Okaloosa County School Board — Regular Meeting, August 25, 2014 — reading text

Risk Management, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Aug 25, 2014 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Preferred Date : Aug 25, 2014 Absolute Date : Aug 25, 2014 Fiscal Impact : Yes Dollar Amount : $860,430.83 Budgeted : Yes Budget Source : General Fund Recommended Action : Motion to approve the renewal of group insurance contracts for employee benefits program for 2014-2015: Life, Long-Term Disability, Dental and Health. File Attachments 2015 Renewal Offer - Florida Blue.PDF (2,024 KB) Calendary Year 2015.pdf (96 KB) Employee Benefit Renewal 2015.pdf (154 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent Motion by Cathy Thigpen, second by Dewey Destin. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Dewey Destin, Cindy Frakes, Cathy Thigpen, Melissa Thrush, Rodney Walker 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.23 Okaloosa County School District Master In-Service Plan 2014-2015, presented by Denise McLaughlin, Professional Development Specialist, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Aug 25, 2014 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : No Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Okaloosa County School District Master In-Service Plan 2014-2015. Public Content Okaloosa County Master In-Service Plan for the 2014-2015 school year. File Attachments OKALOOSA Master In-Service Plan 2014.pdf (828 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent Motion by Cathy Thigpen, second by Dewey Destin. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Dewey Destin, Cindy Frakes, Cathy Thigpen, Melissa Thrush, Rodney Walker 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.24 Okaloosa Principal Leadership Assessment (Principal Evaluation Tool) 2014, presented by Dr. Diane Kelley, Principal Evaluation and Recruitment, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Aug 25, 2014 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Preferred Date : Aug 25, 2014 Absolute Date : Sep 08, 2014 Fiscal Impact : No Budgeted : No Budget Source : N/A Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Okaloosa Principal Leadership Assessment 2014. Public Content OCSD principals are evaluated yearly, as are our teachers and district leaders. Yearly, the evaluation tools are reviewed and revised as needed. This year the evaluation instrument for principals underwent a thorough review of each indicator, as well as the combining of indicators, to eliminate redundancy and to provide for a more stream-lined process while maintaining compliance with all Race to the Top requirements. Our principal evaluation instrument is called the Okaloosa Principal Leadership Assessment (OPLA). After approval, I will make sure that the revised version of our principal evaluation plan (OPLA) is sent in to the appropriate FLDOE contacts. File Attachments Okaloosa Principal Leadership Assessment 2014.pdf (3,285 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent Motion by Cathy Thigpen, second by Dewey Destin. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Dewey Destin, Cindy Frakes, Cathy Thigpen, Melissa Thrush, Rodney Walker 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.25 Kindergarten Report Card for 2014-2015, presented by Marti Gardner, Director of Elementary Education, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Aug 25, 2014 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Kindergarten Report Card for 2014-2015. Public Content Rather than a typical report card, Okaloosa County Kindergarten teachers use an age-appropriate comprehensive reporting system. The system includes a quarterly assessment checklist that is fully aligned to the Florida State Standards. In addition to the quarterly checklists, the system includes a Teacher Guide providing explicit directions for administering each assessment element, a Parent Guide, a mid-quarter parent progress report, and an appendix. The appendix, which was developed by a group of Kindergarten teachers, includes all resources required to administer the assessment system. Prior to the end of the 2014 school year, all Kindergarten teachers were provided the opportunity to submit feedback concerning both the Kindergarten Report Card and Curriculum Guides. Initial revisions were then made to the report card based on teacher feedback. A group of Kindergarten teachers received the initial revisions via email. This group then met and collaborated with District Instructional Coaches on Monday, August 11, 2014 to provide additional feedback and approve the final revisions. The assessment system is completed online; MIS has developed a program that calculates each individual skill score once the teacher has entered the raw score. A Kindergarten representative per school is trained to serve as a resource in communicating the annual revisions. Upon approval by the School Board, the Parent Guide will be available on the OCSD website. File Attachments 2014-15 K Report Card PDF.zip (7,305 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent Motion by Cathy Thigpen, second by Dewey Destin. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Dewey Destin, Cindy Frakes, Cathy Thigpen, Melissa Thrush, Rodney Walker 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.26 Title I School Improvement Initiative 1003(a) Grant Application for 2014-2015, presented by Sandy Arteaga, Title I Specialist, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Aug 25, 2014 - Regular Meeting Type : Action (Consent) Fiscal Impact : Yes Dollar Amount : $110,393.00 Budgeted : Yes Budget Source : Title I 1003(a) School Improvement Grant Recommended Action : Motion to approve the Title I School Improvement Initiative 1003(a) Grant Application for 2014-2015 in the amount of $110,393.00. Public Content Title I 1003 (a) Grant allocated to Okaloosa County for school improvement in the amount of $110,393. School of focus must be school receiving a grade of "C" or "D". Funds will focus on extending or supplementing remediation programs, professional development of teachers, software programs and technology. File Attachments 14-15 SIG 1003 Grant Budget 8-13-14 FINAL.pdf (69 KB) TITLE I 1003A GRANT APP 14-15.pdf (300 KB) Consent Our adopted rules of Parliamentary Procedure, Robert's Rules, provide for a consent agenda listing several items for approval of the Board by a single motion. Documentation concerning these items have been provided to all Board members and the public in advance to assure an extensive and thorough review. Items may be removed from the consent agenda at the request of any board member. Motion & Voting Motion to approve the Consent Agenda and all of the Consent Agenda items as recommended by the Superintendent Motion by Cathy Thigpen, second by Dewey Destin. Final Resolution: Motion Carries Yes: Dewey Destin, Cindy Frakes, Cathy Thigpen, Melissa Thrush, Rodney Walker 7. Consent Agenda Subject : 7.27 Inter-Institutional Early College/Dual Enrollment Articulation Agreement between the School Board of Okaloosa County and Northwest Florida State College, presented by Steve Horton, Director of Secondary Education, and recommended by the Superintendent for approval. Meeting : Aug