US+Meeting+2016+08+26

= AGENDA =
 * 1) PROFESSIONAL GROWTH GOALS & TEACHER RESPONSIBILITIES WORKSHEET.
 * Cushman email from 8/22/16
 * 1) Upcoming Events:
 * 9/8 Back to School
 * 9/18-20 Retreats
 * 9/23 New Student Comments Due
 * 10/15 All School Open House (BZ Covers)
 * 10/19 US Preview Night for 8th Graders (Henry) [Tyler covers 4/29 event]
 * 10/25 Grades/Comments Due
 * 1) CARP (Sent)...
 * 2) Universal Schedule (Include study halls)
 * 3) Syllabi
 * Grading alignment
 * practices and procedures
 * retests, late policies
 * 1) Campaign 2016:
 * Stacy Radke
 * We want students to do the work--but we need to provide them with expectations for quality.
 * liberal conservative clubs--merged into one Political Club. It would make the founding fathers proud. Smith-Worthington, VDH, Hutton.
 * last time 5 assembly days. Now we have schnur and 1 additional day.
 * student led debate
 * student voting (fake electoral college)
 * balloon drop. ?
 * Political Club, US Government, HMC
 * 1) Innovation Space:
 * Henry offers to share his material on aesthetics
 * Rishi: Our department lends itself to multidisciplinary teaching/learning.
 * "show me" Problem-solving. Research/critical-thinking. Less about the machines than the subject.
 * 1) AP UPDATE:
 * School visits, In-services, retreats, PD Grants
 * should we have something done by the time we have the meeting?
 * conversation with Elaine related to her goals for the year. (expansion of AP Curriculum)
 * Should we revisit what colleges are actually __doing__? Another Elaine conversation.
 * 2012/2013: John Cooper getting out of teaching because of abysmal level of undergraduate writing.
 * Manifesto
 * Faculty discussion of fairness of multiplier
 * 1) HOMEWORK Discussion!