Personnel Action Team
Meeting
minutes
Members in Attendance:
Sara Cole – co-chair,
Eleanore Shaffer – co-chair, Maryann
Maikish, Bryan Hensz, Kathryn Semeraro, not present – Nilsa Pagan
Strategy:
“We
will acquire effective staff to support our instructional programs and we will
ensure that the
General Discussion:
The group reviewed the planning material formulated at
the Strategic Planning session held on 1/12 &
Round Table:
1. Building
security -
Concerns were expressed regarding security of the building, especially during
after-
school
events. A suggestion was made to have a security evaluation done to identify
any needs and
implement steps
to address those needs.
A. securing all exterior entrances
whenever students are present
B. limiting building access at
after-school events
C. inviting law enforcement to make regular random
patrols of the grounds and walkthroughs
of the building, visiting with
students, i.e. during lunch periods
D. practice emergency plan drills with students to familiarize them with established procedures and
prevent panic in the event of an actual emergency
E. ensure that all custodial staff is required to attend
any in service training regarding school security
2.
Schoolyard safety – The team will assess schoolyard safety concerns, i.e. bears, dangerous persons,
etc. to determine whether there is adequate staff present when students are
outside.
3.
Bullying/Social Aggression – It was agreed that bullying and social aggression have
a serious impact
on the safety of students and needs to be addressed completely and universally.
The group determined that a permanent, full time program should be instituted
to provide prevention education and a strict policy for handling any reported
incidents.
4.
A.
provide means
for students to report incidents confidentially, i.e. mailboxes
B.
create a
student task force that is given tools and training to identify and report
incidents, to discourage unwanted
behavior utilizing visible peer presence and pressure
C.
examine how to
extend program to include time spent on buses in transit
5.
Utilization of volunteers – The team will explore the possibility of
establishing a regular volunteer program to provide for some additional
staffing needs without having to re-allocate existing personnel or hiring
additional personnel, i.e. Parents in
Education (PIE) model
6.
Technical support staff – The team will investigate the need for a full time
technical support person to
address evolving computer technology issues
The
next meeting of the Personnel Action Team is scheduled for