Curriculum+Leaders

The purpose of the curriculum leader group is to share leadership among the teachers to better meet the needs of the group and to provide guidance about our professional development days. We believe the curriculum work would be enhanced by designating a teacher leader for each curriculum group. The proposed expectations of the curriculum leaders would include:
 * Curriculum Leaders **
 * Assistance in the planning of the Blue River Professional Development days
 * Planning and facilitating the curriculum meetings
 * Collaborate with the curriculum administrator


 * Leadership Group**
 * **Curriculum Area** ||  **District**  ||  **Leader**  ||  **Email Address**  ||  **Administrator**  ||
 * Kindergarten || McCool Junction || Nicole Wilkinson || nwilkinson@mcjmustangs.org || Laura Kroll: Exeter Milligan ||
 * First Grade || Dorchester || Shayla Stutzman || sstutzman@dorchesterschool.org || Laura Kroll: Exeter Milligan ||
 * Second Grade || Exeter-Milligan || Marla Weber || mweber@emwolves.net || Mitch Kubicek: Dorcherster ||
 * Third Grade || Exeter-Milligan || Casey Pohl || CPohl@emwolves.net || Mitch Kubicek: Dorchester ||
 * Fourth Grade || Exeter Milligan || Shelli Mueller || smueller@emwolves.net || Bryce Jorgenson: Shickley ||
 * Fifth Grade || Shickley || Zac Schlegel || zschlegel@longhornpower.org || Bryce Jorgenson: Shickley ||
 * Sixth Grade || Shickley || Greg Schroeder || gschroeder@longhornpower.org || Bryce Jorgenson: Shickley ||
 * Art || Shickley || Becky Jorgenson || bejorgenson@longhornpower.org ||  ||
 * Foreign Language || McCool || Ardys Dunsmoor || adunsmoor@mcjmustangs.org ||  ||
 * Physical Education || Shickley || Treva Nutter || tnutter@longhornpower.org || Adrian Allen: Dorchester ||
 * Music || McCool Junction || Heather Stahr || hstahr@mcjmustangs.org || Paul Sheffield: Exeter Milligan ||
 * Business || Shickley || Karma Yantzie || kyantzie@longhornpower.org || Curtis Cogswell: McCool Junction ||
 * CTE (Ag, FCS, IT) || McCool Junction || Dana Hall || dhall@mcjmustangs.org || Lin Schlueter: Exeter: Milligan ||
 * English/LA || Shickley || Jennifer Ippensen || jippensen@longhornpower.org || Derek Ippensen: Shickley ||
 * Science || Dorchester || Larry Burrows || lburrows@dorchesterschool.org || Mitch Kubicek: Dorchester ||
 * Math || Exeter-Milligan || Phyllis Severson || pseverson@emwolves.net || Dade McDonald: McCool Junction ||
 * Social Studies || McCool Junction || Guy Stark || gstark@mcjmustangs.org || Adrian Allen: Dorchester ||
 * Media || Exeter Milligan || Lisa Soukup || lsoukup@emwolves.net ||  ||
 * SPED || Dorchester || Theresa Johnson || tjohnson@dorchesterschool.org ||  ||
 * Title I || ESU 6 || April Kelley || akelley@esu6.net ||  ||   ||
 * Title I || ESU 6 || April Kelley || akelley@esu6.net ||  ||   ||


 * October 15 Planning Meeting**
 * 9:00-12:00**

Agenda:
 * Introductions and successes
 * Review Survey Data
 * Determine January 5 Schedule at Dorchester
 * Discuss Curriculum Meetings
 * Discuss dates for 2015-16:
 * Tuesday, September 8, 2015
 * Monday, January 4, 2016

Review Survey Data September 2 survey results

Planning Google Doc

January 5 Schedule 7:30-8:30 Registration 3:00 Dismissal

Curriculum Meetings

Dates for 2015-16 Keynote Speaker Dave Weber


 * May 30 Planning Meeting**

Agenda:

Review Survey Data Determine Sept 2 Schedule Discuss Curriculum Meetings Google Community Demonstration

Survey Data Survey Data - Google Spreadsheet Survey Notes 7:30-8:30 Registration and Sign in 8:30-10:30 General Session: 10:45--11:45 Concurrent Session1
 * September 2 PD Day McCool Junction**
 * Keynote: Dave Burgess

11:45--12:45 Lunch 12:45 - 1:45 Concurrent Session 2 2:00-3:00 Curriculum meetings

Proposed Concurrent Session Topics

Curriculum Meetings

Google Communities


 * October 28 Planning Meeting**

Agenda:

Review Survey Data Discuss Curriculum Meetings Google Community Demonstration

7:30-8:30 Registration and Sign in 8:30-8:45 First General Session: 8:45-9:45 Concurrent Session 1 10:00-11:00 Concurrent Session 2 11:15-12:15 Concurrent Session 3 12:15-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:45 Curriculum Meetings (Content Disciplines) 2:50-3:00 Second General Session: Closing
 * Proposed September 3 PD Day at Friend:**
 * Overview of the Day
 * Intros
 * Curriculum Leaders
 * Meeting Rooms


 * Proposed Concurrent Session Topics **
 * Full Hour Sessions **
 * Poverty - repeat Ruby Payne - Nancy Meyer
 * Reading comprehension - Rhoda Wahl - comprehension strategies for non fiction text
 * "How To" course on Check 4 Learning - Phyllis Severson and Rachel haider
 * Project Based Learning (UbD) - Backward Design - Toby (don't conflict with Livebinder)
 * Science sessions (inquiry John Peterson UNL)
 * Extension showcase of services (maybe display or poster session) exam other services - Saline, Fillmore and York County
 * Jen Madison Sessions from January -
 * Flipped Instruction - Lenny
 * Google Apps - Rachel Haider


 * Twenty Five Minute Tech Sessions **
 * Near Pod - Casey Pohl
 * Socrative - Matt Nicholas
 * Educreations - Ashley Austin - McCool
 * Livebinder - Karma Yantzie and Jen Ippensen
 * Google Hangouts
 * App Smackdown - Put results on a Google Doc
 * YouTube Smackdown - Put results on a Google Doc
 * Wiki link
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Kidsblog Shelli Mueller
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Edmodo Shelli Mueller
 * Twitter Hashtags - Laura Kroll

9:00-3:00 ESU 6 Agenda
 * May 31 Training**
 * Welcome and Introductions
 * Objectives
 * Plan September 3 Cohort PD day
 * Plan curriculum meetings
 * Technology Training
 * Google Hangouts
 * Continued iPad training
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Review of survey data from the January training
 * January Survey
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Discussion of curriculum group agendas and work
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Training on teacher discussions - the four types of teachers - April Kelley
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 1.5;">Discussion on curriculum topics and potential training
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Developing agendas for the September 2013 and January 2014 Professional Development days
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">How should we build the schedule for each?
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Balance between breakouts and curriculum time
 * Sample Agenda **

7:30-8:30 Registration and Sign in 8:30-8:45 First General Session: 8:45 - 9:45 Keynote 1 hour 10:00-11:00 Concurrent Session 1 11:15-12:15 Concurrent Session 2 12:15-1:00 Lunch 1:00-2:45 Curriculum Meetings (Content Disciplines) 2:50-3:00 Second General Session: Closing
 * Overview of the Day
 * Intros
 * Curriculum Leaders
 * Meeting Rooms
 * Motivation Roger Breed, Ruhl, speaker at BDS, teach like a pirate, Kevin Honeycutt

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Concurrent Session Topics Poverty - repeat Ruby Payne Reading comprehension - Rhoda Wahl - comprehension strategies for non fiction text "How To" course on Check 4 Learning - Phyllis and Rachel Project Based Learning (UbD) - Backward Design - Toby don't conflict with Livebinder Science sessions (inquiry John Peterson UNL) Extension showcase of services (maybe display or poster session) <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">exam other services - Saline, Fillmore and York county <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Jen from January Flipped Google Apps - Rachel

Twenty Five MInute sessions Near Pod - Casey, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Socrative - Matt Nicholas Educreations - Ashley Austin - McCool <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Livebinder - Karma and Jen Ippensen Google Hangouts App Smackdown - Google Doc YouTube Smackdown - Google Doc Wiki link <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Kidsblog Shelli Mueller <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Edmodo Shelli Mueller Twitter Hashtags - Laura Kroll

<span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Curriculum Meeting Ideas
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Google hangouts
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">Plan for collaborative projects
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">NeSA - study island
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">wiki usage - Cybraryman
 * <span style="color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif;">January Schedule and potential training


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Google Hangout training - recommendations for use within the curriculum groups
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">iPad training and discussion
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Wikis if necessary


 * October 19 Agenda**
 * Curriculum Meeting Discussion:
 * Dade McDonald: Teacher Team Norms/Questions
 * What rules or norms do we have for our team when we meet? When can we have our computers out and using them? Can we work on other tasks while there is downtime?
 * What is the purpose of our meeting today? Do we have an action plan every time we meet? What do we talk about at our meetings? Is the purpose of our meetings to share ideas and that is it? What are our goals of our team meetings?
 * Could our team build some common formative assessments even though some of us might use different textbooks and curriculum? Could our team come up with some essential learning objectives for certain classes that every school has?
 * Could our team take common formative assessments and use the data to improve student learning? Can we compile the data ourselves or would we like someone from outside the group to take the data and put it together?
 * Analysis of survey data
 * September Survey Results
 * Strengths
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">concurrent session were highly rated
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">people liked technology
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">more time in curriculum
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">liked agenda
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">slate of offerings was strong
 * Challenges
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">more focus <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">in curriculum
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">how do we efficiently schedule sessions
 * Improvement discussion
 * Discussion Protocols
 * January 4 Discussion
 * Agenda - times?
 * Keep same times as September 4
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Hy Vee Boxed Lunch?
 * Breakout Session Ideas
 * 6 <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">trait writing refresher - one or two
 * IW board training - Smartboard - Phyllis
 * State writing test scoring - Jen
 * How to write and score across the curriculum - engaging the whole staff
 * Behavior Management
 * Cloud On
 * Evernote - Laura
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Ipad apps <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">smackdown
 * Early Childhood
 * Specialized Apps - (early childhood; math; science)
 * Surviving teaching
 * Curriculum Meetings
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">iPad distribution and training

Welcome and Introductions Purpose Expectations and Incentives Wiki Refresher September 4 PD Day Planning Curriculum Meeting Agendas
 * June 12 Agenda**

Nicole Wilkinson: McCool Junction Nancy Vossler: Friend Mara Weber: Exeter-Milligan Casey Pohl: Exeter-Milligan Scott Pohl: Dorchester Diane Kremer: Friend Sue Eigsti: Friend TBA Lisa Ricenbaw: Friend TBA Heather Stahr: McCool Junction Karma Yantzie: Shickley Dana Hall: McCool Junction Margo Houlden: Friend Pat Rohrig: Friend Larry Burrows: Dorchester Phyllis Severson: Exeter-Milligan Guy Stark: McCool Junction Lisa Soukup: Friend Theresa Johnson: Dorchester
 * Leadership Group**
 * Kindergarten**
 * First Grade**
 * Second Grade**
 * Third Grade**
 * Fourth Grade**
 * Fifth Grade**
 * Sixth Grade**
 * Art**
 * Foreign Language**
 * Physical Education**
 * Music**
 * Business**
 * Industrial Arts**
 * Family and Consumer Science**
 * English/LA**
 * Science**
 * Math**
 * Social Studies**
 * Media**
 * SPED**