Curriculum Council Agenda
Thursday, November 18, 2004
1. Curriculum Council Guidelines
Membership
Voting Members
Recruitment
Staff
Parents
Students
Community Members
Board Member
Others
Leadership Teams
Professional Development Opportunities
2. Suggestions, questions, or concerns?
3. Next meeting Thursday, December 18, 2004 at 7:00 A.M.
Curriculum Council goals for 2004-2005
Textbook evaluation cycle
Curriculum Review (written)
Provide resources to all staff
Set goals for next year
Plan future professional development
Pilot potential adoptions
Approve new adoptions
Align curriculum with the presidential guidelines
Develop a curriculum guide for scheduling and other communication purposes
CURRICULUM COUNCIL- minutes from November 18, 2004
Members Present: Suzi Slater, Christopher Card, Dana Perry, Laura Bartel, Eileen Slider, Janet Reifenberg, Beth Parnell, Brian Friddle, Maureen Monroe, Larry Neitzert, Dr. Bill Skilling.
Discussion about Representation in By Laws:
Possible options:
WEA (PSC) Representatives - Laura Bartel, Dana Coon (can’t attend meetings), Janet Reifenberg, Kathy Pierman;
ParentRepresentation Possibilities - Caron Guidroz, Betty Juntunen, Matt or Heather Kulaga, Sandy Judd;
Student Representative Possibilities - Carla Sikkila, Jeanne Van Gilder, Katie Pingle, Tara Hawley;
Department Chair Representative.
Input by student and parent representatives but not voting rights - limit to number of representatives.
Meeting dates in by Laws: Probably in summer - one half and full days to meet goals.
Suggestion - Meet beginning of summer break when staff is still around.
Curriculum Leadership Teams:
1. Combine math, science, and PROM/SE/health/physical education. Need science representative for elementary.
2. Fine Arts/Language Arts.
3. Technology/Media Sciences
4. Social Studies/Character Ed/Counseling and Guidance
Need chair for each of these committees. The chair would help non-member make presentations to the Curriculum Council.
Department Elementary Chair High School Chair
Math, Science, Suzanne Cloudman Kathy Pierman
PROM/SE
Fine Arts/Lang. Arts Laura Bartel Christopher Card
Suzi Slater Barry Palmer
Beth Parnell
Technology, Media Maureen Monroe Brian Friddle
Social Studies, Character Dana Perry Larry Neitzert
Education, Counseling Janet Reifenberg
Curriculum Goals:
1. Textbook cycle
2. Curriculum review (what do we have in writing)
3. Provide resources for all staff
4. Set goals for next year
5. Plan for future professional development - how we deal with new guidelines coming down.
6. Pilot adoptions
7. Adoptions approval
8. Align curriculum with presidential guidelines (courses different this year - give update on what is going on. Will do this next month. Goal for the future for these programs.
9. Develop a curriculum guide for scheduling and other communication purposes (January)
10. What do we want to teach at each grade level?
Next meeting December 16, 2004 - What do we need to put in the curriculum? How things are going with the new classes? Perspective of how things are going?