LAC-O Student Engagement Committee
2014-2015
We will optimize student engagement in support of high levels of learning.
2014-2015 LAC-O Student Committee meeting dates
October 24, 2014 OS Room 245
November 12, 2014 OS Room 245
December 10, 2014 OS Summit Campus Room 126
January 20, 2015 OS Room 245
February 24, 2015 OS Summit Campus Room 126
March 10, 2015 OS Room 250
April 14, 2015 OS Room 250
May 12, 2015 OS Room 235
June 18, 2015 Retreat – 9:00 AM – 3:00 PM
E.L. Johnson Nature Center (Bloomfield Schools)
3325 Franklin Road
Bloomfield Hills, MI 48302
Student Leadership Conference 2014
Superintendent's Retreat 2014
Student Leadership Overnight 2014
Oakland County Effective Practices Conferences 2015
Professional Learning Opportunities!
Resources
Formative Assessment with Doug Fisher: Presentation here
Student Voice
Notes/Agendas
Meetin Notes LAC-O Student Engagement Committee
October 24, 2014
9:00 – 11:00 AM
I. Welcome and Introductions Larry Thomas welcomed everyone to the new school year for our LAC-O Student
Larry Thomas welcomed everyone to the new school year for our LAC-O StudentEngagement Committee. Introductions were made from the group.
II. Community Builder/Connector
III. Review/Updates from the Retreat, 2014
i. LAC-O Retreat 2013
https://www.smore.com/r794w-lac-o-student-engagement-committee
ii. Would like to have feedback from the LAC-O Retreat 2013 – you have a hard copy in your folder or you can take the survey online at tinyurl.com/p6meuru
iii. LAC-O Student Engagement Committee Smore – we will place notes and resources on this Smore.
https://www.smore.com/chgwt-lac-o-student-engagement-committee
IV. Committee Goal
a. Sub-committee goals
b. Overarching tasks of our committee
i. Preparation for Effective Practice Conference (June, 2015) – Lake Orion
1. Need to identify colleagues to present by Feb., 2015
2. The conference will be centered around LAC-O’s four goals.
Early Childhood, Literacy, Math and Student Engagement
ii. Student voice work in the county:
School Quality, consultants that will work with Student Voice is
Mary Perfitt-Nelson, Kristen Gullen, Jay Marks
V. Committee Work: Website, Survey, Video
a. What are your goals?
b. How do you plan to achieve your goals?
c. What are the barriers to achieving your goals?
d. What supports/resources do you need to achieve your goals, and from whom?
e. Who will do what?
f. When are you going to meet as a sub-committee
VI. Exit Survey
Next meeting date November 12, 2014
Sub Committee notes
Video Production Sub Committee
October 24, 2014
Present: Darby, Cindy, RJ and Julie
Much discussion about where to house videos and how to have them readily accessible.
· RJ showed screen cast of Atlas Rubicon used in Novi with Camtasia. We might be
able to do the same thing. Videos 30 seconds to 2 minutes. Allows stats for views,
including country of origin. Would allow links to social media – Twitter
Questions about permissions
Need for Facebook page that will help connect us to parents and teachers
Video Content:
· Individual student videos – answering questions around student engagement
· Teacher videos – teachers doing the work
· Focus groups:
o Goal – Larry conducting focus group conversations
o PBS – pitch airing the videos
o State of Opportunity NPR radio
· Videos organized around the domains of the student engagement survey
How to recruit folks for videos
· Students
o recruited through leadership conference, both past and present presenters.
o Also could capture their feedback at the conference
· Teachers
o Contact communications/marketing folks in districts to find if this is already being done.
o Coordinate with Jay and the work in social justice
o Social media all call – Jean MacLeod to help
o Larry to recruit through Teaching and Learning
· Parents
o Use the 14 parent networks
o Students to video?
o Use P/T conferences and other events to interview parents
Julie: Get questions for student interviews to committee. Also get domains from survey.
Website/Social Media Sub Committee
What are your goals for the year?
A. Professional development – upcoming events
B. Workshop templates/Lesson designs
C. Tools and resources
· Provide examples of effective practices and delivery
How do you plan to achieve your goals? (Plan of action/Steps)
A. Professional development – upcoming events
B. Workshop templates/Lesson designs
C. Tools and resources
· Create multiple venues of getting information out (Facebook, Twitter, Smore, Scoop-it, etc.)
· Add a Resource Sharing folder to the website - ask colleagues in our committee, and throughout the county to share resources
What are the barriers to achieving your goals, and/or questions that we have?
· How do we harness resources (standing item)?
· How do we find people (standing item)?
· Which social media vehicles do we want to use, and how?
· How to get information back into classes?
Survey Sub Committee
Revise Surveys
* Reliability and Factor Analysis to identify questions that can be eliminated
* Cmte reviews candidate questions for construct need
* Retitle constructs / Domains
* AdvancEd Survey, HOPE Survey, Exit Surveys,
* School Improvement
* MDE Program Evaluation Tool
* ONLINE Version - practice
Parent Survey
Select Schools - Grade, Elementary & Middle Surveys Student Input