Steering Committee meeting – Minutes: 3/5/2009
T/LQP Professional Development Program
Steering Committee meeting – Minutes: 3/5/2009
Thomas Reynolds Center - Board Room / Time: 4:30 pm- 6:30 pm
In Attendance: Elaine Swing, Catherine Sodota, Marion Munoz, Connie Kudrna, Rod Doran, Pat Loncto, Jeff Arnold
Greetings: Welcome
Old Business: Approve minutes from last steering committee meeting (on Blog) Accepted minutes
• RATE /Benchmarking updates – Field team and Board reviews have taken place. Had a college peer review with faculty and faculty has accepted this process as a norm. Now have three tier learning community at Daemen: students, school district teachers, Daemen college faculty. Future goal is to have three tiers work together.
• Original time log and journals – are kept by Jeff / Pay at the end of January and June
Time Log / Goals
• Complete time logs
• Goals Update: Set and type clear goals —with assessment criteria – Post samples on-line can be paid for one hour. Email to Jeff in word document.
- Sample: Assist in the design/instruction of EDU 327
Review: Meetings Schedule and TAP Agenda
Review dates and objectives
Committee Reports: Propose Dates / Chairs / Format
Steering Committee Action Teams- (Work session): Sorting Task Have a rubric and have a Unit where Learning Experiences can be plugged in.
Literature Circle Resources: Teacher Evaluation to Enhance Professional Practice
by Charlotte Danielson and Thomas L. McGreal ($24.95) : Chair (_______) Trying to use the information for our summer program. Present in summer and use one of our meetings to plan activities using the book.
Equity: Book Club: Chair (_______)
Technology: maybe Dreamweaver
Teaching To Standards:
Developing Teaching to Standards –score mid-terms and final projects
Ticket into steering committee–$500, 3 college graduate credits, camera and scanner.- Graduate expectation – peer review at TAP to post on-line in summer project. Standards Class Update: Four teachers (Delores, Ann Marie, Marian, Vivian, Delores (over summer) Capstone Course – Co-teaching model – assist next semester (Paid)
Retention / Reunion: survey needed two times a year maybe at next TAP, not this month
Web Site: http://www.daemen.edu/offices/teacher_leader/index.php
for Bios / Photos (optional)
Standards navigation: Jane is putting Standards project on line with fancy icons related to Jeff’s dissertation.
Web site development progression – overview – next phase a List of Steering Committee Members /TAP Members
Classroom Management: see tab on website
Develop a new graduate course—Web based Learning Experiences, posting on line.
Summer Program Planning: look at charts and handouts from Jeff to brainstorm possible schedule.________________________________________________________________________
TAP Agenda
T/LQP Professional Development Program
Teacher Advisory Panel (TAP) – Agenda: 3/12/2009
Reynolds Center – Board Room
4:30 – 4:45 Registration (Update TAP Mailing list)
4:45 – 5:30 Welcome and Updates
• Review TAP meeting schedule
• March 12, 2009 (Thursday) (Reynolds Center – Board Room)
• May 20, 2009 (Thursday) (Reynolds Center – Board Room)
• Review Steering Committee meeting:
• March 5: 4:30pm – 6:30pm (Reynolds Center – Board Room)
• Tentative: May 14: 4:30pm – 6:30pm
• Review Action Team Schedule- Sorting Learning Unit
• April 6: 10am –3pm (Spring Break) (Reynolds Center – Board Room)
• Review Literature Circle Schedule – Teacher Evaluation to Enhance
Professional Practice by Charlotte Danielson and Thomas L. McGreal
• Update : February 5: 4:15 pm – 6:15 pm
• Next meeting: March 19 Chapters 2-4, April 30 Chapters 5-8
• Reading Circle – Set dates and time—Book/Format: student book concerning equity, no dates yet
• Technology Workshop - Set dates and time—Topic/Format: How to use Excel on first two days at UB on June 29-30. Open to region but only TLQP members paid for.
• Summer Science Assessment Workshop (7/1- 7/3)- Collect and analyze State data then participate in Action planning for how will use data in instruction. Place Daemen.• Related Events- The “Ning Thing”- http://wnyscienceleaders.ning.com/ A Ning is a website that lists activities happening in region. Show at TAP meeting.
Event: Cliff Stoll – March 18- 4:00 PM-5:30 PM Buffalo Museum of Science – Physical Science, conceptual Physics.
Science Exploration Day – March 11: 9:00 am-2:00 pm (UB Amherst) High School students come on UB campus to learn about Science. Title: Tune into Science
STANYS Mini-Conference –March 25 ~ 3:30 am-7:00 pm (West Seneca West) K-12 Three sessions 40 minutes long, no sign up, no fee
Follow-up on / January 24 – Future City went well. March 14 Power Authority display of Future Cities.• Dates for summer program (July 6 – 17) - Flyer
• Feedback from the RATE process
• EDU 327 - Capstone
• Benchmarking updates (K-16 Alliance)
• Project web site: http://www.daemen.edu/offices/teacher_leader/
• Updates / Web Based Learning Experiences
• Program resources – Surveys / Form G / Rules and procedures / blog / Counter: Set a record for people visiting the website. Can see a record at our website.
• GESA / Teacher Observation/ JP and Student Teachers
• Supplies credit update: begin to put list together now
• Goals / Action plan / Needs Assessment
• Teaching to the Standards Course
• Course Registration / Mini-Grant Update
• Student Intern Feedback
• New TLQP Application
• Daemen College TLQP Reunion award / Dinner / Program /
• Retention Survey (On-line)
5:30 – 6:30 Peer Review: Marian Munoz - What Happened to Humpty Dumpty?
Facilitator: Carol Mullen Recorder: Jennifer Molfese
6:30 – 6:45 Set Agenda for our next meeting
6:45 – 7:00 Evaluation / Feedback
• Supply stipend – Amount / Conditions
A $35 supplies credit will be recorded for each TAP member attending the meeting. Only teachers/administrators currently teaching in a Buffalo School are eligible to redeem the credits. To redeem credits you must attend our summer project and complete the Goal/Action plan/ Needs Assessment package. The terms and conditions of supplies credit are subject to change after review by our steering committee.
Support for the development and production of this material was provided by a grant under the New York State Higher Education Teacher / Leadership Quality Partnership program administered by the New York State Education Department.