September+11,+2013

=Admin Team - September 11, 2013= In attendance: Laura Coutts-Mills, Cait Barker, Victoria Adams, Julianne Taylor, Kelli Holden, Brenda Stumbur, Heather Orey, Gail Ferguson

a) **Visa** spending over the summer has exceeded the $50.00 limit per classroom. Monies spent will come out of the grade budget lines. b) **Revenue** - PSD and Millgrove do not know what their revenue is until September 30th. Until you have an **approved budget** - **October 15th,** any expenditures need to be approved by Gail. Please respect the process. c) **Finalized** **budgets - Grades/ Phys. Ed/ Special Ed./ Counseling/Art/ -** Please review the **preliminary budget** that you submitted in June and make any changes - **Due: September 30th**
 * 1. Finance/Budget**

- A good day for learning will not look the same for all children. - Be conscious of too much "stand and deliver" - 10 minutes is usually too long a time for early years' students to be sitting. - EA Support - How are you using the support? Please be purposeful and have a plan of what your students will be learning. There's a lot of expertise in the building for language development, literacy and numeracy development.
 * 2. UDL/Differentiated Teaching**
 * Do your students know what they are learning and why? They should be able to tell you this, and not just what they are doing.**

- Tumblebooks, SMART table, Notebook, Boardmaker, Read and Write Gold, Soft Play, Sensory Room, iPads, library, - Do we need to offer refreshers? Please let your grade rep know. - teachers will be involved in the activities to allow for more assessment opportunities - If you would like to be involved in the commitee, let us know.
 * 3. Resources** - How are we using them?
 * 4. C.A.V.E.**
 * -** will look differnt this year and won't be connected with the PLC times

- Who is the sweep? The **teacher** who is on supervision in the front park is responsible for sweeping the front all the way to the 2/4 door.
 * 5. Supervision - Be active - walking, moving to cover the entire area.**

- **Entry Doors -** Decide every shift, who will be opening up the entry doors. There should never be a crowd! - **Glider** - students need to move and get up on their own- no pushing by bystanders. - **Rotating net -** students should not be hanging outside if the net is spinning so fast that they may lose their balance.
 * Areas of Concern**
 * Swings** - **ensure** that as many children as possible can have a turn - 5 minutes


 * Remember safety first! - __you are the supervisor__ and may shut down anything that you do not think is safe.**

- Batteries are ordered for hand held mikes & pendants - Boardmaker - there's an error in the discs but Sharon's looking after it - Chromebooks - backordered in PSD - 2 new portables - own wireless - in the ceiling and in the classroom - Read & Write Gold - preferences can go to any laptop
 * 6. Technology**

- Please be respectful of the order as Toresa and Heather have had to do too much reorganizing of the files.Their Ttime is valuable!
 * 7. Office**
 * Thanks for being so diligent with sending down your papers!**
 * Cums** will be in their new classes by the next week,

- Making a phone calls from the school - please leave a message as parents may panic when they see the school's number.
 * Ice** - Only if necessary - Students need to be sent down by a teacher,
 * Calls**
 * - Student phone calls** - make them from the classroom


 * illness** - If a child is sick, sent a note with the child so office staff will know what to do.
 * Epi-Pens** - if you have a student carrying an epi-pen in class, please inform the office staff.

Do not park in the Visitor's Parking Do not double- park in the cage If you cannot find parking you need to park on the street or along the alley. Double parking is illegal - you will be ticketed. 3 tickets have already been given out by the by-law officer.
 * Parking Lot**

6:00 - 7:15 - parents are invited to come into your class and then go into the gym for a scoop of ice cream. Teachers are expected to be in and out of their rooms to greet and direct parents. Try to speak with all the parents, avoid having an "interview". 7:10 - Assembly in the gym 7:30 - End
 * Get the Scoop Night**

This year I thought to categorize and align the sign-up to PSD's four priorities to provide a visulal on how we use our time**.** All staff can access the committee/volunteer Google doc by signing in with their username@psdblogs.ca For example mine is gferguson@psdblogs.ca
 * Committee/Volunteer Sign-up**

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 * A Hard copy is also on the bulletin board in the office hallway.**

Drama Club - will be beginning soon - for Gr. 2-4 Running Club is up and ....well you know ...running!! Millgrove Mile is October 8th in the Participark

Student Leadership sign -up will happen next week.


 * Report Card due dates - November 25, 2013**
 * PLCs - Oct0ber 25, 2013**

Teachers will again be responsible for selecting 5 photos for their class and checking to ensure all students are listed. Please do not put too many photos in the folder. You are welcome to change them throughout the year.
 * Yearbook -**

- lots of new parents attending the first council meeting - 20 attendees - We have a new chair person - Linda LaBonte - mother of Kyle Gr. 3 and Donna Malone Gr. 2 A new philopsohy was voted on and approved:
 * School Council**

**Millgrove School Council:**
creates a forum for discussion that enables parents to become actively involved in their child’s education by: v becoming empowered and informed  v collaborating with stakeholders   v supporting and enhancing the community of our school
 * School Council Initiatives:**
 * Outside play equipment** - School council will fund this initiative. Let us know what you would like to see your students have.
 * Mats** - More mats will be ordered to replace the large blue rolled mats. If you have a particular size or interest, this will be discussed at the next admin meeting.
 * Bike Racks** - Parents would like to see them enhanced. Any class that would like to be involved in an art project - with the bike racks, let me know.
 * Milk program** - we need to make it more efficient as there are more students but not more volunteers. Gr. 3's and 4's will send down one person with a desk tray to collect the milk for all. Leslie has an **AMAZING** system which we will try. Thanks, Leslie!
 * Children** **Pilates Instruuctor** - School Council is interested in funding this initiative. More information will follow.

Next School Council meeting will be - **Wednesday, October 2 @ 6:30** - Grades are asked to sign up for one meeting. All teachers in the grade are encouraged to attend to demonstrate their support for our school council.


 * Next Admin Meeting - Wednesday, 25, 2013 @ 3:25**
 * All staff are welcome to attend.**