10-6+Notes

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 * **Review of agenda, Updates ** || **Common understanding, Identification of additional items **** (Questions/Actions are listed below in red) ** || **Evan & Others ** || **10 ** ||
 * Recording for today's meeting:

• Review 2011-12 Goals

Goal 1: Goal 2
 * Due to some technical issues, there are missing minutes in this section
 * Advisory Council Meeting on Monday, October 10
 * Key topics in Special Education
 * Child Find content
 * Working with two groups, AEA 8 and AEA 267
 * Content will be put together in Moodle
 * IEP Basics will be put into Moodle also
 * Cyberbullying and Digital Citizenship
 * Did not get a chance to talk about this
 * There is already a module in Moodle that can but used
 * There are numerous websites out there
 * The material is already out there, we just need to find a way to synthesize it
 * Diversity/Cultural Competence
 * Material will be developed by Katie Gavin
 * Other consultants that have been contacted are Stephaney Jones-Vo and Gilmara Mitchell at AEA 11
 * A statewide committee will be developed to look over the content and approve it
 * RTI/Iowa Core
 * What is a training?
 * What is a module?
 * What is a course?
 * Hopefully by November, we will have an Action Plan
 * Alignment
 * Will need to talk to Brad regarding this subject
 * Bus Driver
 * Evan will work with the Department of Education to develop this training
 * Probably will not be worked on until December
 * Training possibly available the second semester
 * HIPPA Training
 * Committee of HR Directors
 * Evan would like to visit with this committee for input on possible trainings
 * There is a module that is three years old that was developed and could be updated
 * Data Team
 * Data decision making process
 * Foundational piece that could serve as a basis for PBIS or RTI
 * If a school does not already have this, this would be a way for the teachers to buy into this type of training
 * Mentoring
 * Collect data relating to student acheivement
 * No cost OLLIE Cohorts
 * 10 week course; we are in unit 2
 * Model of this throughout the year will work well
 * Course 5 will be offered to anyone that would like to take it; this will be offered next summer
 * Evan will work with teachers to develop dates for the Introduction to Online Learning
 * Would be open to all AEA consultants
 * Offer more OLLIE course offer
 * Advisory Council will talk more about the implementation of the evaluation instruments

Goal 3
 * ARRA Ed Tech work grant ended September
 * We need someone that will be the nuts and bolts person
 * Scott (AEA 8) has agreed to work on this project
 * Nancy is working on the hierarchy of this program
 * We could decide not to sustain this goal
 * Probably not the best decision; but could happen
 * AEA PD Online could take of the overseeing of this position; we could hire Nancy and find a way to fund this position
 * AEA PD Online is currently only focusing on PD for K-12; we would have to expand our focus beyond just PD
 * Nancy will meet with Media Directors next week
 * One area where there is a huge amount of interest is eCurriculum
 * This area is unexplored by the AEA's
 * The curriculum that is out there is either expensive or not very good or both
 * This may be the work of the AEA's services that they offer
 * Continuing to work with the other providers
 * IAETC group has new members and things are starting to get rolling
 * ISEA - Cindy Swanson is working with this group
 * Twitter and Email Blasts have been used for marketing

• Ed Tech ARRA work and its relation to AEA PD Online

• 2010-11 Heartland Expense report, 2011-12 Proposed Budget, Update from Chief's Meeting Expenditures Revenue
 * These will be provided monthly
 * The item that says Technician
 * Peggy and Marv's salary
 * Professional-Other is Evan's salary
 * Consultant-budget for the online instructors hired by AEA 11
 * Educational Professional Services-consultants hired by other AEA's
 * Heartland pays the other AEA plus 3% for the handling of the instructor
 * Technical Service-service contract with Heartland
 * Service From Other AEA-dollar amount that is going back to AEA's at the end of the budget year
 * General Admin Allocation
 * Heartland charged 10%; this 10% contains
 * 3% back end charges
 * 5% for the credit card costs for Wells Fargo
 * 2% for secretarial support/server support
 * We are implementing Google Apps
 * We worked with the EduVision person from Heartland
 * The Chief Administrators came away with a better understanding of the dollar amount that Heartland charged AEA PD Online
 * Amounts for the college/university goes directly to the college/university
 * We have brought in 83% of our budget from the Online Trainings
 * We will bring in well over $67,000 from our Online Courses
 * There is a Cancellation Fee; this fee is $20
 * Sales to LEA's and AEA's
 * This is the $0.50 charge per student for access to the Online Training System
 * There is room there to ramp up some other offerings
 * Talk about hiring an additional Online Instructional Designer
 * We do need an Intel Elements Instructor

• OLLIE Cohort 5

• Moodle Users Group (Bob Puffer - Luther)
 * Keystone has been visiting with Evan
 * Bob has been interested in creating a community centered around Moodle
 * He is part of a group called CLAMP
 * This is a group of 36 schools that get together and work collaboratively to work on Moodle code
 * Evan is interested in working with a group of teachers
 * To share ideas and troubleshoot ideas
 * What Peggy is starting could become the basis of this idea
 * This may move beyond K-12 education
 * The facilitator would be the key to keeping this group together and to move it forward
 * Bob has been invited to the next meeting
 * Another partner could be IDLA
 * Could partner with them to have a Moodle Moot Conference with them
 * This does not have to be just an Iowa thing; it could be a Upper Midwest User group
 * Bob is Moodle specific; IDLA is more Blackboard driven
 * We need many more partners involved in this user group

• DE Update

• Updates from Peggy
 * Module is almost complete
 * Working with Deb VerSteeg to get it up on Moodle
 * There are a few additions that need to be made
 * Peggy has also created a course for instructors
 * This would be a place for instructors to "vent"
 * To get additional information for their courses
 * Encouraging instructors to inform Peggy if they would like to be part of this course
 * Peggy has created "Friday Feature"
 * This is a blog to keep instructors informed
 * Trying to get more templates for the Moodle system
 * This would give the look and feel of PD Online, but provide choices in customization of their course
 * Website is being moved
 * Has been moved from the Sox site to the EdLine site
 * This is the new host of iowaaea.org
 * EduVision
 * Peggy has created a channel for AEA PD Online
 * There is a subchannel that was created to allow teachers to work with students in video creation
 * This will not be housed on the Moodle server; valuable space will not be used for videos
 * Videos can also be made private, so this will not be available to the world
 * Sharon shared a phone conversation she had this morning from the former DE Assessment consultant to house some statewide content
 * Peggy will work with her regarding this subject matter

• Advisory/Governance Council

• Marketing/Communication ||
 * Closing || **What needs to be communicated? **
 *  Future agenda items? **
 * Schedule for next year? ** || Evan || 5 ||
 * Agenda items:
 * Moodle group discussion ||