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US Meeting 2017 12 11
Meeting

Agenda


 * 1) Staffing and Student Numbers 2017
 * 2) NEW FACULTY PLANS
 * Original plan didn't work out.
 * Now we're opening up a Search.
 * Search Subcommittee [3 members] to assist in
 * reviewing resumes and ordering them
 * FOCUS ON DIVERSITY INITIATIVE.
 * interviewing candidates (Skyping after school)
 * participating in school interview days.
 * Currently waiting to hear about the precise job description.
 * re COMMITTEE: If Sam/Joe on Committee we can get people sooner.
 * 1) Use these projections to work with for 2017. Cap at 20.
 * 9th: 115
 * 10th: 112
 * 11th: 105
 * 12th: 107
 * 1) Requests for New Courses (info. out--Elaine)
 * 2) Application (reflect staffing component) January 5th by 3:15. : [|Application]
 * 3) Instruction to get signature from Department Chair (meetings with both of us) Ideas but not complete proposals should be shared with us before winter break.
 * 4) Voted upon at the January 11th meeting
 * 5) Innovation Diploma Designated Courses
 * We could emphasize diploma designations and how a new course could
 * serve a designation?
 * we need someone nimble.
 * 1) NEW COURSE POSSIBILITIES:
 * 2) HENRY AP Micro in the Fall?
 * 3) RISHI would like to do a course in 2 years
 * 4) SAM suggests swapping a course fall/spring 2019/20.
 * 5) JOE thinking -- Barefield approached him asking if Joe would teach Ancient Greek course.
 * 6) needs someone to teach a section of Latin.
 * 7) Observations --Form E due 2/23/18 [THIS ONLY APPLIES TO EASON, ADEY, WEND, ZARWELL]
 * 8) EXAMINATIONS/DOLS:
 * 9) Please provide a copy of DOL material to Department Chair (only!)
 * 10) Independent Study Request Forms for Students. Any students who want to participate in Independent Study need to fill out a form and run it past teacher and Admin.
 * 11) SYLLABI
 * 12) Please provide copy of syllabus for any second semester course to Department Chair (only!)
 * 13) AT Courses: related to Professional Learning Communities
 * 14) It appears World Languages already plan to do this.
 * 15) Juniors and Seniors need rich opportunities.
 * Development of electives has been and continues to be a Strategic Priority
 * 1) We want a model for students to have optimized learning,
 * 2) We don’t want an academic caste system where Humanities students get hurt
 * We want an equal path for our “AND” school and we need classes for diploma designated courses that don’t lend themselves to APs. (Innovation, Entrepreneur)
 * We want to EQUALIZE strands for diploma designated fields