Effective Group Norms for

The Council for Continuous Improvement

 

 

á       Regularly use tools from RISC model

á       Be respectful of everyoneÕs opinion

á       Communicate honestly

á       Provide equal opportunity for all voices

á       Show discretion in the group and communication

á       Identify jobs of timekeeper, recorder, process observer, and facilitator

á       Begin and end on time (flexible with time)

á       Stay on topic; be attentive to the meeting

á       Be willing to take risks

 
 
Council for Continuous Improvement

Minutes

Thursday, April 8, 2010 5:00-7:00 p.m. at

                       

Location: GNG High School Library        

                       

Agenda Created By: K. Caprio & Bruce Beasley

 

Attendance: K. Caprio, V. Burns, P.Penna, B. Beasley, D. Joseph,

D. Beeley, J. McKinney, K. Thornhill, J. Clemons,

P. Dudzinski, S. Staples, D. Diorion, A. Campbell, B. Sutherland, J. Ricardi, B. Matasovich,

L. Shafer, B. Macomber, J. Tremberth,

                                   

           

Feedback Community Vision Evening March 11th: PLUS=An evening well spent, great turnout, good food, liked the smooth organization, like kids involvement, saw new faces and community cross section, inviting atmosphere, visuals are important and helped the conversation, consensus reporting, clear process, positive energy, raffles DELTA=needed a better explanation of the consensogram, how do we get more people, better explanation of RISC for participants, disperse kids to different tables to help explain the process, it was difficult to pick only 3 items on the list, didnÕt understand the connection to RISC. Suggested Action Steps=Keep energy alive, have DIC tweek vision based on results and get back to all stakeholders, take note that we had better attendance at the March 25th and didnÕt have dinner, should we have had DeLorenzoÕs presentation first? Continue the student leadership, written description of goals to date would have been helpful.

 

It was shared that the community wanted more answers from Mr. Delorenzo but felt that he did not allow enough time for the Q & A. There seems to be a frustration that we do not have answers to many of the questions coming up from community.

 

A question was raised about the 80% vote and who would actually be voting. The Supt. Shared that the School Board would vote on the model, the 80% is the committement needed from staff to move forwards with the Reinventing School Coalition. Furthermore, if we do not have 80% of staff it does not mean we donÕt go in this direction, it means we continue to offer professional development and information so that we gain the 80% buy in from staff.

 

Parents shared they are concerned with students who will settle for Ôgood enoughÕ and not strive for excellence. How do we change this type of mindset?

 

School Action Plans for Shared Vision and Leadership: The district and school action plans were reviewed for progress and suggestions were given for updated action plans. New action plans will be posted and shared.

 

There was a brief discusson about how we transition from grades to standards and how this is viewed from colleges (especially, but not exclusively) The district needs to establish a consistent policy and further discuss the grading scale.

           

Items moved to next agenda:

 

OSAT review with Next Steps

Each table takes 8-10 minutes to review progress on each of the components of the full OSAT. Review where we are in each of the categories and place a colored dot in the box on a continuum of progress. Also record Next or initial Steps on the attached sheet.

 

Other: Agenda for May (Take vision and identify indicators by grade span? How will this be evaluated? FAQ? The Council is expandingÉ.how do we manage?)

 

Next Agenda: May 13, 2010

 

 

Adjourn: 6:50 p.m.