September 8, 2016 at 8:30 AM - Regular Meeting

Discussion: 

Call to order at 8:30 AM.

Staff:  David Ludwig, Deb Hericks, Scott Isaacson, Priscilla Quintana, Beth Kabes

Legal:  Karen Haase

Guests:  Jim Knight and Kelly Valentine, Corwin; Dean Folkers, NDE

Discussion:  Kelly Valentine and Jim Knight from Corwin were present to discuss their company.  Jim Knight will be the presenter for our January PDO meetings.  Jim Knight works with instructional/peer coaching. What does it take to give high quality instruction?  Professional different to make a difference:  Understanding the complexity of helping adults; need both autonomy and accountability,  Process to bring about autonomy and accountability;  instructional play book - practice getting from here to there (living document); gather core elements of data - measurable goals; culture of the school - they way they converse;  change leaders need to have leadership skills - ambitious to change and deeply responsive to staff;  system has to support change - on board and encourage the change.   

Discussion:  Dean Folkers and Scott Isaacson were present to discuss/update on ADVISER.  Adviser/Single Sign On Project Updates Early Adopters (EAP) thirty one district began, 13 districts are in production, 3 districts are in staging, some moved into the Stage two because of working with Infinite Campus.  Eighty-eight districts will start coming on to the system this Fall.  ESUCC/NDE went through an RFQ process for Student Management Systems and ended with 5 systems that will be available through the Coop Market Place.  The Single Sign On framework currently have 38 districts attached to the portal.  The App Launch Portal includes applications that need to be available. Three Districts are working to create this environment and deciding the apps that need to be added to the App Store.  2018-2019 will be the first year on the new system on data collection and NNSRS will be deprecated.  Vendors are working to get their certification finished for this process.; Virtual Support Team (VST) was created to help provide easy access to support.  This team include one staff developers and one technical person for each ESU.  This will provide a smooth escalation of problems in order to fully support our schools in this transition period.; Biennium budget - Requires a technology proposal to be submitted to NITC.  Core pieces to include:  Instructional Improvement Systems (IIS - Learner Profile and Artifacts - Standard and Instructional Resources, Instructional Designed Practices, Assessment and Growth, Professional Learning and Educator Effectiveness) Systems of shared infrastructure, improved accessibility of data for decision making, research and continuous improvement.  What is the IIS?  It is an user-friendly, online platform to house and deliver teaching and learning tools.  Internal efficiency - project management practices and software supports.  There are eight core components - ADVISER Dashboard, Standards Database, Learning Object Repository, Course Building Tool, Learning Management System, Assessment Object Repository, Assessment Tool, Professional Development System for Educators.

Discussion:  Deturk went to listen to discussion regarding ACT.  Decisions should be made within the next couple of months.  They will have to re-open Rule 51 regarding Special Ed Administrator requirements.  KSB will looking at redrafting the foster care (79-215 sub 9 and 10). 

Discussion:  The Leadership Conference was in Seattle this year with great session.  The Federal Advocacy Conference will be October in Washington DC.  The annual conference will be in Savannah, GA.  Peter Young will be retiring at the end of December.  John Bass will be Peter's replacement. 

Discussion:  Recess to Budget Hearing at 9:30 AM. 

Discussion:  Reconvene to regular Board Meeting at 9:43 AM

Discussion:  Executive Director reviewed his power point with ESUCC updates.  Coop -  ESM Mediation will be held on September 28, 2016. Meetings to be held with a couple larger school districts to discuss the Market Place.  Discussion continue with the K-12 Federation regarding our Market Place.   SRS Development continues with the help of Mindshine Technologies on the ZEND conversion. The first edition of Zend Conversion to be completed by end of December 2016.  ESUCC continues to discuss possibilities for potentials projects to apply for Innovation Grant funds.  NCSA has organized a meeting of statewide education groups with Open Sky Institute.  This meeting to be held on September 27, 2016.  Discussions continue with NWEA and their interest and willingness to submit a proposal for statewide assessment.  NDE has been discussing Competency Based Education (CBE) and has recently held a meeting to discuss options with members of ESUCC/ESUs, School districts, NDE and Higher Education.  Work continues with Educator Effectiveness between Executive Director and NDE.  Janine Thieler will present on Educator Effectiveness updates in the future.

Discussion:  President Elect reviewed committee discussions.  Executive Director discussed the evaluation tool  and standards for ESU administrators.

Discussion:  President-elect reviewed the ESUCC Committee list for the next two-years. 

Discussion:  Reviewed the home base for staff.

Discussion:  Amend the motion to Beth's legal name Mary Beth Kabes. 

Discussion:  There a no public comments. 

Discussion:  Treasurer reviewed July and August financials statements with Committee.  Treasurer will continue to work with Business Manager to revise Budget Summary.

Discussion:  Treasurer reviewed expenses for July and August with committee. 

Discussion:  We need to remove Dennis Radford and Brian Gegg and replace with Geraldine Erickson and Kraig Lofquist to bank/NPAIT accounts.  Discussion was held to also add the Business Manager, Priscilla Quintana to the account to be able to access information herself.  We need to remove administrators and replace new administrators to bank/NPAIT accounts. 

Discussion:  Committee chair highlighted discussion in the Technology Committee. 

Discussion:  This system will be hosted at both ESU 3 and in Lincoln.  Development environment will be at ESU 3.  The bid that most meet our requirement is with Commvault.  This will be a five year contract.  

Discussion:  Coop chair discussed the topics of discussion.  Executive Director discussed some discussions especially noted the positives in the work we accomplish through Cooperative Purchasing. 

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed discussions held in Committee.  Executive Director reviewed the need to have NDE representation on each committee/affiliates. 

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed discussion held in committee.  Continued work on the SRS system.  Para Conference in in Kearney on October 26, 2016.  Behavioral Health continues to be a topic of discussion.  There will be a survey coming out regarding services already available in the state.  Discussion regarding SLP shortages, how can we develop online resource in within our own state. 

Discussion:  Executive Direct reviewed discussions held in committee.  In the process of coordinating another meeting with NDE, ESUCC, and Governmental Relations to discuss legislative goals/processes.  Large group could possibly reserve a conference room and have everyone there to meet with senators.  Have smaller groups meet at Capitol to meet and discuss with legislators.  Committee will work to update the flyer/brochure. 

Discussion:  Dr Bell shared with group his negotiations with Citelighter.  He shared some talking points with  Board.  If you would like more information, contact Dr Bell. 

Discussion:  No public comment.