Spark+Meeting+November+3

**Spark Notes **  Wow! What a powerhouse of people at the meeting yesterday! I do apologize for bad scheduling for those of you that couldn't make it //. //I will improve on that. We are going to take a half a day off for our next meeting... How about **December first in the afternoon from 12:30-3:15. ** Does this work? I would like to finalize the date soon, so you can get subs. Let me know...   **We came up with a plan for the upcoming meeting (12-1-2010): ** //I am not sure we will get all this completed. //  **Notes from November 3, 2010 meeting: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Attendees: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Tina Krejci, Kevin Heyer, Joe Bishop, Kim Wise, Grace Anderson, Jacque Pike, Mark Hansen, Mark Mortimor, Ryan Clark, Curt Mayer, Denise Herman (Let me know if I missed you. I forgot to take names.) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">I am hoping that all of you can join us in December. Let me know if this December first date does not work. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Would you speak with your principals to find the best ways to share our information with the teachers and staff in your building? It will be nice to keep them updated on what we are learning. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Let's keep moving and grooving! Thanks to all. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 11.5pt;">
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> Denise Herman
 * Sent:** Thursday, November 04, 2010 9:27 AM
 * To:** Denise Herman; Curt Mayer; David Nicholas; Grace Jorgensen; Jacque Pike; Jeff Bishop; Jenny Darling-White; Joe Bishop; Kevin Heyer; Kim Wise; Kim Wyman; Linda Anderson; Mark Hansen; Mark mortimer; Mary Krisko; Richard Schaal; Ryan Clark; Tina Krejci
 * Subject:** notes from meeting new date <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 14pt;">
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">We will have Spark book read by meeting (have marked/highlighted/noted thinking points, discussion points of interest to us).
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Discussion of the book by chapters in small-whole groups
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Jacque will do the second half of Radey's ideas.
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Come up with a uniform standard for measurement of data
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Discuss grants with Mary in case this gets to be a need
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Think about and begin planning what we want to show at the district show and share night in January.
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Come with ideas to shape into a strategic plan (there was a suggestion of tiering steps of the plan) Brainstorm how to build consensus within the district and how we will share-- this includes the big Spark ideas and movement in the classroom
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Participants shared what they bring to the table as far as exercise, the brain and fitness.
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Ideas were shared and generated as to what is being done, how it is evolving, where we want to go with it and how
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Discussion of what has been read in the book for those that began reading
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Jacque shared points Radey has made at his presentations.
 * <span style="color: black; line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-list: l1 level1 lfo2; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span style="font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">The group built consensus that this will work best if we stick together as a district.