1. SCC MAY 12, 2015

2. KELLY TAUTEOLI

3. APPROVE MINUTES FROM LAST MONTH

5. LAND TRUST PROGRESS REPORT 2014-2015  Reading  Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI)  Reading-Curriculum Based Measurement (R-CBM)  Math  M-COMP  M-CAP

6. SCHOLASTIC READING INVENTORY  Goal: Basic Readers will gain 75 lexile points.  Result: This happened for 41% of students.  Goal: Proficient & Advanced Students will make a gain of one year progress.  Result: 98.5% of Proficient & Advanced attained this goal.

7. READING-CURRICULUM BASED MEASUREMENT (R-CBM) *FLUENCY*  Goal: Increase fluency rates of below basic readers by.5 words per minute per week.  Result: 48%of students made this increase.

8. GOAL #1 READING  Currently 51% of students at Union are not meeting reading benchmarks as measured by the Scholastic Reading Inventory (SRI).  · 31% (263 students) are at the basic level.  · 19% (161 students) are below basic in their reading.  By May of 2016, Union Middle will reduce the number of students below benchmark on the SRI by 8%.

9. MATH: M-COMP & M-CAP  Goal: 95% of students who were on benchmark for M-COMP & M- CAP will be on benchmark by the end of the year.  Result: 91.5 % of students who scored benchmark on M-CAP maintained benchmark  91% of students who scored benchmark on the M-CAP maintained benchmark.  Goal: Move 25% of students who were below benchmark to benchmark or above.  Result: 43% of students below benchmark on the MCAP moved to benchmark and 35% of student below benchmark on the MCOMP moved to benchmark.

10. LAND TRUST GOALS 2015-2016  Goal: 57% of students will be on SRI benchmark by May 2016.  Goal: 80% of students will meet & maintain math M-COMP & M-CAP benchmarks by May 2016

11. ASSESSMENT AND PROGRESS MONITORING  Teachers will administer the SRI three times per year.   Teachers will administer AIMS Web MAZE reading probes twice a month.  Progress monitoring allows the teacher to adjust instruction and supports accordingly.

12. CURRICULUM AIDES  $24,000-Hire 4 Aides in July  Instructional aides will provide Tier 2 interventions to help struggling readers on specific skills. 1. Scripted Programs 2. Push-in model 3. Fluid groups

13. SUMMER PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND COLLABORATION  $8000  Summer Collaboration & Material Organization  Achievement coaches/Reading Specialist will provide professional development for teachers on Close Reading strategies, Phonics Blitz and Rewards programs.  In addition, teachers will meet as a data review team monthly to create fluidity within the skill-based groups.

14. TECHNOLOGY  $12,000 Equipment Budget  We will replace older computers to facilitate SRI testing.

15. MATH: ASSESSMENT AND PROGRESS MONITORING  Teachers will assess progress on the above math goal by administering the district math CFA and the M- COMP three times a year.  Progress towards proficiency will also be tracked with formative intermittent assessments developed by math teams during the summer.

16. MATH INTERVENTION  $25,000 Tier 3 Interventions  We will use Land Trust money to pay for 0.25 FTE to pay teachers to teach additional sections of math labs (beyond their standard contracts) in order to provide skill-based interventions in math.

17. FURNITURE  $2000 Equipment  We will purchase Kidney shaped tables to facilitate small group skill-based instruction in math classes.

18. 2015-2016 DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS

19. RETURNING MEMBERS FOR NEXT YEAR