Forum Minutes 9/29/2010

Forum Meeting

September 29, 2010

Attendance:

K-2:  Celie Perleberg

3-4: Jill Morley

5-6: Kathy Manders

7-8:  Mary Blinn (substituting for Mary Ahnert)

Intervention (Elementary): Bridget Martel

Tech Team: Sue Zielanski

Team 1:  no rep

Team 2: Vicki Heupel and Ana Young

Team 3:  no rep

Intervention (High School):  Clara Clark

Administration:  Cynthia Clary, Matt Jensen, Jackie Boshka, Cory Pierce

**Please remember that all teams must have a representative and a replacement when unable to attend a meeting.

 Nominations and election of Forum Chair and Secretary

                Chair:  Clara Clark

                Secretary:  Sue Zielanski

Reports on HPT meetings

K-2:  Essential Learning dealt with money--preskills discussion, using uniform language and consistent expectations, as well as recognizing versus identifying.

3-4:  Essential Learning dealt with geography—discussion centered on using project based learning and/or assessing each essential learning.

5-6:  Essential Learning-- the 5-6 team took one of our Language Arts essential learnings and went through some of the keys to assessment such as purpose of the assessment, design of the assessment, communication after assessment, etc; and that we had a good discussion and start on the assignment from our administrators

7-8:  Essential Learning and the use of rubrics for assessment.

Intervention:  Focus was on outlining the system of intervention (documentation).

Tech team:  Essential Learning was citing sources appropriately—how it relates throughout the curriculum, project based learning, and rubrics.

Team 2:  Essential Learning dealt with science—brainstorming, rubrics, implementation and assessment of understanding (which Vicki successfully incorporated into her classroom).

Intervention (High School):  Essential Learning was reading symbols—making connections.

Discussion

The focus of the discussion was the role of the forum, direction, outcomes, and expectations of the HPT teams and the vertical meetings.  How do we assess the essential learnings, preassessment,  breaking it down, what if they don’t get it,  and then deciding what to do with all of that information.  Forum reps will report on BOTH the HPT team meetings, as well as the vertical team meetings.

Good News

Travis Knoll is a National Merit Scholar.

3^rd Graders—Glacier Park Staff complimented them on being the best behaved, most knowledgeable group.

Jill Morley had a low reader tell her that they  loved to read.

Mike Roberts and the Yearbook class—Profits from That Coffee Shop and their highlights show.

**Next HPT meeting will continue the 7-step process.  Forum meetings will be October 13, December 8, January 19, February 16, March 16, April 13, and May 11.