2013-14+Meetings

The mission of SDA is to positively impact learning through statewide collaboration, leadership, and shared expertise. toc Business Meeting Norms
 * 1) Engage in open and honest dialogue.
 * 2) Honor diversity of ideas and practices.
 * 3) Share information, knowledge, and expertise.
 * 4) Exhibit professional behavior, such as limiting sidebar conversations and turning off electronic equipment that may cause interruptions.

2013 - 2014 Meetings


 * Tues: July 30, 2013, ESU 10, Kearney
 * Preview before NDE Administrator Days:
 * Tues/Weds: Sept. 10 & 11, ESU 3, LaVista
 * **ESUPDO**: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
 * Thurs: Sept. 12, ESU 3, LaVista
 * SDA Meeting 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
 * Tues/Weds: Nov. 12 & 13, ESU 10, Kearney
 * SDA Training: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm - Jim Knight, Coaching . [|Jim Knight Blog]
 * **[[file:SDA Jim Knight Flyer.pdf|Training Flyer]]**
 * Thurs: Nov. 14, ESU 10, Kearney
 * **IMAT Training**: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm - Carol Simpson, Copyright & Digital Media
 * Tues: Jan. 21, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney
 * SDA Meeting: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
 * Weds/Thurs: Jan. 22 & 23, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney
 * **ESUPDO**: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
 * Tues: Apr. 8, 2014, NECC, Norfolk
 * SDA Training: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm - SLO's (Student Learning Objectives) /DRS system
 * Weds: Apr. 9, 2014, NECC, Norfolk
 * SDA Training: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm - Blended/Safari Montage
 * Tues: May 6, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney
 * SDA Meeting: 9:00 am - 2:00 pm
 * Science Cadre Meeting: 2:00 pm
 * Golf Outing: 4:00 pm with Steak Dinner to follow
 * Weds/Thurs: May 7 & 8, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney
 * **ESUPDO**: 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
 * PDO Celebration Dinner: May 7, 6:00 - 8:30 pm

**SDA Bucket Group Wiki**: esusdabucket.wikispaces.com **SDA By-laws Wiki:** sda-bylaws.wikispaces.com **ESUPDO EdCamp Wiki:** pdoedcamp.wikispaces.com
 * Wikis**
 * SDA Wiki: ** esusda.wikispaces.com
 * ESUPDO- LC Wiki ** **:** ** esupdolc.wikispaces.com/home **

=September 12, 2013= SDA Business Meeting ESU #3 LaVista, 9:00-3:00

Introduce/Recognize New SDA members: Welcome Kellen ESU 1, Kristi ESU 2, Jill ESU 6, Marci ESU 7, Heidi ESU 8, Stephanie ESU 8, Jadie, ESU 13, and Kelly ESU 15! Welcome Back Kim!, NDE partners, Curriculum Director representative Dick Meyer, Guests.
 * 9:00** **Welcome**

**Opening Activity:** Getting to Know You- Scavenger Hunt Amy asked for people who completed each activity to stand
 * Electronic connections: ** DL, Wiki

**Introduce Strategists and Roles**:
 * Husker video to introduce our Strategist team
 * Amy Hill- Chair ESU 1
 * Denise O'Brien-Recorder ESU 10
 * Kate Hatch- Strategist 1 ESU 11
 * Janet Foss- Strategist 2 ESU 3
 * Toby Boss- Past Chair ESU 6
 * Freida Lange- NDE
 * History and purpose of SDA
 * Volunteers to create digital history
 * [[file:SDA progression and highlights of 40 yrs.docx|SDA Progression and Highlights of 40 years]]
 * Structure of ESUPDO (Matt Blomstedt)
 * Driven by Rule 84 changes
 * Administrators work ESUCC
 * Work to be done
 * [[file:ESU Professional Development Structure 13-14 DRAFT 9-12-13.pdf|Draft: ESU Structure]]
 * Advisory Committee Sub-Structure DRAFT described by Matt Blomstedt
 * PD Advisory Committee is included in the Sub-Structure
 * Schedule will be created
 * Will be good for the organization
 * Membership Discussion (Kate Hatch)
 * Update membership list: ** Amy asked SDA members to update their information on the following membership lists and membership expertise areas.
 * Current Membership List
 * [|ESUSDA] e-mail list - add yourself if necessary.
 * [|SDA Membership Expertise Areas] - please mark in which areas you have expertise

Volunteers who attended various breakout sessions on Sept. 11th provide highlights of what was presented.
 * ESUPDO Debrief**
 * Teacher/Principal Evaluation Session- Toby Boss Reported
 * Student Learning Objective (SLO) is one component of the NDE Teacher/Evaluation Pilot
 * Work group put together a training for the NDE Pilot schools on how to write SLOs
 * Goal to have a consistent message across the state on how to write the SLOs effectively
 * Jeff pulled together the groups thoughts and put a power point together
 * Have a few things to finish up and then will take it to the Pilot schools
 * Pilot schools have to have their SLOs in place by second semester
 * SLDS- Data Dashboard- Marilou Jasnoch Reported
 * Took a tour of the NDE Data Dashboard; Superintendent View, Principal View, and Teacher View
 * Pilot schools will be giving input on what the dashboard will look like
 * Another goal is to help schools become more data literate
 * Data Guidebook, Victoria Burnhardt resources were use to create data literacies (Data Cadre work)
 * Input was gathered from the group to edit and revise the literacies
 * Scavenger Hunt through the DRS- has been updated and has more capabilities
 * Technically ESUs can have access to the dashboards, NDE still has to work out other issues
 * Toby Boss Question: Can ESUs have access to the dashboard technology for our own data?
 * Matt B. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">response - We have been working closely with NDE on the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">project but haven't talked about the dashboard in this fashion.
 * Lenny said that the DRS has more features and would be a good place for schools to look at data right now
 * 2012-2013 data will be in DRS after the release of the State of the Schools Report
 * Freida stated that there will be an opportunity to learn about the DRS at the NDE School Improvement workshops this fall.
 * ASSIST- Kate Hatch Reported
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">ESUs have to get access from school districts to get into ASSIST
 * Would be very helpful to get together to put together a tool to help schools know what should be done in Year 1, Year 2 etc.
 * A small group of people <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">are going to work on this
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">BlendED - Debbie S. & Kelly (ESU 2) Reported
 * Mainly about Safari
 * Still working on getting Safari up and working
 * It will be a cool tool once it is all up and running
 * Beth K. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">from Columbus
 * Gave an update on where they are at in the roll out of the project
 * Issues with identity management
 * 8 States right now trying exchange- now sure how this is working right now
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">EdCast network (November 4-possible timeline)
 * Moving too fast and need to start with baby steps
 * What pieces of content do we want to share? How are we going to manage this?
 * Schools will have to manage their own accounts.
 * 360 <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">maybe available in a couple of weeks
 * Taking a step back and evaluate how much information to share from ESUs
 * Matt B. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">commented
 * Lots of technical things going on
 * Each ESU has the Safari System in place
 * Training will come
 * Bucket Groups: Structure SDA uses to take advantage of the expertise of our group. Also, the groups help prioritize what trainings SDA will provide.**
 * Discuss <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">purpose, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">update who in each, communicate plans, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">alignment to current NDE initiatives
 * Time to reorganize the Bucket Groups and get focused for the year
 * Assessment/Data (SLDS, BlendED & MAP<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">) - Denise O'Brien
 * Curriculum/BlendED- Kate Hatch
 * Harris Payne has talked to the group about Social Studies Standards
 * NDE Career Education Standards
 * Rigorous Curriculum Design- potential training in April
 * Instruction/BlendED- Janet Foss
 * Last year focused on Instructional Coaching
 * Spent time researching coaching models
 * Decided to bring in Jim Knight in November
 * Work now to prepare for the future needs
 * Leadership/<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Teacher Principal Evaluation- Toby Boss
 * Focus on helping Principals
 * Supervising instruction
 * Mitch trained SDA in Kearney last spring in Instructional Models
 * What's next?
 * How are we going to help other schools get ready for Teacher/Principal Evaluation that are not in the Pilot?
 * 1 hour Bucket Group meeting time- Amy asked SDA members to choose what Bucket they would like to join by going to a corner of the room. Groups will meet until 10:45am.
 * Discuss current group plans
 * Curriculum
 * Plan B in case we can't have April training
 * Assessment
 * Discussed Common Core Standards
 * SLDS Grant
 * What is the role of SDA members?
 * Plan to attend NDE School Improvement Workshop breakout sessions facilitated by the NDE Research, Data, and Evaluation Team
 * NWEA
 * Testing issues this fall
 * Leadership
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Donlynn gave a good perspective of where we need to go
 * What do we think we need to do?
 * Understand effective practices in instruction
 * Modeling
 * Encourage schools to adopt a common language of instruction
 * Ideas for principals meetings
 * Share resources
 * Instruction
 * Brainstorming where instruction fits with NDE <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">initatives
 * Principal Teacher Evaluation came to the top
 * Design a protocol for building a school-wide instructional model that is generic
 * Discuss future needs
 * Connection to Statewide Initiatives
 * Connection to Statewide Initiatives


 * Future meeting/training dates, times, locations: **
 * Tues/Weds: Nov. 12 & 13, ESU 10 (Room B & C), Kearney<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">, SDA Training: 8:30 am - 3:30 pm - Jim Knight, Coaching. [|Jim Knight Blog]
 * [[file:SDA Jim Knight Flyer.pdf|Training Flyer]]
 * Janet provided information about the training
 * Aligning professional development
 * Coaching
 * High leverage teaching strategies
 * All participants will receive the book and training materials
 * Each ESU has the opportunity up to 4 school personnel to the training
 * Can add additional school names to put on a waiting list
 * Thurs, Nov. 14, ESU 10, Kearney, IMAT Training: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm - Carol Simpson, Copyright & Digital Media
 * Tues: Jan. 21, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney, SDA Meeting: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
 * Weds/Thurs: Jan. 22 & 23, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney, ESUPDO: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm
 * Tues/Weds: Apr. 8 & 9, 2014, NECC, Norfolk, SDA Training: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
 * Tues: May 6, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney, SDA Meeting: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
 * Weds/Thurs: May 7 & 8, 2014, ESU 10, Kearney, ESUPDO: 9:00 am - 3:30 pm

>> [|Math Extravaganza Grades 3-8: Putting the Practices Into Action] (13733) (10/9/13) >> [|Strategies to Build Understanding of Algebra in the High School Gr. 8 - 12] (13700) (10/10/13)
 * ***If your ESU is offering a training that would be beneficial for other SDA members to attend, please post on SDA wiki**
 * **ESU 3 Math Training:** [|Math Extravaganza Grades K-2: Putting the Practices Into Action] (13371) (10/8/13)
 * **[|ESU 3 Marzano training]:** Becoming a Reflective Teacher, Nov. 5 & 6; Common Core State Standards, Nov. 7 & 8
 * **[[file:math rti flyer non-esu4..pdf|ESU 4 Erica Lembke Training]]:** Elementary Math RtI, February 3rd
 * [[file:Differentiated _Activities_UsingCCSS_Flyer_Reg.pdf|Differentiated Activities and Assessments Using the Common Core Standards]], Presenter Dr. Carolyn Coil
 * Oct 1: Westside Community Conference Center
 * Oct 2: ESU 16, North Platte
 * Nebraska Association For Gifted: [[file:Registration_NAGConf_Spring_2014.pdf|NAG Conference 2014]]: Embassy Suites, Omaha, Feb. 19, 20 & 21

**Adult Learning Groups or Book Study** on different topics - Is there interest?
 * Toby shared with SDA potential to create book studies based on interest
 * Doodle poll to select which book studies
 * Decide as a group how they want to facilitate the book studies
 * Possible books:
 * //Mindset//
 * //Creating Innovators//
 * //Visible Learning-// John Hattie (Teacher Version)

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 * (11:00) Sharing of information:**
 * Strategist Meeting Report <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">from June & Sept (Kate Hatch)
 * Strategists met in June <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">in Wayne
 * Prepared for meeting today
 * //Energy Bus// book study this year
 * Discussion about upcoming trainings
 * Reorganized Bucket Groups
 * NWEA MAP Certified Training (Amy Hill)
 * Information posted to PB Works - Nebraska MAP Resources page
 * Nov. 12th, 4:00 pm - Virtual Meeting with Christina Hunter for Certified Trainers
 * Dec. 6th - tentative date reserved for a virtual meeting
 * April 1 & 2: Growth & <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Goals certified training at ESU 3
 * Matt is speaking with Dan Henderson to add back an option of March 25-26, 2014
 * Hold those <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">dates but still tentative
 * Week of June 9th: 2nd cohort of Stepping Stones to Data certified training at ESU 3
 * Google Doc of 2nd cohort members []
 * Agreement with NWEA is that you have <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">to have Stepping Stones as a foundation
 * Climbing the Data Ladder and Growth and Goals can be taken in any order after Stepping Stones
 * Science (KICKS2) (Deb Paulman)
 * Deb was absent
 * Math (NMPDS) (Deb Wragge)
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Project is alive and well
 * In the process of recruiting participants
 * NATM Conference in Kearney on September 29
 * Sessions don't begin until January 2014
 * Continue to recruit participants, we have room for more people
 * Offer sub reimbursement; summer stipends available
 * Lenny and Chuck are instructors for 7-12
 * UNO professors instructors for elementary
 * Deb has brochures in her office at ESU 8
 * Influenced over 400 teachers across NE; 25,000 to 50,000 student lives
 * Title I and Special Education teachers are encouraged to be a part of the project
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">RtI Math (Deb Wragge)
 * ESU 4 is continuing the work with Erica Lembke in February
 * Crisis Team Training (Denise O'Brien)
 * Contact Denise, Dave Perkins, Amy Schultz, Deb Paulman, or Janet Foss if you would like your ESU to host a Crisis Team training during 2014-2015
 * [[file:Crisis Team Flyer 2013-2014.pdf|2013-2014 Flyer]]
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Marzano Academy 3 and 4 (Joelene Dredge or Barb Friesth)
 * [[file:MRL Academy Info 2014.15.2.pdf|Academy 4 information]]
 * [[file:MOUMRL Academy 2014.docx|MOU Academy 4]]
 * Any staff developer that wants to <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">attend please feel free
 * 141 participants from 13 districts and 14 teams
 * ESU 7 and ESU 4 are hosting Academy 4
 * ESU 4 will be looking for an ESU to co-host in 2014-2015
 * Do the schools have an instructional model? This training will help them develop their model
 * Can have 10 members on a team
 * Some schools are combining to form a team
 * NDE Updates
 * Academic Standards
 * Alignment Study of NE Language Arts & Math Standards & the Common Core (<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Donlynn Rice)
 * Appreciate the ESUs for our hard work
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">McRel reports
 * Can find them <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">on NDE's homepage McREL Alignment Study for Language Arts and McREL Alignment Study for Math
 * Curricular indicator level- each report is @ 400 pages
 * Trisha and Deb at NDE created executive summaries <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">for the reports
 * Many partial alignments- it is because of the way the standards are organized
 * Language Arts
 * Had high degree of alignment between Common Core & NE standards and NE & Common Core
 * Math
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Story is different
 * Several reasons
 * NE does not have advanced standards because NE tests all students
 * Common Core has <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">calculus etc. that are intended for students taking advanced math courses
 * NE standards have almost everything K-12 but are sequenced differently
 * Common Core has many skills moved down a grade level from NE standards
 * NE goal is to have our standards be College and Career Ready
 * Plan to revise the math and language arts standards
 * State Board of Education is the policy setting agency
 * If schools want the Common Core, they need to communicate that to their State Board Members
 * Want our standards to be equal in rigor to the Common Core
 * State statute requires NE to revise standards every 5 years
 * Language Arts was April 2009 so we need to get moving
 * Math was October of 2009
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">NeSA will have to be adjusted based on standards revision
 * State Board meetings
 * If you watch, watch the work sessions
 * Teacher-Principal Evaluation (<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Donlynn Rice)
 * Monthly webinars for pilot schools
 * Encourage schools to have an instructional framework
 * Will be taking on new Pilot schools next fall
 * Have schools contact Donlynn if they are interested
 * Social Studies Opportunities (Harris Payne, SS Consultant)
 * Survey <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">for new social studies standards
 * 67% were educators that took the survey
 * Writing groups that looked at the areas of social studies
 * Came up with 2 concerns
 * Number of standards
 * Resources to teach the standards
 * Social Studies Resources
 * [[file:Social Studies SDA Presentation 9 12 2013.pptx]]
 * [[file:Proposed Social Studies Workshops.docx|Social Studies Proposed Workshops]]
 * EVERFI
 * Financial literacy
 * Electronic curriculum
 * Usually costs $8,000 to sponsor a school
 * Don <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Stenburg, <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">State Treasurer has purchased this for every school district across the state for 5 years
 * Contact- Jessica Feimer
 * Middle school financial resources as well
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Economics Organization
 * Willing to present at ESUs as well
 * Harris is willing to come out to ESUs for presentations
 * School districts need to have their local board adopt the standards or create ones more rigorous to by December 6, 2013
 * State Social Studies Conference in June 2013 at UNK
 * Successful evaluations
 * Bundling standards
 * Dr. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Fogo was the keynote speaker
 * Authentic assessment
 * Reading like a historian
 * Harris provided a handout of items that he is proposing to do next summer
 * "Improving Reading Comprehension in the Content Area: Social Studies"
 * "Nebraska Atlas Project"
 * 4th Grade atlas
 * "Educating the Next Generation of Nebraskans About Soil Conversation Using the Power of Geographic Information Systems (GIS)"
 * Science (James Blake, Science Consultant)
 * James was absent working on NeSA item writing
 * Fine Arts Standards Update (Debbie DeFrain, Fine Arts Consultant)
 * [[file:FineArtsDDeF2013 ESU SDA.pptx]]
 * Arts-Media is new with National Standards NCCAS
 * NE standards will be written for the following: Arts-Media, Arts-Visual, Dance, Music, and Theatre
 * Standards will not be assessed at the State level
 * School Improvement Workshops (Freida Lange)
 * NDE Continuous Improvement Workshops
 * Day 1- Overview for school teams
 * Day 2- 4 strands
 * Technical assistance
 * ASSIST
 * SLDS Grant
 * Will be running for 2.5 years
 * Need to connect with all schools in that time period
 * Frameworks
 * Issuing personal invitations to Year 4 & 5 schools to attend the workshops
 * If you see that schools are not attending that need to be there, send them a friendly reminder

Link to the Nebraska Standards for Career Ready Practice resources on the NDE website: []
 * NCSA – Legislative Update (Mike Dulaney)
 * 2 major things happening
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Tax modernization committee led by Senator Hadley
 * Governor wants to do away with individual income tax & corporate income tax
 * Looking at <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">tax code
 * Problem in NE- we don't have enough people to tax
 * What is possible?
 * Debate sales tax exemption
 * Property tax- lower levy lids
 * Not good for public schools, ESUs
 * Less revenue
 * School finance- Education <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Committee led by Senator Sullivan
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">Studying school finance
 * Take it with a grain of salt
 * Approaching a 2 year budget cycle
 * If the formula is changed, that will impact the approved budget
 * EHA
 * Affects most of us
 * Obama Care- how does this affect the plan?
 * <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">6.4% increase almost 3% was <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">federal excise tax for Obama Care
 * Going to be worse this year- belly button tax
 * Pay a special tax on each person in the plan
 * Looking at sizable increase
 * October 14 the rate will be set
 * Family, Single, and Tiered plan currently
 * Question: What do you think of the idea of opening the plan for domestic partner?
 * Employee + 1
 * Nothing has been done on this issue at this time
 * (1:00) Gregg Christensen & Rich Katt: Career Readiness Standards (1 hour at end of business meeting)**
 * **Resolute resource**
 * PowerPoint
 * Ethics at Work- case studies for work place



=January 21, 2014= SDA Meeting Agenda Tuesday, January 21st, ESU 10 Kearney, 9am - 3pm

**Welcome Guests** **Opening Activity**
 * Review SDA Business Meeting Norms**
 * 1) Engage in open and honest dialogue.
 * 2) Honor diversity of ideas and practices.
 * 3) Share information, knowledge, and expertise.
 * 4) Exhibit professional behavior, such as limiting sidebar conversations and turning off electronic equipment that may cause interruptions.

__**Announcements**__:
 * ESUCC Sharing of Information: Dave Ludwig**
 * Ad posted for ESUCC Director
 * 7 members on the hiring committee
 * Hope to have the decision made by March
 * SDA members ask questions of Dave Ludwig and Jeff West
 * Mentors/New Members Meeting** - during lunch of SDA Business Meeting, Conf. Room A
 * Crisis Team Meeting** - January 22nd during lunch of PDO Meeting
 * SDA Listserve and Email**
 * Not sure if SDA members are receiving listserve emails
 * Working on making a switch to see if we can have a reply to or reply all option
 * Jeff McQuistan led us through a email test of the SDA listserve


 * Strategist December Meeting Report** - Kate
 * Lovely discussion of many things
 * Discussion on book study //Energy Bus//
 * Jim Knight training follow-up
 * Budget process for 2014-2015
 * RCD training hope to have initial approval in March 2014 (training November 2014)
 * Calendar
 * Member Honoring Guidelines** - Kate: Review and ask for feedback/approval
 * Emily Jameson in charge of the notebooks

Link to Bylaws: Appendix D — Strategist Selection Criteria Schools that have implemented an instructional model - Operational Users Please list schools in your ESU that have strongly implemented an instructional model. These are the schools that routinely discuss the model as a common language. Also please identify if the school has adopted the Danielson, Marzano, or other (including homegrown) model.
 * New Strategist** - Amy
 * Criteria to determine the next Strategist is found in the Bylaws
 * Suzanne Whisler will join the Strategist at the June 2014 meeting
 * Teacher/Principal Pilot: School Readiness** - Toby
 * Teacher/Principal Advisory Committee met in December
 * Representatives from NDE and Statewide Organizations
 * Discussed other schools interested in potentially joining the NDE pilot project
 * Design Pilot schools
 * 10 factors that go into the evaluation model
 * Schools had to adopt an instructional model
 * Schools wanting to join need to have an instructional model in the works

Schools that have adopted an instructional model - Emerging Users Please list schools in your ESU that have adopted a model and have had teachers trained on the model. Teachers would be aware of the model and these schools would have provided some training on the model. Also please identify if the school has adopted the Danielson, Marzano, or other (including homegrown) model.

Schools that have chosen a model - Potential Users Please list schools in your ESU that have chosen a model and are still in the planning phases of beginning training. This might include schools that are conducting book studies on the model. Also please identify if the school has adopted the Danielson, Marzano, or other (including homegrown) model. SDA Instructional Model Survey Break Standards Update: Donlynn Rice and Tricia Parker-Siemens Data Collection: Russ Masco Freida Lange- Continuous Improvement
 * NDE Updates:**
 * Language Arts and Math Standards Timeline was shared
 * State Board charge to revise standards for College and Career Readiness
 * Want higher education to sign off on the new standards
 * Allow for ESEA Flexibility Waiver
 * Higher Education Meetings November 2013
 * University, State College, Community College, Private Post Secondary representatives present
 * Given authority to sign off on final product by their institution
 * LA-Writing Committee
 * 25 member committee with representative from K-12 schools & other Statewide Organizations
 * Indicators will all become part of the standard
 * No longer will they be example indicators
 * Indicators add level of specificity to the standards
 * Adding rigor to the LA standards
 * Will be time for feedback on the standards prior to Board approval
 * Timeline Spring 2014
 * Plan to start on Math later this summer
 * Fine Arts Standards
 * Just finished public input sessions
 * Set to be approved by state board at the February meeting
 * Teacher Principal/Evaluation Systems
 * 17 Pilot Schools in the project
 * Pilot process was extended to two years
 * Lessons learned: schools need to have an instructional model to be ready to be in the pilot
 * Plan to begin a second round of Pilot Schools in 2014
 * Planning summer 2014 sessions
 * Support for districts
 * Monthly webinars
 * Website
 * On-going training
 * ESU Partner for each site
 * SLOs
 * Uniform training for schools
 * Criteria for federal waiver= student achievement component
 * SLOs will meet this criteria
 * SLDS Data Cadre will be meeting today
 * Matt Hastings offered the option of bringing in an outside consultant to assist with the roll out of data literacies
 * Nebraska representatives participating in a national effort to creating data literacies
 * Dashboard Pilot
 * Trying to take many pieces and put it into one look
 * Perceptual data is a piece that schools are wanted added to the dashboard
 * Fall 2013
 * Presented on DRS at CIP workshops
 * Looking at taking data literacies and developing internal trainings at NDE
 * This will create a common language for schools and NDE
 * Dashboard pilot continue to move forward
 * DRS- working on getting ESUs more access
 * Working to get the CIP workshops ready
 * Tentative dates
 * North Platte- September 25-26, 2014
 * Kearney ESU 10- October 6-7, 2014
 * Norfolk LLC- October 23-24, 2014
 * Omaha- October 27-28, 2014 location TBD

__**Future Training Information/Updates**__ -




 * NWEA Certified Training**
 * Growth & Goals (March 25-26, Kearney; April 1-2, ESU 3); Online to begin Feb. 3rd
 * Stepping Stones Cohort 2 (June 9-11, Norfolk)
 * More information will be coming soon

April 8, 2014, Lifelong Learning Center (at Northeast Comm College) Norfolk, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm 9:00-9:30: Donlynn Rice & Nancy Becker will provide "Big Picture". 9:30-12:00: Staff Developers will present the training as if we were school participants, breaking up the content and asking for feedback, questions, suggestions. 1:00-3:00: Matt Heusman, NDE will train on the DRS system
 * Student Learning Objectives (SLO's) & DRS system**
 * SLO overview
 * Opportunity to take SDA members through the training they have provided for schools
 * SDA members will be facilitating the process

BlendEd & Safari Montage April 9, 2014, LLC Norfolk, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm Possible Presenters: TAG, LPS (Chris Good & Beth Kabes are organizing) As part of the BlendEd initiative, Safari-Montage Learning Object Repository can be used for searching, storing and sharing digital resources. You are invited to learn throughout the day which will focus on tagging, creating, and upload content into the system.

May SDA Business Meeting Tuesday, May 6, 9-3 at ESU 10; Golf Outing - 4-8 pm Weds- Thurs, May 7 & 8, ESUPDO at ESU 10 Weds, May 7 - Celebration Dinner, 6-8 pm
 * Looking for volunteers to help plan the May ESUPDO meeting

July 29, ESU 10 1:00 -4:30 pm (Training); 5:00 - 7:00 pm (NDE Preview) July 30, NDE Administrator Days, Kearney
 * July 2014: NDE Preview & Training**

September 2014: PDO/SDA Business Meeting PDO: Sept. 16 and 17, ESU 3 SDA: Sept 18, ESU 3

Rigorous Curriculum Design November 11 and 12, 2014, ESU 3, LaVista, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm (Nov. 11); 8:30 am - 3:00 pm (Nov. 12th) Trainer: Angela Peery How to create curricular units of study that align standards, instruction, and assessment organized into three parts: Seeing the "Big Picture" connections first, Laying the foundation for designing curricular units in five steps, and Designing the curricular unit of study.

January 2015: SDA Business Meeting/PDO SDA: Jan. 20, 2015 PDO: Jan. 21-22, 2015

April 2015: SDA Training April 7 & 8, 2015, LLC, Norfolk To Be Determined >
 * Sharing of Information by SDA Members:**
 * Science (KICKS) (Deb Paulman)
 * KICKS3 Website
 * 2 sites east and west
 * Content focus
 * K-12 teachers all at the same site
 * Part to whole; whole to part feel to the institute
 * 1st session in west
 * Life Science Institute
 * Week 1- Ogallala
 * Week 2- Chadron State Collage
 * Eastern location- Lincoln
 * Life Science Focus
 * Added instructional staff
 * Involved in projects on a national level
 * Brochures for each ESU to promote the project
 * Promo clip via jump drive given to each ESU to share with their administrators, teachers, etc.
 * NAG Conference
 * [[file:Thursday at a Glance2014Final.pdf]]
 * [[file:Friday at a Glance2014Final.pdf]]
 * Math (NMPDS) (Deb Wragge)
 * Off and running
 * Different criteria to recruit and select applicants
 * Poverty
 * PLAS list etc.
 * 100 teachers for each of the project
 * Impacted over 1,000 teachers; 15,000-25,000 students
 * Marzano Academy 2014-2015 (Barb Friesth)
 * 62 teams will have gone through Marzano Academy
 * Next academy is full- 16 teams
 * Waiting list
 * If necessary, potential to build a second academy
 * June 26-27, 2014 ESU 2, 6, & 7
 * Phil Warrick in Lincoln
 * Applying L to J (Barb Friesth)
 * L to J in action
 * 1 day Lee Jenkins
 * 5 strands CCC in Columbus
 * June 17, 2014
 * L to J initial training
 * June 18-19 at ESU 7
 * Social Studies work with Harris Payne (Kristi Stewart)
 * Dr. Fogo- looking for support from ESUs
 * Bob Lungrin announced his retirement in June 2014

Curriculum Assessment //Planning time for current projects.// //What training is needed in the next year?// //(Possibly Jim Knight Follow-up, SLDS, LA Curriculum Revision, BlendED/Safari Montage)//
 * Bucket Group Meeting Time**
 * Instruction**
 * **Moving forward on the creation of an instructional model**
 * Leadership**
 * **Discussed having partnerships with other affiliates to design professional development for leaders**
 * **Work with NCSA**
 * Timeline
 * RCD training in November
 * Create promotional materials
 * LA Standards, Fine Arts Standards
 * Integrate learnings from RCD into new standards
 * Align efforts with SLDS Grant
 * //Arrive at consensus for highest need//
 * Jim Knight training follow-up discussion**: Led by Instructional Bucket Group
 * Opportunity to talk about what Jim shared with us at the November training
 * Discuss elements of Chapter 1 of //Unmistakable Impact//
 * Gallery walk activity
 * ESU's work with schools
 * ESU 13 video tapping teachers/instructional coaching
 * ESU 3
 * 3 Staff Developers completed an impact survey in every classroom
 * Presented the data to the entire staff
 * Made a draft of target areas
 * ESU 2
 * New teacher class
 * Teachers video tape themselves implementing strategies learned
 * Engagement focus this year
 * Taught teachers how to look at their own video
 * Learn new engagement strategies at each class
 * ESU 10
 * Sent 4 staff to Jim Knight's Coaching training in Kansas
 * 4 volunteer schools
 * Action plan to enhance the Adolescent Literacy Project
 * Utilizing coaching to become an impact school
 * Impact survey
 * ESU 4
 * Working with one district
 * Domain 1 of Marzano
 * Reflective conversations once per month
 * Developing relationships around a common goal
 * Next steps= video recording

C4L, Performance Accountability System, LB438, NeSA Writing Test and MAC compatibility: Valorie Foy & Jeremy Heneger
 * Additional NDE Updates:**
 * NePAS 1.1 - Valorie Foy
 * LB 438 - Proposed legislation for state accountability system
 * Added components: Subgroup inclusion, minimum group size for accountability, consequences, and number of classifications
 * If LB 438 passes this year, the first data to be used would be 2014-2015 data
 * Identify the 3 lowest performing schools in NE
 * Have 1 year to put an action plan into place
 * Discussion for getting a federal waiver
 * Will be seeking input from schools and ESUs
 * NeSA Reading scores increasing all quartiles in a parallel pattern
 * NeSA Math gap is increasing between low and high quartilies
 * C4L- Jeremy Heneger
 * MOU for ESUs
 * ESUs could sign up and get their own account in the system
 * Not all ESUs have done this
 * Must be signed every year
 * MOU for Districts
 * NDE won't ask for more to continue to participate
 * 180 districts are participating
 * Power point on NDE's website explaining how districts are using C4L
 * Insight software
 * Improvements on building tests
 * Challenges
 * Reports are not as transparent- have to go through specific steps to access
 * New students- added to a new group
 * Test sessions already created- new student doesn't automatically get added
 * Suggestion for teachers to wait until shortly before the test session to ensure all students are added
 * Uploading students in groups
 * If you have ideas for improvement, send them to Jeremy
 * Usage has increased this year
 * Working to measure effectiveness
 * Research difficult
 * Going to do a survey of districts at the end of the year
 * Excellent video tutorials on NDE website
 * Updates on February 17, 2014
 * When NeSA gets Ipads, C4L will be able to use Ipads
 * If teachers are missing tests, they can contact NDE to try and recover them
 * Meeting concluded at 3:30pm

= May 6, 2014 = SDA Meeting Agenda 9:00 am - 2:00 pm @ ESU 10, Kearney

Welcome Guests: DL Connections Opening Activity: Quest Team 7 is the Winner!

__Review SDA Business Meeting Norms__:
 * 1) Engage in open and honest dialogue.
 * 2) Honor diversity of ideas and practices.
 * 3) Share information, knowledge, and expertise.
 * 4) Exhibit professional behavior, such as limiting sidebar conversations and turning off electronic equipment that may cause interruptions.

__Announcements__: Mentor/New Member Lunch - Room Studio D Science Cadre - Will meet at the end of SDA Meeting, Room Studio D  Literacy Cadre - Wednesday Lunch, Room A

Thursday, May 8 7:30am Carl Perkins meeting Conference Room B Instruction Bucket meeting today in Conference Room B

**Golf & Steak Dinner**: $25.00 Golf only: $10.00 Steak Dinner only: $15.00
 * Golf begins at 4:00 pm at Elks Golf Club northeast of Kearney. The course is 2 miles north of 78th Street. Go east on Antelope Avenue.
 * Steak Dinner will be at approximately 6:30 pm at the Elks Golf Course Clubhouse.
 * Payment to Gordon Roethemeyer
 * http://doodle.com/u85v34kd239mwzvk

**May 7 & 8 ESUPDO Meeting**, ESU 10, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
 * Meeting Agenda

**ESUPDO Celebration Dinner**, Wednesday, May 7: 6:00-9:00 pm Kearney Holiday Inn Cost: $27 @https://connect.computility.com/f/fid.php?id=88385203d6ac763bc66090a6dc73ffb2 5:30 Celebration of Julie Barger's Life - Sozo, Holiday Inn 6:00-6:30 Registration/Check-in and Social (Cash Bar) 6:30-8:00 Dinner 8:00-9:00 Celebration Program
 * Email reservations to Deb Hericks - dhericks@esucc.org

Recognize Julie Downing, ESU 13 Retirements: Bob Lungrin, ESU 10 and Rosemary Cervantes, ESU 10
 * NRCSA Outstanding ESU Staff Member- Congratulations!

Strategists Meeting Report (Kate Hatch)
 * 3 Strategists Meetings since we last met
 * Completed book Study //Energy Bus//
 * Set training dates
 * Move SDA training dates to April 8-9, 2015
 * Discussed sustainability of NWEA trainings- will continue discussion at our June 19 meeting

__** Meeting/Training Dates and Details: **__ Updated

July 2014: NDE Preview & Training Mon/Tues, July 28-29th - Data Literacy Training by Data Group: Victoria Bernhardt rep
 * Day 1, 9:00 - 4:30 @ ESU 10, Kearney
 * Day 2, 9:00 - 3:00; 3:15 -4:45 pm (LA Standards Training); 5:00 - 7:00 pm (NDE Preview) @ Ramada Inn Hotel, Kearney

Weds, July 30, NDE Administrator Days, Kearney
 * Preview of information shared at NDE Administrators Days on July 30

September 2014: PDO/SDA Business Meeting PDO: Tues/Weds, Sept. 16 and 17, ESU 3 SDA: Thurs, Sept 18, ESU 3, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

Rigorous Curriculum Design November 11 and 12, 2014, ESU 3, LaVista, 9:00 am - 3:30 pm (Nov. 11); 8:30 am - 3:00 pm (Nov. 12th) Trainer: Angela Peery How to create curricular units of study that align standards, instruction, and assessment organized into three parts: Seeing the "Big Picture" connections first, Laying the foundation for designing curricular units in five steps, and Designing the curricular unit of study. Waiting for ESUCC to finalize the costs Potential to bring 2 people from each ESU to the training- will be a cost for school personnel to attend

January 2015: SDA Business Meeting/PDO SDA: Tues, Jan. 20, 2015, ESU 10 Kearney, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm PDO: Weds/Thurs, Jan. 21-22, 2015, ESU 10 Kearney

April 2015: SDA Training Weds/Thurs, April 8 & 9, 2015, LLC, Norfolk, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

May 2015: SDA Business Meeting/PDO SDA: Tues, May 5, 2015, ESU 10 Kearney, 9:00 am - 3:00 pm PDO: Weds/Thurs, May 6 & 7, 2015, ESU 10 Kearney

Crisis Team Training 2014-2015 (Denise O'Brien)
 * __Other Training Information__:**
 * Crisis Team Training Flyer

NWEA Certified Training
 * Stepping Stones Cohort #2, June 9-10, 2014, LLC, Norfolk
 * Now called "Applying Reports"
 * Training for Current Certified Trainers
 * Flash drive with updated materials will be coming
 * Online modules will be available to familiarize trainers with the updated Applying Reports materials
 * Sustainability Plan
 * Strategists will be creating DRAFT plan at June 19 meeting

PhIi Warrick Training- Collaboration between ESU 2, 6, and 7

MRL Academy V - (Suzanne Whisler) Math Cadre Update- Deb Wragge, ESU 8 10 - 10:30 Learning Forward - Chad Dumas: A brief update and overview of the PD activities and strategic plan developed in February for PD in Nebraska.
 * Contact Suzanne or Jen if interested in partnering with ESU 4 for MRL Academy V 2015-2016
 * Dates June 10-11, 2015
 * September 29-30, 2015
 * February 23-24, 2016
 * Small group working to move forward with plans for Math Grant
 * Created job description for Math Grant Coordinator
 * 100 day contract
 * Attendance down because of switch to second semester start
 * Will be discussion central focus and direction
 * Mixed responses to this year's offerings
 * Leadership team trying to get back on track
 * Recruiting teachers will not begin until August-September 2014
 * High priority schools will still have preference
 * President of Learning Forward Nebraska
 * Freida Lange, Rhonda Jindra- current board members from our organization
 * 3 Questions
 * Do we believe that every NE student deserves high quality instruction every day?
 * Do we know every thing we need to know to help students be successful?
 * Bridge is standards-based high quality professional development
 * Resources
 * Standards for Professional Learning bookmarks
 * Guide to designing the 22 components of a professional learning system
 * Conversation started in 2007 in Kentucky
 * Comprehensive professional learning system in a state
 * Transforming Professional Learning- TPL
 * Table discussion- What will it take to have a comprehensive professional learning system in Nebraska?
 * [[file:PL Components guide.docx]]
 * Next steps to create a comprehensive professional learning system
 * Time
 * Recommendations to devise time
 * Learning Designs- coaching, action research, video
 * Choose design based on desired outcomes
 * If not a workshop, then what?
 * Learning Forward website Learning Forward
 * How do we define professional learning in NE?
 * Common definition for alignment of professional development in NE
 * Culture of expectations for learners to come prepared
 * Learning Forward Standards- LLLDIRO (acronym to remember the 7 standards)
 * Organization needs SDA members to take part and support
 * Learning Forward is meeting monthly to decide next steps
 * Creating partnerships with statewide organizations

10:30-10:45 Break

AdvancED/SIP Fall workshops - Freida Lange
 * __10:45 - NDE Updates__: **
 * LB 438 will bring more focus on AdvancEd
 * Continuous Improvement workshops- dates are out
 * Addressing SLO's with Teacher/Principal Evaluation
 * Sessions on data/ SLDS grant
 * External Team Leader Training- AdvancEd
 * May 29-30, 2014- Lincoln
 * August 25-26, 2014 focus on NDE employees/Lincoln, NE
 * August 28-29, 2014 Kearney ESU 10

__Bucket Group Meeting Time__: Assessment/Data (SLDS, BlendED & MAP<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark">) - Denise O'Brien Curriculum/BlendED- Kate Hatch Instruction/BlendED- Janet Foss Leadership/ <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" style="font-family: Candara;">Teacher Principal Evaluation- Toby Boss

**__Adjourn__:** 2:00 pm

2:15-3:30 Science Cadre Meeting, Room Studio D