School Improvement Advisory Committee

January 22, 2025

SIAC

Purpose of SIAC: Provide input and recommendations for Board of Education regarding student educational needs, learning goals, and improvement goals. (Code 280.12)

• 3 meetings in 2024-25
• November 6, 2024- PES
• January 22, 2025- MHS
• May 21, 2025- Board Room
• Needs Assessment, Enrollment Trends, Achievement Data (WIG), Facilities, Wellness, Bullying/Harassment Prevention

Outcomes for Tonight

• Tonight we will …review mid-year achievement data, the SWOB analysis, and bullying/harassment information
• So we can…make informed recommendations to the Board of Education regarding student educational needs, learning goals, and improvement goals.
• Tonight we’ll know we have it when… we develop 1-3 draft recommendations as a small group.

Introductions

• Name
• Role
• MISD ‘shout out’ (If you were to brag to a friend or neighbor about MISD, what is one thing you would say?)

Recap

• Achievement data
• SWOB analysis

Wildly Important Goal (WIG)

• Reduce the percent of students not yet proficient in ELA/Rdg from 30.1% (S23) to 15% (S25).

Bullying/Harassment Law In Iowa

Harassment and bullying are defined in Iowa Code 280.28 as: Any electronic, written, verbal, or physical act or conduct toward a student which is based on any actual or perceived trait or characteristic of the student and which creates an objectively hostile school environment that meets one or more of the following conditions:

• Places the student in reasonable fear of harm to the student's person or property
• Has a substantially detrimental effect on the student's physical or mental health
• Has the effect of substantially interfering with a student's academic performance
• Has the effect of substantially interfering with the student's ability to participate in or benefit from the services, activities, or privileges provided by a school

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There are 17 protected traits or characteristics in the law. "Trait or characteristic of the student" includes but is not limited to age, color, creed, national origin, race, religion, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, physical attributes, physical or mental ability or disability, ancestry, political party preference, political belief, socioeconomic status, or familial status.

*** Responsibilities of IA Schools

*** Info from Iowa Dept of Education

Conflict is generally a disagreement or difference in opinion between peers who typically have equal power in their relationships. It’s usually an inevitable part of a group dynamic. Both parties have power to influence the situation (Pacer’s National Bullying Prevention Center).

Bullying is a persistent pattern of unwelcome aggressive behavior that often involves an imbalance of power and/or the intention to harm or humiliate someone (Safe@School).

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Characteristics of a bullying situation include:

• An imbalance of power
• The intent to harm;
• Worsens with repetition over time;
• The distress of the child or teen being bullied, often including fear or terror;
• Enjoyment of the effects on the child or teen being bullied by the person (people) doing the bullying;
• The threat--implicit or explicit--of further aggression

Conflict vs. Bullying

*** Info from Iowa Dept of Education

Board Policy, Regulation, Exhibits: 104, 104.R1, 104.E1, 104.E2, 104.E3

MISD Policy

• Prevention/Instruction:
• PBIS
• Second Step Curriculum (K-6)
• Classroom Circles
• Restorative Practices
• Teen Insights/Health (HS)
• Marion Moment (HS)
• Process/Response:
• Elementary/Intermediate
• Middle School
• High School

MISD Practices & Procedures

Consider Recommendations

• Gallery Walk
• Review SWOB from last meeting
• Consider Bullying/Harassment info from tonight
• Connect to purpose of SIAC: Provide input and recommendations for Board of Education regarding student educational needs, learning goals, and improvement goals.

Your Task

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• Groups by Card

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• 3-5 min- individually write recommendations (1 per sticky note)
• 10-15 min- share, match, prioritize, consensus on top 1-3
• Report out whole group, prioritize if time allows tonight

Assessing Our Progress

• Tonight we will …review mid-year achievement data, the SWOB analysis, and bullying/harassment information
• So we can…make informed recommendations to the Board of Education regarding student educational needs, learning goals, and improvement goals.
• Tonight we’ll know we have it when… we develop 1-3 draft recommendations as a small group (in preparation for reaching consensus on the most important 2-5 recommendations in May).

Questions & Feedback

• Next meeting- Year-end achievement data, Finalize Recommendations
• What else do you need/want to ensure the May meeting meets the needs of SIAC and MISD?

Recommendations

• QR Code for anonymous reporting
• All staff willing and able to serve as student supports with proper training
• Review with current staff
• Add education on district processes and procedures with new staff
• Continue current processes and procedures **
• Parent education around bullying and what it means when your child has confirmed case of bullying**
• Checking in with parents more frequently especially at the secondary level when attendance at conferences falls off
• Education for parents on the role they can plan on conflict resolution for their child
• Education on the differences between conflict and bullying/harassment
• Accessibility of information for parents on the district website
• Clear communication around digital bullying/harassment and the schools role and responsibilities with that
• Digital citizenship education for kids
• Incorporate student voice more consistently in education and prevention

Community/Parent learning nights at home to helps kids with academics

Clarity on what teachers are wanting when they mention more collaboration time (academic data response)

Thank You!

Members Present

Carl Lantermans

Tom Ertz

Melissa Cannon

Ariel Jimenez Raudales

Chad Zrudsky

Cassie Dohmen

Diana Zrudsky

Peggy Murphy

Jen O’Brien

Kevin Hahn

Greg Semler

Robert Scott

Phil Cochran

Trent Jeffrey

Angela Baron Aitchison

Brittany Scott

Nicole Harmer

Shari Funck

Lindsey Eagle

Mike Murphy

Gretchen Kriegel

Tara Rodman

Jen Clemen

Tracy Slaughter

Janelle Brouwer

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