Agenda_2009_12-10

PISD Central Office building (upstairs in the large conference room in C&I)**
 * T3 Project Manager Meeting - December 10, 2009 (1:30)

1. Purchasing Equipment Update: - Additional Professional Development opportunity added (2 half day Promethean Foundation training) - Waiting for quotes so they can be processed. - As of today, we are still waiting for member district information.

2. External Evaluator: - Hand out (Draft Evaluation Plan for the T3 Central Texas Collaborative - an edited document reflecting changes from meeting will be posted) - Resources for Learning - Evaluation design will use a stratified sample - final sample selection will be made after districts report teachers and classrooms (form coming) - TAKS Data of students (reading, math and all tests will be pulled for students in sample) - Required survey of teachers, parents, and students each year of grant - Classroom Observations to be conducted by RFL OR by campus principals using RFL instrument - districts will decide approach - Collaborative creates a rubric to be used to evaluate quality of flipcharts to meet Curriculum Redesign vision - 1 "rubric reviewed" flipchart created by collaborative by end of grant for each grade level participating in the grant in the area of mathematics

3. Curriculum Redesign Update: - Due by Friday, Dec. 18th (or sooner) - Each district submits own to meet individual needs/direction - "Living document..."

4. Establishing Cohorts - In-district/campus cohorts established to meet on regular basis (per grant guidelines) - Colaborative cohorts to meet at TCEA (Robert to talk with Lorraine Harbour for advice) - Colaborative/District/Campus cohorts to meet/share/colaborate online

5. SETDA Survey - All but two districts are in - Due by Friday, Dec. 18th (or sooner)

6. Expenditure Reports - Due by Friday, Dec. 18th (or sooner)

7. Establish Meeting Dates - Second Thursday of each month.

8. Open Topics