Notes+12.4.07

Ted Hall Margaret Anderson Brenda Michaelsen Jodi McGuire Suzanne Hamilton Tom McDowell Deborah Johansen Chris Hill Claire Evrard Emily Davison Melissa Noack Julie Hutchinson Lorrie King
 * Present:**


 * Norms**:
 * Engage in clear, open, honest communication among team members.
 * Be open to consideration of others’ ideas.
 * Be clear about how we communicate with teams.
 * Communicate the status of ‘items brought by staff.’
 * Balance whole-school perspective with advocacy for learning areas.
 * State clearly how decisions will be made.

1. Check in (4 min) Discussion involved a meeting Ted had with a student about going paperless at YHS. We did have a bit of discussion about working on cutting back on paper (announcements etc..) There seems to be some work that students are pursuing along these lines.
 * Agenda:**

2. Decide on notetaker (1 min) Julie agreed to be the notetaker today.

3. Review notes from last meeting (5 min) Margaret read through the announcements. It was brought up that using some advisor group time to go over the Clipper Computer Care with students. This would reinforce this work along with discussions held in classes.

4. Next steps with Marzano book based on Monday snow day (15 min) Having missed yesterday's meeting due to snow we took a look at the calendar as to where we would move this work. Moving this to the January7th faculty meeting seemed to be the best move. We also had a discussion about the best way to remind folks about what our next steps are for our faculty work.

5. Items brought by staff members for the leadership team to consider (15 min) Clarification about "R" rated movies was brought up. You need to get parental permission for all students and you have to have an option for students that do not wish to watch the movie. We need to be very clear about the what the movie is, the purpose of watching the movie and why the movie is rated "R". The rational and paper work that is to be sent home needs to be approved by administration. The reason for this is to protect the teacher and so that Margaret and Ted can speak to parents that question the movie being watched. A reminder that a movie can only be shown that has a lesson plan designed with it without violating copy-right laws. Ted will work on developing a form/permission slip for watching a movie and share it.

Claire shared with us that students have wished that she would share with other teacher's the homework calendar that she is using in first class. Ted brought up that what might work would be to have faculty share what ways they are using to display homework assignments. Taking a look at what seems to be working for some students/staff. Ted asked each learning area to check with their group to see how many folks are posting their homework electronically and see where the need is to go from there.

6. Leadership team expectations (40 min) We broke into groups to look at what the qualities of an exemplar learning area are as well as the exemplar qualities of a leadership team member.

The question came up that to what degree are learning area leaders responsible for the curriculum. It was stated that the overseeing of the curriculum is a responsibility of the leader.

Learning Area Leader •Share their thoughts but don't push their own agenda. •Leads by example. •Good facilitator of difficult conversations. •Plan agendas and facilitate meetings. •Help move the vision forward. •Stays current with new ideas and shares. •Imbeds professional development within the parameters of the district and school goals •Stretching people appropriately. •Be the front person for problems that come up dealing with curriculum •Lead and coordinate curriculum alignment. •Coordinate and oversee assessments. •Follows up on issue brought forth. •Clear communication with LA and back to team. •Support individual members as needed. •Know what is going on in the group. •Open to suggestions and feedback. •Takes care of the nitty gritty equitably (budget...) •Organized.

The sharing from both groups brought out the fact that both groups had very similar discussions. Ted spoke about taking the two lists from the groups and seeing if they could break things down into three or four areas that the job really focuses on. Brenda and Deborah have agreed to work on these lists condensed. Once this is accomplished there will be a need to share this with the faculty in learning areas.