coen Posted January 6, 2010 Report Share Posted January 6, 2010 Proceedings of the Ad Hoc Committee on Strategic Planning District No. 2, Yellowstone County High School District No. 2, Yellowstone County Billings, Montana December 4, 2009 The committee meeting was held on Friday, December 4, 2009 in the Lincoln Center at 10:00 a.m. Trustees Barbara Bryan and Peter Gesuale, Nancy Hines and Carrie Miller were in attendance. Barb Bryan asked Carrie Miller to explain her job. Ms. Miller explained that it was her job to explore instructional research and trends in education and how do we, as a school district, relate nationally, and to analyze our performance data. She is also in charge of the Cognos program and the five-year educational plan. She spends about a quarter of her time as a facilitator and coach. She explores school improvement research and data. The Planning and Development Committee will be meeting starting next Monday, December 7th. They will focus on facilities and general demographic information. They will deal with general information to begin with but will need more direction from the strategic planning process to continue. They will need to know how to measure the data, i.e. what data give what results. Nancy Hines mentioned that there is a need for an audit or gap analysis. Planning and Development can’t make decisions until they are given a direction. They will review data and flag things to find out what is working and what is not. Peter Gesuale stated that there is a need for more Board training. There is a need for some kind of information on the website on what is required by board members. Planning and Development will be gathering data for the time being. Barb Bryan handed out a draft of the Steering Committee Composition, Role, and Responsibilities. The committee read through and made several suggestions. Peter Gesuale recommended changing the School District Role & Responsibilities to mirror the language from the Montana School Boards Association. Nancy Hines suggested that the membership include someone from social services or non-profit organizations. Carrie Miller suggested that a time frame be included. Barb Bryan stated that she would develop a schedule which would be tied to a time commitment. This document will be revised and will be given to the committee at the start. It was also mentioned that the Board of Trustees is responsible to adopt the findings of the Steering Committee. The Board will be asked to give this committee authority to start asking people to serve on the Steering Committee so this process can begin. Nancy Hines presented a public engagement plan. She also presented some possible brands for the community engagement process. Carrie Miller presented a draft of information this subcommittee may want. Mr. Gesuale stated that he would like to see less information on students but possibly include information on free and reduced student lunches, and more information on teachers and employees. Ms. Bryan asked that terms be defined. She also asked that the data be more summarized and concise. Financial information will be prepared by Rich Whitney and Thomas Harper. Mr. Gesuale would like to see square foot comparisons, possibly to MSU-Billings. Other information could be how well our students are prepared for college? Technology information should include how technology has changed and grown over the years. Nancy Hines asked about the possibility of having an official charge. Ms. Bryan stated that is desired and stated that the strategic plans need to be binding to future boards. The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, December 10th, 2009 at 8 a.m. The meeting was adjourned at 11:30 a.m. _______________________________ Nancy Coe, Recorder Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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