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WESTERN ARKANSAS EDUCATION RENEWAL ZONE
A D V I S O R Y B O A R D M E E T I N G W E D N E S D A Y , S E P T E M B E R 1 9 , 2 0 1 2
WELCOME
SPECIAL GUESTS
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June Haynie—ADE
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Director, ERZ and Scholastic Audit
Jack Hansen—ADE
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Technical Assistance Specialist—ERZ
Dr. John Jones—UAFS
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Dean, College of Education
RECAP FROM ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-12
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External Evaluation—Sue Street & Assoc.
RECAP FROM ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-12
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External Evaluation—Sue Street & Assoc.
RECAP FROM ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-12
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External Evaluation—Sue Street & Assoc.
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Recommendations from state-wide report:
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#1—Continue building relationships between school, university and community.
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#2—School & university experts examine school data, diagnose school needs, and work to satisfy such needs #3—Ensure university partners understand how their contributions fit into ERZ goals #4—Continue to provide forums for collaboration to address ERZ goals #5—Maintain a “core” advisory group to function as true advisors to the ERZ
RECAP FROM ACADEMIC YEAR 2011-12
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ERZ Budget Update
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Assistant Director positions across state eliminated
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37% cut in Travel/Mileage 17% cut in Maintenance/Operations 40% cut in Materials/Supplies Salaries for Administrative Assistant and Director maintained—no cut, nor increase
GOAL 1
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Google Docs presentation
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August 15 th —Hackett School District
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6 one-hour round-robin sessions 51 administrators, teachers, and staff members participated
GOAL 1
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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LDC/MDC
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Throughout year working with Fort Smith Public Schools
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Northside High School
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Southside High School Darby Junior High Kimmons Junior High Ramsey Junior High
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Chaffin Junior High Developed by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
GOAL 1
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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LDC—Literacy Design Collaborative
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The LDC framework is a “common chassis” to create tasks, modules, and courses designed to teach students to meet the new CCSS while also learning to meet content demands at high levels of performance.
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LDC framework template aligns to Common Core Literacy Standards
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PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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MDC—Math Design Collaborative
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Approach by which to implement CCSS
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Instructional tool designed to reach goal of 80% of low-income and minority students ready for college by 2025 5 key strategies:
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Clarifying learning intentions
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Effective discussions, questions, and tasks that evidence learning Forward-moving feedback Student as owner of his/her learning Student as resource for others
GOAL 1
PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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LDC/MDC Resources
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LDC: www.literacydesigncollaborative.org
www.mygroupgenius.org/literacy
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MDC: www.mygroupgenius.org/mathematics http://map.mathshell.org
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ASCD ( Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development ), Alexandria, VA http://educore.ascd.org/
GOAL 1 A
PRE-SERVICE EDUCATION
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CCSS Conference—TENTATIVE PLAN
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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
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9:00 am—3:00 pm Target audience is UAFS pre-service teachers Overview in morning Breakout sessions in afternoon—Math and Literacy
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RIGOROUS CURRICULUM
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BEST Robotics
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Jason Merritt ,
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UAFS BEST Asst. Hub Director
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Sign-up for 2012 season
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Monday, September 17, 2012 River Valley Game Day (local)
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Saturday, November 3, 2012 Frontier Trails Game Day (regional)
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Nov. 30 & Dec. 1, 2012
GOAL 2
RIGOROUS CURRICULUM
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Science Lab Review
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Hackett High—Sept 7 th
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Dr. Arant, Dean of STEM College Dr. Davis Pritchett, Dept. Head Biology
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Constitution Day
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Hackett High—Sept. 17 th
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7-12 th Grade Dr. Eric Baker, Asst. Prof., Political Science
GOAL 2
RIGOROUS CURRICULUM
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Global Speakers
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Oct. 18—Mansfield Elementary
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UAFS international students representing the countries of Japan, Taiwan, and France
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RIGOROUS CURRICULUM
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Festival of Science
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Oct. 27th—UAFS campus—1:00-3:30 pm
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Brainchild of Chemistry Professors, Dr. Dave McGinnis and Dr. Jen Jamison Science engagement event 60-70 3 rd grade students (invitation only) Teacher Hospitality Room for all 3 rd , 4 professors; 1:30 – 3:30 – Festival Time!) th , and 5 th Grade ERZ teachers (1:00 –1:30 pm – meet the
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RIGOROUS CURRICULUM
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National Science Bowl
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Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy
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Open to junior high and high school teams Regional site is at UAFS Limited to 12 teams Competition Day – Saturday, Jan. 26 th Registration – Oct. 1 st —Jan. 12 th Regional science bowl championship teams receive an all-expenses paid trip to compete at the national event in Washington, D.C.
http://science.energy.gov/nsb/
GOAL 2
RIGOROUS CURRICULUM
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Guest Speaker—Temple Grandin
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March 11th—Stubblefield Center
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Free admission Part of UAFS’s READ THIS! annual event Selected text for READ THIS! 2013 is:
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The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
GOAL 3
MENTORING PROGRAMS
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Darby-UAFS Mentoring Project
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With the Ranger Recon Program
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Video Consider opportunities to visit campus Digital, multi-modal composition professional development Free software programs created video:
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Audacity (sound mixing)
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Microsoft Movie Maker (video and still images)
GOAL 4
RECRUIT/RETAIN TEACHERS
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15-minute presentations to consider STEM Ed. fields
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Visited 7 education classes (Intro to Ed., Intro to Ed. Tech.)
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Scheduled to visit 9 STEM classes (Calc I, Chem I, Intro to Cell Bio, Intro to Engineering) Looking for opportunities to visit appropriate high school classes to share information
GOAL 5 PARENT/COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT •
Electric Car & Executives in the Classroom
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Electric Vehicle able to visit schools or can be set up for a campus visit
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Lead professor recently completed sabbatical at ABB Baldor researching electric motors Panel discussion could be arranged with professors and career engineers on this authentic STEM problem-solving initiative
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Advisory Board Meeting Schedule Email Info Blast
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Opt-in for all ERZ partners
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Go to www.uafs.edu/erz for sign-up link CCRPP Grant
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HOLD until Nov. Advisory Board Meeting
GOAL 6 COLLABORATION AMONG PARTNERS
CCRPP Grant
COMMENTS & ROUND TABLE TOPICS •
Open to the floor
ADJOURNMENT
www.thisamericanlife.org