May 15th, 2017

Welcome

• Host School: Wrenshall
  
• Presenter: Round Table
  
  • Everyone share your unique human trick. (Rolling tongues, wiggling ears, crossed eyes, handstands, double jointed thumbs, odd sitting postures, funny faces, ball balancing, Zena Warrior princess cry, 50 states in alphabetical order, double jointed elbows, Aardvarks are my Friend to the tune of Yankee Doodle
    
• Multi-District Inservice - Heather Johnson and Crimson Hanson
  
  • MLK Organizers - Only coordinators now.
    
  • Discuss next steps and form task groups
    
  • Discussed limited sessions to 20 to help attendance at breakout sessions.
    
  • Possibly integrate some elements of EdCamp
    

Updates
Curriculum & Programs

• MPCC - Implementation Network
  
• Looking at having a needs assessment to see what is lacking in respective curriculums.
  
• Survey the principals this spring after staff is out.
  
• Survey the teachers in the fall.
  

Educational Technology

• The results of the EdTech survey were shared (see shared agenda) and discussed. We thought that some of the area that came out as weaknesses would be good areas to focus on training. 
  

Professional Development

• The schedule was set for MLK day
  
  • Keep morning as it was
    
  • Longer lunch time (one lunch)
    
  • Last session would be an EdCamp
    
  • VIP lounge for presenters/facilitators
    
• Tasks will be distributed in the fall
  

Collaboration (formerly PLC)

• Next year we will be focusing on the collaborative groups via Google Hangouts
  
• Looking at using the PLC schedule from Cloquet (when released) to find scheduled time.
  
• If the topic is broad, we will be looking at tiering to different levels to include as many teachers as possible.
  
• The collaborative email list will be updated in the fall with additions/subtracts and changes. ​
  

Set Next Meeting

• September 21st @ Barnum Elementary, eat at 12:30