November+13+2008

Kim ||< Recorder: Dennis ||< Purpose: Understanding = U Informing = I Recommending = R Deciding = D ||
 * ISB 21 Team Meeting Agenda **
 * < Date: Thursday, Nov 13 ||< Starting/ Ending Time: 9:00 – 10:00 ||< Place: WebRoom ||
 * < Facilitator/Timekeeper:

Participants: Tara, Jeff, Kim, Chad, Ida, Dennis, Rob Discussion Moved to Next Meeting **I** **D** ||  How can we be most productive? How can we ensure that we are moving forward? What is our common goal? || Regular meeting time, goal for the team, vision for the school, practical implementation (agendas, minutes, norms, etc)  ||  || D** || What will we present to the Board on the evening of the 18th of Nov? Who can be there? Who will do what? || Bill wants to keep the BoD in the loop and has asked us to present to them on our ideas and plan on the evening BoD meeting on Nov 18th. || Dennis 10 mins || **I** **D** || How can we move forward? What are the needs of teachers? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">How can we support teachers at varying levels? || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Approval for SUNY program, school will revamp vision ||  || My.ISB ||  || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**I** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**D** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> Keeping up with daily business || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">iPod check-out process in ES Hub || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> ||  ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**Task** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">  **P** || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**Guiding Question**  || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**Background/ Process**  || **Person/Time** ||
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Vision and structure for this team || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**U**
 * Presentation to the Board of Directors || **I
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Plan next steps for moving forward with PD for teachers || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**U**
 * News and Reviews || **I** || How can our two "departments" communicate more effectively? || Tech and Library Teams share what's happening
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Nuts & Bolts || <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**U**

** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">Parking Lot – Items on our plate for future meeting ** **Minutes**
<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif"> A Curric Office task: embedding our curriculum into theirs
 * Board Presentation**
 * 4 people present - Chad, Dennis, Jeff, Kim
 * Plan to share what kids need and why and what ISB is doing about it
 * Our shift in thinking at ISB where we are going
 * Rigor Redefined article shared with Board ahead of time
 * Show that ISB is on the right path
 * Images and talking and nail the 10 minutes
 * Team will plan and share on Nov 13 at 2 pm
 * Vision and structure for this team**
 * To better ensure communication and shared understanding in team, we want a common goal
 * Common Goal:** drive the shift in this school to a "21st Century" learning environment
 * Need to ensure that we collaborate so that message is consistent
 * These meetings serve to share what we are all doing - this includes both tech and library advances
 * ES Language Arts: Kim & Tara
 * Social Studies: future year
 * K-12 Science: Dennis & Jeff
 * K-12 Math: Chad
 * Is their agreement on what our role is on this committee? Kim will Email Ann, Teresa, Kelly - please include us and explain why we are on these teams - make it clear that we should continue to be included in future groups
 * How will we keep track of what we are doing in these groups?
 * List all standards - then as they are embedded, we make note of this on wiki
 * Using ISTE standards and AASL - need to look at skills in AASL that are not articulated in ISTE

Summary of Monday meeting with Ann on 5 courses for Certificate of Information Literacy and Educational Technology What are the needs of the teachers? Can we do a needs assessment? How can we support teachers at varying levels?
 * Next Steps for Teacher PD**
 * Course #1 - Kim and Jeff
 * Course #2 - Chad and Dennis
 * Informational Meeting on Weds. 2:15
 * If teachers sign up for the certificate, they pay for the whole thing and even if drop out they still pay full amount
 * Individual courses may also be taken
 * LOTI can be loaded into a survey - this is skills related
 * Teachers also NEED a shared understanding of the "Big Ideas"
 * Start second semester with a survey
 * Setting up Professional Learning Committees - "little lighthouses" you set up in your school
 * How to tap into enthusiasm?
 * Vary the times
 * This informal process is fundamental to making change
 * We need to remain "colleagues" to these teachers
 * Can this team have a more coordinated plan for what we offer and what we do

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<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif">**Next Meeting items: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0)"> ** AASL standards review Coordinated PD plan....what do we offer - who offers it - how can we accommodate all the different learning styles
 * Important Dates**

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