MAPEC Meeting Notes

March 16, 2011

Welcome

¨  Rocco via Skype – technology we could use for future meetings?

¨  Next mtg to start at 9:30am to allow travel time

¨  Thanks to Linda for online class

Stephen Cowles (attorney) – not available due to health issues – Mike will ask if he can attend Spring Briefing

¨  Email specific questions to John or Mike so lawyer can have answers ready

¨  Looking for back-up attorneys (possibly a panel of attorneys)

Maryland PE Inventory

¨  Linda & Scott volunteered to attend MD Online IEP meeting to add assessments to drop down menu for MD IEP Online

¨  Linda & Scott collecting assessment tools used throughout the state to add

¨  Linda presented updated DRAFT of PE Inventory

¨  Inventory matched to State Standards

¨  Looking for more input so all counties can use and have consistency across state

¨  Balt County/Howard County – Grade Level outcomes matched to MD State Standards – Rubrics

¨  PG – working on similar rubrics

¨  Mike Mason – State will not provide a goal bank for any academic area – up to county to create; suggested that work already done is shared

¨  Linda/Mike will bring downloadable form of Baltimore County goal bank to Spring Briefing if possible

¨  Goal bank could be made available on wiki space

Discussion –

¨  3 year olds receiving APE?

¨  Some jurisdictions offering APE for 3 year olds

¨  Is this Required? Question for Allen

Discussion –

¨  Do counties have a “committee for standardized assessment tool approval?”

¨  Some need to receive approval from committee in order to use standardized tests

Exit outcomes –

¨  Grades K – 7 completed?

¨  Rubric provided for each outcome – serves as a tool for assessing need for APE

¨  Mike will bring assessment rubrics/grade level outcomes already completed to spring briefing for download.

Data for APE/IEP/504/Athletics due to Mike by May 15

¨  Mike will present current data at Spring Briefing

¨  Looking at # of students with PT goals vs. #students with APE goals (correlation?)

Corollary Sports – to be discussed at Spring Briefing

Professional Development

¨  Topic sheet handed out

¨  Review sheet – add more topics/ assign specific presenter to topics

¨  Supervisors should contact Tom Waite to schedule APE training during inservice days

¨  Bocce training available for elementary and middle PE teachers to increase interest for HS team

Additions to Spring Briefing Agenda

¨  Mike reviewed agenda

¨  Counties should bring “what they did in APE this year” – sharing information and good news

¨  Looking for Fall Convention speaker

¨  Mike will send out current numbers for APE teachers/resource/supervisors – please update info – Some counties need info to fight for more APE positions

Guide to APE Practice

¨  Scott presented idea similar to OT/PT guide for best practice in state – possible??

Goal Bank – Linda / Beth

¨  Balt County Tienet goal bank presented

Time management for APE teachers

¨  Scott looking at data for his APE teachers – report on where they are every minute of day for 1 week – to use data to make changes as necessary in staffing, etc

¨  Scott will bring template to Spring Briefing

Online APE class

¨  Mike looking for volunteers to take new APE class (created by Linda) – earn 2 credits

¨  Need 23 people to “pilot” the class

¨  Should be up and running in Fall 2011 for teachers to take for MSDE credit

¨  Send names/emails of interested people to Mike