Biggs Unified School District

District
Advisory Committee (DAC)

October 18,
2010 8:30 am–12:30 pm

Meeting Notes

Members Present: V. Bridges, Carleen Carley,
Laura Dearden, Stacy Doughman, Karen Nuchols, Brigitte O’Brien, Pam
Sheppard, Heidi Siegall and guest, Patty Garrison, Butte COE

Welcome and review purpose of
the District Advisory Committee (DAC)

Bill
went over the purpose of the DAC, information/updates and excused himself to
attend another meeting after introducing Patty Garrison.

District Assistance Survey

He
welcomed Patty Garrison from the Butte County Office of Education and talked
about the value of the District Assistance Survey (DAS) in helping determine
district priorities.  Patty handed
out copies and went over the organization and format of the District Assistance
Survey (DAS).  Patty’s purpose
was to help facilitate the District Advisory Committee (DAC) complete the
survey.  Patty will return to our
December meeting to review results.
Patty went through the overview of the survey and the seven components
of the survey, which include, standards-based
curriculum, instruction and assessment; professional development, human
resources, data systems/data analysis/ongoing monitoring; parent and community
involvement; fiscal operations; and governance and leadership.  Each DAC member completed the survey
rating each element for level of implementation and noting written comments
about items. Patty took the surveys to summarize the findings.   She will return to the December 6th
meeting to review the results and help us prioritize areas for improvement.

During
the discussion of the review items the following concerns were shared.. Pam Sheppard expressed concern that the  (SPSA) Single Plan for Student
Achievement being a guiding document of the school and should be aligned to the
LEA Plan.  Stacy Doughman stated a
concern that DataDirector is being paid for and not being used much by
teachers.  Teacher DAC members from
other sites concurred with her observation about the use of the program. Pam Shepard
brought up a concern about the critique of the cafeteria program as identified
in the Spring 2010 parent survey and what had been
done about it. Bill had notified Nelda Andes
who supervises the program. Pam said that lunches at BHS have gotten better.  Stacy asked if this information had been
given to Nelda so she knows changes are being noticed and are appreciated.

API and AYP Status Reports
2010

Laura
Dearden handed out and discussed the BUSD 2010 Growth Academic Performance
Index Report with site level data.
BUSD growth targets were and the status of each school noted.  BES growth for 09-10 was 30 points.  Stacy Doughman commented that this was
outstanding something to be celebrated and that she was going to put this on
the BES Marquee.  The AYP –“Adequate
Yearly Progress” report was discussed by Laura and Stacy.  Laura stated that the elementary school
is not in Program Improvement at this time. Only Title I schools are identified
for program improvement status and BES is the only school receiving Title I
funding.

School Site Councils, School
Data & Revision of SPSA Goals

BHS-First
SSC meeting will be in November if the teacher representative can be
established.  This seems to an issue
with the teacher’s union.

The
following dates have been established for BES-Oct. 28th and RES-Oct.
20th

Laura
handed out and discussed “LEA Plan, Updated Focus Area for 2009-11.  There were the areas the DAC established
as priorities for the 2010-11 school year and should
be reflected in the establishment of SSC priorities for improvement strategies.

The “Local Education Agency Plan
(LEAP) Key Components Summary 2009-11” was reviewed with revisions and
additions noted in blue. She suggested that both of these documents be used
with teachers and the SSC to update their school plans.

Updates:

ELA and Math Professional
Development work with Butte
COE.

BES,
BMS and BHS schools are working with BCOE consultants on identifying essential
standards, which will lead to creating pacing guides and benchmark assessments.
This work will lead to more
continuity between grade levels and courses.

School Safety Plans/Crisis
Response Plan

Laura
stated that there was an Crisis Response Team were now
in place and the District Safety Committee meets regularly to work on implementation
of the Crisis Response Plan.
Folders have been developed for school classrooms and members of the
crisis response teams.  Now schools
need to establish site-based safety goals for the individual school safety
plans that accompany the crisis response plan.

Report from the DELAC/ELAC

Vera
passed out minutes and discussed.
Bill stated that all students that started as freshman graduated as
seniors last year.  Vera mentioned
that there was not any (ELD) English-language Development support for 6-8.  Pam asked if that was a complaint
issue.  Vera said yes and explained
process of the ELD support and compliance.
Stacy commented on how we look at our Data for our Disability
student.  Stacy and Vera
discussed.  Vera stated that a Mini
Grant was awarded to DELAC.

Review of DAC and SSC
suggested calendars

The
committee updated the DAC calendar; the March date was changed to Monday,
February 28th.  December
6th is the next DAC meeting.
Laura handed out a suggested School Site Council Calendar for
use by councils to maintain compliance for state and federal programs.

Suggested topics for Dec. 6th
meeting

DAS
survey results

Conducting
a teacher and staff survey

Meeting
Adjourned at 12:30 pm

Next meeting
Monday, Dec. 6, 2010 8:30 a – 12:00 pm