US+Meeting+2010+09+28

September 28 Agenda

1. Observation Cycle: Joe, Scott, Henry, Everyone else…

2. CARP: a) Vertical CARP Goal: progress report:
 * LS Wiki and vocabulary,

b) Horizontal CARP Goal: I met with Judy Bloch and sent a draft of our CARP goals to Pam Nosbusch. This is the proposal that I came up with.  c) Proceeding with our annual GOALS  · What to do for individual meetings  · In-service day/s (2 half days or one full day are acceptable)

3. Discussion on Online Textbooks a) What’s available online? Cost? [$500 ave, range $200-$1000]  b) Poke around: what’s available for our department?

4. Upcoming Dates of Importance: <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10/11: In-Service day on Reading  <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10/18: Vertical CARP Meeting <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">10/26: ASSEMBLY: UN Day <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">11/15: ASSEMBLY: Current Events Club: Significance of the Election <span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">12/6: ASSEMBLY: Human Rights Day <span style="background: #d9d9d9; display: block; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-background-themecolor: background1; mso-background-themeshade: 217;"><span style="font-family: 'Constantia','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">5. Next US Department Meeting: Monday, December 6 MINUTES Minutes, 9.28.10 Department Meeting 1. Observation cycle <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> a. Henry 2x <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> b. Joe 1x Observation and Artifact 2. CARP <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> a. Vertical CARP: Chuck is too busy choosing the next head of school to do vertical CARP now. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> i. Lower school wiki, link to our wiki <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> b. Horizontal CARP – Ben met with Judy Bloch to put this into appropriate language <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> i. See handout <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> ii. Discussion on when to do half-day curriculum mapping <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 1. Steve – why not a half day during the first three days of exams? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 2. Henry – a second day in May, also standardizing and sequencing of policies and standards. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 3. Steve is concerned about preserving some degree of teacher independence. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 4. Ben – let’s quickly (1/2 hour) put a document in place in December, then revisit it in May <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 5. How: by December 6th: printed and organized curriculum maps in hand. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level4 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> 6. Pam’s comments: Rubicon software? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> a. Henry points out that we are playing to colleges, not parents. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> b. Rishi reports that the MS makes extensive use of Rubicon. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 2.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level5 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> c. Ben will talk to Chuck about Rubicon. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> iii. General acceptance of CARP goals. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> c. Online textbooks <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> i. Cost factor - what is the cost of our OWN bound documents? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> ii. Digitizing documents? Is this more acceptable under fair use? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> iii. Rishi thinks digitizing is better/more legal. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> iv. Costs and benefits of digital need to be expressed <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> v. Rosie wants us to see what is available online. <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> d. Model UN/Model Congress <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> i. We may have to drop if no female chaperones <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> ii. Need to evaluate the benefit of these programs <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> iii. They do give us some stature/recognition 3. Upcoming dates of importance <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level2 lfo1; text-indent: -0.25in;"> a. Who is running these assemblies? <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> i. Steve – current events <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> ii. Global scholars should do UN and Human Rights (Elaine has done a lot of work on those.) <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> iii. Henry sugg. Working in pairs, Ben that Steve pass on any framework that he has, Rishi in identifying visual clips <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> iv. UN – Global Scholars (need 6 students) [Ben] <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> v. Scott and Henry on Human Rights Day <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> vi. Steve is doing Obama report card <span style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> vii. March 18 GSS slideshows <span style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt 1.5in; mso-add-space: auto; mso-list: l0 level3 lfo1; mso-text-indent-alt: -9.0pt; text-indent: -1.5in;"> viii. April 26th Earth Day [Joe]

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