EMITTAcademy Support Team Minutes

Tuesday, February 7, 2017

4:00 p.m.

Jefferson High School, Room 451

I.Welcome and Call to Order

  • 4:01 P.M.

II.Welcome to new members and/or guests

  • Brian Thoren, Woodward (new member); Tim Henry (teacher), Antonio Ramirez, Nicole Frazer (guests)

III.Approval of or Adjustments to Agenda

  • Adding magazine to agenda-visit to manufacturing place in magazine/wrote article; Jefferson’s Manufacturing program was recently featured in the January edition of Mold Making Technology.

IV.Follow-Up on Previous Items

  • Relay For Life (students and/or their requests)
  • Second annual relay for life; April 22nd night and morning
  • Idea is a relay carnival, fun for all ages
  • Asking for volunteers to supply carnival games and sponsor the event
  • Meet every Thursday at enrichment time
  • Donating toys for carnival games prizes
  • Use Facebook page to click link to make a team
  • See attachment for ways to support this student-led project.

Contact for more info, to donate, or to volunteer:

  • Shark Tank
  • What business would help Rockford economy?
  • Need people coming in to explain to students how to start business
  • Operations, finance, space, marketing, competition, etc.
  • Sharks- volunteers; second week in may Tuesday through Friday, 3rd & 8th hour
  • Want volunteers to ask hard questions and drill them with questions to help ideas
  • See attachment for project overview and calendar

Contact for more info, to donate, or to volunteer:

  • Architecture AST member?
  • Need recommendations- architect
  • Automotive AST member?
  • Need recommendations

Recommendations to :

V.Teacher Reports and Requests (Outcome: Requests met or referred to CCRC)

  1. None
  2. Airplane simulator with airplane cabin- basic training airplane

VI. Action Items

  1. Combined March meeting?
  2. HPS Academy Support Team proposed doing a combined meeting with all 4 academies
  3. To hear what each academy is working on, to network, to enjoy an afternoon snack and for JHS to show appreciation to our AST members
  4. Voted in all three academies except here- no objections
  5. Combined March meeting instead of April meeting
  6. Tuesday before spring break March 21?

B. Field trip to Skilled Trades

1. Review renovations/ purchases

2. Advise on further work needed/ purchases to consider

3. Show student work in progress (Other projects to consider?)

C. “Real-work world” problems EMITT students can “solve”

  • Example: Crusader Clinic needed a customer satisfaction survey- students are working on it, once a week, doing data analysis currently
  • Ventilation, lumber crib, other projects staff members have in mind

VII.Data Report

IX. Adjournment: 5:00 from the Skilled Trades room

The EMITT Academy develops innovators with the skills to design and build better communities.