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Minutes from Jan. 7
January 7, 2010
Strategic Plan Oversight Committee Meeting
Minutes
Members present: Howard Colter, Blaine Cox, Jennifer Rief, Jocelyn O’Quinn, Laura Rogers, Paula Roy, Judy George, Deb Hasting, Tracy Schroeder, Julie Reece, Tim Spinney.
Not present: Dave Hawley, Dave Nichols, Dave Montgomery, Matt VanLedje, Arul Mahadevan, John Moore, Lisa Allison, Jennifer Lyon, Stephanie Pines, Andy Smith.
Jocelyn O’Quinn called the meeting to order at 7:04pm
Jennifer Rief made a motion to accept the minutes of December 4, 2009.
Tracy Schroeder seconded the motion. There was no discussion. All were in favor of accepting the minutes of 12/4/09.
Each Working Group provided a status update to the Oversight Committee.
Jocelyn reported for the Operations WG. They have broken into smaller groups, finished their internal data collection, and Dave Proulx has most of the financial data collected.
Laura Rogers reported for the Student Achievement Group because their representatives were not present. Good discussions have happened with the curriculum coordinators to understand initiatives underway. The principal meeting went well, off to a good start with collecting data for World Language and Library info. She is not aware of data collection for Spec. Ed or Guidance areas. John Moore has met with Meredith and will report back next meeting. This WG feels the Community meeting should be moved to March.
Laura Rogers also reported for the Community WG. They met this past week and have met 3 or 4 times. They are looking for more guidance about how to frame the data collection. They want to make recommendations but realize they should not. They are still learning about the broader community, the demographics and communication. How can we better communicate what is going on in our schools? They want to know how to present the data collection at the community meeting?
Howard brought up that he feels the only thing the 3 towns and UNH share is the school district and that the towns often are independent of each other.
Laura feels that it’s important to recognize that the 3 towns are coming from different perspectives.
The Oversight Committee expressed that once the milestones are articulated, this may help the Community Group frame its data collection.
The Student Survey is complete. Jocelyn is compiling this information and about 200 students took the survey. Some common themes from the survey: Oyster River’s best strength is its teachers, the food is horrible and too expensive, and students felt there should be more AP or weighted classes.
The staff survey has been sent out and Andy Smith is compiling that data. It should be noted that some teachers didn’t feel comfortable filling out the survey.
The principal meeting went well. Four needs came out of that meeting and they are: Individualized Education, Communication, Emotional Services and
Data. (how we use it)
Jocelyn gave a draft handout to the committee on milestones and deliverables. There was discussion about whether or not the WG should make recommendations to the Oversight Committee. How will that affect the Oversight Committee develop a plan? How much weight do we put on public opinion at the Community event? The committee talked about educating people about what the end product will look like. It was suggested that since we are having a community night, we might want to think about having a staff night to gain input and inform the staff.
A discussion began about indicators relating to the mission statement. The committee discussed some of the district’s policies on a vision statement and philosophy statement. The Strategic Plan could help make recommendations to the board for policy revision.
The committee discussed the importance to validate community members who can provide expertise in certain areas. The goal of the Oversight Committee and the Strategic Plan is to bring the community and the staff together to build a plan for the district. The committee wants to seek a balance, build trust.
The committee decided to move the Community Event from Feb. 18 to March 18, 2010. More information to follow at the next meeting.
Respectfully submitted, Jennifer Rief
Strategic Plan Oversight Committee Meeting
Minutes
Members present: Howard Colter, Blaine Cox, Jennifer Rief, Jocelyn O’Quinn, Laura Rogers, Paula Roy, Judy George, Deb Hasting, Tracy Schroeder, Julie Reece, Tim Spinney.
Not present: Dave Hawley, Dave Nichols, Dave Montgomery, Matt VanLedje, Arul Mahadevan, John Moore, Lisa Allison, Jennifer Lyon, Stephanie Pines, Andy Smith.
Jocelyn O’Quinn called the meeting to order at 7:04pm
Jennifer Rief made a motion to accept the minutes of December 4, 2009.
Tracy Schroeder seconded the motion. There was no discussion. All were in favor of accepting the minutes of 12/4/09.
Each Working Group provided a status update to the Oversight Committee.
Jocelyn reported for the Operations WG. They have broken into smaller groups, finished their internal data collection, and Dave Proulx has most of the financial data collected.
Laura Rogers reported for the Student Achievement Group because their representatives were not present. Good discussions have happened with the curriculum coordinators to understand initiatives underway. The principal meeting went well, off to a good start with collecting data for World Language and Library info. She is not aware of data collection for Spec. Ed or Guidance areas. John Moore has met with Meredith and will report back next meeting. This WG feels the Community meeting should be moved to March.
Laura Rogers also reported for the Community WG. They met this past week and have met 3 or 4 times. They are looking for more guidance about how to frame the data collection. They want to make recommendations but realize they should not. They are still learning about the broader community, the demographics and communication. How can we better communicate what is going on in our schools? They want to know how to present the data collection at the community meeting?
Howard brought up that he feels the only thing the 3 towns and UNH share is the school district and that the towns often are independent of each other.
Laura feels that it’s important to recognize that the 3 towns are coming from different perspectives.
The Oversight Committee expressed that once the milestones are articulated, this may help the Community Group frame its data collection.
The Student Survey is complete. Jocelyn is compiling this information and about 200 students took the survey. Some common themes from the survey: Oyster River’s best strength is its teachers, the food is horrible and too expensive, and students felt there should be more AP or weighted classes.
The staff survey has been sent out and Andy Smith is compiling that data. It should be noted that some teachers didn’t feel comfortable filling out the survey.
The principal meeting went well. Four needs came out of that meeting and they are: Individualized Education, Communication, Emotional Services and
Data. (how we use it)
Jocelyn gave a draft handout to the committee on milestones and deliverables. There was discussion about whether or not the WG should make recommendations to the Oversight Committee. How will that affect the Oversight Committee develop a plan? How much weight do we put on public opinion at the Community event? The committee talked about educating people about what the end product will look like. It was suggested that since we are having a community night, we might want to think about having a staff night to gain input and inform the staff.
A discussion began about indicators relating to the mission statement. The committee discussed some of the district’s policies on a vision statement and philosophy statement. The Strategic Plan could help make recommendations to the board for policy revision.
The committee discussed the importance to validate community members who can provide expertise in certain areas. The goal of the Oversight Committee and the Strategic Plan is to bring the community and the staff together to build a plan for the district. The committee wants to seek a balance, build trust.
The committee decided to move the Community Event from Feb. 18 to March 18, 2010. More information to follow at the next meeting.
Respectfully submitted, Jennifer Rief
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