March 17th, 2016

NASC Meeting
March 17th, 2016
Esko School

Schools in attendance: Barnum, Carlton, Esko, McGregor, Moose Lake, Willow River, and Wrenshall.

Updates:
​Staff Development PLC Time
​Those involved at this point: Carlton, Cromwell, Cloquet, Esko
Those not involved at this point: McGregor, Moose Lake, Wrenshall, Willow River
Undecided: Barnum
Get staff development committees involved from each district. 
Unsure of how these PLC times will appear at this point. 

NASC Collaboration Day
Those involved at this point: Barnum, Esko, Moose Lake, Willow, Wrenshall
Those not involved at this point: Cloquet, and McGregor
Undecided: Carlton, Cromwell
A subgroup was setup to plan the NASC Collaboration Day: Crimson, Jen, Cullen, Theresa, Billie Jo, and Molly

Resources Sharing Update
Concerns were expressed about copyright and what can we share between the school districts. 
People were encouraged to bring it up with their staff for a discussion. 
An eNewsletter could be helpful in pointing out new additions.
Sharing between LMS platforms is easy, Exporting out to others  (i.e. Google Classroom) is not. Our goal is to support two platforms (Schoology and Canvas) at this point. 

New Discussions:
Coordinator
A discussion about making our staff members better understand NASC. This lead to the idea of a having the districts share a NASC Coordinator to help this group move forward and coordinate. Time was spent on putting together a list of possible tasks for this shared position. 
NASC Coordinator Position:
Coordinate Regular Meetings
Regularly Newsletter
Events/Training
LMS transfers
Website (setup and maintain)
Public Relations
Cooperative Staff Development Coordination
Ongoing regional staff development
Grant writing (regional)
Curriculum coordination between districts
Digital resource development
Time considerations: 1/2 time 
Possible job description from ECMEC or IASC

New Membership
New elementary rep from Moose Lake, Charlie Borak will be joining us next month. 
Looking for a new elementary principal rep.

Looking Ahead:
Agenda topics for the next meeting: Looking a creating a couple regional staff development opportunities for next year. 

Next Meeting: 5/19 @ 12:30 at Moose Lake School