November 15, 2016 at 2:00 PM - Professional Development Committee Meeting

Discussion: 

Call to order at 2:00 PM

Staff:  David Ludwig, Deb Hericks, Scott Isaacson

Discussion:  January PDO with Jim Knight will be on January 18-19, 2017.  The will be a great opportunity for all ESU - Administrators/Staff.  

Discussion: 

Discussion:  NDE was present to give a presentation to the PD Committee for the VST (Virtual Support Team)  Statewide roll out to be fully implemented 2018-2019.  For EAP II, there will be 82 school districts participating.  Stateholders NDE, ESUCC, ESU/VST, SIS Vendors, DLP (VST LEvel 4), Districts, ESUs.  There will be an onsite NDE training for VST staff on December 1 & 2.  Work with VST staff to plan and excute data quality improvements initiative.  Work with schools to get signed up. 

Discussion:  ESU 7 Administrator gave a demonstration on the SIMPL (Service Implementation Process Matrix and Log) Plan.  This process includes the AQUESTT tenets aligned with EBA (Evidence Based Analysis) data. 

Discussion:  Executive Director shared the process staff used to created a procedure manual for each project.  The first review will will happen in January and second review/approval in February. 

Discussion:  BlendEd/DEC Director gave an update on the BlendEd pilot.   She has been visiting some these pilot schools.  She also invites the ESU counterpart on these visits to keep them in loop on progress.  She plans to visit the schools twice, once first semester and once second semester.  She has dialogue with students as well as teachers involved in pilot.  She gave some examples of the work happening out in the schools.    

Discussion:  Final NMPDS reports have been submitted.