Minutes

= = = = =**Valley Center Curriculum Council Minutes** = 

Topic: PLC
PLC System: The Curriculum Council, Department Chairs, and DIT will be collapsed into a district-wide leadership team. The team will receive training on the PLC format and will meet monthly after school. A representative would be present to maintain curriculum alignment. · Tamara shared a draft of district-wide goals and the team talked about the need for PLC’s. · PLC Team Leaders will go through an application process. · Huge CIA overhauls will be made through focus teams.

Survey Data: · Have flexibility, yet structure, in the PLC teams. ·   40% of people want to meet as a vertical team want to meet monthly; 38% of the group wants to meet quarterly Thoughts: · Quarterly meetings might be a good start for teams to meet. · Vertical teams will help with minor adjustments of CIA issues.

Concerns: · PLC Meetings have been extremely beneficial. If district level meetings take the time, then the grade/content area teams will not be as effective. · Wheatland hasn’t started meeting in PLC’s, so time in the buildings will be necessary. · How do special content areas, such as music, counseling, library, and special education, work together? · Past practices of not having continuity are playing a current role. The team expressed the need for CIA continuity. Vertical representation will be necessary to get the input needed for seamlessness. · The perception is that, at Wheatland, with not all of the teachers teaching all content areas it may be difficult for team leaders to fully understand other content areas other than the ones that are taught. This might impact the function of the PLC. · With one grade level team leader (without one per grade level per building), there may be difficulty in facilitating the building level PLC for the building who does not have a team leader. <span style="font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">· When will we looking at the steps that need to be made for the transition from the 4/5 building? K-12 alignment will cause less of an issue with our future transitions. <span style="font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">· At high school, once a month one special education person met with content areas. The other meetings the special education team met together.

Summary: <span style="font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">· Team leaders should meet quarterly, as needed, with structure and flexibility <span style="font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">· The team is comfortable with the district-wide goals and feel that they are doable. <span style="font-family: Symbol; msofareastfontfamily: Symbol; msobidifontfamily: Symbol; msolist: Ignore; mso-fareast-font-family: Symbol; mso-bidi-font-family: Symbol;">· Schedule: First ½ day-Training on PLC norms

__April 2009__

==PLC Support Structure-Instead of Curriculum Council, PDC, and DIT, there would be a PLC Leadership Team. The team would be trained on the PLC format. The team would meet monthly. A representative would be present to maintain curriculum alignment.==


 * Surveys:
 * Reflected the for need for leadership, yet choice.
 * 40% of people want to meet as a vertical team want to meet monthly; 38% of the group wants to meet quarterly
 * Concerns: PLC Meetings have been extremely beneficial. If district level meetings take the time, then the grade/content area teams will not be as effective.

__April 2009__Attendees: Penny Hargrove, Becky Cox, Jayson Artaz, Kristen Joyal, Amy Remington, Sherrie Brooks, Joan Krack, JoAnn Owens, Kimberly Barker, Kevin Warner, Sharon Coleman, Jennifer Ashcraft, Sherrie Brooks, Amy Cheney, Nancy Taylor, Riley Greenwood, Loretta Luna

Transitioning Curriculum Council:
Learning Support Systems - K-12 Focus Teams/Dept Heads PLC Facilitators Building Coaches District Level Improvement Teams (with focus on CTE and MTSS)

Concerns included: How to split MTSS and Inservice within the PLC times How will the focus teams address specific needs/levels/grades Who has input as to what is covered during PLC's Amy Cheney has agenda/format to help direct PLC times What will be done with students who arrive early at school

Becky Cox presented **Comprehensive Action Plan** Will form Subcommittee to look at modified plan - Amy Cheney, Sharon Coleman, Kimberley Barker

Meeting adjorned at 5:00

__February 2009__
Attendees - Amy Cheney, Joan Krack, Kevin Warner, Kimberly Barker, Erin Nelson, Kristin Joyal, Becky Cox, Laurie Hopper, Amy Remington, Joann Owens, Nancy Taylor, Dr. Louise Herrington, Sherrie Brooks, Loretta Luna


 * Curriculum Proposals and Changes**:

**Pre-AP English and AP English**
__<span style="font-size: 90%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Team Members Requesting Change: Amy Cheney, Brett Flory and Maureen Corcoran Rationale __: Recommend prerequisites for both the Pre-AP and AP English classes. The prerequisities would be written teacher recommendation or the student must have earned a "B" or higher in their previous English class in order to enroll in these courses. __<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Course Description __: 2 years experience w/PreAP classes has shown us that C average or below C average students are not successful in Pre-AP classes. Our accelerated classes have had B average as prerequisite. It is in best interest of students to have above average skills in Language Arts.

Motioned to approve made by Laurie Hopper Seconded by Kevin Warner Approved

__**MTSS -**__ General Information regarding Multi Tier System of Supports - Powerpoint presentation What is it?
 * Professional Development/Empowering Culture/Leadership/Instruction/Assessment
 * Core Beliefs are the biggest part of MTSS
 * Three areas of MTSS include: System, Practices and Services

Why is it important?

Attendees - Sherrie Brooks, Dr. Louise Herrington, Riley Greenwood, Kristen Joyal, Scott Palser, Beth Luhman, Sara Penner, Jason Artaz, Becky Cox, Tamara Konrade, Kevin Warner, Amy Cheney, Joan Krack, Laurie Hopper, Kim Barker, Matt Klusener, Erin Reimer, JoAnn Owens, Nancy Taylor, Loretta Luna


 * Curriculum Proposals and Changes:**

**Social Studies Skills**
__Team Members Requesting Change:__ Matt Klusener, Brian Shelton, Sheryl Wiele, Sarah Lehman, DJ Spaeth, Ron Barry __Rationale:__ requesting approval of a new course for 9th and 10th grade students who scored low on MS social studies assessment or having difficulty with social studies content __ Course Description: __ This course is designed to offer students reinforcement in key Social Studies skills such as reading and comprehending historical writings as well as techniques in reading maps, charts and graphs. Other areas of emphasis include time management, vocabulary development and test taking strategies. Students will be enrolled upon teacher recommendation and students may take this as an elective with teacher approval. Motioned to approve made by Riley Greenwood Seconded by Amy Cheney Approved

__Team Members Requesting Change:__ Matt Klusener, Brian Shelton, Sheryl Wiele, Sarah Lehman, DJ Spaeth, Ron Barry __Rationale:__ requesting change from 9th and 10th grade levels to 10th grade level so that content would be better aligned to testing schedule. __ Course Description: __ This class will change World History 2 and World History 3 into a year long class titled world History instead of two separate classes. It will only be offered to Sophomores to ensure that we are testing all students after they have had the entire class in the same school year. We want to take advantage of OTL ( the time we administer the History & Government assessments)and give all students the greatest chance to succeed. <span style="font-size: 80%; line-height: 115%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Motioned to approve made by Amy Cheney Seconded by Kevin Warner Approved

**US History**
__Team Members Requesting Change:__ Matt Klusener, Brian Shelton, Sheryl Wiele, Sarah Lehman, DJ Spaeth, Ron Barry __Rationale:__ requesting approval of name change. __ Course Description: __ This class will change United States History 1 and United States History 2 into a year long course instead of two separate classes. It will only be offered to Juniors to ensure that we are testing all students after they have had the entire class in the same school year. We want to take advantage of OTL and give all students the greatest chance to succeed. This will also reduce confusion about the names of courses within the Social Studies Department. Motion to approve made by Lori Hopper Seconded by Joan Krack

**PALS I**
__Team Members Requesting Change:__ Beth Luhman __Rationale:__ requesting to drop course. Motion to approve made by Riley Greenwood Seconded by Joan Krack Approved

**AP Calculus**
__Team Members Requesting Change:__ Kristen Joyal __Rationale:__ Calculus is currently taught as if it was AP Calculus. We already use a textbook geared towards AP Calculus. Currently time is allowed in the curriculum for preparing for the AP Calculus exam. The change would not effect how the course is taught and there are no additional resources needed. The only change would be how the clas is named on student's transcripts. Motion made by Joan Krack Seconded by Amy Cheney Approved

Marketing I
__Team Members Requesting Change__: Scott Palser __<span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rationale: __ <span style="font-size: 110%; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Changing the CTSO connected to the Marketing program from DECA to FBLA will provide more students with the opportunity to be involved in the leadership activities that are associated with the Business Club. The advisory committee has suggested more emphasis be put on computer orientation. More students will be able to participate in this program. Motion to approve made by Joan Krack Seconded by Amy Cheney Approved

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> One suggestion is to make it more grade/school level specific, link it to the school website, a drawback would be that it would be one more area to have to look for information
 * **CIA Blog** - Tamara described using a blog as opposed to email. A blog would allow for everyone to see questions & discussions, it is more comprehensive and would be ongoing sharing of information, it would be a tool that would keep everyone apprised of what is happening in the district.


 * Everyone is to go to the Valley Center Wikispaces and complete the 3 forms for the Comprehensive Action Plan for CIA

__November 2008__
Attendees-Tamara Konrade, Becky Cox, Kim Barker, JoAnn Owens, Jen Ashcraft, Amy Cheney, Sharon Coleman, Erin Nelson, Sara Fox, Joan Krack, Riley Greenwood, Kevin Warner, Jayson Artaz, Lauri Hopper, Nancy Taylor, Kristen Joyal, Amy Remington

Curriculum Proposals and Changes:

__**Career Technical Education:**__
 * FACS, an Introduction-Beth Luhman; Middle School is doing this at the 8th grade level to help transition to High School; at this time it is not required. Career Pathways will show the 16 career clusters to assist students decide on a career/field of study.
 * FACS, Exploring Teaching as a Career, I and II-Beth Luhman; adopted
 * FACS, Education and Training, Beth Luhman; Adopted and passed (Riley made motion, Amy seconded) all accepted all three classes.
 * Art Basics-Alyssa Rogers Proposal made for Art Basics to replace Art 1. Motion made by Amy Cheney to accept proposal Seconded by Nancy Taylor. All approved. Requesting fee be raised from $18 to $25. Tamara will inquire as to other means to raise funds for art supplies. Alyssa will look at other districts to see what they are allotted in fees. Curriculum Council would like input on fees.
 * Studio Art Portfolio-Alyssa Rogers; Proposal made for Studio Art Portfolio to replace Advanced Art as a Lifelong Hobby and Advanced Art Career College Prep. Riley Greenwood suggested Alyssa revise proposal to include levels of Art classes and bring proposal to another meeting. Amy Remington motioned that proposal is approved if Alyssa Rogers adds levels to classes, Seconded by Kevin Warner. All approved.

__**World Languages:**__
 * AP Language and Composition-Maureen Corcoran; AP Language is the class that is mostly accepted at college level as Comp 1 and Comp 2; Alyssa states the textbooks requested are comparative to what other districts are using for their AP classes/teachers. Proposal is that AP Language & Composition replace AC Junior English and for Maureen to attend additional training to teach class. Motion made by Joan to accept proposal, Seconded by Amy Remington. All approved.
 * AP Spanish/Heritage Speaker-Alyssa Rumple; Proposal is for an AP Spanish (4th yr)/Heritage Speaking Class replace the current Spanish IV class. Alyssa projected next year's class wil be approximately 20-25 students. New textbooks are needed. Motion made by Sharon Coleman to approve proposal seconded by Riley Greenwood. All approved

__**Science**__
 * Dropping Food Science/Adding Earth Science-Riley Greenwood. First part of proposal is to drop Food Science class. This class is aimed at special education and lowel level students. This class is not meeting the needs of this group of students. This would be a Junior level class.Second part of the proposal is to replace the dropped Food Science class with an Earth Science Class. Kevin made motion to accept 2nd part of proposal, XX seconded the motion. All approved. Joan suggested amending the proposal to make this a 10/11 grade level class, Riley agreed to make change. Motion made by Joan Owens to approve 1st part of proposal, Seconded by Laurie Hopper . All approved. Approval of textbooks will need to be made at next meeting. Special education teachers will be part of the process to find new textbooks.

End of meeting: Tamara presented Comprehensive Action Plan Draft: What should literacy look like at Valley Center? More dialogue will occur.

__October 2008__
Attendees-Tamara Konrade, Becky Cox, Amy Remington, Kim Barker, JoAnn Owens, Jen Ashcraft, Amy Cheney, Sharon Coleman, Erin Nelson, Sara Fox, Joan Krack, Riley Greenwood, Kevin Warner, Jayson Artaz, Lauri Hopper, Nancy Taylor

Team Activity

Group Dialogue Activity 1. Revising the curriculum process (forms, process, create checklist for presenter, etc.). <span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif';">2. Revising/Rewriting the attached strategic plan for our district. This will help us focus all of our efforts in the areas of curriculum, instruction, and assessment. 3. Refining the curriculum one-page documents for all subject areas and decide on how to deliver them to staff. 4. Wiki space

Group Debriefing:
 * Looking at the big picture in small pieces
 * Curriculum and textbooks are not the same thing, so the adoption/rotations mean different things for each element. Communication with staff is imperative so that the resource does not become the curriculum. In the future, we will continue to work on how we "conduct business" in relation to curriculum, instruction, and assessment. How can we budget for more flexible spending to purchase resources?
 * Good picture for how these individual pieces work together.
 * PLCs are used differently in the various buildings. Have common understanding among the district for how we use PLCs.
 * The cooperative learning process from today was effective in getting rich dialogue among our team.

Next Steps:
 * The team was able to accomplish a great deal in two hours. The team was able to comprehensively look at topics. The team feels that extending the time to 4:00-6:00 would be effective. Unanimous vote.
 * Amy will bring back a draft of the resource adoption process.
 * The Wiki will be utilized for future agendas and will be an avenue for continued learning and resources.

__August 2008__
Attendees-Tamara Konrade, Becky Cox, Amy Remington, Kim Barker, JoAnn Owens, Jen Ashcraft, Amy Cheney, Sharon Coleman, Erin Nelson, Sara Fox, Kristen Joyal, Joan Krack, Kevin Warner, Jayson Artaz, Lauri Hopper, Nancy Taylor


 * Presentation**
 * Pre-K has a checklist, as well as the report card, to provide information.
 * The proposed report card is based upon early childhood standards.
 * The reported information will be shared with kindergarten teachers.
 * A suggestion was offered to share the grade card with kindergarten faculty in order to help create a seamless transition in information reported between Pre-K and kindergarten.
 * Kellie Newlin presented preschool grade card. Motioned by Amy Cheney and seconded by Kristen Joyal. Approved.

__+ Process__
 * Curriculum Council Process**
 * Presentations from the field
 * Questions and discussion
 * Agenda ahead of time

__- Process__
 * Too much on agenda
 * Make fast decisions
 * No hidden agendas

__Consider...__
 * Have less on agenda.
 * Create checklist for presenters.
 * Revise the proposal for "change" document.
 * Educate the staff about process.


 * Standardized Testing**
 * What is our vision for a standardized assessment in our district?
 * Revisit the possibility of an assessment selection team. Possibly revisit NWEA.
 * MTSS ((Multi-Tier Systems of Support) will be a focus in looking at tools that offer screening, diagnostic, and progress monitoring possibilities.


 * Career Technical Education**
 * The Council will discuss this topic in the future. This is a state initiative integrating careers and academics.


 * Reading Focus Team**
 * A reading team is being formed to explore our language arts curriculum K-12.


 * Grade Level Curriculum Documents**
 * Tamara shared curriculum documents that represent "what" we teach.
 * In the past, documents providing the "how" have been created (Maps).
 * The flip chart provides information for the tested indicators.


 * Next Meeting**
 * Change the date of the next meeting (conference week).
 * Break out into subgroups to explore future topics.
 * Before the next meeting, the team will email thoughts and concerns related to our process.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__**MAY 2008**__
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">** Attendees ** <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">– <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">Riley Greenwood, Jennifer Ashcraft, Kristen Joyal, Phoebe McCormick, Sharon Coleman, Linette Liby, Becky Cox, Amy Cheney, Laurie Hopper, Linda Grafton, Nancy Taylor, Penny Hargrove

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<span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">Amy motioned to adjourn the meeting and Phoebe second.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">Re-visit using Shurley English – Phoebe requested that the elementary teachers be allowed to use Shurley English. After discussion, it <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">was <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">agreed that Phoebe will find what supplies are still in the buildings and Phoebe, Sharon and Ruth will ask cohorts if they like <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">it/want it for next ye <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">ar. Agreed that there would need to be training for new staff coming in.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">2nd Grade Social Studies/Science on grade cards – Phoebe brought up the fact that Social Studies and Science is hard to grade on an ABC grading system. Penny said that she, Mark and Pete with some other staff will be revamping the grade cards.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">Consumer Problem Materials – Kristen proposed to purchase materials for the Consumer Problems class. There are currently no materials for this class. Found a curriculum that is made up of powerpoints and worksheets. Motion by Ruth and second by Riley – all in favor.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">English Interventions Program – Amy Cheney proposed to purchase a curriculum for the interventions group based on the large number of Freshmen who failed first semester. Looked at the Read 180 but the problem was that it required 90 minute blocks (which isn’t possible). Proposed Reading Advantage program that is structured like Read 180, but does provide flexibility. Would come out of K-12 English Adoption funds next year. Motion by Phoebe to approve if there are funds available (Penny is checking) and second by Laurie – all in favor.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">9-12 Science Textbooks – Riley proposed several different curriculums for the Science Department. The only additional request is that the textbook edition submitted to the committee is 2006 edition but would like the 2009 edition, if the price is ok. Motion by Amy and second by Phoebe – all in favor.
 * <span style="display: block; font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; text-align: left;">Penny proposed textbooks for World Geography and Kansas History – current textbooks don’t have accurate maps and other material is outdated. The proposed books are written around the standards. Motion by Phoebe and second by Laurie – all in favor.

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Members Present**: Michael Brom, Penny Hargrove, Riley Greenwood, Amy Cheney, Jen Ashcraft, Laurie Hopper, Michelle Cooper, Kristen Joyal, Amy Remington, Becky Cox, Shelley Davis, Linda Grafton, Phoebe McCormick, Ruth Martin, Linette Liby, Nancy Taylor ======

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<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Reviewed and approved the February CC meeting minutes. Motion by Riley Greenwood, second by Laurie Hopper, all approved. ======
 * ====== <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Request from Penny Hargrove for an extension to review Health Textbooks before committing to a particular one. Wanted to request this action to make sure that once they Health Textbooks were found that money would be available to purchase. Estimated cost of approximately $12,000. Motion by Linette Liby, second by Ruth Martin, all approved. ======
 * ====== <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Presentation only by Penny Hargrove. Presented the April 14th teacher inservice agenda and discussion of the plan to look at all domains to check and assure that all standards and indicators are in line and balance. This is the first step needed to align the documents (guides) for all positions. ======
 * ====== <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Michael brought up the need to vote on the status of NWEA. After discussion, it was decided to discontinue NWEA for next year. Motion by Amy Cheney, second by Ruth Martin, 1 member opposed and all others approved. ======
 * ======<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Phoebe McCormick motioned to adjourn the meeting, second by Nancy Taylor. ======

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__**FEBRUARY 2008**__
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Members Present**: Michael Brom, Penny Hargrove, Riley Greenwood, Amy Cheney, Lauri Hopper, Michelle Cooper, Kristen Joyal, Amy Remington, Becky Cox, Shelley Davis, Phoebe McCormick, Ruth Ann Martin, Sharon Coleman, Nancy Taylor, Karen Knorp-Brown, Amy Brom, Linette Lib
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Penny and Michael presented the strategic plan for Curriculum and Instruction including description of Specific Actions, Person(s) Responsible and Timelines.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Karen Knorp-Brown and Amy Brom presented the Character Counts program requesting for K-5 grade level lessons. Request also includes posters, banners, materials for teachers in classrooms and the curriculum at approximately $2,000.00. Linette moved to approve, Riley Greenwood second, all approved.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Karen Knorp-Brown and Amy Brom provided a presentation only for a K-12 Bullying Program. This program includes training from professionals on this program for the district. Michael is going to check on the cost and Penny is also taking this program to PDC.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__**JANUARY 2008**__
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">**Members Present**: Michael Brom, Riley Greenwood, Amy Cheney, Jen Ashcraft, Lauri Hopper, Michelle Cooper, Kristen Joyal, Amy Remington, Becky Cox, Donald Callaway, Shelley Davis, Linda Grafton, Dr. Louise Herrington, Phoebe McCormick, Ruth Ann Martin, Sharon Coleman, Nancy Taylor


 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Request for course changes and revisions to Pre-Ap Sophomore English (removal Accelerated); new course description for Physical Education; and removal of credit for Driver’s Education. Motion by Michelle Cooper, second by Kristen Joyal, all approved.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Curriculum adoption for the following High School courses: Vocational classes in automotive, drafting and woods; beginning Journalism; Speech; Social Studies; and Language Arts. Kristen moved to approve with the flexibility depending on budget, Riley Greenwood second, all approved.
 * <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Michael shared the results from the NWEA/KCA survey – tabled for further discussion at next month’s meeting.

<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">__**DECEMBER 2007**__
<span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Members Present: Kristen Joyal, Amy Cheney, Dr. Louise Herrigton, Riley Underwood, Linette Liby, Becky Cox, Linda Grafton, Michelle Cooper, Shelley Davis, Nancy Taylor and Ruth Martin.

Moved and seconded to approve November minutes.


 * 1) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Request to drop Interior Design on-the-job training class. Moved and seconded. All in favor.
 * 2) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">VCHS Physical Dimensions: Request to purchase new textbooks for Health Curriculum for each student to have Health plus PE starting next year. Would have one semester of Health and one of PE. No additional staff needed and Amber has textbook in mind. Moved and seconded. All were in favor.
 * 3) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Nicole requesting visual basic for Spring 2008 (information only). This would require keyboarding needed at the MS. Have software at no cost and no additional staff needed. Starting to think about curriculum. No move since this was information only.
 * 4) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Movie Licensing – Wheatland Sight licensing may be covered at $370/year and would be a building expense. Michael would focus on the District Policy and will work with Admin. Council to develop policy. Moved and seconded. All were in favor.
 * 5) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Software Program – simulation put on one computer at MS. Technology lab. Trying to rework module to make more accessible. Already purchased. Moved and seconded. All were in favor.
 * 6) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Don Callaway Career and Technical Education courses tabled until next month.
 * 7) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Music K-5 Textbooks and CDs request to update music programs. A laptop and projector is needed at each facility (at this time Abilene and West are the only schools that would need them). Looking at 2 main text books. Moved and seconded. All were in favor.
 * 8) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">K-3 Social Studies and Science grading tabled for next month.
 * 9) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Science Changes from Riley Underwood. Environment Science doesn’t meet the needs – it doesn’t lead anywhere in the curriculum at this time. In place of Environ. Science, Riley requested Life Science one semester and Physical Science for another semester and would be offered at the entry level of HS. This would then move into Physics for one semester and Introduction to Chemistry for another semester. Earth and Physical Science based take 1st portion of test in Freshman year then at Sophomore level, take Biology and Life Science portion of test. Goal is to test them early. Science can only test once so trying to build on the science retainment. No additional cost because in the process of the same textbook adoption.
 * 10) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">HS Science and MS Science – Eugene. Changing Chemistry II to AP curriculum. Provides student a better opportunity to support moving to more AP. Moved and seconded. All were in favor.
 * 11) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">6th Grade Science – Deb Williams. Purchase instructional materials (lego kit) for 24 students and Teachers Guide. Moved and seconded. All were in favor.
 * 12) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Journalism request to add an intro class on basic journalism knowledge to help in future purposes of Yearbook and Broadcasting. Todd Brittingham has CTA lab available for both semesters. No additional staff needed. Moved and seconded. All were in favor.
 * 13) <span style="display: block; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: left;">Library Science – Julie. Currently the Teachers Assistant is on a pass-fail system. Request to move towards teacher education and put on a grading scale. No additional cost (no textbooks and no additional staff needed). Moved and seconded. All were in favor.