Minutes - December 2019

COMMUNITY COUNCIL
December 3, 2019

Present: Matt Patterson, Detra Berger, Jenni Taylor, Susan Roane, and David Sowby
Excused is Michelle DeVries and Krissy Hales

Welcome by Mr. Patterson
Susan Roane explained the demographics at Orion for the 2019-2020 school year

a. A group of students will attend a Multi-Cultural event next month They are at Weber State University
b. This conference is to help students have more of a desire to attend college

Susan Roane went over student advocate/counselor student checks on their grades.
a. Between Counselors and Student Advocates 169 students have been met with which is 16% of our student body
b. There are 4 student advocates at Orion
c. Along with helping teachers track data on students’ progress Orion student advocates are working with students to help them achieve their educational goals.

Titan Time
a. Students are registered for Titan Time as an 8 th period class Tuesday through Friday. Students will stay in their same Titan Time class the whole year.
b. This has helped immensely to help students and teachers have ownership of what is happening during Titan Time.
c. As students are requested by a teacher, students take more ownership of what they need to accomplish to succeed in their education and learning.
d. Those teachers who have 7 th grade students help students more, but as they get to 9 th grade the students are more on their own to track their progress.
e. Titan Time lasts 25 minutes 4 days a week.
f. There are 25 students in each Titan Time class. The hope is that students will have the same Titan Time students all through their Junior High career.
g. The data on Titan Time has been really positive

LIA (Latinos in Action)
a. Our goal was to have 35 kids in this program,
b. Students walk to Majestic Elementary twice a week to tutor and mentor students there
c. These students are now excelling in many different aspects of their junior high career.
d. The LIA students put on an assembly and did well as leaders on this project.

Mr. Patterson went over Rise and Utah Aspire Data
a. Test scores have dipped a little for Orion
b. Mr. Patterson is hoping to use this test data to use Trust Land and TSSA funding to help make an impact on helping students at Orion’s test scores rise.

c. Next meeting Mr. Patterson would like to go over this more and take a look at these scores as a committee to find ways to help increase test scores.

MTSS
a. This is a guiding framework that says 85 percent of our students do well with tier one teaching, 13 percent do well with tier 2 teaching and 2 percent need different kinds of teaching
b. We want to categorize this data to find ways to help students
c. What additional supports do we need to put into place?
d. We have budgeted funds to do a training this summer where teacher will come in for 2 days to make a better model to help students at each level.
e. Also to make a common disciplinary plan.
f. Creating common teaching tools so that students be taught in similar way in every class.
g. Teachers feel pressure to help students succeed, this will help them find solutions to support all students.
h. This program will give a better system of support for students and teachers

Digital Portfolio
We are still working toward implementing this program at Orion. We want students to track their progress so they can see their progress in each class.
a. This gives us tremendous data so that students can see their progress from 7 th to 9 th grade.
b. This will also help students as they start applying for scholarships to have documented data.

Current funding for Trust Land budget was gone over

Discussion items:
Digital Literacy
a. The first week of school we go through our Digital Literacy Training
b. Mr. Patterson receives a filter report every 2 days that flags searches that are questionable
c. If there are issues with these sites Mr. Patterson and Mr. Hansen work with the students and parents to help the student.
d. The district is working on a program that will allow parents access to this report
e. We will hold some parent nights, as this comes available, to help educate parents on how to access and use these reports. We are also trying to help educate students on how to manage appropriate use of technology

School Safety Plan
f. Lock down drill last week went well
g. Safety plan is in a good spot right now
h. We are also trying to educate students and parents on substance abuse and its potential damages.

Meeting adjourned at 4:40 p.m.