Meeting+Notes+11-19-09

We divided the strategic objective according to the following phrases:
 * We will revolutionize the learning experience by meeting the needs of 21st Century Learners through relevant curriculum and engaging instruction guided by personalized educational plans . **

We rotated around the room and wrote what the above phrases meant to us.
 * 1) Revolutionize the learning experience
 * 2) What is a 21st Century Learner
 * 3) Engaging Instruction
 * 4) Relevant Curriculum
 * 5) Personlized Educational Plans

The phrases were then grouped into: Groups began to narrow this down….What does this mean to you?
 * 1) 21st Century Learners & Personalized Education Plans
 * 2) Revolutionize Learning Experience & Meeting Needs
 * 3) Relevant Curriculum & Engaging Instruction

__**When each group presented their synonyms/phrases, there was some natural overlap. Condensed, here are the ideas we came up with**__: ▪Innovative, critical thinking, globally competitive leaders that are able to responsibly interpret and discern multiple sources of information ▪Create a Personalized Education Plan that includes setting learning goals, identifies individual learning styles, and is done in partnership with student, parents, teachers ▪Ongoing monitoring/assessment, through user-friendly database, of the P.E.P. and curriculum ▪Instruction that meets multiple learning needs and develops problem-solving/ higher-order thinking skills ▪Curriculum applicable to the real world, related to cultures/interests, that prepares students for 21st Century jobs and careers (current & unknown) ▪Collaborate with community, using them as a resource to foster leaning beyond the classroom ▪Celebrate students’ school achievements ▪Integrating 21st Century technology ▪Change the attitudes and perceptions of the current educational practices in existence ▪Sustaining physical, emotional, academic, social, mental and cultural awareness

=** Homework: **=
 * 1) Develop a couple of questions based on the above that you need answered before developing an action plan. What do we need to research more? Example: What districts have personalized educational plans and what does it look like?
 * 2) We will have a student panel at the next meeting. Prepare questions for the students. Example: What do you think an educational plan looks like? What does on going assessment look like?
 * 3) Post your questions to the wiki.
 * 4) Next meeting date, time, and location will be emailed.

In a nutshell, this is what the strategy means to us: Simple enough, huh?