HIGHER ED PARTNERSHIP– COORDINATING BOARD
Minutes
November 10, 2003, 2:00 pm Room 212, Roeder Admin. Bldg.
Attendance: Adrienne Nelson, Susan Zoller, Shirley Potter, William Lay, Jennifer McCleery, Sheila Fox, Stephanie Salzman, David Carroll, Dale Kinsley, Laurie Phelan, Rob McElroy
Introductions and Welcome
Adrienne offered the use of a Video of the New Teacher Project in action from Santa Cruz. Team members who attended the Institute on Higher Ed Partnership have the video – Bill Lay, David Carroll, Lauren McClenenhan, Rob McElroy, and Lisa Conlon.
Partnership Agreement Progress – Dale and Stephanie
Board Meeting, November 20, 2003 – 7:30 pm.
Adrienne shared the list of those who had committed to be there and put out an open invitation to anyone else who might want to attend. Dale stated that if the Professional Certification Program Memorandum of Understanding and the Policy on Student Teacher Interns were ready, then these documents would be part of the Board Packet.
Stephanie shared a conversation she had with Karen Morse, President of Western Washington University, asking about what is different about this partnership. Stephanie gave her real examples of the collaboration so she could get others excited about it. Other examples included:
• Excitement will come from the community and professional folks seeing the potential.
• Connections were always there, but now we are being INTENTIONAL.
• Intentional connections between experienced teachers and the learning environments for new teachers.
• Better management and coordination of things that have already been done.
• The development of a consistent understanding of what defines powerful teaching and learning.
Filling Open Positions
One spot needs to be filled from the administration of the BSD. Dale will make a recommendation. The teachers were recommended by Shirley Potter. They are Leslie Adcock, and Steve Dolmatz.
Next Steps:
• Dale will prepare a packet for the Board Meeting. Stephanie, Sheila, Shirley, and Adrienne will attend the meeting to answer any questions.
• Dale will invite a BSD Administrator to become a member of the Coordinating Board.
Professional Certification Program – Sheila, David, and Adrienne
Adrienne gave each member a copy of a timeline of events and actions that would culminate in a January start of the Professional Certification Program.
The Job Announcement has been posted and closes on Novmeber 14 th . Sheila shared that there was one applicant already! A team has been formed to give the short interview. It includes: Sheila, Adrienne, Shirley and Steve Dolmatz . The selection should be completed by December 1.
Orientation – December 8 th , 4 PM, Roeder Board Room
A flyer will be going out to invite teachers having more than one year experience and a residency certificate to an information meeting about the Professional Certification Program. There have been some questions from private schools who are wondering if they can they be involved? A process to determine the readiness level of the participant who has not participated in an induction program during their first year of teaching would need to be put in place in order to accommodate other teachers. The process would also need to address the (BSD) teacher who has several years of experience, a residency certificate. The program is designed to meet the needs of the participant.
• David and Sheila will continue to meet once a week to complete the syllabus, literature review.
• To ensure that the content be consistent, David and Sheila will provide mentor support to the instructor for the Seminars.
• Adrienne and Sheila will work on an overview of the program that will be given out at the informational meeting.
• Adrienne will see that additional flyers are sent to building principals to post.
Joint Learning Project – Shirley, Jennifer and Bill
Adrienne announced that the Joint Learning Project is going to happen! A revised budget was shared with the group. She thanked Stephanie for her “budget enrichment” work!
Selection of Participants –Some time was given for small group working sessions to formulate lists from each partner organization. The goal would be to identify participants who work with pre service and new teachers, who will communicate the work, take leadership at their sites or areas of responsibility, and be willing to team across organizations. Dale and Stephanie will work together to designate others to invite who might be interested in observing for part of the Joint Learning Project.
An informational letter will be sent to participants so people can indicate their intention of attending and give contact information as well as further information about the joint learning activities.
The location for the 2-day institute has been firmed up: The meeting space on the top floor of the County Courthouse.
Dale is willing to see if Terry Bergeson might be available to be a keynote speaker.
Event Activities Suggestions:
• Remembering and Sharing your own induction process
• Provide food
• Sit in mixed groups
• Key note speaker
• Video (?)
Other people who should be invited to attend
The WWU President, OSPI officials, members of the Gates foundation.
Place
Northside/Northwood Hall.
Ferry Terminal
Squalicum Boat House
Lakeway Inn
Hampton Inn
It's important that this event is held off campus (WWU) to symbolize the spirit of ‘coming down off the hill”.
Next Steps
• Dale and Stephanie will draft personalized letter of invitation explaining the UNIQUENESS of this project and encouraging participation.
• Dale and Sheila will determine other guests to invite to the Kick Off Event
• Adrienne, Shirley and Bill will follow up with registration.
• Adrienne will work with NTC to determine the dates for April so all involved can plan ahead.
• Sheila, David, and Stephanie will determine the Standards to be used during the Joint Learning Project for the WWU Participants. This document needs to be to Adrienne by December.
Adrienne will send a matrix showing an alignment with INTASC, Professional Cert. Standards, and the BSD Teaching Criterion to Sheila.
Policy – Susan, Jennifer and Laurie
Progress: Susan talked about the updated policy agreement, directing everyone's attention to the last section. The last two pages showed the most significant changes. The term ‘intern' was changed to ‘Certificated Staff Interns'.
There is some added language regarding the mentor academy and agreements with other universities. Dale noted the change which requires a central district system for assigning interns as opposed to the current system of individual principals making those assignments.
Sheila noted that non-teaching professionals (such as speech therapists, etc.) would be eligible and wants a change in the language to include those folks.
Next Steps
Susan will have the final document ready for the upcoming Board Meeting on Nov. 20th.
What are formal and informal partnership activities/events that already exist?
Members wrote down on post its all the ways that our organizations partner and posted them on a chart.
Next Steps
• Adrienne will create a chart based on the post its.
The regular meeting was adjourned so small groups could take time to identify some names to go on the LIST.
Next Meeting
December 1 st at 9:00 AM in Rm. 212 at Roeder Administrative Building. We will focus on finalizing details for the Kick Off Event and making recommendations for the work of the Coordinating Board.