Meeting+Agendas

Meeting Agendas a. Signing up for Drake or License Renewal Credit b. Expectations from AEA and Drake c. District expectations (C & I and AHS Administrators) d. Meeting schedule 2. __Share answers to homework questions__ 3. __Choose books (1 pair per book?)__ || a. Discuss reading, in light of the educational philosophy that is suggested or explicitly expressed. b. Write big ideas on white boards. 2. __Whole group discussion__ a. Share big ideas in readings || a. Share big ideas from books b. What common message (if any) can we take from these books? c. How do these ideas jive with our personal educational philosophies? || Where do we go from here? || 2010 || Discuss findings from the previous meeting. || 2010 || Brainstorm format for Teacher Evaluation standards. Work in groups to develop rubrics to assess standards. || 2010 || 1. Teachers who evaluated one another (classroom visits) will meet to share observations, and to discuss the pros and cons of the observation strategies that were used. 2. Teacher groups will share out. 3. Discuss positive aspects of evaluations, difficult aspects, and what might improve evaluations for the person evaluating and the person being evaluated. || 2. Discuss Lazere's tentative teacher evaluation model. 3. What can we accomplish in the next 2 meetings that will set a foundation for completing a model next year, that can be presented to the school board. ||
 * **Date** || **Agenda** ||
 * Sept 2, 2009 || 1. __Nuts and bolts__
 * Sept 30, 2009 || 1. __Meet with book partners__
 * Sept 30, 2009 || 1. __Meet with book partners__
 * Oct 14, 2009 || 1. __Continue whole-group discussion__
 * Oct 14, 2009 || 1. __Continue whole-group discussion__
 * Oct 28, 2009 || __Defining our Mission and Philosophy__
 * Nov 18, 2009 || Discuss "best practices" as described in the "Phase II" books with our book partners. ||
 * Dec 9, 2009 || Discuss "best practices" as described in the "Phase II" books with the entire group. ||
 * Jan 13, 2010 || Determine our outcomes for the semester. Discuss proposal from Lazere to develop an alternative evaluation system that includes agreed upon practices, multiple data sources, and criteria for assessing that data. ||
 * Jan 27, 2010 || Meet with administrators to discuss current evaluation practices ||
 * Feb 10, 2010 || Work time to pull together ideas from "Phase III" books to fill out the table on the Teacher Evaluation page. ||
 * Feb 24,
 * Mar 10,
 * March 31,
 * April 14, 2010 || 1. Teachers who evaluated one another (classroom visits) will meet to share observations, and to discuss the pros and cons of the observation strategies that were used.