Northeast Area School Consortium

May 12th, 2022

5/12/2022

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Welcome
Back in person since March of 2020.
Introductions were made.

GGM Topics

How will this inservice be managed going forward? Host School Individual? Small committee? Whole group? Looking at the host school NASC committee members would be organizing with the rest of the NASC committee pitching in with presenters, ideas, and help on the day of.
We would like to ask for more funds to help entice non-school presenters. Need to review budget with the Superintendents.

Location: Barnum will host in 2023

Keynote

Suggestions
Barnum (host school) will start checking into available keynotes based on the recommendations that were made.
GGM Survey Results

Date change?

MLK day is difficult to get outside individuals in to present. We would like to look at alternative days.

Future of NASC

In the past, this committee focused on 1:1 programs, curriculum, getting people together to collaborate.
Mission/Vision - Need to review this in the fall
How do get time to explore the things we find and share
Bringing equality to K-12 education
Innovation and bringing the excitement back
Book studies
CEU opportunities

Teacher Mental Health

Esko elementary is doing a mental health hour during PLC time
Game day during snow day
Staff social at local establishments
Afternoon bowling on early release day
Staff parties
Bonding time with staff and students, remake that connection
Hobby day - staff host and display hobbies to make connections
Sharing ideas with our district to help organize and motivate staff
Possibly incorporate this into afterschool CEU opportunities that include a social or collaborate element
Subs: teachers are covering for each other and this adds stress

Other

Membership changes, please let Evan know if you will not be on the NASC committee and if you know your replacement please.
Gimkit - Added capture the flag
Blooket
Tech Tools for Engagement

Set next meeting:
September 22 @ Carlton starting at 12:30

Members Present:
Barnum: Kelly Bonitz, Randi Lembke, Evan Lembke, Jodi Fanth
Carlton: Christy Wolvert
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner, Bekki Morrison
Cromwell-Wright:
Esko: Jennifer Hoffmann, Tammy Thornton
McGregor:
Moose Lake: Charlie Borak, Carrie Sanda
Willow River: Meghan Kazmierczak Neil Schiller
Wrenshall: Molly Kidd

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March 17th, 2022

3/17/2022

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NASC Agenda
March 17th, 2022 - Virtual Meeting

Feedback from Superintendents regarding GGM

I shared with them our proposal of having an elementary morning, high school afternoon, but all teachers are able to attend all day if continuing education options are needed. This would maximize the continuing education offerings while allowing our talented staff members to be available to be presenters for the whole day.
The Superintendents discussed this for a while and decided that all districts will be participating in a full-day inservice next year. They felt that opening it up to choice (district or individual) would create unneeded conflict, plus they want to maximize the continuing education and collaboration options for their staff.

What Next?

GGM Location
- Barnum is next in the rotation, but other schools (i.e. Cloquet) are better able to handle the large crowd. Should we continue the rotation, or should we make the event easier to attend? Bekki was going to check with Cloquet.
GGM Keynote
- Dr. Stephen Peters (https://thepetersgroup.global/) - recommended by ML and McGregor Supers from MASA conference. Focus on community and culture building
- Jerry Brooks
- Themes:
- Joe Sanfelippo
- Brad Gustafson
Continuing Education requirements may have to be reviewed somehow next year to make sure they qualify. A way to verify sessions in advanced so they work for all districts is needed. Get professionals where/when we can.

Help Chat

None

Set next meeting:
May 12th, 2022 at Barnum School - Lunch starts at 12:30

Members Present:
Barnum: Evan Lembke, Randi Lembke,
Carlton: Christy Wolvert
Cloquet: Bekki Morrison, Michelle Brenner
Moose Lake: Charlie Borak, Carria Sanda
Willow River: Bill Peel

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February 24th, 2022

2/24/2022

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NASC Agenda
Updates

Edcamp 2022 has been canceled by the superintendents.

Gathering of Great Minds Survey

70% of the survey results were neutral or better (3-5)
It was tough to have one person coordinate, possible team approach in the future
Cloquet did prefer not having to travel and the half day
Need more licensure requirements, and having someone review these ahead of time would be beneficial

Future of GGM?

We have a lot of talent in our buildings to share
We do have a list of external resources that can be utilized in the future
We want to focus on the licensure requirements
Possible of combo of Inservice/Edcamp
Discussion on half day vs whole day
Proposed having a elementary morning, high school afternoon, but all teachers are able to attend all day if continuing education options are needed. This would maximize the Continuing Education offerings while allowing our talented staff members to be available to be presenters.

Set next meeting:
March 17th, 2022 at 3:30 to review feedback from the Superintendent.
Members Present:
Barnum: Evan Lembke, Randi Lembke
Carlton: Christy Wolvert, Billie Waugh
Cloquet: Bekki Morrison, Michelle Brenner
Cromwell-Wright: Pete Koenig
Esko:
McGregor: Jeff Tyson
Moose Lake: Charlie Borak, Pam Erickson
Willow River: Meghan Kazmierczak
Wrenshall:

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January 20th, 2022

1/20/2022

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NASC Agenda
January 20th, 2022 - Virtual Meeting

Gathering of Great Minds Survey/Feedback

Need survey questions
Possibly increase in pay for presenters
Other conferences are paying more per session ($150)
How can we assure that sessions meet continuing education requirements? Perhaps this could be a committee assignment
In person vs virtual
Half day vs whole day
Date, is MLK day still the best day
Should this happen before school starts (August)
Speakers for next year

Set next meeting:
February 24th, 2022 Invite will be sent

Members Present:
Barnum: Evan Lembke
Carlton:
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner
Cromwell-Wright: Pete Koenig
Esko: Tammy Thornton and Jennifer Hoffmann
McGregor: Jeff Tyson
Moose Lake: Pam Erickson, Charlie Borak, and Carrie Sanda
Willow River: Neil Schiller
Wrenshall: Chris Gustafson

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January 11th, 2022

1/11/2022

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NASC Agenda
January 11th, 2022 - Virtual Meeting

Virtual Meeting Link: meet.google.com/ymk-sgvn-sa

Gathering of Great Minds
http://nasc-mn.weebly.com/gathering-of-great-minds.html

Virtual- Check with the presenter to be sure he has enough license spots. Pam will check and see if there will be interaction or if we will be listening only.
Attendance: Buildings take care of attendance
Sessions and times will remain the same
SAGA sessions: call for SAGA people to run session, no stipend
How do we do snacks: Each school take care of their own, send pay info to Pam for payment.
Pam will email CEUs to schools after the inservice

Session descriptions
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ETDxkZjLbmKu-Q6LmymRKk8snPwY2uYnsoy2a20-U2E/edit?usp=sharing
Sessions at a glance
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FetIw_M1i8ZvBWEAEnhp7ffZtHx-VMAoO8fsceMeHuk/edit?usp=sharing

Things to do

Come up with questions for survey.

Set next meeting:
January 20th, 3:30

Members Present:
Barnum: Evan, Randi, Kelly
Carlton: Christy Wolvert, Billie Waugh
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner, Rebekkah Morrison
Cromwell-Wright: Pete Koenig
Esko: Jenn Hoffmann, Tammy Thornton
McGregor: Jeff Tyson, Carrie White
Moose Lake: Pam Erickson, Charles Borak
Willow River: Neil Schiller
Wrenshall: Chris Gustafson

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December 16th, 2021

12/16/2021

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Welcome & Introductions
Welcome to new member, Jeff Tyson, from McGregor High School.

Updates
Superintendents meeting - Superintendents are fine with using the same presenter fees as in the past. It looks like there may be a few schools that only participate in watching the keynote, but will still be paying in full. We also have permission to buy lunch for NASC members and others that may be staying all day and helping.

Gathering of Great Minds
http://nasc-mn.weebly.com/gathering-of-great-minds.html

PM Refreshments & Introduction?
Elementary 8:00-11:30
- 8:00 – 8:20 Rolls and Coffee in Cafeteria
- 8:20 – 8:30 Welcome
- 8:30 – 9:30 Keynote
- 9:40 – 10:30 Session 1
- 10:40 - 11:30 Session 2
  High School 11:30-3:00
- 11:30 – 11:50 Rolls and Coffee in Cafeteria
- 11:50 – 12:00 Welcome
- 12:00 – 1:00 Keynote
- 1:10 – 2:00 Session 3
- 2:10 – 3:00 Session 4
Presenters Form - Only have 6 submitted as of 2 pm today
Presenter Submissions due by January 10th.
Food - Jennifer contacted Chickadee and they are willing. We are looking for a breakfast snack and afternoon snack, including beverages (coffee, water, pop, juice).
Elementary/High school numbers.
Keynote and followup session by Jimmy Casas will be streamed.
Charlie will be assisting with setting up the sign-in for the day.
Several schools will be doing a book study with the Keynote.

Things to do

See GGM above

Set next meeting:
January 11th, 2022 at 3:30 Virtually

Members Present:
Barnum: Randi Lembke, Evan Lembke
Carlton: Billie Waugh, Christy Wolvert
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner, Rebekkah Morrison
Cromwell-Wright: Pete Koenig
Esko: Jennifer Hoffmann, Tammy Thornton
McGregor: Carrie White, Jeff Tyson
Moose Lake: Pam Erickson, Carrie Sanda, Charlie Borak
Willow River: Meghan Kazmierczak
Wrenshall:

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November 30th, 2021

11/30/2021

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NASC Agenda
November 30th, 2021 - Virtual Meeting

Virtual Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/rgz-dpse-bgp

Welcome & Introductions
Jen and Kelly can not make today’s meeting, so Evan will facilitate.

Updates
None

Gathering of Great Minds
Old Business

Pam will be getting the event organized and will have a plan set by our next meeting.
Food - Morning would be breakfast, afternoon session would be snacks. Possibly looking at other vendors.
Elementary will participate in the morning. High School will be in the afternoon. Teachers that teach middle school or grade levels can choose which session they participate in.
Evan will contact the superintendents and get elementary/high school numbers.
Need to determine how many sessions we will offer.
Book Study - Are there funds to purchase books (superintendents)?

New Business

Vendors - do we want them in attendance and presenting?
- Allowed to come but not present. We will have an area set up for them.
Presenters- I was at a meeting at UMD where several profs mentioned that they would like to reach out to school districts especially science as curriculum is changing.
Schedule - What will the day look like?
Presenter agreed to two keynotes (1 hour each, am/pm)
Schedule from March 2020:
- Elementary AM
- 8:30-9:30 Keynote
- 9:40-10:30 Session 1
- 10:40-11:30 Session 2
- High School PM
- 12:00-1:00 Keynote
- 1:10-2:00 Session 1
- 2:10-3:00 Session 2

To Do List: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1w6JdM6UGtkMHElO44hkMTPKQN4CS-1WUy9NT90qVkBo/edit?usp=sharing
AM/PM Numbers
Wrenshal wondering if we can live feed it so they do not need to bus people over? McGregor has asked for a similar setup.
What will the other half of the day look like for schools?
Chickadee in Barnum said that they would be able to cater… Just need to decide what we want for food. (How much do we have to spend)

Help Chat

Esko needs some empathy training for 7th-8th grade and is wondering if anyone has any recommendations for a speaker/trainer….
- Lionheart Group - Out of Detroit

Things to do

GGM - Presenter requests will be coming. Please reach out to all the good presenters you know.

Set next meeting: December 16th, 2021

Members Present:
Barnum: Randi Lembke, Evan Lembke
Carlton: Christy Wolvert
Cloquet: Bekki Morrison
Cromwell-Wright: Pete Koenig
Esko: Tammy Thorton
McGregor: Pam Erickson, Carrie White
Moose Lake: Carrie Sanda
Willow River: Neil Schiller
Wrenshall:

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November 4th, 2021

11/4/2021

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NASC Agenda
November 4th, 2021 - Virtual Meeting

Virtual Meeting Link: https://meet.google.com/iaw-xawt-ncg

Welcome & Introductions
-New Member: Pete Koenig - Cromwell-Wright

Updates
Gathering of Great Minds - Superintendent’s are still pushing for an in person conference. They will let us know before the December holiday break if we need to switch to completely virtual.

Gathering of Great Minds

Pam will be getting the event organized and will have a plan set by our next meeting.
Food - Morning would be breakfast, afternoon session would be snacks. Possibly looking at other vendors.
Elementary will participate in the morning. High School will be in the afternoon. Teachers that teach middle school or grade levels can choose which session they participate in.
Evan will contact the superintendents and get elementary/high school numbers.
Need to determine how many sessions we will offer.

Help Chat

None

Things to do

Book Study - Are there funds to purchase books (superintendents)?

Set next meeting: Nov 30, 2021 3:30

Members Present:
Barnum: Kelly Bonitz, Evan Lembke, Randi Lembke
Carlton: Billie Waugh, Christy Wolvert
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner
Cromwell-Wright: Pete Koenig
Esko: Jennifer Hoffman, Tammy Thornton
McGregor: Carrie White
Moose Lake:Pam Erickson
Willow River:Neil Schiller
Wrenshall:

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October 7th, 2021

10/7/2021

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NASC Agenda
October 7th, 2021 - Virtual Meeting

Welcome & Introductions
Updates

EdCamp - Canceled by Superintendents

NASC Chair/Vice Chair

Chair - Jennifer Hoffmann
Vice-Chair - Kelly Bonitz

Help Chat

Attendance issues at the elementary level
- Cloquet, Esko, Moose Lake, Barnum, are seeing increased absences.
- Willow River has been on online learning for two weeks. Will be transitioning to a hybrid format next week.
Wondering if anyone was using Josten’s for school pictures. Just Barnum and Wrenshall at this time.
Halloween parades: What are elementary schools doing for Halloween parades/activities this year. Some are doing virtual parades and outside parades. Some districts have canceled their classroom activities.
New Science Standards have been delayed because of COVID. Wondering if others are ready for when they are going into effect. Cloquet, Moose Lake, and others are now teaching these new standards.

Gathering of Great Minds

Speaker is still booked and is able to do a virtual presentation.
Might look at new caterers for the morning and evening snacks.
Still looking at doing a split day, no lunch, fewer people at once.
Need a decision from Superintendents by November 1st on whether we are in-person or virtual.
Pam will be reaching out to the presenter to see what his options will be if we are virtual.
If virtual, we could still have breakout sessions for the licensure requirements.

Things to do:

Everyone is spread thin, perhaps we can find resources for our teachers.
Contact List. We would like to keep using this, but it needs to be updated. Please take a few minutes and check your school to make sure it is current.

Set next meeting
With the sub shortage, we will remain virtual at this time.
Thursday, November 4th at 3:30

Members Present:
Barnum: Kelly Bonitz, Evan Lembke, Randi Lembke
Carlton: Billie Waugh and Christy Schwoch
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner
Cromwell-Wright: None
Esko: Jennifer Hoffmann, Tammy Thornton
McGregor: None
Moose Lake: Pam Erickson
Willow River: Meghan Kazmierczak, Melissa Johnson, Neil Schiller
Wrenshall: None

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March 12th, 2020

3/12/2020

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Welcome & Introductions
Mr. McNulty welcomed us to Barnum Elementary.
Updates

Coronavirus Discussion:
- Some districts are working on plans.
- Schools are beginning to close in MN (St. Paul).
- MN Department of Health will make the decision to close schools statewide.
- Some schools are looking at “Snow Days” plans that would provide students with work to do outside of the school building.
- Will MCAs happen?
- State will be providing a lot of guidance if it happens.
- Will schools be able to offer food programs for free & reduced lunch recipients?
- Will families have the option to self-quarantine?
- Some schools are looking at creating videos for LMS delivery.
- Video for hand-washing
- Free Subscriptions Offered during CoronaVirus
- Student Resources to talk about CoronaVirus
  ~https://childmind.org/article/talking-to-kids-about-the-coronavirus/

~https://sharemylesson.com/todays-news-tomorrows-lesson/coronavirus-student-guide
~https://higherlogicdownload.s3.amazonaws.com/NASN/3870c72d-fff9-4ed7-833f-215de278d256/UploadedImages/PDFs/02292020_NASP_NASN_COVID-19_parent_handout.pdf
~Great for Primary: https://www.mindheart.co/descargables

Esko’s E-Learning Plan (in progress) Website for Parents and Teachers https://sites.google.com/esko.k12.mn.us/eskoelearning/home

Hand Washing video- https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/coronavirus.html?ET_CID=20200304_SN_BreakingNews_Coronavirus_EC_RET_28199&ET_RID=1085914406

February Meeting with Superintendents Review

Pam and Evan met with the Superintendents to talk about the possible changes to GGM 2021. They were open to changes and would like us to put together a plan and present to them.

Edcamp

How can we accommodate set-mindset individuals?
Could we find a video that would demonstrate the Edcamp process?
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsqGhf_RnEM Thoughts?
- Edutopia Article to share
- List of Hot topics to share to staff ahead of time and that we can be SOLUTION based/GROWTH mindset (genius hour, vaping, staff culture, etc)
NASC committee members need to insure that their district/building revisits the process prior to coming to Edcamp.
Who is hosting this year? Esko and Willow River are checking.
Include in the survey: What topics did you want more information about? Then find a speaker for GGM.

Gathering of Great Minds
Half day PreK-Elem Middle/High

8:30-9:30 Keynote
9:40-10:00 SAGA
10:10-11:00 Session
11:00-11:30 Showcase/playground PreK-Elem

12:00-12:30 Showcase/playground Middle/High
12:30-1:30 Keynote
1:40-2:00 SAGA
2:10-3:00 Session

Electronic survey/CEU
Culturize book study NASC first then district
Things to do:

Go back to your district and find out if you are able to get the book for the book study.
- Have the book read by May to discuss and create questions.

Other

What, if anything, can NASC help districts with regarding the Cultural Competency requirement?
Carlton Cultural Competency checklist

Set next meeting
May 19th @ Carlton High School
Members Present:
Barnum: Evan Lembke, Mike McNulty
Carlton: Billie Waugh and Christy Schwoch
Cloquet: Michelle Brenner, Bekki Morrison
Cromwell-Wright: Kellee Young
Esko: Tammy Thornton
McGregor: None
Moose Lake: Charlie Borak, Pam Erickson, Carrie Sanda
Willow River: Meghan Kazmierczak
Wrenshall: None

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