January+31,+2010



The work group reported out on the priorities of each of the domains. The committee feels that the next step is a single work group with representation from each of the subgroups to crosswalk the priorities and recommendations to assimilate threads and create a summary document to be presented back to the whole committee. The CDEP team meets in January with SIT teams from each building, so that agenda is full. CDEP meets again in March to write the plan for the three years moving forward. The plan is adopted by the BOE each August for the following year. The implementation and monitoring process is critical.

Crosswalk group: Ginger Glynn (Social-Emotional) Andrew Davenport (Academic) Dan Gagnon (Workplace Competencies) Rosario Agostaro (Technology) Patti Haberstaat (Communication)

January 31, 2011 Minutes:

In attendance: Rosario Agostaro, Andrew Davenport, Dana Fulmer, Michelle Donlon

Goal: Put together a document to communicate the work of the committee.

Rosario shared new visual of Pillars.

Comprehensive Priorities and Recommendations List: Recommendations are not meant to be limiting; rather for clarification of the group's thinking around the priorities

List of Recommendations: Goal is to review the list for overlap and common threads with the ultimate product being a complete list of recommendations with few redundancies.

Looking at the priorities is helping with clarity moreso than "recommendations." The term "recommendations" actually could be replaced with the term "examples".

Here's the headline: Increase rigor and expectations. Two principles: base it on research assess the effectiveness The six priorities: collaborative learning and teaching (PLCs and team projects), real world applications/processes infusion of technology inquiry and critical thinking speaking and writing in a variety of formats consistency of social-emotional supports (and behavioral expectations)

Rosario shared that SMART Goals will be set at all levels, district-wide and building-level