Attendance Membership Procedures Elections and Voting PBVSACBYTES Website School Improvement Plan / Bylaws Literacy Initiatives Clubs for School Year 2011-2012 Meeting Comments/Questions

Welcome Everyone Thank you for attending Future meetings will include reminders sent out at least three days in advance Introductions: Principal Debra Johnson Students: Introduce yourselves Parents: Introduce yourselves Teachers: Introduce yourselves Non-instructional Staff: Community Members: Business Partners:

History and Overview of our School Principal Debra Johnson Background of FLVS – principal Our School’s Mission “The number one priority of the school is the students—they are at the center of every decision we make” (FLVS)

Meetings and Attendance Meetings are every 3rd Tuesday of the month Presence of voting members necessary at meetings that there will be a vote – there must be a 50% + 1 majority of non-school personnel for votes to count Elluminate meetings: paste into address bar http://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?sid=679&miuid=0BD25027B25B022A5D79A6B522F1E7EE

Membership Procedures Attendance at Meetings – must be present to formally become a member Attendance via Elluminate afterward Voting and Non-voting Members Importance of all Stakeholders Purpose of SAC is to ensure school is working towards continuous improvement and accountability “for all students at the school”.

Elections and Voting Principal – Required Member Teachers – Must be elected by other teachers Parents – Must be elected by other parents Students – Must be elected by other students Community Members – appointed Business Partners – appointed Non Instructional Personnel – Elected by other non- instructional personnel Membership should be an even balance of stakeholders (all of the above membership groups, as well as a demographic match as close as possible to the demographics of district)

PBVSACBYTES Website http://pbvsacbytes.weebly.com

School Improvement Plan School improvement plans must be voted on by the SAC committee voting members and approved for School Year 2011-2012. We will hold a vote on our SIP in October. Table further discussion and vote on the SIP next month.

SAC Bylaws School Advisory Council Bylaws are created together with the members of the SAC committee. Once created, they must be voted on. Our bylaws are on the website and constructed last year.

Response to Intervention Team (RtI) This is a team of professionals put together by the principal to ensure that all students are having their needs met by the school. This team closely monitors each student to ensure they are progressing well.

Literacy Learning Team This is a team of teachers in charge of ensuring that the literacy needs of all students are being met. This includes the following: Students in the lower percent of readers Students reading on grade level Students showing gifted traits or reading at high levels.

Palm Beach Virtual Reading Initiatives “Taking Care” initiative Offering resources to students as needed Using Elluminate for Peer Read Alouds Tutoring each month at the physical school HOT questions to press students to “think” during DBAs Promoting leadership in clubs, such as community service and technology clubs being started this year. Promote advanced level courses for advanced students Promote the FLVS “Virtual Library” Promote the FLVS program “Unplug and Read”

FLVS “Virtual Library” -- http://flvs FLVS “Virtual Library” -- http://flvs.net –Click on Virtual Library 2nd from the left

Resources from “Virtual Library”

“Such stuff as dreams are made Unplug and Read TBA Why: To promote the Love of reading! October 21st January 13th Into Reading! Curl up with a good Book! March 10th May 5th with a Good Book! “Such stuff as dreams are made on…”Read, read, read !

Clubs for School Year 11/12 Technology Club–Mrs. Zalecki and Mrs. 4 Community Service Club – Mrs. Ciotti

Thank you all for coming!!! Questions and Summary Open the floor to questions To wrap up, remember that the purpose of the SAC committee is to ensure that the school is working toward continuous improvement and accountability. Questions? Next meeting is Oct. 18, 2011, 4-5 p.m. Thank you all for coming!!!