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District Leadership Team Minutes for February 5,2007 Members Present: Janet Florine, Lisa Box, Matt Carlstrom, Karen Teff, Kim Dolensek, Darren Sheldon, Matt Grose, Brent Colligan, Deanna Hron, Sean Martinson,Yvonne Wilson, Gerald White, Laura Rudquist Members Absent: Jim Peters, Robert Bourman, Bobbi Jo Hemphill Call to order at 4:00 at Deer River High School Agenda was approved with no further additions. Minutes from January 19th were approved with a few minor changes. Business: 1) Organizational Structure/Committees Janet Florine took the DLT handbook as it was written in June 2006 and separated out the Staff Development portion. This will be a separate committee, and they will look at the staff development plan. She also inserted the "Charge to Committees" description sheet that Mr. Grose had distributed at the January meeting. Copies of the new DLT handbook were passed out. Matt Carlstrom, Janet Florine, Sean Martinson, and Deanna Hron will meet before the March DLT meeting to review the handbook and make further change recommendations. There were many changes made to the DLT map that was handed out in January. The DLT will be a group that other groups will report to. The other groups will be as follows: Data and AYP School/District Safety Technology Communication Curriculum and Assessment Staff Development There is a lot of overlap between these groups, but the heads of each group will meet periodically to discuss progress and common issues. Each committee head will also report to Mr.Grose about system accountability. Mr.Grose will be presenting a recommendation to the school board to request late starts next year so that committees have time to meet. All present DLT members expressed on which committee(s) they are interested in serving. 2) Best Practice Grants Janet Florine, Sean Martinson and Deanna Hron wrote a rubric for accepting Best Practice Grant applications. The rubric requires those requesting a grant to research on the need for the proposed project, how it fits into staff development goals, how it will affect students, and how its effectiveness will be evaluated. The rubric will be used to assign applicants points. If an applicant does not receive enough points to be given the grant, the application will be returned and the applicant will have the opportunity to resubmit after further research. The staff development team would be the ones to approve the applications, and report their actions to the DLT. This plan was accepted by the DLT with only a date change for applications for this year only. 3) Budget Due to an increased number of students in the recent months, Mr.Grose was able to share that he anticipates the cuts for next year to not be as deep as in the past. However, there are still many variables that will affect the final budget (legislature, contract, retirements, etc). 4) Curriculum Review Cycle A copy of the IASC model and District 317's model were handed out. Our goal is to match the IASC model within the next few years (as best as possible). This could be a very difficult task with the elementary schools and High School on different cycles as well as changes mandated by the State. Matt Carlstrom, Janet Florine and Mr. Sheldon will gather information from the various schools about where each department is at in the cycle, what is being done to meet AYP goals and who the lead person for each department will be. 5) Partnerships Bobbi Jo Hemphill did a lot of good work with communication and partnerships last year. Before making any changes or recommendations, Matt Carlstrom will touch base with Bobbi Jo at the High School Site Team meeting to see what has been done. It was expressed that perhaps the Warrior Express should also include information from the elementary schools, have more participation from the High School, and have a student opinion page. These issues will be further discussed in March. 6) Site Reports North - They are still feeling a lack of communication between schools and also a lack of leadership. Special Ed services are still a need and they feel the need to re-instate services at North. Mr. Sheldon has done research and submitted it to Mr. Grose. Yvonne Wilson reported that the Leech Lake Headstart may be canceling its programs at Eagleview and in Inger. It would then be taken over by North. This would be a positive thing for North School. Gerald White reported that at a community meeting, there seemed to be support for this plan. King - They will continue to look at building goals. High School - The schedule continues to be one of the biggest issues at the high school. Parent/Community - Gerald White reported that there is no currently active parent committee, and in order to receive Title VII an Title IX monies, there needs to be one. There needs to be teacher representatives on it as well. Matt Carlstrom reported that he and Mark Drotts had been on that committee in the past. Student - Laura Rudquist reported that she is happy that the DLT is back up and running. Also reported on upcoming Snowball activities and FCCLA preparing for STAR Events. Also, Joe Keezer (7th grader) was the Spelling Bee Champion. The leech Lake Honor Guard will be sponsoring 2 11th grade native Students to go to Boys State. Teachers should send nominations to Gerald White. 7) Next Meeting - March 5th 3:45 @ High School Meeting adjourned @ 6:45 Respectfully submitted by Karen Teff, Secretary |
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