April 12, 2013
May 6th Staff Meeting
Unless there are conflicts, I would like to move the May 6th staff meeting to 1 PM. I may need to attend a RPT visit to a school system that morning.
Save the Date
We received a Save the Date announcement from Nick and Anelizabeth. Their wedding is June 22, 2013.
At my home, I received an invitation to Anelizabeth's shower which is April 28th. If anyone wants to chip in for a gift for them, please let me know. They are registered at Bed, Bath and Beyond, Target, Dillards, Couch's and Walmart (I think). We can take a gift to the wedding or I can take it to the shower.
PD check list/planning
Please remember to complete a PD check list form for ALL PDs. This will help everyone to know what is going on and what budget is paying for the PD. Eveyrone has been shared a google doc. I'm looking at creating a Google form that can be on the Wiki page for us to complete and then a copy would be emailed to everyone involved automatically.
Statewide Staff Meeting Updates
After a statewide staff meeting, (specialists, materials and director meetings) we need to schedule a debrief session so that we can share the information shared in each group. We don't need every detail but the big idea of what was shared with you. If it was training for your content then that is no info that everyone needs. If it is training that will affect schools then yes, we all need to have a big idea knowledge to be able to answer questions that teachers and leaders will pose. ie.... Summer Academy - who, what, where, when, etc. Last summer, math discussed PLTs and resources and that info never came to me from SDE and itis only by accident that I ordered those books to help us with work with teachers working with Implementing the Common Core. We need copies of handouts that contain any info from the SDE to your specific group. Vision or plan for the year, changes, etc... The directors have requested a brief update from science, math and materials but that doesn't always happen so it was suggested that we also work this into our site structure. When we met weekly, then we did a better job of this and now that we meet monthly, sometimes the statewide staff meeting info gets pushed aside by other site infomation that needs to be shared each month.
Monday at our meeting, please be prepare to give a 5 minute update from the statewide staff meeting. If you received any hanouts with info from the SDE or something needed for future planning or that has been communicated with systems, please copy for Tanya and Kay.
Updates from the Directors meeting:
OGAP at other AMSTI sites:
Athens: Fractional August 5-8
UNA Fractional: Sept 16-19
It would be good if Kay and Melanie attends one or both of these depending on your schedule.
Cathy Miller at the SDE is resigning effective May 1st.
COS adoption:
Science standards adopted in 2014 and full implmentation 2015-2016
Explore test will be phased out and replaced with Aspire. Tanya will provide a handout at the staff meeing.
Summer Academy's : SDE specialist will take the lead. Site specialists can be a table facilitator if avaiable, no requirements. It would be a regular work day. We are training when folks from our area are attending training. This training is not expected to be turned around by the specialist or teachers.
Summer Registration Updates
We have begun to recieve registration. We need someone to enter the registration on Monday and copy for Lynn.
From Tod Beers: Math PreService Training:
Hello Directors,
Please help us with three issues related to Preservice Training:
1. Send us the names of all the people in your region that would like to attend the Math Preservice TTT : A seperate letter was sent to COE. I can't imagine that teachers can get out of school to train preservice teachers so I don't think we need to send in a list of teachers. Your thoughts?
a. Math Preservice TTT – May 9th and 10th at the Lincoln Center in Birmingham, 9:00 to 3:30 both days.
b. Make up days for Math Preservice TTT - May 16th and 17th at the Lincoln Center in Birmingham, 9:00 to 3:30 both days.
2. Contact the Professors that you have been working with for Preservice and any others you know that might be interested. Let them know about the Math Preservice TTT opportunityand that a letter will be coming to them (provided you give us their names and contact info). I will let Dr. Johns know of this training.
3. We are compiling a Preservice Training Calendar for 2013. If you know of any Preservice Trainings (Math or Science) that are currently being conducted or planned for this year, please email us the dates. This includes trainings that are being conducted by AMSTI specialists. Once we have a calendar, we will share it with all of the sites. I will contact Dr. Troncale and see if she has thought about spreading out the training or if we go with the dates Amber and Tara have.
SPECIALISTS that have attended the Math Preservice TTT in the past, AND attended the recent AMSTI Math TTT for the specific grade training of your local Preservice training will be “grandfathered in” and do not have to attend the Math Preservice TTT. Site specialists that have not attended the Math Preservice TTT in the past, OR did not attend the specific grade training at the recent AMSTI Math TTT for your local Preservice training, are requested to attend this training.
KLN/PCN dates -
August 2013
Tuesday 27th - KLN North
September 2013
Thursday 12th- PCN Secondary
Thursday 19th- PCN Elementary
October 2013
Tuesday 8th- KLN North
November 2013
Thursday 7th- PCN Secondary
Thursday 14th- PCN Elementary
December 2013
No meetings scheduled
January 2014
Thursday 16th- KLN North
February 2014
Tuesday 4th- PCN Secondary
Thursday 6th- PCN Elementary
March 2014
Tuesday 11th- KLN North
