March 20, 2018 SHORELINE SPECIAL NEEDS PTSA MEMBER MEETING
AGENDA 7 p.m. - Business meeting, including election of 2018-19 officers 7:30-8:30 p.m. – A Presentation and Dialogue about Inclusive Education in the Shoreline District
2017-18 GOALS On Track On Track Contribute to all stages of Recognize special the district's special education teachers as part of the district's spring education program review celebration On Track On Track Deliver presentations on Increase the number of inclusive education families in our PTA strategies to our chapter community and building PTAs Getting on Track On Track Award at least 5 Increase sustainability of classroom grants, with 10 chapter practices being the target
Everyone who contributed Participants in the white elephant items and district’s special bought raffle tickets in education focus groups January Nominating Committee members Amy Schley, Everyone who donated Colleen Herst and books in January Vanessa Fenlason Classroom Grants Committee members Kirsten Bannister, Nicky Beck, Colleen Herst & Heidi Farlow
THE YEAR IN REVIEW October December November • 12/4 Elevated Sportz event • Member meeting • 11/14 member meeting • Classroom grants fundraiser • Call for classroom grant proposals • THE WORKS coat drive • One Hopes wine online fundraiser all month January February March • 1/24 member meeting • Grant awards issued • 3/20 member meeting (including officer • White elephant gift raffle elections for 2018-19 school year) • 2/16 – educator recognition nominations open • Continue book drive • Begin book drive • 3/24 – educator recognition nominations due • Review, select classroom grant proposals April May • 4/11 co-sponsored panel discussion with • 5/2 (tentative) – School Safety for Special Shoreline Hi- Cap Advocacy Group: “How to Education Students Tame the Worry Monster” • 5/31 member meeting • 4/26 PTA Council recognition dinner • Ice cream social and teacher recognition • Last book drive
UPCOMING SESSION April 11: Understanding Our Kids’ Anxiety and How to Help , a panel discussion with expert presenters, co- sponsored with the Shoreline HiCap Advocacy Group 6:30-8:30 p.m. April 11, Shoreline Room, Shoreline Center
APPROVALS & REPORTS • Approve Jan. 24 member meeting minutes • Treasurer report • Elections • Committees
ELECTING NEW OFFICERS • Election vote tonight of 2018-19 officers • Nominations presented by the Nominating Committee: • President – Kirsten Bannister • Vice president – Colleen Herst • Secretary – Sara Lawton • Treasurer – Kathy Lynn
CHAPTER COMMITTEES • Communications • Inclusion & Outreach Education • Legislative • Financial Review • Membership • Nominating • Ways and Means • Recognition • Classroom Grants
MEMBERSHIP • Met our goal of at least 80 members • Focus next year on retention and more growth • Look for a short member survey being emailed by early April • What makes it worth your time to participate? • Input on new goals
CLASSROOM GRANTS • Briarcrest, Resource Room - Social and • Cascade K8, Resource Room -Thinking friendship books, stress balls, mindfulness puddy, fitball wedge, fidget foot band game, behavior rewards (small prizes) • Shorecrest High School A Team - • Highland Terrace, Counselor - Supplies Twistable-durable crayons, envelopes to for 36 calming/mindfulness jars for every store art work, gel ink pens classroom • Meridian Park, Resource Room - • PT for Kellogg MS, Lake Forest Park, Listening station- CD players and Syre, Highland Terrace - Beads for headsets for reading fluency weighted lap pads • Early Learning Center, Teacher - • Parkwood, Room 12 Teacher - Magnetic Basketball hoops and balls for various wand with LED light and various magnets sports to benefit OT and academics • Parkwood, Blended Program - Math • Brookside, Resource Room - Social manipulatives for geometry, Thinking books, social cooperative games measurement and data, fractions and numbers
TEACHER RECOGNITION • Nominations due March 24!!! • April 26 PTA Council Recognition dinner • Variety of roles can be nominated Paper forms available tonight to fill out and leave with us!
A PRESENTATION AND DIALOGUE ABOUT INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN THE SHORELINE DISTRICT Hillery Clark, Director, Early Childhood Education Scott Irwin, Director, Secondary Student Services Amy Vujuvich, Director, Student Services
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