School Leadership Team 2023 - 2024

October 19, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. (Virtual)

October SLT Meeting's Minutes - English & Spanish

SLT Meeting’s Minutes - October 19th 2023

Meeting started at 2:30 p.m.

All members of the SLT were present at the meeting.

Mr. Aggoub – Principal Report:

• Parents and new staff member’s introduction
• Review Chancellors 4 Pillars for Building Trust — student and family centered
• Review the Chancellor Priorities, CEP Goals - student and family centered (learn to read well; physically and emotionally safe; high quality academic experience; graduate college and career ready; inclusive and responsive for parents and families)
• District 27 Focus - Capacity Building Structures - Priorities for Leader and Teacher Development.  Ensure understanding “buckets” in regards to Danielson including planning, preparation and data
• Review the schools Vision, Mission, Priority Focus and Instructional Focus which make student achievement, high quality instruction in ELA and math, data usage and equitable for all a priority.
• State exams - ELA - scoring 3s & 4s +3% from last year (38) Math - scoring 3s & 4s +18% from last year (45).
• Instruction should use data to meet student needs.
• Review the Uniform Policy meets Chancellor’s Regulations
• Upcoming Events for October including wear pink & donate $1, Pink Pancakes, Red Ribbon Week, Parent Teacher Conferences.
• The CEP (Comprehensive Education Plan) is discussed amongst the team, sent to district, revised and edited until it is approved.
• Communication and teamwork - encourage parents to have a voice for their concerns with staff and administration (as in their feelings towards uniforms).  Some funds from Students in Temporary Housing were used to purchase uniforms for families in need of assistance.
• Access to iPlan portal
• Assessments for data - BOY, Screeners, F&P, State exams
• K-5 Math and HMH K-2 ELA
• LETRS Training for Kindergarten teachers

Mrs. Ali 

• Introduce the Team positions:
• Chairperson – Ms. Del Valle nominate Ms. Rivera
• Secretary – Mrs. Ali nominate Ms. Stuart

Mrs. Del Valle welcomed everyone to the team and spoke about the CEP and SLT.

Mrs. Mosquea

• School mascot on shirts - possible School Spirit Day on Fridays
• PTC are now hybrid, suggest we have it in person.
• Goals should be in alignment with the Chancellor’s priorities - emphasis on #5 “Redesign the system to be more inclusive and responsive for parents and families, including having more families choose NYC Public Schools.”
• Revisit last year survey for new initiatives - possibly send out a new one.
• Ideas to get more parents involved in PTA meetings.

Ms. Mele spoke about:

• Parent engagement
• Fundraising events
• Giveaways

Isabel Vargas

• Title 1 budget
• More parent engagement including giveaways and goodies

Mrs. Ali

• Familiarize parents with the website.  CEP goals from last year are on the website that parents can view

Next Steps:

• Family facing budget
• CEP Goals - editing stage
• Action plan for Parent Engagement/PTA Meetings
• PAC meeting next month

Meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m. – approved by Ms. Morelli

November  16, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. (Hybrid)

November SLT Meeting Minutes - English & Spanish

SLT Meeting’s Minutes - November 16th 2023

Meeting started at 2:30 p.m.

All members of the SLT were present at the meeting.

Ms. Stuart read the last minutes from October 2023 meeting - approved by Ms. Morelli

Principals Report:

• Review Chancellor’s 4 Pillars
• Review the District Vision
• School Vision around areas of instruction.  Instruction in-line with the district and the chancellor.  K5 Math and HMH.
• CEP Goals 2023 - 2024.  How the school is progress monitoring each goal, parent participation and student attendance,

PARENT ENGAGEMENT:

• Mrs, Mele - PTA President – share ideas include a family brunch & community day
• Ms. Elkers – share events to discuss curriculum
• Mrs. Mosquea - parent read aloud
• Mrs. Rivera - newsletters, mystery reader, workshops.  Survey parents about workshops they would like.
• Mrs. Del Valle - plan ahead for the same day each month.
• Mr. Aggoub - Monthly walks for a cause.
• Monthly events - Intentional and collaborative.
• Engaging ways to invite parents.  Utilize the student council to send notices.  Texting app (Remind, DOE Messaging)

PTA REPORT:

Ms. Mele spoke about upcoming events and what was voted on at the last PTA meeting:

• $70 to the school fundraiser for breast cancer
• $150 for a pin press for students  
• $25 gift cards for families.  
• Raffles $50 each basket for holidays.  
• School store to open 

PAC REPORT:

• Mrs. Vargas - people vote for virtual meetings - will ask again for in-person meetings.  Money has been spent on Thanksgiving Book Package, Holiday Craft, Flashcards and Dice for upper and lower grades for math workshop,18 people attended the meeting.
  

• Mrs. Ali - we still need a Financial Liaison and Time keeper. Ms. Del Valle will take the position of Financial Liaison and time keeper
  

• Next meeting Thursday December 21st, 2023 at 2:30 p.m.

• Meeting adjourned at 3:50 p.m. approved by Ms. Elfers

December 21, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. (Hybrid)

December SLT Meeting's Minutes - English & Spanish

SLT Meeting's Minutes – December 21st 2023

Meeting started at 2:30 p.m.

Ms. Stuart read the last meeting's minutes - approved by Ms. Morelli

• Mr. Aggoub – welcome – review 3 buckets

• Call to action developing content knowledge and monitoring progress using 3 screeners (assess growth) test simulations, standardized tests (assess meeting standards).
• K-5 Math – consult – best practices in and out of school
• Fluency centers aligned to the needs of students.
• HMH used by K-2 this year.  PD will be offered in HMH.
• All members added to iPlan
• Parent events included Mystery Parent Reader 3rd Friday of each month.  Younger grades made gingerbread houses with parents and had a huge turnout.
• Attendance in younger grades is lower causing a gap in education by 3rd grade 
• Word problems – some only using numbers and don’t know why they using certain operations – Number Talks
  

• Mrs. A. Rodriguez – in regards to testing – test in native language – explain math and word problems in native language – tips for parents
• Mrs. Rivera – Success Mentors – chronic absence – make a connection with the child and parents.

• PTA NEWS – Mrs. Mele - $2000 from the holiday sale.  School stores start January 9th on Tuesdays and Thursdays at lunch period
  
• No PAC report – Isabel was not in attendance.
  

• Mrs. A Rodriguez – Civics 4 ALL – participatory budgeting – uses funds to create a project to better the school.  $3500.  Find a problem and solution to better our school.  Student Council project.  Create a survey for students.  Civics 4ALL week in March.  Materials will be purchased from DOE vendors and the project will be completed in June.  SLT is part of the steering committee.

• Mrs. Rivera – more parent engagement events monthly.  College Awareness Day – door decorating contest.  

• Other ideas for parent engagement include a college fair, adult continuing education, read aloud with follow up activities Stuart, invite parents for Learning Buddies (Morelli).
  

• We will review the budget during the January meeting.

Meeting Adjourned 3:30 p.m. approved by Ms. Del Valle

January  18th, 2023 at 2:30 p.m. (Hybrid)

January SLT Meeting's Minutes - English & Spanish

Meeting started 2:37pm

Review agenda by Ms. Rivera

Last meeting’s minutes from December read by Ms. Stuart - approved by Ms. Morelli

Principal report 

• District and school foci - Saturday Academy ENL; Midori; Science; Ballet Hispanico; Enrichment - Robotics; Art; Music; Chorus; Student Council
• 3 Buckets 

Plan & Prep - common planning, PD time; K-5 Math; Brienza ELA; Queens College; ENL

Content - K-5 Math; HMH; PD

Progress - Screener data; RTI data; mock exam; formative assessment; state exam data

• DOE messaging app to contact all families
• Review January calendar
• February - blood donor month, MLK Jr.
• Tuesday January 9th - There was a shelter in because of police activity - no one in/out of the building.  3:25pm shots fired.  Shelter for 25 minutes until all is clear.

Budget Overview

• Galaxy - majority of the money is salary $8 million.  
• Allocations based on student numbers - projection for the year.  
• ENL, IEP, extra services - more funding based on Fair Student Funding
• Title 1 school - extra activities, certain materials, 1% parent engagement -  $3,131
• No more federal Covid 19 funding.  Strategic spending to max use of funds.

PTA 

• Holiday Boutique - $1,698
• PTA Store Tuesday and Thursday
• Valentines Raffle - 2 tickets for $1 - drawing February 14th
• 1 day February 8th Valentine’s boutique, voted on $700

No PAC Report - Isabel is not in attendance

Ms. Rivera

• Parents connect with each other to stay informed about their child's education.  Have events to get parents together.  “Each 1 Reach 1”

Food Pantry Closet

• Families have access to food - Ms. Rose possibly can help
• Sharing table
• Donor’s Choose
• B&G Club
• Open 2 times per month

Community Fair

• May 18th

Meeting adjourned 3:32

February  15th 2024 (at 2:30 p.m Hybrid)

February  SLT Meeting's Meeting - English & Spanish

SLT Meeting Minutes – February 15th 2024
Meeting started 2:40pmReview agenda and reading of last meeting’s minutes from December - approved by Ms. Morelli

Principal Report:

FOCI
• CEP Goals - Parent Engagement and Attendance (large absence Pre-K-2) Show how attendance is
important going forward.
• Really strengthening math - fluency centers and number talks.
• Plan for next year with HMH – 3-day PD’s.
• Formative assessments - look for progress - level 2’s are “pushable”
• Instructional Focus: rigorous, relevant, designed for all students
• Morning and afterschool programs/Saturday Academy
• Communication - Dojo - monthly newsletters, calendar
• We will be hosting the next CEC meeting
• Required annual school leadership training - 40 minutes

PTA Report -
• Valentine’s sale $336.12, Raffle $79, Parent Night $290
• New company for photographs - Lifetouch
• $700 each grade (1st & 2nd) trips
• School store will have definitive days soon.

PAC Report -
• Isabel January minutes - no one attended February meeting
• Workshops science - $200
• Healthy snacks - $200
• Lunar - $200
• Cornell Nutrition - $200
• Smoothies and yoga - $500
• Math workshops upper and lower grades
• Summer baskets for all
• No funds left

Monthly School Community - Paint Night was a huge success
Community event – tentative date May 20th
Hygiene kit for 4th and 5th grades
Meeting ended at 3:31 approved by Ms. Ramos

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