Members Present: Giny Christensen, Jackie Nissen, Patty Sandoz, Jill Sumerlin, Martha VanCleave, Laura Lethe, Kayda Mitchell, Nancy Anderson, Diane Kinney, Nancy Swarat, Marla Baber, Debbie Lindow, Cathy Bernhard, Jackie Cooke, Randy Mathson, Francie Bostwick, Mike Gould, Phil Bartsch, Cathy Brown, Nancy Rogers, Tari Querin, Deanna Reisman, Mary Ruth Stranz, Janet Echanis, Ann McMahon, Lois Costine, Becky Reed, Ralph Schubothe, Ginger Redlinger, Cheri Clausen, Molly Smith, Chuck Peterson, Jacquie Gibbs, Judy Johnson, Trudy Mitchell
Guests: Marj Enneking from Portland State University and OCEPT; and Mary Ann Stine, NCTM Rep from state of Washington.
9:03 am Call to Order: Giny Christensen
• Welcome/Introductions
~ New Area Reps were introduced: Randy Mathson, Area 6; Cathy Windsheimer, Area 3; Cheri Clausen, Area 10; Mary Ruth Stranz, Area 12. Guests Marj Enneking and Mary Anne Stine were also introduced.
• Approval of Minutes
~ A motion by Phil Bartsch with a second from Nancy Rogers was made to accept the minutes. The motion to accept the minutes of the August 2003 Board Meeting was passed.
• Additions to Agenda
~ Cathy Bernhard's concerns about first and second year teachers will be a discussion item.
~ Discussion of Discovery Village will be moved to Old Business.
~ Lunch Meetings-- Scholarship will meet with Nancy Rogers; Retoolers will meet with Mike Gould; nominations for President-elect and Treasurer will meet with Giny Christensen.
• Area Rep Reports -- Please refer to the end of the minutes for the individual Area Reports.
• Sign in sheet -- A sign in sheet was passed around with any corrections noted.
Discussion Items
• Memberships
~ We need to find a way to keep in contact with new people attending Oregon Math Leaders. Giny created a list of people who attended the 2003 OML with the new folks highlighted. The Area Reps were asked to make contact with these people. Later the Reps will be asked if this kind of contact was a good idea.
• Calendar
~ The date for the spring meeting was brought up for discussion. Most people have April 17 as the date but The Oregon Mathematics Teacher has April 24. The minutes had previously been approved with the date of April 17. There was an indication that there would be a lot of absentees for April 17 so maybe a new date should be investigated with May 1 as a possibility. It was suggested that we stay with the April 17 date pending Cathy Brown's decision to possibly move a scoring directors meeting. Notification will be sent out sometime after November 22. Setting the calendar is by consensus.
~ Oregon Math Leaders is scheduled for August 8, 9, and 10.
• Retaining New Teachers
~ How can we get new/early career teachers to come to Math Leaders? It's nice to invite new teachers but how do we entice them to come back? One idea is to have new folks room with an established OML person thus providing a personal touch. It was pointed out that the invitation list is based on Area Reps' recommendations. It was suggested that the name of the conference be changed based on conversations like the following: "I'm not really a leader." "I'm not sure this is for me." "I'm not worthy of that." Currently the invitation comes simply as a piece of paper in the mail. If we want to increase our reach we need to think about how we advertise. Could principals make recommendations? Relying on principals' recommendations can be flawed. The original Don Fineran model had one group of leaders and another group comprised of regular folks.
~ Marj Enneking talked about the Write On Workshop though there's no money to continue this very expensive endeavor. Marj is seeing a lot of strong, positive folks entering education. The OCEPT grant runs out July 31, 2004 but OML is August 8 - 11, 2004. How to partially support getting people to OML will have to be looked at. Marj has proposed a one day writing retreat in conjunction with OML for a possible group of 30, pairing an early career with a mentor. Refer to attached yellow handout for more specific details of this proposal.
~ The burden to find and encourage people is on the Area Reps.
~ It was suggested that the last retooling meeting could take place just before OML.
~ Maybe OML should have a different format with the Board Meeting on Saturday, a focus on early career teachers on Sunday, and the remainder of OML for everyone.
~ Should we think of OML more like a college array where people choose from a selection?
~ The OML planning group will be meeting next week to begin planning OML 2004. Area Reps should come to the next board meeting with new folks that can be matched up with experienced folks. How can we "hook" new people into continuing?
Old Business
• Procedures Manual: Martha VanCleave and Nancy Rogers
~ Refer to attached handout at the end of the minutes.
~ Each officer should write out all the procedures identified in handout and email to Martha. Martha will work with former officers for peer editing. She has agreed to be the compiler of this information.
~ Jackie Nissen wrote up the Area Rep procedures. Area Reps are responsible to check the accuracy of their notebooks.
• Discovery Village: Laura Lethe
~ Laura handed out pamphlets put out by Discovery Village. Discovery Village will travel for $0.35 per mile outside the Salem area and $10 per hour. Who or what is Discovery Village? It is a twelve year old nonprofit organization with a board, operating from donations out of A. C. Gilbert's house. The organization does a lot with math and science using the standards;
~ Cathy Bernhard visited the place and will have an article in the upcoming TOMT. It's a fun children's museum with a bubble room, a math room, and a puzzle room. A membership in OMSI gets a person into Gilbert House.
~ The original letter from Discovery Village, dated July 8, 2003, was cited stating that it's been around for 12 years.
~ If Discovery Village is so involved in math why don't people on the OCTM board know about it? Who is the "they" that people keep referring to? Laura said she "was a guest-they!"
~ Should OCTM be expected to know everyone and everything about what's going on around the state?
~ Discovery Village is asking for a donation. Discussion at the August 2003 board meeting was that OCTM would consider donating $500.
~ A point was made that there's only one math activity mentioned in the pamphlet and that's Family Fun Night. Maybe Discovery Village could put on a session at OML?
~ Nancy Rogers moved to have OCTM give a grant to Discovery Village. Cathy Bernhard seconded.
~ In the past, criteria was set up for grants. We really should consider setting up new criteria so that all requests are weighed the same.
* Discussion: Many high school students are encouraged to get involved in science because of the strong connection between math and science. The same would apply for Discovery Village--the Discovery Village brochure math might be supported within science. There could be suitcases of activities. High Desert Museum also offers science suitcases. Chuck Peterson said maybe we should table this discussion because he might be able to come up with the old information from his old computer.
* Chuck Peterson moved to table the motion to donate $500 to Discovery Village till the January 2004 Board Meeting. Molly Smith seconded. The motion passed.
Break: 10:40
Reconvened: 10:58
All Area Reps were given a piece of stationary with logo. The letterhead will also be emailed as this information is on a disk. Each Area Rep was also given an Area Rep Introduction letter, an Area Rep Recognition form, and a sample letter.
New Business
• Strategic Action Plan Giny Christensen
~ The Strategic Action Plan was handed out but discussion will wait till after lunch so that people have a chance to read it.
• Retooling Report: Mike Gould and Phil Bartsch
~ Handout from Mike with discussion points
* Mike has a new car because of retooling efforts! He got hit by a semi driving from Ashland. Broken eggs added to the ordeal. Everybody was safe.
~ Meetings were held during October in Ashland, Salem and Pendleton.
~ The retooling vision statement has not been edited yet.
~ To truly change the way math is distributed in Oregon a 3 hour workshop is least effective. A conference is next least effective. The best way is when an OCTM presenter goes back to a site for a follow up thus developing a longer term relationship. Restricted resources causes the support network to be transparent though the need is still there. Inservices need to be long term, not one shot.
~ What can OCTM do to help? OCTM is rich in people resources but not rich in dollars nor rich in any technical training that may be required.
~ Retoolers need to be up to date on NCTM standards, legislative updates, and assessment. They also need mediation and communication skills to help with K-12 folks learning to communicate with each other when in the past they've had difficulty.
~ One of the discussion points was the need for K-12 continuous lesson planning.
~ What was the reason the 70 people attended one of the three regional meetings? They were forced or they had something to share or they had a burning desire.
~ We are going to train these 70 people who have committed to one year of involvement. We are also going to "abuse" people like Judy Johnson and Nancy Anderson because they are retired! We're trying to paint an "S" on the chests of people.
~ An article from Teaching Elementary and Middle School Mathematics by Jon Van de Walle was shared.
~ A request for clarification of the purpose of the retooling workshop was made. There was a charge to bring OCTM workshops current as it wasn't the material that wasn't up to date. It was the delivery of the material. There's a need for dialogue on how the whole K-12 continuum works.
~ Mary Ann Stine, the NCTM rep from Washington state, posed the question of how to make systemic change. It was suggested that the private schools be contacted as they don't know how to spend the money received from NCLB. She suggested that workshops should be driven from the content the teachers in the area are working with. What are the objectives of lessons? What standards are being met? The planning process is more important than what is being taught. Special Education is dying for help. They've never had training in mathematics.
~ There's a group at ODE called Support for the Schools. Maybe this group could feed into OCTM with support, though not money.
~ The Deputy Superintendent is excited about the retooling workshop. He wants to be at the first retooling workshop (training). Ginger's boss has committed $5000 to this project!!!!!
~ We need to have the whole picture from the organizers before we can go out and seek funding from the many places we could have access to. Giny has written a letter to Hewlett Packard. She also wants to contact Ford Family Foundation.
~ OCEPT has given $29,000.
~ The old OCTM workshops are requested less frequently so these monies could go toward the retooling efforts.
• NCTM Report Mary Ann Stine
~ NCTM is looking for new members. A person gets a $5 rebate for membership. Looking for people to get involved with various aspects of NCTM.
~ There's a new professional development committee working on new Professional Standards document.
~ Assessment Sampler publication
~ Political Action--NCTM is going to get on board with this. They will be providing lots of communication to folks.
~ Several universities have started student affiliates. This might be something OCTM can help with.
~ Regional conferences are not needed by the northwestern region but other western states such as Wyoming do have a need. Idaho has an interest in being part of Northwest. Maybe when Spokane hosts Idaho can be brought in.
* The next Northwest Math Conference in Spokane will be supported by NCTM rather than the model of NCTM supporting regional conferences that don't support teachers as much.
* It was also suggested that Mike Shaughnessy would be a good candidate for nomination as president of NCTM.
~ NCTM members have a lot of membership services. There's a K-8 school membership for $99.
~ Is the national magazine out of touch with contextual based articles? They are getting few articles submitted for consideration.
~ Delegate Assembly: There won't be anything more done with speaker fees. Four boards have looked at it so they aren't going to look at it anymore.
~ Voice of NCTM needs to be heard at federal level.
~ NCTM logo usage is now copyrighted. Mary Ann also has a $72 gift certificate for NCTM materials.
Lunch: 12:13
Reconvened: 1:11
Mary Ann Stine would like a copy of our minutes for her report.
Could the gift certificate be used to start a traveling professional library of the national standards?
Board Member Reports
• President Giny Christensen
~ Giny shared a letter from Bill Briggs of Society of Industrial and Applied Mathematics, SIAM, which will be holding its annual meeting in Portland July 12 - 16, 2004. He wants to know if OCTM wants to work in conjunction with SIAM for the annual Teachers' Day where "local area teachers can attend the conference and participate in special educational sessions." Martha VanCleave and Marj Enneking spoke in support of this group. Jackie Nissen is willing to be the contact person.
~ Giny has written a couple thank you's to OCEPT and Math Learning Center for funds donated.
~ Giny had to write a letter to George Fox University saying it was okay for Jackie Cooke to copy TOMT articles (even though she is an editor!) If anybody else runs into this problem, write to Giny to get this authorization.
~ Giny also has a list of names to contact about running for Treasurer and President-elect.
• Past President Jackie Nissen
~ We are members of Northwest Regional Laboratory Consortium. This is a good resource.
• Treasurer Chuck Peterson
~ Deliberately bypassed Clackamas Town Center. Proceeded directly to Washington Square and Woodburn Outlet Mall!
~ All expenses can go on one report form. Chuck will detail it out in his books.
~ Chuck had great difficulty sending out the Treasurer's Report because of computer glitches.
~ Chuck explained each of the four columns for expense categories. HP has not yet paid for the room used for August board meeting. Math Learning Center sent us $3500. Requests for money are only made to OEA every year but we don't know about how MLC decides to send money. So far we are running about a $4000 deficit this year. Chuck has filled out a 1099 form. He recommends paying an accountant to fill out this form which must be sent in by November 15. The books are at the CPA for bi-annual audit. $20,950 is the OCEPT grant. Next year Marj said it will be about $19,000.
• Vice President Trudy Mitchell
~ Trudy was at a School Boards Association meeting before coming to the OCTM board meeting.
~ At the Whistler conference there was a miscommunication about the table to be used by OCTM but Trudy managed to squeeze in between Washington and somebody else. As a result there are substantial orders coming in for Problem Box books. Trudy has the OCTM banner but can't find it.
• Recording Secretary Patty Sandoz
~ The minutes will be sent electronically in Microsoft Word format and Appleworks format. They will also be copied into email.
~ The computer OCTM owns is several years old and does not have the capabilities to hook to a printer or the internet. Patty will check out a school computer for use during her term.
• Membership Secretary Ralph Schubothe
~ Please update Ralph with any changes in email addresses.
~ Ralph showed a graph of the numbers of OCTM members over several years. The graph has a downward slope.
~ Current members and expired(!) members list was distributed to appropriate Area Reps. This list is current as of Nov. 14.
~ Membership is at 1347. Usually we are at 1500 at this time of year. A joint membership with OSTA was started. OSTAs membership dues are normally $30 and OCTMs are $20 so the joint membership is $45. The two groups will share the wealth. Currently there are 54 joint memberships.
~ Tari Querin asked if there could be reduced costs for institutional membership. Institutional membership was defined which was not what Tari was asking. She has 86 members in her area. Could there be a discount? This should probably not be done mid-year. Rather than identifying a specific number of people to become members, should it be a proportion of the number of teachers or should it be all the schools in a district? The cost of membership does not cover the cost to publish The Oregon Math Teacher. It was suggested making this a subscription to get the TOMTs out into the schools but without the benefits of membership status. A box could be added to the membership application form. It was suggested making a one time decision for the 86 teachers with further research to be done for the long term. Giny said this would be a 5% discount for the 86 subscriptions from Tari Querin's area.
~ We need a policy on discounts and subscriptions. This topic will be put in Old Business.
• Conference Coordinator Phil Bartsch
~ The 2003 Northwest Math Conference was held in Whistler, British Columbia. Next year's conference is in Spokane. Jennifer Bell is pregnant and does not want to do online registration. If the next Portland conference contains in its title the words "standards based" then people can access the government restricted professional development dollars.
~ 15 requests for onsite workshops have been made. Requests are on the decline. People are needed for Lebanon, Coos Bay, Neahkahnie, and Three Rivers.
~ Kudos for the State of Jefferson Conference. It was a very welcoming atmosphere. It was not just a math conference. There was a tremendously strong pre-teacher component. "They did OCTM proud."
• Grant Coordinator Lois Costine
~ Gates Foundation gear???
• ODE Assessment and ODE Curriculum Cathy Brown and Ginger Redlinger, dual report
~ New School Directory--direct website info was handed out on CDs.
~ A list of Useful and Helpful Hints will be published in the Statesman Journal. For example: Five Ways You Can Help Your Child in Mathematics. As people think of ideas they can be emailed to Ginger and Cathy
~ For their report look in the table of contents on the CD provided.
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• Historian Jim Specht
~ The Historian was not in attendance.
• TOMT Cathy Bernhard and Jackie Cooke
~ Cathy said that the first issue was like having a child! The editors are feeling good about their team. A great resource is the Write On articles. Articles need to be to the editors two months before the publishing date.
• OML Becky Reed
~ The committee will have information at the next board meeting
• Publicity Ann McMahon and Lois Costine
~No report. They are learning to do the job.
• Scholarships Nancy Rogers
~ Thanks to the people who helped at the lunch meeting.
~ A thank you note was read from somebody who attended the Whistler conference on scholarship.
~ A person wrote requesting some financial help to go to Math Leaders. OML is already so heavily subsidized that no scholarships will be offered.
• Contests Laura Lethe
~ OMEC is considering taking over the organization of the High School Math Contest. OMEC is looking to have an advisory board for long term continuity. They would also put together documentation about how to host the contests and to provide support materials.
• TOTOM Martha Van Cleave
~ TOTOM is pleased that OMEC is willing to step up to handle the contests.
~ The recent TOTOM meeting was held in Pendleton where TOMT issues were handed out.
• Web Person Jackie Cooke
~ The area reps list and calendar have been updated to reflect the new members and upcoming conferences.
• Mailing Clerk Lynn Bonser
~ The Mailing Clerk was not in attendance.
New Business continued:
• Strategic Action Plan
~ Giny recorded the suggested changes to the Strategic Action Plan.
~ Jackie Cooke pointed out that the webpage mission/vision is different than the Strategic Action Plan. What to do? How to rectify?
Area Reports
• Area 1 Jill Sumerlin
~ Workshop at Northwest Regional E.S.D. for Scoring Guide Training
~ Found 2 new members who are first year teachers. Will be getting the addresses to Ralph
• Area 2 Tari Querin and Deanna Reisman
Portland has an NSF grant that is providing math support and activities for teachers, administrators and parents. Grade level math meetings are offered on a monthly basis to provide support for the current math adoption. "Math and Muffins in the Morning" is a training for parents to be math tutors. Elementary and Middle school buildings have two math facilitators that meet quarterly.
Some of the professional development opportunities for Middle School math teachers are:
1. Videocase studies of teachers in the classroom engaging students in Algebraic thinking. Purpose is for teachers to deepen their content and pedagogical knowledge.
2. Praxis Study Groups
3. Course in Designing Group Work in Math and Science (research based, Cohen, Stanford Univ.)
4. Connected Math Workshops for new teachers.
5. Math Committee groups a) equity in math education; b) content/curriculum; c) best practices
6. Problem Solving Assessment Training for new teachers
• Area 4 Kayda Mitchell and Nancy Anderson
Here is what has been happening in Salem:
Salem-Keizer - Oct 10 Inservice Day
Hands On Equations
Bridges Overview
Visual Math
Elementary Number Sense
Willamette ESD and Salem-Keizer
DLM (Demonstration Lessons in Mathematics)
5 Saturday classes for K-5 teachers - one on each strand
Dates - 9/20, 10/11, 10/25, 11/8, 11/22
OCTM
First retooling meeting for Workshops held in Salem 10/4
Bridges Training
Nov 1, Dec 6, and Jan. 24 at the Math Learning Center
Co-sponsored by SK Schools and MLC
Newberg area
60 teachers are enrolled in a grad. level class through WOU in the Newberg School District on Elementary Mathematics for the 21st century
• Area 7 Diane Kinney
Coos-Curry portion of the Area 7 Report
Submitted by Diane Kinney
Nov 5, 2000
There has been a noticeable lack of any math training in the form of workshops or inservices this fall in the southern coastal region. Most schools have lost their inservice time, while most teachers are dealing with increased class size and added responsibilities. One of the cuts that has hurt our area is that the SCESD lost their math specialist this year.
In an effort to help middle school math teachers become "highly qualified", according to the No Child Left Behind Act, a possible partnering of the Title 2B math grant, the Math Learning Center and three universities is being studied. It is hoped that this partnership will be able to offer math content classes to teachers in our area that are not currently considered "highly qualified."
Reedsport Elementary School has been working on scoring guide training for new math teachers.
Myrtle Point district has identified math as this year's focus. They are paying particular attention to aligning their curriculum with the standards.
Brooking's Elementary (Kalmiopsis) had a very successful Family Math Night. Nineteen of the activities were planned and facilitated by high school students. It was a great learning opportunity for the elementary students, parents and the high school students.
Azalea Middle school (Brookings district) is beginning to analyze strengths and weaknesses within their data to help create a closer tie with the standards and content taught.
Mike Gould said he did a scoring guide workshop in Coos Bay. Diane Kinney was not aware of this.
• Area 8a Francie Bostwick
State of Jefferson/Teachers Teaching Teachers Conference at Ashland Middle School went great. We had about 260-270 total including presenters, SOU students, and teachers. Summer professional development offered by the Southern Oregon ESD was successful. Math in the Construction Trades was very helpful for teachers. Some teachers said it was "by far the best thing they've ever done as a math teacher because of the applications for the classroom." The Southern Oregon ESD is checking into an NSF grant to continue professional development in this area. The Southern Oregon Math Cadre met October 1st to discuss opportunities in our area for professional development and will continue to meet once per month this school year. The Cadre goals are: increase communication about statewide and regional issues related to math; increase instructional leadership; increase knowledge of the research in math; investigate professional development needs and opportunities; and identify emerging issues worthy of study or policy recommendations districts.
• Area 8b Damon Langley
On the east side of Area 8 we have two elementary schools which are making some headway in bringing math to the forefront. Fairhaven Elementary in Klamath County School District is holding a Math Night for parents and students on October 23. This will involve math games and activities and also a special presentation to parents on manipulative use. Altamont Elementary (Klamath Co. Schools) is developing a problem solving program to be taught to their after school homework help kids. The program will involve about 20 minutes a day of direct instruction on problem solving skills. Their teachers and paraprofessionals will be inserviced on problem solving instruction in late October.
Another activity of the Southern Oregon Math Cadre is to discuss topics of current importance and this year the Cadre has undertaken the possibility of promoting lesson study groups in the various districts it represents. The Cadre members are making contact with their curriculum offices to find if NCLB monies could be used to sponsor lesson study teams.
The OCTM workshop retooling committee, under the leadership of Mike Gould, held their second informational meeting in Ashland on October 11, following the State of Jefferson Conference on the 10th. This meeting was well received and it looks as if we'll be able to find 6-8 "math specialists" for OCTM in this region.
• Area 9 Judy Johnson
A number of Area 9 teachers have been active in district, regional, and state activities related to mathematics assessment, textbook adoption, and curriculum implementation. A central Oregon "Best Practices" group has been active over the past several years and continues to participate in staff development activities. This school year we made the decision to take a "break" from traditional regional brunch workshops and meet on a more informal basis. We met for the first time in October. As a group, we decided to continue to meet with the express purpose of supporting one another as we address the state standards and move forward in implementing new curricula and teaching practices. since the group has representation from several different districts and a variety of grade levels--primary through high school--the discussions have been lively and informative.
• Area 10 Molly Smith and Cheri Clausen
The Powder Valley primary adopted the Bridges curriculum. They spent the statewide inservice day collaborating and organizing the new curriculum. It is a great program and the teachers are loving it!
Ginger Redlinger is coming to Eastern Oregon November 21st. She will be in La Grande for the morning, and Baker City that afternoon to share her knowledge.
Donna Rainboth at Eastern Oregon University is organizing a Family Fun Night Monday, November 17, 6:30- 8:00, at La Grande Middle School for students ages 10 to 14 and their families. It's called "Explore Magic, Mystery and Motion " and is modeled after the Family Math Night concept. Undergraduate and graduate students majoring in science, social studies, physical education and math will create learning stations of hands-on, interactive explorations ranging from sky charts to color separation. Eastern Oregon University methods professors from these disciplines as well as the Dean of Arts and Sciences will also help facilitate the explorations. This Family School Night is a way for EOU to give back to La Grande Middle School for helping to train new teachers.
Northeast Oregon Math and Science Teachers, NEOMAST, met in October incorporating a tour of the new EOU science building into their dinner meeting. Another NEOMAST meeting will be planned around flight.
Ontario was fortunate enough to receive new math textbooks in their district this year. All of the elementary teachers got together during a staff development day on Oct. 13 to focus on math. Local teachers were the presenters. The day was well organized with lots of preparation done ahead of time. Teachers participated in sessions on math and literature connections (Cheri Clausen helped with these sessions), make it - take it, math websites, and standards / work samples. They also had an opportunity
to meet with a rep from the text book company to ask questions about their new textbooks. Many comments were made that it was one of our best staff development days yet!
Ontario Middle School and Nyssa's middle and high schools decided to participate in the Accelerated Math program. All math classes got the necessary hardware and software to run the program. Just before school started, Malheur ESD held a summer institute for area teachers. Cheri Clausen presented classes on GEMS (Great Explorations in Math and Science).
• Area 11 Nancy Swarat and Susan Fisher-Alexander
We continue to monitor information from OCTM and ODE and distribute it to building
contacts for math. We are searching for several new contacts to replace people who
have moved on to administration or have retired.
Add to the Area Report that both Nancy and Susan and one other attended NWMC with an area member.
Try to have a building contact, but still working on filling those, to have communication pathways.
• Area 12 Janet Echanis
Hood River County Schools have been working K-12 on differentiated teaching. The elementary is also focusing on teaching math using the discovery-based method. Teachers and students have been reporting great enthusiasm and success in math this fall.
The Dalles School District is combining with the Chenowith School District. This might be taking a lot of their energy. I'm not aware of specific math happenings there.
• Area 13 Marla Baber and Debbie Lindow
Adoption
Money to spend on adoption?
Late arrivals once a month; teamed by curricular areas; time to do it;
Professional learning communities in Reynolds School district
Thank you to Cathy Brown and Ginger Redlinger for hosting.
The Sheet Metal place will open to the OCTM Board for January meeting. Who is interested in a tour? Ginger and Marla will collaborate on this.
Meeting Adjourned: 2:48
Respectfully submitted,
Patty Sandoz
Recording Secretary