Vita-Learn NW April 2 Meeting Agenda

The Vita-Learn NW Meeting for April 2 will be hosted by South Burlington School

Location:  Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School • 500 Dorset Street • South Burlington, VT

RSVP  to

Steve Webster  <swebster@sbschools.net>

Kristen Courcelle <kcourcelle@sbschools.net>

Focus:  Collaborating with Curriculum Colleagues

Transformation will take more than Technology and Bandwidth

Policies & Curriculum changes are happening all around all around us.

What are the steps to bring synergy from the work we are all doing (tech, curriculum, policy, assessment, etc) for maximum impact as we all embark on the transformation journey?

Bring a colleague whose job is curriculum related (curriculum coach, curriculum director, teacher).  Every school that that has a both (tech and curriculum)  gets two door prize tickets for each person)

Door prize:  i pod touch

Agenda

8:30 - 9:00  Introductions and Announcements

Announce upcoming PD, Conferences, Opportunities

9:00 - 9:30  State of the State

9:30  - 11:30   Building Synergy Dialogue

Facilitator:  TBA

1. Share what type of collaboration between tech and curriculum is happening at your school, especially what's working.

2. Share barriers to collaboration between the two.

3. Brainstorm what we can do to move what is working up a notch towards transformative levels.

4. Brainstorm what types of things we can do to address some of the barriers.

Select some next steps.

Do we want to take on any items from the the brainstorming on as goals?  If so, what are the next steps.

 Directions via Google Maps

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