S.I.P.T

September 27- 1 hour

For this school year I have been voted in to be a member of our School Improvement and Planning Team (S.I.P.T). We met on Monday to discuss several items brought up by the principal, Mrs. Thomas. The team discussed what the staff would do during the early release days we have during the year. We have planned that K-2 teachers and assistants will participate in ActivBoard training and sessions. 3-5 teachers will have math training.

The team also discussed how to spend the money that PTA is going to match. We are going to use the money to buy technology. Several of our options include completing our mobile lab, buying document cameras and projectors for teachers that lack them, digital cameras for teachers, ipods, and voters. We also discussed that PTA is working on getting the library a grant that could earn $10,000 worth of books! That would be awesome for the library and school!

We also discussed our schools Title I money and how we can spend it this year. We are required to use 10% of it on staff development. We are hiring a K and 1st grade reading tutor. We discussed other possible ways to use the money.

I think that being on S.I.P.T. will be an interesting experience and I will learn a lot about the school .