Minutes, NEASC Standards Committees. Dec. 14, 2016

School Resources for Learning
Meeting Minutes: 12/14/16

In attendance: Ellen Boardman, Annamaria Delk, Heather Dubois, Charlotte Locke, Stephen Minnigh, Kim Vitchkoski, Scott Jacquith, Michael Michaud, Deb Pothier, Donna Wendel, Kim Carrozza, Ann Wagner,  Angela Walsh, Andrew Fishbein, Andrea Tilson, Jerry Moylan, Mark Bell

Minutes:

• Handed out packets with Agenda, Self Study Document, and Directions on how to access Google Folder
• Creation of Subcommittees (Self Selection), and selection of reporters
• Indicators 1, 2, and 7 (intervention programs, information distribution, and support services for identified students)
• Angela Walsh
• Ann Wagner
• Mark Bell
• Donna Wendel - Reporter
• Andrea Tilson
• Matt Fenlon
• Indicators 3 and 6 (Technology services and library)
• Kim Carrozza
• Heather Dubois
• Charlotte Locke
• Kim Vitchkoski
• Steve Minnigh
• Andy Fishbein
• Indicator 5 (Health Services)
• Annamaria Delk
• Deb Pothier - Reporter
• Ellen Boardman
• Inga Thompson
• Indicator 4 (Counseling Services)
• Scott Jacquith - Reporter
• Michael Michaud
• Jerry Moylan
• Groups created a shared folder, made sure they were able to access their google account, and made an initial action plan.

Thanks people, I think we did a good job today. Don’t get nervous about this process. We have a long way to go and this is a fluid process. It will get done, just a bit at a time. Remember - this isn’t a static document and we’ve only just begun. All is good.

School Culture and Leadership

Meeting Minutes 12/14/2016

In attendance:

Committee Chairpersons: Kate Leonas / Dylan Saunders

Stephanie Aucoin

Diane Barbour

Lauren Byers

Martine Cloutier

Nancy A. Duffy

Naomi Hall

Irene Humel

Jessica MacKay

Mike McQuilkin

Kim Montine

Sarah Paling

Patty Powers

Teresa Rossetti

Jennifer Turk

Missing:

Dana Darrow

Jeanne O'Brien

Deb O’Neil

Johanna Seeba

• Introductions were made
• Instructions were given as to how to access nsd42.net gmail account and navigate to NEASC drive - those who could not access their accounts put in help desk requests
• Self-Study Guide was distributed (those not in attendance will be put in mailboxes)
• Time was given so members could read the 5 School Culture and Leadership Indicators
• Indicators were assigned based on attendees preferences - those not in attendance were assigned an Indicator
• Broke up into groups by Indicator to discuss plan
• Kate Leonas created a School Culture and Leadership folder on Google Drive
• Meeting adjourned

Indicator Assignments will be updated later, Kate has the checklist

Indicator 1:

Indicator 2:

Indicator 3:

Indicator 4:

Indicator 5:

Indicator 6:

Indicator 7:

Indicator 8:

Indicator 9:

Indicator 10:

Indicator 11:

Indicator 12:

CURRICULUM COMMITTEE 

Meeting Minutes 12/14/2016

In attendance:

Karen Benzekri

Jen Burnette

Patricia Lafleur

Shauna Murray

Jacqlyn Roy

Michele Boris

Matt Bowe

Casey Feltham

Ken Heaton

Sandra Larochelle

Jeff Leone

Megan Miller

Catherine Poulin

Alexandra Simon

Maggie Williams

Lisa Yates

Missing:

Paul Wheaton

Judith Morales

Joanne Pagel

Lorna Spargo

• Introductions were made
• An explanation of the Steering Committee Liaison role
• An explanation of the Committee Chairs roles
• Self-Study Guide was distributed (those not in attendance were put in mailboxes)
• Explanation of the Indicators and goal for the meeting - time was given so members could read the 7 Curriculum Indicators
• Break up into groups by Indicator to discuss plan (those not in attendance were assigned an Indicator) *See list below
• Members all checked nsd42.net gmail account access - those who could not access their accounts put in help desk requests
• Meeting adjourned with a promise of snacks at the next meeting in January

* Indicator Assignments

Indicator 1:

Michele Boris

Maggie Williams

Indicator 2:

Catherine Poulin

Pat Lafleur

Indicator 3:

Jackie Roy

Shauna Murray

Joanne Pagel

Indicator 4:

Matt Bowe

Lorna Spargo

Indicator 5:

Alex Simon

Sandra Larochelle

Judith Morales

Indicator 6:

Megan Miller

Casey Feltham

Paul Wheaton

Indicator 7:

Ken Heaton

Lisa Yates

Jeff Leone

Community Resources for Learning

Meeting Minutes 12/14/16

1. Introductions (and granola bars)

2.            Ice Breaker Question- Has anyone worked through the NEASC Process before?

• Judy Loftus- shared her experience with the process in the past. She said it is a lot of work, but also had some great ideas to help us through the process.
• Lenny Harrison- shared his experience with the NEASC process at NHTI. It was a different venue being a college, but still similar experience with the process.

3. Nichole Treadway had sent an email out on Friday 12/9 with all the documents to the committee, it was asked that each member look over the indicators and decide which ones they would prefer to work on, in the hope that this would help to create choice for the committee members. Members were asked if there were specific indicators they would like to work on, only a couple people had one in mind. Thinking we would have 18 members on our committee we tried to make pairs with a couple groups of 3 for each indicator. However, since the meeting we are down 3 committee members for various reasons.

Due to this, we left the meeting with the message that Anthony would be sending an email out to all committee members in the next week with indicators that need members to work on them and the task for the January meeting.

4. Exit Slip- log onto google and access school gmail account. Once accessed members were asked to email Anthony to show they had successfully accessed their accounts.

Updated Members List-

Steering Committee Liaison- Nichole Treadway  

Committee Chairperson- Anthony Daise/Alice Regneri

Committee Members-

Lisa Arciprete-Cronin

Emily Baker

Laura Brown

Marianne Dustin

Kathy Eicher

Jackie Hackett

Judy Loftus

Erin Pinault

Keith Williams

Lenny Harrison

Scott Anderson

Jean Bennett

Jessica Brox

Jennifer Rebane

Mark Tenney

Instruction

Meeting Minutes 12/14/2016

Members Present - James Gaj, Joanne Del Greco, Sharon Saunders, Maureen Fenn, Kathy Johnson, Laura Kelly, Susan Rourke, Kathy Trembley, Jayne Wing, Greg Montine, Bari Sherman, Jeffrey Wenzel, Katie Crisman, Heather Sylvia, Scott Knight

Members Absent - Jothan Massey, Linda Polewarczyk, Kara Roger, Adam Boraskas, Simone Perry

James Gaj welcomed everyone to the group and explained the beginning process. He introduced himself as the liaison, and introduced Sharon and Joanne as the Co-Chairmen.

James then took notes on the process.

Joanne  Delgreco and Sharon Saunders took control of the room.

• SS had everyone go around the room and introduce themselves.
• JG handed out the standards packet to the group.
• SS then explained the indicators and asked the group to read over each indicator. Once they were done they were allowed to choose which sub committee they should be in.
• Present members joined a sub committee, and absent members will be placed into a subcommittee by the Chairmen.
• Groups sheets were submitted to the Chairmen.
• Co-Chairmen asked if there were any other questions.
• Laura Kelly then asked if we can move the location of the meeting due to mobility issues. SS stated we will use the ELL classrooms in the future.
• Meeting was then adjourned.

Core Values

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12.14.16

*Welcome, pass out packets, debrief on objectives

*Break down each indicator with forms Steph printed for each group member along with examples of evidence for Indicator 2 because the evidence conveniently resides on the school websites, fully accessible. Questions & concerns that came up during the division time for the indicator groups are listed below as well as the working list (many were absent and Steph will be reaching out to them to survey preferences before committing them to specific indicators).

*Clarification that before January meeting, all group members should access the school provided gmail account and develop a plan (ideally provide a heads up to necessary parties) for data harvesting during the January meeting.

INDICATORS FOR CORE VALUES	NAMES	QUESTIONS
INDICATOR 1: The school community engages in a dynamic, collaborative, and inclusive process informed by current research-based best practices to identify and commit to its core values and beliefs about learning.	*Neil Claffey *Justin DeMarco *Melissa Bellmare	*There was a self study done completed in 2012 concerning core values mission statement - was it approved? Where was it shelved - does it still exist?
INDICATOR 2: The school has challenging and measurable 21st century learning expectations for all students which address academic, social, and civic competencies and are defined by school-wide analytic rubrics that identify targeted high levels of achievement.	*Dan Wyborney *Lindy Walch *Linda Sellner	*Rubrics and Mission Statement easy to pull & plug from school website
INDICATOR 3: The school’s core values, beliefs, and 21st century learning expectations are actively reflected in the culture of the school, drive curriculum, instruction, and assessment in every classroom, and guide the school’s policies, procedures, decisions, and resource allocations.	*Matt Froment *Chris Ritter *Judi Shea *Charles Gray *Robin Peringer	*Resource allocation i.e. school board budgets will have to be examined
INDICATOR 4: The school regularly reviews and revises its core values, beliefs, and 21st century learning expectations based on research, multiple data sources, as well as district and school community priorities.	*Andrea Valiente *Al Verley

Assessment Committee

Meeting Minutes 12/14/16

Agenda items are listed below, with notes from each section.  

1. Introductions

The members introduced themselves.  Present were:

Alexis Duval, Cara Daras-Manning, Cynthia Pitkin, Debbie White, Jan Cline, Jan Muller, Jason Dufoe, Josh Totten-Greenwood, Mark Ambrose, Meghan Parrott, Michelle Cohen, Monica Wesson, Nate Mazerolle, Pam Triest-Hallahan, Rob Clauss, Tony Courounis, Wendy Dufoe, Alan Tefft

2.  General timeline

The general timeline and process for preparation for the NEASC audit were discussed.  This is our first meeting, our next meeting is during the January early release.  

3.  Standards Overview
Each attendee was given a printed copy of the Assessment Self-Study Guide; they are also shared on the Google Drive.  Key points were emphasized.  

4.  Google Drive Resources

A shared folder has been created in Google Drive for all committee resources, and as a place for members to keep their work,, data, results etc.  Rob Greene has shared this folder with all members.  To access it:

1. Log in to your (Lastname First Initial) @nsd42.net google account
2. Click the small 3x3 squares at the top right of a google page.  Select Drive.  
3. On the left, click ‘Shared with Me.’  

5.  Review specific indicators

Members were assigned to specific indicators.  The original list was:

Staff Members	Indicator
Jan Cline Jason Dufoe	1
Tony Couronis Rob Clauss	2
Michelle Cohen Cara Daras-Manning	3
Wendy Dufoe Alexis Duval	4
Nate Mazerolle Meghan Parrott	5
Pam Triest-Hallahan Monica Wesson	6
Mark Ambrose Cyndi Pitkin	7
Hank Basil Eli Claffey	8
Juanna Moriarty Jan Muller	9
Debbie White Josh Greenwood	10
Kellie Gabriel	11

Members were then given time to review the indicators that were assigned to them, with their partners (if applicable).  Members were also asked to identify a means of organizing the information that they were going to collect later.  

Several items arose during this time.  They are:

• Two listed members are part-time, and thus are probably not able/ required to meet with the team.  One of those will be moving to North next semester, so some groupings may need to be adjusted.  
• Several members had login issues for their google accounts.  Some members were contacting IT directly; Alan will contact for the others.  
• The staff email list obtained from IT didn’t exactly match the account names that teachers have been using.  Alan updated the master list, and will follow up with Rob.
• SPED has a huge audit in March 2018 (same time as NEASC) and is also using the January ER day for a meeting at North, so we will lose a few people there.
• Members asked: How many examples of each piece of evidence are needed for each indicator?  We will find out.  
• Many of the indicators relate to the school's 21st Century Learning Expectations.  Are these based on the 21st Century Skills rubric that we use for report cards?  On the school-wide Learning Expectations in our Mission Statement?  Is there another document?  Alan will be following up with Rob on this too.  
• Some head teachers have clearly specified that only original student work (not copies or scans) was acceptable as evidence.  Is this for their requirements, or do we actually need original papers for the visit materials?