Reminder

Mini-Management Meeting

How does 9 AM sound? If it won't work, let me know

Board Report Facts

The October Report Included:

Education:
Several children with challenging behaviors are now are receiving one on one assistance.
Sites still short staff included Polo, Mendota, Savanna and Rochelle
The first outcome collection was completed and data was aggregated and charted.

Nutrition and Wellness:
6928 Breakfasts, 9617 Lunches and 6005 Snacks were served.
Staff received IMIL training at the teaching staff inservice
IMIL training was also presented to parents at the Parent Confereces
Ht and Wt reports for each child was passed on to teaching staff to share at P/T Conferences

Disability/Mental Health Services
Mental Health Observations were completed in 28 classrooms
Disabilities/Mental Health Specialist completed her training and is now a certified hearing and vision technician.

Health Services:
18 physicals were received
47 dentals were received
N and S Health Specialists attended the Annual School Nurses meeting in Rockford

Parent and Family Services:
46% of the FPA's are currently signed
2 calls of suspected child abuse were made to the hotline
222 parents attended parent committee meetings during the month

Transportation Services:
$7,688.00 was spent on bus maintenance
Approximately $10,500 spent on bus fuel
Bus drivers and majority of bus monitors attended a defensive driving course.

Program Design and Management:
One-time emergency grant application submitted for flooring repairs for Seneca site
2008-2009 Policy Council was seated
Began work on analysis and restructure of the Migrant Program organizational structure for the 2009 season

ERSEA:
Funded Enrollment 722
End of Month Enrollment 722
FD/FY enrollment in Ottawa is low

Staffing and Professional Development:
Staff Counts Committee is being re-evaluated due to attendance concerns
Eight staff members took advantage of outside training opportunities
2 Food Service Workers, 1 Teacher and 1 Teacher Assistant were hired
Job openings include 1 Teacher, 4 Teacher Assistant, 3 Bus Monitors and 2 Bus Driver Positions

Reminders from Todays Central Staff Mtg.

Here are things that came up at the Meeting today. If you were absent be sure to review your target page and review minutes incase I've forgotten something

• No Central Staff Mtg on November 5th, (Next Mtg is November 12th)



• Semi-Annual Report due to Terri by this Thursday, October 23rd.



• Read through BAH's T/TA Assessment and get changes to Terri by Friday, October 24th.



• Board Report Information to Jenine by Friday, October 31st.



• Head Start Christmas Party will be December 9th



• Wait to work on Self Assessment Goals, until after Terri gives us the narrative and format.

Thank You!

Thanks for getting those Board Reports to Jill while I was on vacation. I know they took a bit of time this first time, figuring out what numbers, percentages and reports you actually needed. I appreciated knowing that you would all get it done and to Terri on time for me.

A special thank you to Jill for taking the job of putting the final report together for me.

I'm so fortunate to have co-workers like all of you!

Not sure if everyone had a chance to look at that report...here are a few interesting/fun numbers to think about!

The September Report Included:
Part year classes began on 9/8/08
5033 Breakfasts, 7671 Lunches, and 4810 Snacks Served!
151 Developmental Screenings were completed!
Sharon was certified as a hearing technician!
459 Physicals were received!
287 Dentals were received!
92.3 % of children enrolled are up-to-date on required imms!
22 IHP's were completed!
497 Families attended the parent orientations!
There were 97 community volunteers, 40 professional volunteers and 200 parent volunteers for the month of September!
10 centers completed safety bus and pedestrian training!
Transportation staff mentoring pilot project was kicked off!
Paperwork for 13 new employees was turned in to fiscal
Request for Reduction was Approved!

Happy Belated Birthday Sharon!

We finally celebrated Sharon's Birthday at RFO. While we missed you the first time around Sharon, Neddie backed some awesome brownies!

Updates

Just to update everyone,

• Our Mini Management Mtg for September 17th is rescheduled for September 12th at 8:00 AM
• I'll be on VACATION starting September 29th and will return October 7th.
• Everyone needs to attend October's Policy Council Meeting on the 7th.

A Couple of Things from the Management Meeting

Terri mentioned at our last Central Staff Meeting that she and a team are going to Chicago next week for our Risk Assessment Meeting. If you have anything that you would like to showcase or any special projects to highlight she would like you to share them with her. Some of my thoughts included:

• Healthy Family Goals
• IMIL
• Outcomes
• Any new or innovative things we are trying this year.

Terri has informed us of a new format for Board and Policy Council Reports. She will be providing a format which will be based on "numbers." Using this format may help us in keeping a more up to date look at our areas, which hopefully will help us when writing out Semi Annual Reports.