9-12 Grade Level Committee

/ March 31, 2005
9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
OasisCenter
1221-16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212
Meeting called by: / Hal Cato / Type of meeting: / Committee Meeting
Facilitator: / Note taker: / Sydney Rogers
Attendees: / Margaret Bess, Kelle Boyd, Hal Cato, Robert L. Hatch III, Kerry Loy, Wayne Parker, Sydney Rogers, Allataye Russ, LaVoneia Steele Margaret Bess, Kelle Boyd, Hal Cato, Roberta Ciuffo, Tim Diffenderfer (for Rodger Dinwiddie), Robert Hatch, Brandon Hill, Wayne Parker, Sydney Rogers

Minutes

Agenda item: / Welcome / Presenter: / Hal Cato
Conclusions: / Hal welcomed the group and led introductions.
Agenda item: / Alignment Nashville Update / Presenter: / Sydney Rogers
Discussion: / Sydney gave an update for Alignment Nashville. She noted the new website and the recent electronic newsletter. Also, she explained the forthcoming milestone dates such as the Alignment Team meeting on May 3 when she will present the committee plans for approval and also the April 26 summit sponsored by the Mayor’s Office of Children and Youth where Alignment will conduct a panel presentation.
Conclusions: / Roberta suggested that organizations link from their website to the AN website now that it is up. She explained that TPAC is soon to launch a new website that will feature an education section.
Agenda item: / 9-12 Plan / Presenter: / Committee
Discussion:
Conclusion: / The committee reviewed the plan for 9-12 as proposed.
There was a discussion on the need to clearly define the outcomes. There should be a definition of the purpose of the leadership course and that the idea is larger than the course itself.
There was a discussion of the mechanics of the course.
It was suggested that it should be held early in the day, 1st, 2nd, or 3rd period. Students in the 10th grade will take the course and will get ½ credit. We need to carefully identify the very best teacher for this course and decide on the curriculum.
The project portion of the course could be assigned at the beginning of the course but most of the committee agreed it should be assigned at the beginning of the course. Margaret suggested that a good project would involve the 10th grade leadership student developing and delivering an orientation program for the 9th graders.
Conclu. (con't) / The activities of the course need to be carefully documented, possibly by video, to facilitate delivery to all the other high schools in the following year.
Roberta noted that Eric Booth, a national arts consultant in education will be here on May 4 and 5 to do a workshop for Leadership Nashville. It is possible that TPAC could bring him back to work with those who will be leading this course.
Margaret noted that the teachers need to know what the coming year will be like and that it would be good for them to come back for 2 weeks during the summer to develop what they will do. It is very important that these teachers are well prepared and we should bring them into this process as soon as possible.
We also need a process for identifying the students who will be a part of this class.
One of the next steps will be to develop an “invitation” process for this project so that we can identify the non-profits that will help. STARS is in a position to help with the leadership of the project at both Antioch and Maplewood.
The committee agreed that the “Youth Council” should be called a “Team” rather than a council.
An annual “Leadership Conference” to bring students from the different schools together was suggested.
Agenda item: / Next Steps / Presenter: / Sydney Rogers
Discussion: / The next steps were identified.
Conclusions: / The curriculum task force will convene. Sydney will boil down the “know, feel, and do” to 10-12 key areas for this group. For example, “Leadership styles”, “Communication”, etc.
The April 26 summit is a good opportunity to engage the non-profits and invite them to participate.
Kelle will lead a sub-committee that will develop the selection process.
Rodger will lead the curriculum sub-group.
We also need a process to the councils or “teams”
Meeting Adjourned at 10:30 a.m.
NEXT MEETING DATE:
Thursday, April 21, 2005 at 9:00 - 10:30 a.m.
OasisCenter
1221-16th Avenue South
Nashville, TN 37212