Meeting+Notes+-+August+30


 * Notes— August 30, 2007**

• Please see the goalsheet for a chart of “overlapping” goals generated from the morning. We will pare these down to 2-3 and track them throughout the year.
 * Goal Setting--**

Improv Workshop/planning for 9.17— • **Duane** came (Awesome) and led us in two games; for the 9/17 workshop day, the improv teachers will come and help our groups get bonded to each other; each group will work with one teacher. The object is bonding, nothing more, nothing less. We’re excited to do this work at the opening of the year. • Tasks: **Mike** will email Sarah with details from today, and **Mike and/or Kate** will talk to GradeChairs about getting breakfast and lunch to us for the retreat day.

Meeting Schedule/Calendar stuff— We’ve agreed to meet on Wednesdays after Advisory!!!

Content/Curriculum— • Tasks: **Mike** will order books for the Am Lit teachers.
 * Kate** showed us the ropes on Wiki and Moodle!!!
 * Jeanne** is getting stuff together for Orientation day. Please get your “Ballot Blurbs” to her by next Tuesday morning.
 * Mike** brought up using “Civil Disobedience”; we need to determine when/how to do the Grapes assignment and will dedicate a late fall/early winter to this question.


 * Theresa** talked about Protocols and how they might work for us, using the “Writing Meeting” as a guide. The upshot is that protocols can help us be more productive and organized and really use our time well.

Other meetings that might benefit from protocols are: Technology meetings (where **Kate** helps us update our Wiki/Moodle pages), Planning meetings (where we talk through our plans/group plans and then make adjustments or attend to tasks) and “Issue” meetings (where we discuss a reading, check in on our program goals, talk about group dynamics, etcetera)