Monday, April 22, 2019

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

Monday, April 15, 2019

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

Monday, April 8, 2019

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