School Leadership Team (SLT)

The School Leadership Team (SLT) brings together school administrators, teachers, and parents to strategically plan the educational and enrichment goals that are implemented into the PS 133 curriculum in conjunction with DOE standards.

The SLT assesses and prioritizes school needs to plan the curriculum, set academic goals and in turn develop the school’s Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP). They are responsible for developing an action plan to achieve set goals as well as for monitoring the school’s progress in meeting the learning needs of students and promoting their educational achievement.

The team is comprised of an equal number of parents and staff and meets at least once a month. Parents are elected to SLT on an annual basis based on open seats. The term is two years. If you are interested in serving on the SLT, please keep your eyes peeled for information regarding SLT elections in the spring.

SLT Bylaws

The primary mission of the School Leadership Team (SLT) of PS 133 is to oversee the development of the school’s Comprehensive Education Plan (CEP) and make decisions about the budget that allow the CEP to be implemented. The SLT also supports the school’s education model of graduating responsible, productive, and well-rounded citizens with strong critical-thinking and academic skills. We love our students, value our teachers and other professionals, and work hand-in-hand with our local community to provide every child who walks through our doors with a wonderful education in a safe and caring environment.

The SLT:

Creates a structure for school-based decision-making and shaping the path to a collaborative school culture.
Develops the school’s Comprehensive Educational Plan (CEP) and school-based educational policy that is aligned with resources and the school-based budget to implement the plan.
Assists in the evaluation of the school’s educational programs and their effect on student achievement.
Consults with the Title I Parent Advisory Council (PAC) regarding the joint development of the CEP, Parent and Family Engagement Policy (PFEP), and School-Parent Compact (SPC) in Title I schools.
Communicates outcomes of SLT meetings to school communities with appropriate language translations.

Here's a link to our SLT Bylaws

Excerpt from last meeting notes (01/22/2024)

School Leadership Team Meeting Minutes

Zoom Video Conference

Meeting Date/Time 01/22/2024 @ 4:00 - 5:30

AGENDA

Actions to take to close the loop

How is it going?

Connections:

10 minutes

Building our community:

Top of mind and top of heart:

What is on your mind right now? (i.e cooking, taking the train)

What is top of your heart right now that is making you feel a certain way? (i.e staying back late, holiday break)

Eyes on Equity Focus

10 minutes

Introduction

Reviewing community agreements
Check in with the Courageous Conversations Compass (Here)

When you think about yourself and your own experiences, which part(s) of our agreements have you had a lot of opportunity to practice? Which parts have you had less opportunity to practice?

(60 mins)

Housekeeping:

Grant Writing with Amanda

Candid PD - Foundations have to give at least half of their money by law. It takes a long time for grants to be approved and given.

Foundation has a need and the schools should align their requests to the foundation priorities.

Ideas for grant :

Reading - especially with the new shift and approach with reading.

Restorative Justice

Mindfulness - OT needs; Flexible seating , bands, fidget toys, stand up desk to keep students focused and on task in the way that they need.

Healthy food activities

Technology - ipads and laptop

Steam Program - Hands on coding and science

Art enrichment ( Music / Drama / performance arts) - Replenish Supplies

Library

We stand to lose about 600,000 dollars in the school budget. We lost the Title 1 title. How do we prepare for activity cuts?

49% of families qualify for free and reduced lunch. There are small title 1 funds that we are still eligible for . We need to continue to recruit more students to increase the student body population.

Our class sizes are going to go up (right now it is below the average, less than 30) . NYC as a district is already complying for small size classes. They are not looking at each school but looking at everyone for all schools.

School wide Community Agreements - Unpacking and Roll Out

EQUITY MEETING - Review community agreement

Throw Kindness like it's confetti.**
You belong

Bring yourself

How do we roll them out? How do we launch it ? How do we hold each other responsible? How will it show up in the classroom? How do we release the pillars? How do we keep ourselves accountable? Where does it leave for our students? (Maybe the stairs that lead to the cafeteria)

Launch of agreements. Take one a week in February ( for the 3 weeks) and share it. Bang out the themes!

Highlight on spirit week before the spirit week!

Walk Away:

The staff that we do not really reach , how do we throw a bigger hug? (Parentsquare post)

Step 1: Release it to the staff

Step 2 : Make the kids the ambassadors of the agreements (student government)

Step 3 : Let’s have conversations in the classroom about the community agreement (Maybe during restorative circle/ SEL)

***Look for your blindspots. Think about how you would address it to parents. Everyone gets the message!

Step 4: Release to families, through students, PTA, administrators.

Can we launch it with a school wide Pep Rally ?

Choose one and talk about how you are already doing this in your class?

For example : for example, throw kindness like confetti: How do we do put ups ? How do we throw kindness to our friends, neighbors?

How are teachers already doing it ?

Plan :

Henry is in charge of Pep Rally

Student government can create short videos to introduce the pillars.

Create agenda for next meeting

5 minutes

Progress Monitoring- CEP Goals - iPlan
Background information on Lighthouse Program

Attendance

PS 133K School Leadership Team 2023-2024

Name	Email	Stakeholder Represented	Signature
Joel Tse 2023-2024	[email protected]	PTA President	Present
Enrico Cullen 2023-2025	[email protected]	Parent member	transferred
Jessenia Herzog 2023-2025	[email protected]	Parent member	Present
Karisma Casilla 2023-2025	[email protected]	Parent Member	Present
Veronica Parker-Hahn 2022-2024	[email protected]	Parent Member	Absent
Heather Foster Mann	[email protected]	Staff (Principal	Present
Vivian Mendez Quintero	[email protected]	Staff (UFT Rep	Present
Tabby Ann Cardoza	[email protected]	Staff	Present
Madeline Rudden	[email protected]	Staff	Absent
Jose Brunard	[email protected]	Staff	Present
Observers
Charlia Moulton Cambpell	[email protected]	Staff IEP Teacher	Present
Adrienne Henry	[email protected]	Staff Science Teacher	Present
Sherene Wright	[email protected]	LEAP Apprentice	Present
Kara Zimmerman 2023-2025	[email protected]	Parent PAC Chairperson	Present
Melanie Okadigwe 2023-2025	[email protected]	Parent PAC Alternate	Present

Remaining dates for the school year

Jan 22, 2023
Feb 12, 2023
March 18, 2023
April 15, 2023
May 13, 2023
June 10, 2023

PS 133K School Leadership Team 2023-2024

Please email [email protected] if you wish to attend the meeting.

Thank you.