Meeting Minutes (1/18/12)

I want to thank everyone for taking the time to commit to the Wyoming 21^st Century Task Force.  There was a sense of synergy at our meeting from the lively discussion.  I have attempted to capture the “burning questions” shared at the table. You will be receiving another email next week sharing our blog, dates for visitations and other thoughts. I appreciate your passion to produce a plan which can serve as the framework for our instructional delivery model.

Burning questions:

1.        What skills do we need to teach and what gaps do we currently have with our curriculum?

2.       How can we create collaboration time within the work day? Business models do.

3.       How can we build a state of the art technology infrastructure?

4.       What should a graduating senior’s profile look like in a couple of years?

5.       How can we plan for flexibility?

6.       How can we teach our adults along the way?

7.       How do we structure a new delivery so the change is “frictionless”?

8.       Who are we benchmarking with the state vs. Wyoming? How much change will Wyoming tolerate?

9.       What tools can teachers use, and how do they stay current?

10.   How do we keep kids coming to Wyoming school’s instead of staying home in their pajamas and learning via technology?

11.   How do we focus on new skills when the state measures us on the state standards?

12.   What pilots are working – other examples, role models?

13.   As teachers, how do we teach creativity?

14.   How do we design around our vision?

15.   Efficacy - How do we prove and measure personalized learning? How do we improve learning?

16.   How do we create an environment in which students can learn?

Next steps:

• Learn from visiting other schools and businesses
• Create blog in order for us to dialogue with each other on what we are learning.
• Share articles/research with each other
• Establish next meeting date in February after some of our visits and exchanges