Minutes:

Teacher Quality Committee

Teacher Quality Minutes for March 23rd

Pfohll, Olson, Miller, Fergeson, Lass, Bradley, Glaser, Haverland, Heitzman, Duehr

School-Based Funding Request

Senior High School--A repair kit for grading by Ken O'Connor--pay for discussing book

Discussion about Funding

Those wishing to go to the PLC conference in Lincolnshire need to tell Tammy by next week (August)

Summer technology camp will be offered through current TQ funds

Logistics need to be determined...how long, who, when?

Ideas
-PD--hardware, software, application in classroom, integration into specific curriculum
-Menu of options
-Differentiated PD--levels

Expenses
-Presenters--prep and instruction
-Hourly per diem per participant
-Software programs

Preparation Tasks for Technology Camp

Goals of summer experience
Content
Budget--payment and paperwork--seven hours of pay per participant
Communication about event
Registration
Accountability
Staffing
Scheduling
Facilities
Overall format--half day or full day

How?
School-based for 2012-2013
School-based electives
June-August
Planning group (at least one principal and two or more teachers...paid from TQ funds)--maximum costs?
Submit proposal to TQ
Seven hours per diem per teacher, counselor, nurse (initial allocation)
Pay instructors...prep and instruction (1:1)
Pay planning group to prepare plan at each school
Use tech and programs available at the school
Money not used by (date) will return to the DCSD TQ committee for other use
Budget--percent for planning, percent for instructors prep, percent hourly per diem

We are going to offer school-based opportunities this year and pursue the technology camp next summer

Nancy will draft information for principals and it will be proofed by David, Dale, Andy, and Lynne

Next meeting is April 26 at 3:30

January 24, 2012 at 3:30 p.m.

Members Present:

J. Haverland, A. Ferguson, D. Olson, J. Miller, A. Miller, E. Glaser, L. Devaney, T. Duehr, N. Bradley, S. Rheingans, D. Lass, J. Heitzman, and K. Pfohl

School-based Funding Requests

• Hempstead—13 AIW teams
• Table Mound—Purchase books for action team
• Senior—Global Achievement Gap books and discussions around it and the blueprint (Social Studies and Science teams)
• Marshall—Half-day leaves to learn about student interventions in the classroom.

Discussion of Article: “Siphoning Funds for Education Reform Eyed

PLC Book Distribution: Strengthening and Enriching Your Professional Learning Community – The Art of Learning Together by Caine and Caine

Do we want to send TQ members to attend PLC’s at Work conference in Lincolnshire, Illinois? The cost would be approximately $609 per person to attend.

Budget: Review Committee’s Designation of T.Q. Funds per 11/3/11 Meeting

Summer Technology Academy/Camp

Solution Tree Summer PLC Conference in Minneapolis

Update on Electronic PLC Log

DCSD DINA Plan and the Role of the Teacher Quality Committee

Lynne shared the DINA plan. The group putting together the plan thought about initiatives that are already in place so that we are not starting everything from scratch. The goal was to be very focused—to keep things narrow. The plan is based on data—similar to our work in TQ.

Future Meetings

February 9, 2012 (work groups)

March 1, 2012

April 26, 2012

May 17 or June 7, 2012?

Other

A robust conversation ensued about how we blend everything together within our PLC framework and what this might look like. Discussion points included how to make this fair for all; how our district gets PLC’s to implement the goals in terms of the DINA plan; and how schools that are focusing on AIW can cover the new learning that needs to take place.