Minutes+and+Agenda+11-19-2013

Curriculum Council Members - please feel free to add to this if we've forgotten anything
 * Curriculum Council Meeting**
 * November 19, 2013 - Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School**


 * Minutes and Agenda**
 * Lunch and Social – Thank you to Sr. Geri and Our Lady of Mercy Catholic School!
 * Prayer to the Holy Spirit
 * Welcome new members:
 * o Nanette Dolan, Bishop McGuinness (Technology)
 * o Chris Nunez (OLG)
 * 1) 1. Calendar for next meetings
 * o Jan 22, 2014- noon-2:30 (Will be held at St. Mark Catholic School, looking over proposals from presenters)
 * o March 12, 2014- noon – 2:30
 * o March 28, 2014- 8am-2:30 In-service at CCHS
 * 1) 2. Introductory remarks
 * o Continue to work on K-8th Grade Curriculum Summaries. Post on the Curriculum Council wiki (at http://doccurriculumcouncil.wikispaces.com/) or just send to Jacqui to upload. This is a long-term goal.
 * o On-going task of Curriculum and Catholic Identity (September 27th In-Service)
 * § Don’t feel like you have to police your group. Let it come to you, encourage them to edit and update.
 * § Jacqui will help with uploading on the wiki (at http://docprofessionaldaysept-27-13.wikispaces.com/), but you might also want to learn how to upload. Jacqui is always willing to help.
 * § Common Core concerns - these Catholic strategies will help address them.
 * 1) 3. March 28th Diocesan In-service (reiteration of what teachers want in a Professional Day- 8 points from Power Point)
 * 2) 4. Survey overview for March 28th In-service (refer to schedule Jacqui set out) (This reflects the changes agreed upon during the meeting)
 * o 9:00 (30 mins) start time- Prayer Service. Ideas: Include the Pastor of the Year nominee. 3 Priests from MACS, Triad, Mountains.
 * § //Including more feminine influences (Sister Mary Hughes?)//
 * § //Uplifting music! Have Dottie and Alan Hirsh work together? Include the band and choir.//
 * § //MJ and other religious could work together to plan the prayer service, give direction.//
 * § //Suggestion to have “Wisdom” as the theme//
 * o 9:30 (30 mins)- Keynote speaker, Sandy McMonagle.
 * § //Sandy will think about being a keynote speaker at the next conference.//
 * § //Looking to address renewed motivation for Catholic school teachers.//
 * o 10:00 – 11:00 (40-50 mins with 10 mins of travel time) Session 1 Presentations
 * § Will need at least 30 presenters for each session, so potentially up to 60 presenters. This is 10% of our teachers. Perhaps go outside of our Diocese- ask Raleigh, Charleston and Savannah? –This may not be a good idea - we might need to pay for substitutes and travel.
 * o 11:00-12:00 - Session 2 Presentations
 * o 12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
 * § During the meeting we decided to combined lunches and make it longer rather than a dual lunch with another session activity, extend sharing session, or start later. Multiple stations instead of going to one specific location. Just offer one dish to eliminate confusion. Let teachers know beforehand, so they can bring their own if not happy with selection?
 * o 1:00 - 2:00 Sharing sessions
 * § //Share items, discuss curriculum, some guided discussion//
 * § //How should groups be divided? Most groups will meet with their Sept 27th group but K-5 core might be different.//
 * //Could meet at Grade level, bring what subject teacher wants to discuss, a lot of teachers wanted to explore other subjects outside of their group (the K-5 core were assigned to a specific subject area for the Sept 27th meetings)//
 * § //K-5 core subjects-Possible topics during the Sharing Meeting: just share, just do Sept 27 lesson, just do guided discussion? Leave it up to the facilitator.//
 * § //Stick with same group, have everyone bring something to share, and the facilitator can decide what to do. Can decide to do a sharing on everything, and touch on Sept 27 project//
 * //Sept 27 to be done by the end of the year? This is an ongoing project.//
 * § //The K-5 teachers will get feedback from the schools and then they will decide.//
 * //If groups do not meet in the same groups, then they will have to get new or diff. facilitators//
 * § //Free, ** optional **sharing- if teachers are required to bring an item to share they are not as enthusiastic – make it optional//
 * o 2-2:30 - Closing sessions, fun celebrations
 * § Raffles, brief remarks, include Student Advisory Board. SAB can do a teacher Ttribute video.
 * § Teacher testimonies (3 mins)?
 * § Will ask Principals to see if we can approach the PTOs to help out with this day. If Principals okay it- then will ask about snacks, decorations, prizes. Buy one large item (iPad or something) as the large door prize.
 * § ** Names, not numbers. ** Numbers take too long. ** Drop name tag into the bowl, and need to be present to win **
 * § Will print name tags and also put sessions on it (just like at the big conference)
 * 1) 5. Present and Finalize Plans for March 28th
 * o Need 60 presenters. Some can be vendor. Vendor session, not tables. Send Jacqui email with your vendor suggestions.
 * § Reach out to presenters you are interested in. Principals will reach out to presenters as well
 * Presenter form is already created and ready to deploy
 * § Question about paying presenters: Janice explained that In-services are self-supporting, because each school gets billed for each teacher based on the total costs.
 * § Can we go to CMS or the State for people to present? What is the cost? Need Council’s help with this.
 * o Send out sessions and presenter lists to every teacher and have them register for sessions, so that the rooms can be booked accordingly. After that, lists are created. Send lists back to the Principals and post them on the door. Not going to police it, but will just direct them to the right room.
 * § It was later decided that Name Tags with Session lists would be created (just like the conference). These Name tags would be used not only to direct people to the session they registered for but also in the prize drawings
 * o Agenda for January: Pick proposals for presentation by Curriculum Council.
 * § Also ask the teachers if they are interested in presenting a session.
 * o Explanation regarding question about topics “Are they all technology-related?”
 * § We used to do a technology-only based conference at the Diocesan Center, but now we are looking to include everything and anything that teachers are interested in.
 * § Outside of teaching topics: Nurses, police, Immigration reform, Counselors, therapists.
 * o General CEU (.5) certificates (Per Janice’s suggestion- give presenters more CEUs as an incentive)
 * § Principals could hand out the CEU certificates at the end of the day.
 * § How not to lose people at the end?
 * 1) 6. To Do and Responsibilities Lists
 * o Bishop has a “Roses” club- could put together name badges and other small projects
 * o //Ramon and Joann// - can help with CCHS logistics with Steve Carpenter
 * § Students who need service hours. Clubs at the High Schools who can help with directing.
 * o Let Jacqui know what responsibility you would like to take on. Or anything that has been forgotten. Jacqui will put a “to do list” on the March28 Wiki.
 * § Timeline: As a council- come up with a list of what is important. **Have this list to Jacqui by Friday 11/22** She will compile and create a checkbox survey – Jacqui will send out to everybody, and include are you interested in presenting, and yes, what would you like to present? Proposals would be due January 20th (?) or any time prior to the Jan. 22 Council meeting. Send out proposals to the Council. Will discuss at January meeting.


 * 1) 7. Open Floor for Curriculum Council Members’ (your thoughts, questions, goals, ideas)
 * o A better job of letting people know what the Curriculum Council is and doing.
 * o Here is what was posted on the Curriculum Council wiki (may help articulate the Council’s purpose):
 * //The Diocese of Charlotte Catholic Schools Curriculum Council was formed with the intent of gathering together a group of dedicated teachers who are well-versed in their subject area and Catholic education for the purposes of://**
 * **//assisting in the articulation of our diocese curriculum//**
 * **//building and providing professional development opportunities for our schools//**
 * **//establishing a means to engage in ongoing professional dialogue with subject and grade-level colleagues//**