May+Meeting+Minutes


 * Technology Curriculum Meeting Minutes**
 * May 8, 2007**


 * Checklist Update:** meeting will be held Thursday, May 10, at 4:00 P.M., at Mohawk in Jill’s room. Cyndi Schmidt, Jennifer Nelson, Sarah Simon, and Rita Hughes will review the date gathered at the half-day meetings with K-3 teachers.


 * Attendance Review:** Rita checked the attendance records at meetings with the members. According to Micki Zarzycki in Curriculum, payment for attendance at the meetings will not be made until all curriculum committee chairpersons have submitted their attendance for the year. This means payment will probably be in a June paycheck. Make sure you review your check stub for that last pay! Pay is prorated if you have missed more than two meetings. (I sent in the form 5/9/07.)


 * Professional Development**: A meeting was scheduled for May 1, at Algonquin. No one expressed an interest in attending so the meeting was canceled. Rita sent copies of example documents out to all committee members and asked for input in developing a similar document for a Chippewa Valley course. Each person who has volunteered (or been asked to volunteer) has been asked to write a brief description of what they would like to accomplish in the time they would be presenting their course material. Rita will try to create an outline of the areas of the five to ten session classes and send it to the committee for review.


 * Office 2007:** In-service time for teachers has been arranged for the second day of the next school year (probably the Tuesday before Labor Day). Instructors are needed to teach these sessions in each of the buildings. Ron Roberts has authorized funds for 40 teacher-trainers, a ratio of about one trainer for each twenty teachers. Compensation for participation in training, and then teaching on that Tuesday, is in accordance with the current teacher’s contract. Dates for the initial training are Tuesday, June 26, from 8:30 to 11:30, and Thursday, August 23, all day.

Each trainer will be responsible for training within their current building, using computer labs and/or laptop carts. Each curriculum committee member has been invited to participate in the training and presentation. If possible, please let your staffs know that in the case multiple trainers are needed for a building, we are encouraging you to submit volunteer names to Rita. If we receive more than we need, we will start a reserve list for interested teachers.

The plan is to provide trainers with an overview of Office 2007 on June 26, and then give them materials to support self-learning during the summer. On August 23, an outline of the course will be provided for each trainer, any questions about the program will be answered, and a final presentation plan will be created for the teacher in-service day.


 * Office 2007 (continued):** Craig gave an overview, hands on peek at Office 2007. He also explained why we are going to this version at this time. Craig has started a web page with support materials for Office 2007 (http://www.cvs.k12.mi.us/tiz). There is also a folder started in the U: drive, labeled Office 2007, for committee members to share any resources or information they find.