School Board to Consider 'Baldrige' Assessment

The Barrington School Committee meets again on Thursday evening for its second April session.

The meeting will be held in the School Committee Room in Town Hall. It starts at 7:30 pm.

Among the items on the agenda are the consideration of undertaking a Baldrige Collaborative Assessment for the schools. This assessment provides “timely, actionable feedback that you can begin using right away to improve your organization,” accoding to the Baldrige website.

Here's how the assessment is described:

• You receive a 4 1/2-day site visit from a team of four experienced national Baldrige examiners.
• They work collaboratively with your leadership and staff to identify key strengths and opportunities across the six process categories of the Baldrige Criteria, using results to support the findings.
• The end product is immediate feedback on your organization's areas of strength and opportunities for improvement, followed by a written feedback report.

Other items on the agenda include a discussion of the RI Department of Education’s plan for the New England Common Assessment Program (NECAP), and an update on high school accreditation by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.

Here is the complete agenda for Thursday’s meeting:

BARRINGTON SCHOOL COMMITTEE MEETING

Government Center, 283 County Road, Barrington, RI  02806

AGENDA

April 25, 2013

7:30 p.m. 

A.     PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE

B.     ACHIEVEMENT RECOGNITION (approx. 7:32 – 7:35 p.m.) 

C.     BPS SPOTLIGHT ON TEACHING AND LEARNING (approx. 7:35 – 7:55 p.m.)

D.     INFORMATION AND PROPOSALS (approx. 7:55 – 8:15 p.m.)

1.      Higher Education Collaboration

E.      GENERAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION (approx. 8:15 – 8:25 p.m.)

F.      OLD BUSINESS (approx. 8:25 – 9:15 p.m.)

Superintendent and Staff

1.      Budget Discussion

2.      RIDE Plan for NECAP

3.      NEASC Update

School Committee

1.      Digital Dashboard

2.      Subcommittee Updates

3.      Superintendent Transition Workshop

4.      Policy Second Reading – Family Medical Leave Act (FMLA)

5.      Policy Second Reading – Use of Latex Gloves

6.      Policy Second Reading – First Aid and Health Emergencies

7.      Policy Second Reading – Control of Exposure to Blood Borne Pathogens

G.     NEW BUSINESS (approx. 9:15 – 9:20 p.m.)

Superintendent and Staff

School Committee

1.      Baldrige Collaborative Assessment

H.     DECISION ITEMS (approx. 9:20 – 9:25 p.m.)

1.      Consent Agenda

Meeting Minutes

Open Meeting and Executive Session of April 4, 2013    

Executive Session of April 9, 2013                                                                                     

Financials

Monthly Expenditures for March $4,218,048.42  

I.       DISCUSSION ITEMS (approx. 9:25 – 9:35 p.m.)

1.      Discussion Future Agenda Items

2.      General Discussion to Guide Future Recommendations

J.       GENERAL PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND INFORMATION (approx. 9:35 – 9:45 p.m.) 

EXECUTIVE SESSION (approx. 9:45 – 10:15 p.m.)

Pursuant to R.I. Gen Laws Section 42-46-5(a)(1) for Personnel; Section 42-46-5(a)(2) for Collective Bargaining and Litigation with NEAB, United Steelworkers and BEST; and Section 42-46-5(a)(3) for discussion regarding school buildings security issues.