Allegan Area CurriculumDirectors

December 13, 2016

12:00pm – 2:00pm

AAESA, Learning Lab

Lunch @ 11:30am

Attending: Pam Schwallier, Amy Oliver, Gayle Underwood, Laurie Schmitt, Scott Morgan, Rhonda Rasmussen, Corey Harbaugh, Heather Kortlandt, Bob Van Dis

Discussion / My Learnings
Professional Development Planning for 2017 – Bring PD calendars if you have them
  • Neighbor to Neighbor
  • Science
  • Next steps with RtI/MTSS-
  • Buffam at Allegan-Aug 30 (deeper look at PLCs- right work), PLC institute?, Standards-, Based Grading (Otsego), Van Buren is bringing in Hierck for Assessment, Standards-Based Learning/Competency-Based (Allegan), Plainwell looking at early release/late start
  • Quantum Learning- Student Engagement
  • Instructional Rounds
/ Big Ideas: / Science-Planning for transition to NGSS, article
Still can register for course mapping on Thursday
Good Reminders:
What will I do with this information:
Planning for Mapping the Future/Principal’s Academy/Tom Hierck
  • Behavior Resources from SI Conference
  • Tier 1 Engaging Learners
/ Big Ideas:
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Eidex
  • All districts are participating – now what?
/ Big Ideas:
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Foster Children
  • Changes
/ Big Ideas:
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Seven Keys to a Positive Learning Environment – Distribute books to CDs to take to staff in districts for Tom Hierck session / Big Ideas:
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Around the Table:
EL- Pam’s Update- Jan 12, 2017, 12-3 at AAESA EL101
Gayle will look into SCECHs for Hierck book study
STEM Partnership Advisory- Dec. 20, 2016 eNewsletter coming out this week
Rhonda- Delay in scorecards, annual ed report
Corey- Importance of culture, relationships, engagement
Amy- AP Computer Science (coding, 10th-12th, application is January 17 for training in summer, computer course must be in course offerings for 2017-2018), Field testing/Piloting science assessments opportunity, Cereal City Science Kits field testing, MI STAR- middle school curriculum, middle school pilot project.

Important Upcoming Dates:

Mapping the Future – January 13th 8:30am – 12:00pm @ AAESA

School Improvement

RtI/MTSS – Program Evaluation

Prep for Paul Farmer

Prep for Tom Hierck

Elementary Principal Academy– February 7th

Secondary Principal Academy – February 9th

Reading Now Symposium – WMU March 7 or 8

Tom Hierck – March 23rd

Links:

AAESA PD 2016-2017

AAESA GoSignMeUp

School Improvement Timeline

Next CD meeting: January 10th@ 11:30am