January 16, 2015 at 2:00 PM - Alternative Education Meeting

Rationale:  1.  Finance Report:  See attached report

2.  January-February Professional Development Programs: 
     January 12:  David Weber and VJ Smith
     January 29-30:  Kevin Honeycutt
     February 3:  APL for SCHS and selected staff from the other buildings

3.  2015-16 School Calendar:  We have provided the first draft of the 2015-16 calendar with corresponding dates.  Recommended changes will be made to that calendar to address problems with the current calendar or changes because of the way dates fall on the new calendar.

4.  Strategic Planning Process:  We will begin the final planning phase of the 2015 strategic planning process this month.  Dr. Hoesing will present at the Senior Center on January 26th, at Cargill on January 27th, and host a community leaders retreat on February 2nd.  The board committee will meet following these meetings and present our recommended priorities to the board for their approval on February 7th.

5.  Requisition/Inventory:  The ESU Coop purchasing site will open on February 2nd.  All ESU orders are due on April 1st.  The requisitions for items outside of the Coop Purchase will be done on the filemaker system again this year.  Orders completed on the filemaker system are due on May 1st.  Inventory updates are due upon checkout at the end of the school year.

6. iObservation Program:  We are required in the SIG grant at the middle school to adopt a more rigorous observation/evaluation system at the middle school.  This program will be for both teachers and administrators.  The program we are considering will support our work with both Marzano and APL strategies and allow us to use peer coaching in the development of our teaching staff.  You can go out to the Internet and find out more about the system.  Ashland Greenwood Public Schools and North Bend currently use the program.  We are currently working on the contracts for this program and will be presenting it to the board for their approval in February.  If approved, we will being training all administrators in the use of the system.

7.  2015-16 Contracts:  The board of education approved the certificated staff master agreement and the superintendent's contract on Monday, January 12^th.  The finance committee is working on the other administrators, directors, and coordinators for approval at their meeting on February 9^th.  Following that meeting, the finance committee will begin working on support staff salaries and contracts.  Support staff contracts will be finalized at the board meeting on May 11th.