PDC AgendaSeptember 21, 2006

Ayers, Robert / Deardorff, Pam / Latini, Nancy / Piazza-Templeman, Torry / Tindal, Gerald
Chris Borgmeier / Harrison, Dianne / Mclean, Monique / Ramsey Betsy / Vanderstek, Courtney
Clark, Susan / Heaton, Catherine / Miller, Connie / Sebesta, Valerie
AGENDA ITEM / DISCUSSION / DECISION / NEXT STEPS
Welcome & Introductions / Chair Betsy Ramsey welcomed PDC members back to service for the 2006-2007 school year. Members gave brief introductions and welcomed Chris Borgmeier who will represent PSU.
Minutes / It was moved and seconded to accept the May minutes. Motion passed.
Recheck representation affiliation / Vacancies were noted and possible members were suggested. / Catherine will contact Jerry T and COSA. Torry will contact Brett Baldwin from Central HS. Catherine will email current roster with minutes.
Selection of people to fill vacancies / After initial contact is made with possible members, SACSE will officially invite new members for PDC.
Election of officers to begin October 2006 / With the resignation of Pat Gildroy, Betsy Ramsey assumed the chair position. Betsy will continue through the 2006-2007 school year. Pam Deardorff will be asked to serve as vice-chair. Susan Clark agreed to serve as the official SACSE liaison. / Betsy will ask Pam D. to serve as vice-chair.
Calendar of 2006 – 2007 meetings / Due to monthly conflicts with state board meetings, the SACSE and sub-committee calendar will be changed. It was recommended that PDC wait until SACSE determines its calendar, and after that, PDC will adjust based on their decisions. / Catherine will send proposed SACSE dates with minutes.
Speech Language Task Force / Torry gave an update on the work of the speech language task force. There is currently an RFP posted that has brought excellent response. Nancy Latini will send another notice on her listserv. The cohort will begin in January 2007 with Nova Southeast.
Higher Education Council / The HEC will hold its first meeting of the year at Fall Conference in Eugene. Torry will report at next meeting.
SIG and SPDG / Jennifer Doolittle gave an update on the plans for the one-year extension of the SIG.The goals are to provide training on the updated Oregon assessment system and options for IEP teams, Scaffolded assessment, and extended assessment; to continue work on recruitment/retention issues and provide scholarships for district personnel who are interested in becoming speech language pathologists; and to train districts (15) in the three-tiered school-wide reading system.
She also discussed the SPDG proposal. ODE will know within the next month if the proposal was accepted. The goals are to provide training on intensive behavior issues and intensive reading interventions, continue the retention and recruitment project, and align systems between early childhood, elementary, and secondary in the areas of PBS and RTI.
State Performance Plan (SPP)and Annual Performance Report (APR) / Catherine gave an update on the SPP and amendments that were submitted since December 2005. The work of each indicator continues as ODE staff lead the state through the action plans. The second annual stakeholder meeting is planned for November 9, 2006, at ODE. The updated SPP and the APR are due to OSEP on Feb. 1, 2007.
ReadySchoolsand NASBE Kellogg grant / Catherine gave an update on the status of the Ready Schools project and the work Oregon accomplished on kindergarten transition. She also informed PDC that ODE was successful in securing the NASBE Kellogg grant that is currently beginning through the National Association of State Boards of Education. Art Paz will serve as the state board representative to this project. The scope of the work will include pre-kindergarten and kindergarten action steps that focus on curriculum, alignment, assessment, transition, and certification.
IDEA Partnership / Betsy and Catherine gave an update on the IDEA Partnership work at the March meeting in DC, the subsequent Oregon Partnership meeting, and the general plans for year #3 of the grant project.
Fall Conference planning update / Catherine thanked PDC for their input into the planning of Fall Conference. Due to the release of the regulations, this year’s conference has been organized differently. She presented the final drafts of all sessions, including the presenters’ names and brief descriptions of each session’s content.
Ed Week / Betsy recommended that all read the article “How do we know professional development works?” in the current edition of EdWeek.
Planning next meeting /
  • Summary and description of statewide initiatives, including grants and reg ed initiatives
  • Discuss coordination of professional development opportunities
  • Work of PBS Network in collating a training calendar
  • HEC
  • SPP stakeholder meeting
  • Fall Conference debrief

Next meeting: November 9, 2006, at the PublicServiceBuilding, Basement Rooms
Stakeholder Meeting for State Performance Plan (SPP)