Agenda

 =What is our agenda?=

 •  Group members should think about the following as they plan the agenda:  -  Purpose  -  Objective  -  Grade level  -  Facilitator’s name  -  Community members **//Activities: the purpose of each activity, the description of each activity, the activity’s steps, and the estimated time for each activity. An example of a beginning activity might be to have the community members create a shared vision.//**

**Gary**: PURPOSE: Move The Academy from Advanced Tech to Target Tech category. OBJECTIVE: Develop time management skills in order to implement learner-center projects with rubrics. GRADE LEVEL: High School ... 9-12 FACILITATOR: Ryan Flint COMMUNITY MEMBERS: Connie Cooley, Katie Creeger, and Gary Schepf

I think that the purpose needs to focus on the purpose of the discussion. Here's my suggested change: Determine ways to prepare Academy teachers to better meet the technology needs of our students. How about if we do this. Keep some of Gary's original information but flip-flop the purpose and objective so it looks like this: PURPOSE: Develop time management skills in order to implement learner-center projects with rubrics. or Determine ways to prepare Academy teachers to better meet the technology needs of our students. OBJECTIVE: Move The Academy from Advanced Tech to Target Tech category. GRADE LEVEL: High School ... 9-12 FACILITATOR: Ryan Flint COMMUNITY MEMBERS: Connie Cooley, Katie Creeger, and Gary Schepf Activities: 1. Create an agenda for everybody to follow. DROP since this does not match the actual purpose. 2. Evaluate last year's technology training sessions. Change to #1. 3. Suggest ways to improve teacher technology training. Change to #2. new 3. Research with staff ways that they are successfully implementing technology with learner-centered projects. 4. Focus on the best ideas. 5. Present the ideas to administration and the campus Instructional Technology Specialist. 6. Implement the new ideas into teacher training.
 * Ryan**:

Next we need to work on the activities. I suggested a some, but I think they need to be changed.

I would drop the time management purpose in favor of the prepare purpose. I'm making my changes in green. ** Connie: I think the agenda is fine. We ned to reference the STaR Chart if we ar focusing on technology integration. We have lots of new teachers these last 2 years. Should we add that new teachers are our main focus (not only, but main)? I liked the first Purpose: Moving The Academy from Advanced Tech to Target Tech with the Objective being the "Prepare Teachers..." I hate to split hairs but isn't the purpose to improve our STaR Chart rating and then our objective (like a TEKS) is more focused-like an actual goal? All of the subsequent goals point back to the objective which further supports our purpose..... ** **Katie:** I think the agenda is fine too. That is really all that we need to do according to the assignment- come up with a timeline and an agenda... Also, we are Target Tech in 2 categories already so would we need to be more specific with our "Purpose"? URGH now I see the italics about the activities. Good grief Charlie Brown! That is quite a lot of mess...
 * Gary**:

**Gary**: Based upon the information mentioned above, I propose the following being the finalized agenda (excluding activities). I've also added a reference to our STaR chart, which I hope is in the correct format.  PURPOSE: Move The Academy from Advanced Tech to Target Tech in "//Teaching and Learning//" and "//Educator Preparation and Development//" (STaR Chart Key Areas I and II). OBJECTIVE: Determine ways to prepare Academy teachers to better meet the technology needs of our students. GRADE LEVEL: High School ... 9-12 FACILITATOR: Ryan Flint COMMUNITY MEMBERS: Connie Cooley, Katie Creeger, and Gary Schepf
 * I created a new page for activities...**

Texas Education Agency (2002). Texas campus star chart, //The Academy of Irving ISD (057912006)//, 2006-2007. Available from Instructional Materials and Education Technology Division of the Texas Education Agency website: [|http://startchart.esc12.net/.]

**Connie: I think that is perfect, Gary!** Ryan: Lets keep that Agenda.