SCHOOL IMPROVEMENT TEAM
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The School Improvement Team (SIT) is comprised of teachers, administrators, parents and guardians and community members. Its main objective is to establish the goals and action plans pertaining to teaching and learning. The team helps create the vision and accountability of our school. These meetings are held at the school every other Friday from 8am 9am and are open to all. Dates are listed in the monthly newsletter and agendas are available upon request from each years SIT team coordinator.
2007-2008 SIT Members
Co-chairperson Jackie Fish, Grade 5 (1st/2yrs)
Co-chairperson Joyce Melo, PreK (2nd/2yrs)
Recorder Maureen Kenner, Special Ed grades 3-5 (1/2)
Holly Polhemus, grade 4 (2/2)
Lorine Bibbs, Social Worker (2/2)
Stacey Medeiros DeMello, grade 3 (2/2)
Ellen Lynch, K (1/2)
Alison Melo, Special Ed (1/2)
Christine Mendonca, grade 5 (1/2)
Karina Wood, parent, grade K & 2 (2/2)
Christy Chase, parent, grades 1 & 3 (2/2)
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National Association of Title 1 Directors (NASTID)
Distinguished School Award
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School Accountability for Learning and Teaching (SALT)
Vartan Gregorian School hosted a SALT visit for a team of 8 visitors from March 31 - April 4, 2008. Parents, teachers, administrators, and community members had a chance to interview with the visiting team and share their experiences at Vartan Gregorian. Seven children and seven understudies were selected to be "shadowed" for a full day. The visitors saw the teaching and learning through the eyes of a student. Teachers and the principal engaged in a school self-study with a focus on numeracy, literacy, problem solving, and support for teaching and learning. Teachers have worked in subcommittees to share the participation in the school self-study. RIDE SALT fellow, Cynthia Scheller, assisted VG with all preparations.
SALT is a school-centered cycle of activities to improve school and student performance in the Rhode Island public schools. The SALT cycle was developed by the Department of Education with the help of many Rhode Island educators.
SALT asks schools to begin by forming the School Improvement Team, which conducts various self-study activities including analyzing the results of state tests and the bi-annual SALT Survey of parents, teachers, and students. Based on what the team learns through self-study, it then develops a school improvement plan for improving student performance at a school report night, which is open to all members of the school and its community. Once every five years, the school hosts a SALT visit. As they put their improvement plans in place, schools, districts, and the Rhode Island Department of Education create a compact for learning, outlining the roles and responsibilities of each part of the school system. In some cases, RIDE and the districts may take on a more active role, known as Progressive Support & Intervention.
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