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BREMERTON SCHOOL DISTRICT 100-C
Special Board Meeting - Study Session (3:30 pm)
Thursday, February 15, 2024

Generated by Marlaina D Simmons on Friday, February 16, 2024

1. MEETING OPENING

The special meeting of the Bremerton School District Board of Directors was called to order by President Rotter at
3:36 p.m. The meeting was held in the Curriculum Library located at Bremerton School District at 134 Marion Ave.,
Bremerton, WA 98312.

Members Present: Members Absent:
Ms. Alyson L Rotter, President Ms. Jonee M Dubos
Mr. John P Hurley, Vice President

Dr. Karen J Bolton

Ms. Carolynn M Perkins

Administrators Present:

Dr. James Crawford, Superintendent

Ms. Iva Scott, Assistant Superintendent

Dr. Garth Steedman, Assistant Superintendent

Mr. Jon Bell, Director, Community Support & Special Education

Ms. Brittane DeBard, Executive Director, Learning & Leadership Development
Ms. Julie Fairall, Assistant Director, State and Federal Programs

Ms. Patty Glaser, Supervisor, School Safety & Security

Ms. Cynthia Cantwell, Director of Academics, SE, and Cognitive Learning

2. STUDY SESSION
Update on District's Social Emotional Learning Efforts
e Brittane DeBard demonstrated a Brain Start Smart activity and described physiological and neurological
benefits.

e SEL is grounded in the Environment and Relationships Ingredients of the BSD Recipe

e There are both school wide and classroom level SEL- PBS & Proactive Systems, Community Building, Healing,
Relationship and Trust

e BSD is 7 years into its SEL journey. It began with implementing PBIS, moved to a focus on relational capacity
then launched the recipe, and relaunched the Professional Learning Communities grounded in neuroscience.

e OSPI SEL Recommendations - Britanne DeBard, Iva Scott, and Cynthia Cantwell led the board through the
SEL recommendations from OSPI, what is currently being done at both the Elementary and Middle school level
and next steps.

1. Clarify SEL Goals and expectations for students and adults-
a. Tied to 2 essential standards- self management and social management

b. Tied SEL competencies to ELA standards and math standards

2. Disseminate resources to improve SEL implementation quality-


a. Created a cross walk of instructional materials and standards.

b. Created a site for teachers with resources based on tier 1, 2 or 3 supports

c. Currently SEB coaches are at K-8 level and will be moving to the High School level

d. Related professional development- Science of Hope, Conscious Discipline, Neural
Education, MTSS for School Counselors (utilizing the ASCA service model), Restorative

Practices

3. Invest in infrastructure and a system approach to reduce fragmentation and ensure equitable
access to resources
a. Systems work- team trainings and collaboration, SEL standard focused IEP goals, K-12
counseling, Restorative Circles

b. Implementing house system in more elementary schools
c. Beginning work to explore the rigor of current course offerings

4. Build the capacity of educators to collect and use formative data at the setting and student level to
inform the continuous improvement of SEL practice.
a. Data coaching and capacity building- helping staff through the "we have the data and what
do we do now". Becoming more proactive less reactive

e Director Rotter commented that our kids have a high sense of belonging and would love to tell that story.

e Director Hurley asked if that data is currently shared anywhere publicly and if we know how we compare to
neighboring districts?

e Cynthia Cantwell explained that most districts aren't currently sharing that data out publicly.

e Iva Scott said that the district has discussed having one pagers of data per school highlighting key metrics
that we find valuable and can be linked to our strategic plan.

3. ADJOURNMENT
At 4:49 p.m., Director Rotter adjourned the meeting.

Minutes to be approved at the upcoming Board meeting of March 7, 2024.

Alyson Rotter Board President James Crawford, Ed.D., Secretary to the Board

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