Collaborative School Committee -CSC-

Hello Green Valley Families,

You are cordially invited to our first School Collaborative Meeting on Tuesday, October 3rd, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.
We are excited to see you either in person at the school’s library or virtually through the following Google Meet link. We hope to see you there!

Meeting ID
meet.google.com/vwk-sccp-dhj

Phone Numbers
(‪US‬)
‪+1 617-675-4444‬
PIN: ‪791 075 999 8292#‬

CSC Meeting Minute

Attendees:

Brian Kennedy

            Jennifer Buckland

            Manuel Mercado 

            Jessica Hernandez 

            Donald Johnson

            Sara Hernandez

            Martha Gosihu

            Tigist Workneh

            Ashamadfi Yakob

            Kayla Estrada 

            Jessica Zirker 

Notes

• Warm Welcome emphasizing GVE priorities: Positive School Culture, High Quality Instruction, Student Ownership
• Mission and Vision 
• Major Improvement Strategies: Attendance, Coaching and Feedback, Data-Driven Instruction
• An invitation is extended to attendees to be a CSC member
• Representation matters in a diverse school MLLs, ECE, SPED, Black Excellence
• Possible next meeting in January, since December, is a short month?
• Role of the CSC- Community Engagement ideas, Parent involvement, Bylaws compliance, student achievement, staff decisions. 
• Donald Jonshson possible member 
• Open to program changes as we revisit our prior ideas for family engagement. 
• Creating Open spaces for parents to share their voice
• Budget Decisions 
• Copy a DCTA contract will be added to the CSC folder
• Who is on the CSC committee- teacher, community member, classified employee, principal, parents? 
• The next PAC meeting will be in January 
• ELA PAC meeting in the evening to encourage parents’ attendance, pizza, drinks, and child care will be offered. 
• CSC Returning members: Sara Hernandez, Manuel Mercado, Ms. Iftodi, Jessica Hernandez, Chanel Simmons, Jessica Zirker, Tierra Chalk.
• 717 students ECE-5TH 
• 87% FRL
• Distributed Leadership Model- 9 member ILT and 7 Specialist 
• Observation and Feedback Cycles
• GVE needs: Social Emotional Learning, guest teachers,  and COVID-19
• Adapting to our new CKLA district curriculum 
• Title 1 Funds: Interventionist Literacy/Math, Social Worker
• Assessment all the same as last year
• Next CSC Meeting towards the end of January- Academic data, enrollment data, UIP 
• School’s funds- inclusion, school bond money, 
• Questions from the audience.
• Warm closing 
• Improvement for our school 

Thank you for attending our CSC School Budget Training in partnership with Financial Services.

As promised, here are follow-up resources from the session. Please feel free to share with your teams!

• Budget Training Zoom Recording
• Budget Training Slide Deck
• CSC Resource Toolkit 
  • This includes links to all CSC resources as well as those referenced in the slide deck from Tuesday’s training.
• OneDPS
  • This is our new community engagement platform and a place to engage in idea-sharing and discussion around different topics. We have a page dedicated to CSCs, which you can subscribe to for updates and/or share ideas. There are a few live polls as well. We welcome any feedback!

Please let us know if you have any questions, and we look forward to continued collaboration!

Hello Green Valley Families,

You are cordially invited to February’s School Collaborative Committee Meeting on Tuesday, February 6th, from 3:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 
We are excited to see you in person in the school’s library or virtually through the following Google Meet link. 

Meeting ID
meet.google.com/vwk-sccp-dhj

Phone Numbers (‪US‬)
‪+1 617-675-4444‬
PIN: ‪791 075 999 8292#‬

Attendees

Brian Kennedy

            Jennifer Buckland

            Manuel Mercado 

            Jessica Hernandez 

            Donald Johnson

            Sara Hernandez

            Martha Gosihu

            Tigist Workneh

            Ashamadfi Yakob

            Kayla Estrada 

            Jessica Zirker 

Traecy Iftody

Notes

• Warm Welcome emphasizing GVE priorities: Positive School Culture, High Quality Instruction, Student Ownership
• Mission and Vision 
• Major Improvement Strategies: Attendance, Coaching and Feedback, Data-Driven Instruction
• Role of the CSC- Community Engagement ideas, Parent involvement, Bylaws compliance, student achievement, staff decisions. 
• Donald Johnson is the newest member of our CSC committee.  
• 719 Enrolled students 24 ELA-S New arrivals  

K  59 Students

1st 116 Students

2nd 113 Students

3rd 98 Students

4th 119 Students

5ft 104 Students

• Reserved money can only be carried over with the number of current teachers
• DPS Recommended Budget 80/20 non-capital vs capital
• Reserve spending on ECE cafeteria tables and student desks
• Increase Instructional Staff
• Another possible trailer request has been made. 
• Full-Time GT teacher  
• Additional SPED teacher
• Additional Office Support 
• Dean of Instruction
• Five specialists including culture and two literacy specialists
• Positions will be posted from the end of February- the beginning March
• Adapting to our new CKLA district curriculum for fourth and fifth grade
• ECE Playground options will be chosen soon with feedback from CSC 
• ECE Playground construction to begin next summer
• A 6-foot fence will be constructed in the ECE playground.
• Spring parent conferences will be held in March
• Maximize Instructional time
• CMAS and End of year assessment coming up 
• Next CSC Meeting towards the end of January- Academic data, enrollment data, UIP 
• School’s funds- inclusion, school bond money, 
• Questions from the audience.
• Warm closing 
• Improvement for our school 

Everyone is welcome to join us and listen as we host our School Collaborative Meeting -CSC- This meeting is open to anyone in the GVE Community in person at the school’s Conference Room, Virtually or by phone with the link below. Be the first one to know about the plans and improvements in our school.

Meeting ID

meet.google.com/vwk-sccp-dhj

Phone Numbers

(‪US‬)‪+1 617-675-4444‬

PIN: ‪791 075 999 8292#‬

Mission Statement: At Green Valley Elementary we meet all our students’ needs by focusing on and incorporating Student Ownership in High Quality Instruction and A positive school culture for students, families, and staff.

Date: March 18, 2024  Time: 3:30

Meeting Location: GVE Library

Committee Members and Attendees:

Chair: Traecy Iftodi

Secretary: Mercado, Manuel

Parent: Tierra Chalk

JESSICA HERNANDEZ

Parent: Jessica Zirker

Parent: Chanele Simmons

Parent: Sara Hernandez

Principal: Jen Buckland

Staff: BRIAN KENNEDY

Parent: Raiko Johnson

Parent: Kaila Estrada PTO

Parent: Teirria Chalk 

Parent: Donald Johnson

Agenda

• March calendar of activities 

Soccer

Book Fair

Spirit week

Last day of Tumbling class ( small celebration right after) 

PTO Jeans Day 1.00 dollar and donation from students 

• Fundraiser 

Lots of prizes for kids every day

Class prices 

Grade level prices 

End on Friday with a dance-a-ton during recess ( results right after) 

Spring Break March 25 – April 1

5th grade goes to Ballarat first week after spring break

Parent Volunteer needed

• Testing days coming up 

Conversations with students about good rest/sleep and cell phones

• Calendar for 24-25 school year

Two additional PD days for teachers ( Voted by SLT)

• April meeting ( school data update)

Capital used in the playground ( construction begins during spring break and will be done by the time students return)

The School Amphitheater is ready for classes to use\

Cultural Night is coming up on April 30th 

Date: April 15, 2024  Time: 3:30

Meeting Location: GVE Conference Room

Agenda

• CSC Introduction and Attendance

Committee Members:

Chair: Traecy Iftodi <Traecy_iftodi@dpsk12.net>,

Secretary: “Mercado, Manuel” <manuel_mercado@dpsk12.net>

JESSICA HERNANDEZ <jessica_hernandez@dpsk12.net>,

Parent: Jessica Zirker <jessicaezirker@hotmail.com>,

Parent: Chanele Simmons <chanelesimmons@gmail.com>,,

Parent: “Sara.hernandez44@yahoo.com” <sara.hernandez44@yahoo.com>,

Principal: Jen Buckland <jbuckla@dpsk12.net>,

Staff: BRIAN KENNEDY <bkenned@dpsk12.net>,

Raiko Johnson

• GVE Mission, Vision, Priorities 

In unity, we empower our culturally diverse students to exemplify ownership and work together to achieve academic/social success.

At Green Valley Elementary we meet the needs of all of our students by focusing on and incorporating Student Ownership in High Quality Instruction & A Positive School Culture.

• Principal Updates

Enrollment currently is 743 students 

Will keep track of numbers as the 24-25 school year approaches 

Redistricting within the district? Not affecting GVE

Playground parts will be named by the student council as their legacy

No hoodies on next year 

• UIP Presentation

UIP Final draft due September 25

Waiting for CMAS data to be shared and making a decision 

Planning process: look back (what happened), where are we now? Looking at root causes ( systems), looking forward ( school systems to fix or improve systems ) to make a big change, and looking at adult behaviors, once adults decide we will project those changes and monitor progress.

• Next CSC Committee May 28, 2024

   Items proposed by the team: Members will let CSC know of any innovative ideas for next year. 

                        Volunteers for duty 

                        Multicultural Night April 28, 2024

                        Encourage parents to bring a dish to share

                        ECE New playground reveal and coming soon

Meeting ID

meet.google.com/vwk-sccp-dhj

Phone Numbers

(‪US‬)‪+1 617-675-4444‬

PIN: ‪791 075 999 8292#

Attendees: 

 Jennifer Buckland

Manuel Mercado 

Jessica Hernandez 

 Samuel Niguesie 

 Sara Hernandez

 Teirria Chalk

 Chanelle Hall-Simmons

  Jessica Zirker 

Traecy Iftody

Notes

• Warm Welcome emphasizing GVE priorities: Positive School Culture, High Quality Instruction, Student Ownership
• We are looking for parents and Staff members to join our CSC team next year.
• Introduction
• Vision and Mission of GVE 
• Key Priorities: Students first, Student Achievement, Student Ownership
• Enrollment for next year. Currently at 743 students
•  Some changes for next year: include: full-time GT, additional teaching and instructional support, vertical launch to planning, two additional planning days, 
• Free and reduced lunch and a state-of-the-art playground.
• UIP Trajectory final draft due September 6, 2024
• Improvement comes from CMAS two focus areas: status or growth and attendance 
• Root cause analysis findings:  math and literacy numbers. 
• How are students compared to their peers across the state?  Individual growth 
• Continuous Improvement Planning Process 
• SLT and ITT hold two meetings to analyze the UIP and find the root cause
• Unified Improvement Plan strategies 24/25: 1. PBIS and 2. Standard Based Instruction
• Uniforms next year: no hoodies during instruction- students can walk in wearing a hoodie but will have to hang it during instruction and school hours. 
• PBIS assemblies next year: opportunities to celebrate such as the quietest teachers
• The curriculum keeps changing but standards are still the same. 
• Refine systems currently in place such as bringing community members to host assemblies. 
• We need Volunteers to move desks on June 5th from noon to 2 pm. We would like for any person who can lend us a dolly or a flatbed to move new desks. 
•  Desks will be moved to the gym and picked up by the district on June 10th. Label furniture to stay in the classroom. 
• Back to school night August 15, from 3-5 p.m. CSC will reconvene before this date. 
• Members will send an email  to Jessica Hernandez Jherna2@dpsk12.net if they would no longer like to be part of the CSC committee 
• This is the final CSC meeting of the school year 2023-24. 

Collaborative Schools Committee Training

Join the Family and Community Engagement (FACE) Team for our fall Collaborative Schools Committee (CSC) Training, Building Effective CSCs, on Sept. 24 from 5:30-7 p.m. Register here to receive the link to the training. Please also share this virtual training with your committee.

As a reminder, complete the Intro to CSCs course in Learning Space. This course is now available for parents and community members on the DPS webpage in the eight most common languages. If you have questions, email schoolgovernance@dpsk12.org.

If you have any questions or require further information, please feel free to reach out.

Thank you for your attention and participation. 

CSC Notes

November 04, 2024

Mr. Mercado –  Secretary 

Ms. Jessica –  Chair

Ms. Sara Hernandez – Chair 2

Would you rather? Brainstorm

GVE Key Priorities 

ATTENDANCE

Teirria Chalk 

Manuel Mercado 

Jessica Hernandez

Kayla Estrada 

Raiko Johnson 

Sara Hernandez

Janski Ortiz

Jen Buckland

Black student Success Statement

Next Two Years

Major Improvement Strategy 24-25

Culturally Responsive Tier 1 PBIS

Culturally Responsive Planning from Standards

CSC Role

Family Engagement 

Principal Selection 

Budget 

Principal Evaluation

CSC and Finding Consensus 

A thorough Understanding 

Returning Members:

Sara Hernandez Parent Teacher Organization 

Manuel Mercado Secretary

Jessica Hernandez Classify Employee

Jen Buckalnd Principal 

More parents to get more staff on committee

Enrollment 

Overall Enrollment 720 students 

ECE 61 

Kinder 103

First 110

Second 119

Third 110

Fourth 98

Fifth117

Principal Update

School Culture – Call Me Mister/MSU, Black Student Success Partnerships, TSel, Dojo, Positive Behavior Support 

Safety: School Expectations Calibrated Across School

Instruction:  CKLA K-5TH, Really Great Reading for Intervention, New Math Curriculum Coming next year

Assessments: Interims, DIBELS, CMAS

Title 1 Funds: Intervention Literacy,/Math  Social Worker 

Items Proposed from the team:

More guidance from co-chairs

ECE Playground has been completed

Wood Chips will be replaced by fiber pallets 

CSC Meeting
Monday, November 4 · 3:30 – 4:30pm
Time zone: America/Denver
Google Meet joining info
Video call link: https://meet.google.com/hvz-eynr-dbc
Or dial: ‪(US) +1 786-540-5203‬ PIN: ‪958 491 826‬#
More phone numbers: https://tel.meet/hvz-eynr-dbc?pin=5356336752633

CSC Semester 1 Updates and Enrollment information. 
In person and virtual.

CSC Members: Mr. Mercado Secretary – Ms. Jessica  Chair – Ms. Sara Hernandez – Chair 2

Would you rather? Brainstorm

GVE Key Priorities 

ATTENDANCE

Teirria Chalk 

Manuel Mercado 

Jessica Hernandez

Kayla Estrada 

Raiko Johnson 

Sara Hernandez

Jonski Ortiz

Jen Buckland

Black student Success Statement

Next Two Years

Major Improvement Strategy 24-25

Culturally Responsive Tier 1 PBIS

Culturally Responsive Planning from Standards

CSC Role

Family Engagement 

Principal Selection 

Budget 

Principal Evaluation

CSC and Finding Consensus A thorough Understanding.

Returning Members:

Sara Hernandez Parent Teacher Organization 

Manuel Mercado Secretary

Jessica Hernandez Classify Employee

Jen Buckalnd Principal 

More parents to get more staff on committee. Enrollment 

Overall Enrollment 720 students 

ECE 61 

Kinder 103

First 110

Second 119

Third 110

Fourth 98

Fifth117

Principal Update:

School Culture – Call Me Mister/MSU, Black Student Success Partnerships, TSel, Dojo, Positive Behavior Support 

Safety: School Expectations Calibrated Across School

Instruction:  CKLA K-5TH, Really Great Reading for Intervention, New Math Curriculum Coming next year

Assessments: Interims, DIBELS, CMAS

Title 1 Funds: Intervention Literacy,/Math  Social Worker 

Items Proposed from the team:

More guidance from co-chairs

ECE Playground has been completed

Wood Chips will be replaced by fiber pallets 

CSC Notes 

December 12, 2024

Attendance 

Teirria Chalk 

Manuel Mercado 

Jessica Hernandez

Kayla Estrada 

Raiko Johnson 

Sara Hernandez

Janski Ortiz

Jen Buckland

Mara Ortiz 

Megan Coggins

• Ms. Buckland goes over our GVE Mission and Vision 
• Enough parents to hold two teachers in the committee 
• Ms. Buckland goes over the Black Students Success Purpose Statement 
• Ms. Peck will have his two weeks as the leader to lead at our school 
• Some ILT members will be attending Oklahoma
•  City for a conference as part of the Black Student Success program. 

Returning Members 

Sara Hernandez

Mr. Mercado 

Ms. Jessica 

Megan Coggins will join as parents 

Kayla Estrada will join as parents 

• We will update the CSC folder
• Items from Chair

3rd Modular 

Upcoming meeting GT Program at GVE

CSC Virtual Trainning meeting Jan 7th district managed

CSC Members: Especially members of the ELL community, Hispanic and Middle Eastern 

Call Me Mister Graduation

• Ideas for 3rd Modular no bathrooms or water likely (first and second grade field)
• ECE? 
• ESL Teacher with Intervention possibly.  
• A waiver has been requested to CDE for ECE Dance space ( Licensing Requirements)
• If turf does not get approved we will reconvene 
• Surfacing:  moving away from wood chips and replaced with foam type materials
• Call Me Mister program supported two fifth grade teachers 
• The Personnel Committee will decide who fills in the 3rd grade position for the second half of the year.
• District allows two carry over salary teachers 
• Money has to be spent before the school year is over. 
• Board has voted to increase the number of students from 30 to 35 students by classroom.
• Major Improvements Strategies

Culturally Responsive  Tier 1  PBIS Systems 

Culturally Responsive Planning from Standards 

• No RIPS planned for next school year.

Plans for donations to the community during the holidays. 

ACCESS Testing coming in January 

Next Meeting in February 4th 2024

GT 

PBIS will be invited 

CSC Notes 

January 30, 2025

Attendance 

Teirria Chalk 

Manuel Mercado 

Jessica Hernandez

Kayla Estrada 

Raiko Johnson 

Sara Hernandez

Janski Ortiz

Jen Buckland

Mara Ortiz 

Megan Coggins

Budget

• Roles of CSC Committee Members
• Staff position reductions 
• Finding Consensus –  with the impact the decisions that have to be made and how those will impact students.
• Annual Full Cycle Budget Explain 
• Funding Schools:  Funds follow students 
• Principal’s Prerogative 
• Consideration for Support 
• Optimize and reorganize with student less impact 
• 380K reduction from MLE  and Enrollment 
• Currently feeling the cliff, Esser/Covid funds
• 1 year teacher Additional LTS for Intervention
• Restructure staff to ensure we are meeting our student needs.
• Considera for Reductions #1 $475K 

Reduce ESL

Dean Position

Reduce Mild/Moderate para

Reduce additional Swork (.4)

Reduce Para Staff from MLE, K

Restructure math supports 

    Math fellows, Math Intervention

                Need for Math in STL Role

• Other considerations for reductions 

Full time nursing 

Full time GT

CSC Members will vote prioritazing the potential reduction options

According to current numbers we can not cut any homeroom positions 

Ms. Buckland explains all positions and their roles 

Considerations for Reductions will presented to the district Friday January 30, 2025

CSC Notes 

February 27, 2024

Attendance 

Teirria Chalk 

Manuel Mercado 

Jessica Hernandez

Kayla Estrada 

Jen Buckland

Sara Hernandez

Jessica Zicker

Mara Ortiz 

Megan Coggins

Raiko Johnson

Mara Ortiz 

Gifted and Talented Program at GVE

Interpretation services available for parents in the upcoming meeting.

Ms. Butler presents and explains what the Gifted and Talented Program is in DPS also known as GT, the process to identify students, testing, how to refer a student and some  resources for parents to use: https://sites.google.com/dpsk12.net/gtatgreenvalley/identification-process

 The information will be posted on the school’s website. 

GT students are seen by Ms. Butler at least once a week, sometimes two times and this time to work on their goals. 

If a Gifted student moves to another district records could be requested. 

Gifted students Magnet School eligible through the Universal Screener. 

We have 48 students identified in Green Valley, we had 33 students when we started.  We expect to have more students identified through the end of the year. 

Grades have become more balanced with GT identification.

More options for GT students in middle school

Once students have a GT plan it will follow them through the 12th grade. 

Universal Testing could be given every three years.  Other content areas could be tested more often through the IOWA test.

The Universal test is a non-verbal test. The universal test in second grade is divided into three sections which is more advanced than the one given in Kinder that includes math.  Overall, all these tests analyze the way students think.

If a student did not qualify in Kindergarten, but new data suggests testing again, it could be done. 

Parents can refer a student through a google doc (included in the presentation) or email Ms. Butler.

Spanish directions can be given when taking the Universal testing. 

Once they are identified they don’t need to be evaluated in Colorado. 

Destination Imagination where schools have teams and volunteers run the teams where they come up with a project where students would have to solve it and might even participate in competitions with other schools. If anyone is interested in running a Destination Imagination program let Ms. Buckland know. 

Possible meeting on March 20th, may be looking at planning for next year. 

We were supposed to have a Bond to replace wood chips with rubber material around equipment but DPS has denied the request.  Possible topic for next meeting to involve Spanish speaking parents in CSC.   

We will possibly change the time for next CSC meetings to accommodate parents. 

CSC MEETING MARCH 20TH 3:30PM

CSC Notes

March 20, 2024

• Welcome we will continue to recruit Spanish speaking students representation in our CSC Committee. 
• School Priorities continue to the pillar of everything we do at GVE
• CSC will be discussing the UIP plan
• CSC voting consensus encapsulated every stakeholder

Agenda

• Roll of Attendance 

Manuel Mercado 

Jessica Hernandez

Kayla Estrada 

Jen Buckland

Sara Hernandez

Jessica Zicker

Mara Ortiz

Cynthia Perez

Drissa Sanogo

• Promoting Parental Engagement: Possible teacher flex day to have teacher support and consider working families schedules.  We will continue to reach out to families.  Teachers invite parents to volunteer following the Employee Handbook guidelines.  We will continue to encourage strong relationships among teachers and families. Ideas for parents in the classroom will be discussed during the next SLT meeting. Volunteers training as a possibility. 
• Movie nights, sports nights, literacy nights, etc
• Upcoming Events: 

• Hero Prom E-2nd April 25, 2025—Little ones get to bring someone to the prom as their super hero.  It could be a family member or a community member. There will be snacks, crafts, and dance. 
• Multicultural Night May 1st- Staff event where families will enjoy a display of students’ projects.  There will be food to share.
• 5th Grade  Dance May 15– Something special with a DJ since this is the cohort that was most affected by the COVID-19 Pandemic. 
• Kindergarten Performance May 15, 2025 during the day. 
• State of School: Current Data Trends 

• Green School – Meeting Expectations. 
• 94% attendance as the highest week in february 
• 90% attendance currently
• Chronic absenteeism (minutes out of seat) higher than 94% we will start to look into it. 
• Interim Data – Interim data and CMAS data did not correlate last year.
• This year Interim data was strong at the beginning of the year.
• Second semester we didn’t see a lot of growth. 
• We look at the whole district 39% in math compared to the district 42% and 41% in literacy for GVE compared to the 42% in the district for  Interim 2. 
• Early Literacy (k-2) is currently at 58% proficiency our goal is to reach 67%.
• Data is trending in the right direction.  
• BESS 3rd-5th  (student and teacher self reporting)  data is also moving in the right direction when compared to last year’s data. 
• Tu Voz Survey happens three times a year for 3rd and 5th graders. 
• Next CSC meeting topic UIP and flex days, possible surveys to capture families input.