Eastside+-+Agenda+9-17-08

= Eastside Planning Committee Agenda =

September 17, 2008

 * ==Action Items==
 * **Robin** will plan and revise the Eastside AzTEA web page
 * **Brett** will help set up the calendar and add a link for members to subscribe
 * **Brett** will head up the membership and recruitment effort
 * **Amy** will get email list cleaned up and organized.
 * **Julia** will organize minutes and give to members
 * **Check with the Board to do Ideal registration or Use our own.**
 * **Julia will check on setting up a booth at the ED Fair**
 * **ALL will check to see if they can help and sign up to help here.**
 * **Julia will check on need for presenters and numbers of attendees**
 * **Brett, Ann, Jann, Jane and Julia will man the AzTEA booth.**
 * ==Welcome Back, Announcements and Updates - Amy/Julia==
 * Conference committee co-chairs (Ann Lumm and Julia Lott)
 * Idea for Keynote speaker for next year - Tony Vincent - Az K-12 Center
 * Robin McNulty is now an outreach coordinator for SanTan Center for CAC on Hunt Highway
 * Tempe is setting up a Ning network and teachers will join via invitation. Meet once a month face to face. Each month they have an assignment and reflection. Teacher are chosen via application. They got digital cameras, salary credit and Quest Garden subscription. A place to host your webquest. 40-30 teachers participate. Willing to train others.
 * Casa Grande - All training embedded technology. Rolled out Sharepoint to use for web pages and class discussions. PLC (Professional Learning Communities - are used for training during the school day) Products are posted on the portal. Teacher trainers were given opportunities to become Master teachers.
 * ==Eastside Chapter - Volunteers==
 * **Brett** volunteers to head up the membership drive - How do we include more districts?
 * How to recruit new members? Goal - Bring in 5-10 teachers to this group this year.
 * **Brett** will help set up the calendar on the Eastside wiki and add an address to subscribe
 * We need to send out minutes to members Include 5 bullet points and add the wiki address so they can read the minutes
 * We need to ask others to present and participate
 * 2-3 years ago we divided up the districts to contact.
 * Contact the members who are not actively participating.
 * Set up the Phone bridge so others can call up and join the conversation
 * Multiple opportunities for growth need to be provided to others
 * Secretary- Who wants to do this? Julia
 * ==Get to Know you Social (Westside)==
 * October 7 5:15-7:15 Cartwright Training Center
 * ==Get to Know you Social Eastside ideas==
 * Invite someone else to attend a session or training or conference
 * New teacher orientation - give teachers Conference series information and two or three local events planned when school starts
 * Perhaps we should contact 2nd year teachers
 * All new teachers to a district are not new teachers; perhaps they are really a power user.
 * Teachers are overwhelmed and carefully choose extra activities.
 * Amy will check on an Eastside email and get that set up with Chris
 * Amy will schedule the phone bridge w/ Chris for the rest of the year.
 * ==AzTEA -==
 * We would like to add this to the conference fee structure have a 4/100 (four people can attend one regional conference)
 * Currently there is a 4/400 to attend all conferences
 * ==Ed Fair - October 4, 2008 - Polytechnic Campus==
 * Yes set up a booth!
 * ==Technology student standards for AZ==
 * Requesting review and suggestions
 * ==Discussion - Event Planning Committees or sub-committees? Would this subset be helpful to spread the 'word' and 'load', any volunteers?==
 * ==Other Training Ideas==
 * http://www.azk12.org/azk12.php?section=6151
 * ==Discussion - Podcasts of sessions, Blog extensions of events? Live Streaming?==
 * ==Lightening Sessions at planning meetings - Interested? Topics? Volunteers? - Amy/Brett==
 * Continue to spread the word.
 * We need the regstration to get into Teachers hands. We také PO's. For every five teachers the sixth is free!
 * Amy will organize the email list
 * == **Lightening Round Suggestions** == || == **Volunteer Presenter** == ||

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 * ==MEC Gala Luncheon Planning Committee - Committee forming now - would anyone like to assist in planning this event? - Amy==