Curriculum Council Agenda and Minutes

Wednesday, October 4, 2005

7:00 A.M. in the Board Office

 

.  Review Minutes/Approval: May and June of 2005

 

.  Purpose -

What do we want to accomplish?

Superintendent's role

Building Principals' role

Co-Chairs' role

Team members' role

 

.  Reorganization for 2005-2006

Co- Chairs: Janet Reifenberg and Maureen Monroe

Members:

Eileen Slider

Larry Neitzert

Laural Bartel

Suzanne Cloudman

Christopher Card

Chuck Harper

Suzi Slater

Brian Friddle

Travis Brown

Ken Keyes

Barb Cusick

Cathy Fitzgerald

Barry Palmer

Andrew Mason

Board Member?

Parent?

 

.  Goal Setting 2005-2006

•  Review of Math Curriulum

•  Review of English Curriculum: More emphasis on writing

•  Assessment Strategies

•  Individual Student Data: IISD - On Fire with Data

Colleen Scott Keiser

Janet Reifenberg

Cathy Fitzgerald

Maureen Monroe

Chuck Harper

Suzi Slater

Brian Friddle

Bill Skilling

•  Data to Results - MASB: Board work session Mon., Nov. 14, 2005 at 6:30 p.m.

•  Alignment of Curriculum with MEAP testing

•  Social Studies

•  Math

•  English

•  Science

 

.  Textbook evaluation cycle

Math K-12 (Note: We may only need to adopt a new textbook for grades 7-12)

English K-12 (Note: We may not need to adopt a textbook but just review and modify of existing curriculum and instructional strategies)

Spanish 5-12 Textbook

 

.  District Wide Assessment

Assessment Strategies K-12

Northwest Assessment: MAP

 

.  Misc .

 

.  Future meeting dates: Will these dates work or do we need to change them?

Tuesday, October 18, 2005 at 7:00 a.m. @ Secondary Media Center

Tuesday, November 22, 2005 at 7:00 a.m. @ Elementary Media Center

Tuesday, December 13, 2005 at 7:00 a.m. @ Secondary Media Center

Tuesday, January 17, 2005 at 7:00 a.m. @ Elementary Media Center

 

•  Curriculum Co-chair meeting: Thursday, October 13, 2005 at 3:30 p.m.