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 * ELA Core Steering Committee Agenda for December 10, 2012 **

9:30 AM -4:00 PM, Marshalltown AEA Room C Recording of this meeting*: (Insert link)
 * AGENDA & MEETING NOTES- DEC.10, 2012**

__**3. Current Work- What we must accomplish**__ __ **5. TODAY'S WORK TIME- What we need to work on today** __
 * __1. Welcome & Introductions: Deb and all__**
 * __2. Vision & Steering Committee Review__**
 * __4. ELA Strategic and Long Range Plan- What we must consider__**


 * __1. Welcome & Introductions: (Deb and all) *(Can you record meeting and connect with Fran via Google Hangout?)__**
 * 1) **__Would someone please take notes?__**

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Nancy has Science Steering Committee, so please skip down to TODAY'S WORK TIME- What should we be working on?. We will cover first part of agenda after lunch, when Nancy returns, and then continue working======

To improve teaching and learning by building capacity and creating concept-based classrooms statewide that align with Iowa Core through the Communities of Practice & Innovation
 * __2. Vision__**

Defining Our Work: Characteristics, Goals, Responsibilities & Deliverables
 * __REVIEW:__ **

We have defined the work of the Statewide CoPi Core-Steering Committee as follows:
 * Purpose of Committee: **

• Subject Matter Experts • 10-15 members, with dedicated time (3 hours/month for Core Team Meetings) • Leadership • Steering Committee
 * Characteristics **

• Makes decisions revolving community direction/vision • Sets up projects • Evaluates community effectiveness • Vets contributions • Facilitates activity
 * Behaviors **

• Developing a vibrant, self-sustaining community • Making an impact in statewide student achievement and Deliverables
 * Outcomes **


 * Responsibilities **


 * 1) Oversee Content
 * Content Types – Full Online Courses, Full Blended Courses, Credit Recovery Modules, Smaller Units, and Learning Objects/Resources
 * Content Sources – Purchased, Open-Source, Statewide Developed, or Community Contributed


 * 1) Oversee Professional Development
 * Formal OLLIE/MOLLIE courses (blended learning), foundational pieces (investigations, conceptual-based teaching), Seminars
 * Informal – Webinars, Online Discussions, Sharing Repositories, Meet-ups at conferences, Face-to-face session
 * Non-formal – Twitter chatter, etc.


 * __Outcomes and Deliverables: Our Charge__ **
 * 1) Developing a vibrant, self-sustaining community
 * 2) Access to digital content to be used online or in a blended classroom, including purchased content, statewide-developed content, and locally shared content from other CoPI teachers
 * 3) A series of online webinars relating to teaching of the courses in a blended- or online-setting
 * 4) Access to an area to share resources, ideas, or examples with other fellow teachers
 * 5) Ongoing online discussion forums
 * 6) A seminar each semester that focuses on the teaching of a specific piece of content. For example, we are looking at a Poetry seminar this spring for ELA, where teachers will experience the Poetry module from the experience of a student, discuss important steps to delivering the content in their own classes, share and reflect on their implementation with the group, and calibrate their assessments of student work with fellow teachers.
 * 7) CoPI - only sections of OLLIE courses

-- AEA K12 Online focuses on FOUR KEY AREAS ** * ** : ** FOUR KEY SERVICES OF AEA K12 ONLINE **


 * 1) ** Content **
 * 2) **PD** ( ** + Vibrant & Viable Communities of Practice and Innovation) **
 * 3) ** Technology Consultation for Moodle, LMS, etc **
 * 4) ** Vision and Strategic Planning Consultation **

Aligns nicely to Key Focus Areas ** * ** based on work of Evergreen Education Group's // // and // [|Keeping Pace] // report ** (Nancy) **
 * 1) **Strategic Planning**
 * 2) **Content**
 * 3) **Teaching and Pedagogy (PD)**
 * 4) **Technology**
 * 5) **Operations**

Data, Need Assessment & Strategic Planning: District Advisory Council Survey

What We Must Accomplish: A. ** COMMUNITY ** : Developing a vibrant, self-sustaining ** community **
 * 1) **Communities of Practice - Nancy**
 * 2) Healthy, Effective and Vibrant Social Learning Communities
 * How do we re-motivate current participants
 * Process and plan to bring other interested teachers on board- prerequisite steps
 * Plan for marketing and scaling
 * 1) Leadership Groups for Social Learning (**Nancy)**
 * 2) Etienne & Bev's webite on Leadership Groups **-** []
 * 3) //**[|Leadership in Social Learning Communities and Networks]-**// Distributed Leadership in Social Learning- pdf article


 * 1) Digital Habitats for Social Learning and Social Authoring
 * 2) Maryann Angeroth (& Robert) will report on this in Jan.

// Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //

B.: ** Access to digital content ** to be used online or in a blended classroom, including purchased content, statewide-developed content, and locally shared content from other CoPI teachers ** (CONTENT) ** // Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //

C. A series of online ** webinars ** relating to teaching of the courses in a blended- or online-setting ** (TEACHING/PD) (Pedagogy) ** // Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //

D. Access to an ** area to share ** resources, ideas, or examples with other fellow teachers ** (TECHNOLOGY) ** : Our "Digital Habitat"- from Etienne Wenger's book // [|Digital Habitats: Stewarding Technology for Communities] // // Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //

E.Ongoing online ** discussion forums ** ** (TEACHING/PD) ** : // Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //

F.A ** seminar ** each semester that focuses on the teaching of a specific piece of content. For example, we are looking at a Poetry seminar this spring for ELA, where teachers will experience the Poetry module from the experience of a student, discuss important steps to delivering the content in their own classes, share and reflect on their implementation with the group, and calibrate their assessments of student work with fellow teachers. ** (TEACHING/PD & CONTENT) ** : // Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //

Course being developed for Blended Learning // Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //
 * G. **** CoPI - only sections of OLLIE courses ** ** (TEACHING/PD) **

What We Must Consider (Strategically) Refer to // // and // [|Keeping Pace] // reports // Initial Thoughts or ACTION STEPS NEEDED: //
 * __ELA Strategic and Long Range Plan__ **
 * PD- Formal - Informal - Nonformal
 * What is the plan for building Foundational knowledge?
 * What is the best plan for on-boarding?
 * Do we have a Framework (Scope & Sequence) for our work/vision
 * Establish WORKFLOW

TODAY'S WORK TIME- What should we be working on?

>>> >>> -Blogs- CoPI blog spot on AEA K12 Website [] >>>> -Twitter
 * __See also:__** https://sites.google.com/a/ghaea.org/ccp/updates/tasks
 * **CONTENT (ALL)**
 * Continued improvement of English 9 **(All)**
 * **Action Steps:**
 * What’s next? (Coherent Curriculum Framework) **(All)**
 * Consistent/standard “Processes” & Workflow E.g- Lois Lanning Framework, TX Jim model and CBE model
 * Update on Lynn Erikson and Lois Lanning Workshops- Oct, and Jan.- How does Concept-based T&L drive our work?
 * CTE, Science and Social Studies - These teachers need the "Literacy" help from this ELA group
 * Should there be a CTE CoPI?
 * **Action Steps:**
 * **TEACHING/PD (All)**
 * Jill & Barb- Foundations for Conceptual T & L
 * Myra- Lit 101
 * Heather & Deb- Poetry Unit with Wrap-Around PD/Seminar
 * Fran- thoughts
 * Webinars- OL/BL and ELA & Literacy pedagogy
 * Community engagement
 * An entire list of PD- perhaps archived Webinars
 * **TECHNOLOGY- (Bev & Shaelynn)**
 * Technology Resources & Tools
 * Equella Repository
 * Digital Habitat for Community
 * **OPERATIONS (Deb and Nancy)**
 * Communications
 * Stakeholders: Principals, School Board, Parents
 * **COMMUNITY** (Nancy, Shaelynn, **Kirstey, Erin,** **Bev, and Deb)**
 * Define Leadership Groups
 * Recruitment
 * Communications- (ALL)


 * What needs to be communicated as a result of this meeting? **


 * Next Meeting Date: ** Jan.15