Notes+10.2.07

**Present:**
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

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.

2. **Decide on notetaker** (1 min) Claire 3. **Review notes from last meeting** (5 min) Everything was fine. 4. **Update from Suzanne, Melissa, and Ted re: MLTI meeting** (10 min) The MLTI meeting was not as valuable as we had hoped.....Having said that there is some cool stuff on the macbook such as studywhiz, noteshare and other programs. There are many questions that need to answered before we make the switchover with the staff. There is much potential with these machines.
 * 1. Check in (5 min)**

5. **Items brought by staff members for the leadership team to consider** (15 min)

Email from Rick about putting emergency plans etc online or a folder on the computer and having a hard copy. **We will get this done very soon**. The faculty handbook will be going online, more information will be coming soon on this.

Claire brought up Mark's request about having Open House and conferences on Thursday rather than Tuesday. Ted agrees with it and will make a note to at least **do the Open House on a Thursday next year**, making sure to avoid school committee meetings. On learning area conferences Margaret did try to get Wed.-Thurs but the dates were booked.

Deborah- brought up NWEA- Do Kids who are absent make it up outside of class. Answer: yes Broader question: if NWEA data is going to be used shouldn't time be given to learning areas so that they can use the data (particularly reading) which affects across the disciplines.

Science LA asked about the formations for the October 15th collaborative groups. ANSWER: The groups will be formed in the coming week, with input from the staff on who is in which group. Group sizes will vary from 3-5. The point of the afternoon is to provide feedback to each person whereever they are in the process. Some will have questions by then, others will not.

By the end of the week of Oct. 22 questions should be finalized.

Ted asked how people are coming along with their question? Melissa expressed the desire to see what everyone else is doing. We decided to put a folder in First Class where questions could be shared and feedback could be given to others, as well as providing opportunities for collaboration.

6. **Update and input on 2 year NEASC report** (20 min) Holly has agreed to help to write the 2 year report but needs help so yesterday the heads of the various committees met and decided that input from leadership would also be helpful. People in charge of getting evidence on progress on the recommendations. We went thru each standards and gave input on the progress. Mission and Expectations - Ted Curriculum - Melissa Instruction - Jodi Assessment -Caitlin and Julie Leadership - Tom School Resources for Learning-Beth Community Resources for Learning- Brenda

7. **Learning Area Work and Collaborative Inquiry–how are they connected or not connected?** (30 min) We broke up into two groups to talk about this.

One agreement: Clearly differentiate the LA goals(focus on fewer goals) and the collaborative inquiry work.


 * 8. Debrief meeting** (5 min)