Western Arkansas Education Renewal Zone

1. Western Arkansas Education Renewal Zone Advisory Board Meeting Wednesday, November 14, 2012

2. Welcome

3. Special Guest • Dr. Rick Massengale • Dept. Head of Information Technology

4. Goal 1 Professional development • Continued work with LDC/MDC • (Literacy Design Collaborative/Math Design Collaborative) • ERZ Staff participating as Arkansas Trainers • Focus work for 2012-13 with Fort Smith Public Schools • Teacher visits in early October and early November • An approach to assist with the implementation of CCSS

5. Goal 1 Professional development • LDC/MDC Resources • LDC:  • www.literacydesigncollaborative.org • www.mygroupgenius.org/literacy • MDC:  • www.mygroupgenius.org/mathematics • http://map.mathshell.org • ASCD (Assoc. for Supervision and Curriculum Development), Alexandria, VA • http://educore.ascd.org/

6. Goal 1 Professional development • Hackett High—Science Dept. visit to UAFS Labs • Hackett High Faculty and UAFS College of STEM Professors • Monday, Nov. 19th • Discussion of content and expectation • Tour and work in the UAFS Labs

7. Goal 1 APre-Service Education • CCSS Conference—October 31, 2012

8. Goal 1 APre-Service Education • CCSS Conference—October 31, 2012 • 185 UAFS pre-service teachers • 24 ERZ partner school participants • 26 UAFS Faculty members

9. CCSS Conferenceobjectives for Pre-service teachers • Gain a clearer understanding of the intent and purpose of the Common Core State Standards. • What CCSS means nationally • What CCSS means for the State of Arkansas • Create confidence in knowing where to go to seek CCSS information and whom to contact with questions regarding CCSS. • Increase awareness with available resources for classroom teachers to assist with CCSS implementation.

10. CCSS Conference Survey of Pre-service teachers Survey Questions—Literacy Survey Questions—Math To what extent do you feel confident in your knowledge of the 8 Mathematical Practices? To what extent do you feel confident in identifying the 8 Mathematical Practices evidenced in student work? • To what extent do you feel confident in your overall understanding of CCSS? • To what extent do you feel confident with your ability to implement CCSS in your lesson planning? • To what extent do you feel confident in utilizing formative assessment to guide your CCSS instruction to increase student learning? • To what extent do you feel confident in your knowledge of the 10 Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing? • To what extent do you feel confident in identifying the 10 Anchor Standards for Reading and Writing evidenced in student work?

11. Survey Results—Literacy Pre-service teachers

12. Survey results—mathpre-service teachers

13. Goal 2 Rigorous curriculum • CCRPP Grant SPECIAL GUEST: Mr. Martin Mahan, Director of Secondary Education, FSPS

14. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • BEST Robotics • 2012 • 4 ERZ Teams (5 schools) • Kimmons/Darby Jr. Highs • Mansfield Middle • Northside High • Waldron Middle • 2011 • 2 ERZ Teams (3 schools)

15. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • BEST Robotics • River Valley Game Day (local)—Nov. 3rd • Best T-Shirt—Northside High • Best Web Page—Waldron Middle • Best Exhibit—Waldron Middle • Frontier Trails Game Day (regional)—Nov. 30th & Dec. 1st • 35 teams from AR, OK, KS, CO, and MO • Competition held at Fort Smith Convention Center

16. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • Global Speakers • Oct. 18—Mansfield Elementary • UAFS international students representing the countries of Japan, Taiwan, and India

17. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • Global Speakers—National Attention

18. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • Festival of Science • Saturday, Oct. 27th • 50-60 students from 4 elementaries • 25 UAFS volunteers • Teacher Hospitality Lab

19. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • Electric Car—Nov. 5th—Kimmons Jr. High • Teachers participating: • Ms. Michelle Core • Mr. Todd Tierney • Mr. Bill Becker • 4 classes participated (appx. 100 students) in the demonstration and discussion

20. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • National Science Bowl • Roberta Parks, Professor of Mathematics • Sponsored by U.S. Department of Energy • Open to junior high and high school teams • Competition Day – Saturday, Jan. 26th • Registration – Oct. 1st—Jan. 12th • Regional science bowl championship teams receive an all-expenses paid trip to compete at the national event in Washington, D.C. • http://science.energy.gov/nsb/

21. Goal 2Rigorous curriculum • Guest Speaker—Temple Grandin • March 11th—Stubblefield Center • Free admission • Part of UAFS’s READ THIS! annual event • Selected text for READ THIS! 2013 is: • The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time

22. Goal 3Mentoring Programs • Darby-UAFS Mentoring Project • Working with 2 student organizations • Student community/leadership project

23. Goal 3Mentoring Programs • Darby-UAFS Mentoring Project

24. Goal 4 Recruit/retain teachers • Will continue with university class visits during spring semester • Both College of Ed and STEM College intro courses • Available to work with Intro to Education classes at high schools • Available to work with teaching/education clubs at schools

25. Goal 5Parent/community involvement • Festival of Science • Many parents attended and engaged with students

26. Goal 6Collaboration among partners • Lunch with the Commissioner • 39 attendees participated • Open Q&A with the Commissioner

27. Goal 6 Collaboration among partners • CCRPP Grant

28. Goal 6 Collaboration among partners • Southside High Campus Visit—Oct. 25th • 14 students • Linda Burns’ Workplace Readiness class

29. Comments & Round table Topics • Open to the floor

30. Adjournment