Menlo Park Academy Governing Board
Program Excellence Committee Meeting
Date and Time
Wednesday January 25, 2017 at 5:00 PM EST
Location
Menlo Park
OUR MISSION: Menlo Park Academy is a public school that develops the potential of gifted learners through an exemplary program of rewarding experiences that nurtures the whole child.
Agenda
| I. | Opening Items | |
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Opening Items
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| A. | Record Attendance and Guests | |
| B. | Call the Meeting to Order | |
| C. | Approve Minutes-9/20/16 | |
| D. | Approve Minutes Oct. | |
| II. | PBIS, Responsive Classroom | |
| A. | New item | |
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Update on status of training with team leads related to central concepts in Responsive Classroom.
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| III. | Review Status and Future Plans for Activities Previously Discussed/Approved by Committee | |
| A. | Review status chart | |
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Develop plans for next steps for each item on chart. Please see attachment called Program Activities.
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| IV. | Scheduling | |
| A. | Scheduling for Our New School | |
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Please find the URL for a informative article on scheduling in middle school. With our new flexible space learning environment, this will need considerable thought and planning. You will have to cut and paste the URL into your browser, then it should open and be readable. Please read as background for Wednesday's PEC meeting.
https://www.amle.org/BrowsebyTopic/WhatsNew/WNDet/TabId/270/ArtMID/888/ArticleID/269/Collaborative-Scheduling-Teams-Redefining-Time.aspx |
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| B. | Start and Stop Times | |
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Discussion to talk through the implications of conforming to CMSD parameters in order to use their transportation. |
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| V. | Summer and Important Dates | |
| A. | Plan for menlo courses. | |
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Discuss if summer courses will be offered at Menlo or elsewhere.
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| B. | Responsive Classroom Trainiing | |
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Discuss plans to get teachers trained in Responsive Classroom this summer
Ohio Columbus
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| C. | Professional Development | |
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Select possible dates for summer PD for preparing teachers for working ne new space in new space. |
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| D. | Test Dates | |
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Discus best configuration for AIR and MAP test dates. |
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| VI. | Updates | |
| A. | Professional Development | |
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Update on PD for teaching in flexible space and other topics. |
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| VII. | Closing Items | |
| A. | Adjourn Meeting | |