5/13/19

Attendance: Ruffin, Comstock, Grincuis, Clark 

Agenda

Student feedback from mock interviews summaries 

•  Students felt they needed more time to prepare 
•  Next year we will utilize the JA Success Skills workshops along with the two-week class preparations. 
•  Holding area to prep students for the interview to review skills
•  Student mentor- Students who have had real interviews will work with other students
•  Students felt they need more notice so they could dress more appropriately 
•  Next time we will schedule the interviews later in the week so we have a few days to remind students of the date. 
•  Class assignment where students have to take pictures of potential interview attire and as we discuss the dos and don'ts. 
•    Provide them with clothing options
•  Students wanted more feedback from interviewers 
• request that interviews provide each student with feedback 
•  Students felt the area was too loud
•  try to get the library 
• Next year classes that will interview 
•  Business communications
•  Business and marketing essentials 
•  Intro to Management 
•  Mrs. G. and Mr. Clarks classes 

JA Workshops for next year 

•  Send in a request for sessions

JCTC Dual credit issues

•  Teachers need to know if they will get content from JCTC for dual credit courses. 
•  Teachers emailed a few people at JCTC to get info no response as of yet.
•  Next step email Freer for info. 

MOS Finals -Ruffin update

Finishing up with MOS testing; just did make-up testing for Word & Excel; students are currently working on PowerPoint. 

All MOS certified students will take the ASK test at the end of the year. 

Business Career Ready Celebration set May 23 during Viking Time

Ruffin sends out a list of names for teachers. 

5/6/19 PLC

Attendance: Ruffin, Clark, Comstock 

Agenda

Set up all tables and chairs for the mock interviews tomorrow in the auditorium. 

All teachers were in the auditorium during PLC time. 

4/29/19 PLC

Attendance: Ruffin, Clark, Comstock, Grincuis

Agenda;

• Location for Mock interviews has changed due to testing in the library
• Possible new location auditorium: Auditorium, Classroom, Room 119
• Decided on Auditorium
• Ruffin will talk to Mrs. Currin about reserving auditorium and Mrs. Ashcraft about getting lunch. 

Potential logistics for Auditorium interviews

Hold students in the auditorium and have interviewers in the lobby area. 

•  Students will be given a card with a number on it and they will sit with the interviewer that has that number.  
• Interviews will last around 5 minutes
• After the interview students will go back into the auditorium in the front area to complete their reflections. 

The remainder of PLC we worked on the following: 

• Student interview reflections set up on Google Classroom for each class; Mrs. G will use paper copies 
•  Printing out materials for interviewers (Sample questions, scoring rubric cards, and table numbers) 
•  Finalized interviewer list
•  Sharon Kitchens
•  Luke Andrews
•  Reginald McDaniel 
•  Art Davenport
•  Valarie Lucket
•  Katelyn Leroy
• Josiah Ford company
• Natalie Reteneller
•  Michelle Miller 
• David Southers
•  Lashala Goodwin
• T. Chandler
•  Samuel Borquez

PLC 4/22/19

Attendance: Ruffin, Comstock, Grincuis, Clark

Agenda: Mock Interviews

All business classes will do Mock Interviews on May 7th 

•  1st Period: a total of  37 students
•  2nd Period: 49
•  4th Period: 12-15
•  5th Period 48
•  6th Period:13
•  7th Period: 46

Continue to find potential interviewers

• Sharon Kitchens
• Luke Andrews 
• Members from Kentuckiana Works* Ruffin email Mrs. Carter
• UPS- Mr. Clark 
•  Humana* Mrs. Grincuis 
•  Teachers * Mrs. G. 

Logistics 

Group A -First Interview (5-10 minutes), Group B (Conference room prep), Group C (Classroom Video & Reflections)

Ruffin will be with group B, Clark will be with Group C 1st period, Mrs. Comstock will take Group C for the rest of the day.  Mrs. G will be with group A all day. 

Duties 

Ruffin will create rubric cards for interviewers & reflection for students "Google Docs"

Mrs. G will email teachers to find interview help 

Mrs. G will send sample interview questions

PLC 4/15/19

Attendance:
Ruffin, Grincuis, Comstock, Clark, Bingham


Agenda

• Real Estate Visit with Luke Andrews April 17 (20 Students)
• Working on dual credit paper -Ruffin, Clark, Bingham 
•  This took the entire PLC
•  Created syllabus for each section 

Two FBLA students going to state!!! 

Tyler Perkins -Computer applications

Darian Scott- Talent

• Mrs. Grincuis will be taking students to compete  this week 

PLC 3/25/19

Attendance: Ruffin, Comstock, Grincuis, Paschal, Sharon Kitchens, Clark

Sharon Kitchens from Junior Achievement came to speak with us about the Personal Finance Course
Guest speaker by the name of Mark Lynch is interested in teaching financial literacy students about personal finance.
Course details: 5 Lessons (45 minutes)
Other details

•  Hosting a financial workshop for parents 
• Comstock wants to schedule sessions as they fit into her lessons
•  Ruffin is ready to have all five lessons taught

We discussed other JA sessions

•  JA Biz town for elementary and middle 
•  Finance Park- High school students. We need to set up a field trip for next year
• Finance park virtual lessons
• Finance park capacity 150 students  
•  Career Success -Jim Watkins
• Personal Success course (How to secure a job?)
• Mock Interviews 
• Building resumes
• End of year personal success project "Suggestion"
•  All students will learn about career success and do a mock interview at the end of the year. 
• We are still working out the details

PLC 4/8/19

Attendance: Ruffin, Clark, Grincuis, & Comstock

Agenda

Freshman Day reflection

•  Students did a great job managing their stations (NO ISSUES)
• Our student's feedback
•  Some freshman were rude & didn't participate 
• Students need more time to prep for this event (based on their feedback)
•  Only had a few days to prepare
• Our students were engaged and doing a great job of delegating duties
• We want to do this for sophomores and incoming freshman next year.
• Possibly for elementary students 
• Luke Andrews Visit
• Visitor from REMAX will come in and speak with students about careers in real estate 
•  Survey your classes and send Ruffin a list of interested students 
• Business End of year Career Success project 
•  All business students will be learning about career success 
•  Interviews
• Resumes
• Attire
• Students will do a mock interview 
• Potential interviewers
•  State Farm-Karla Lovewell (Ruffin)
•  Get with LEEP coordinator to find potential interviews (Ruffin or Clark)
•  Ask Paschal to contact some business partners that may be interested 
•  Luke Andrews (REMAX- Ruffin)
• JA Sharon Kitchens.
• Logistics 
• Date: May 7 contingent Date: May 10- All day 
• Use library-Mrs. G will ask Mrs. Moore
•  Each interview will last 5 minutes 
•  Immediately after the interview students will write a brief reflection