Team+of+8+Meeting+Notes

**Agenda: 5/25/2016**
Team updated the schedule until the end of the year.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 5/9/2016**
Team created and discussed a [|curriculum map] for this school year. We will continue to add/change/etc. this summer during our summer work.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 4/27/2016**
- Debrief of religions field trip: we need to look closer at the bus lists. Sites were excellent. Revisit curriculum connection between English/History. We could consider the calendar more closely next year. Challenge: can't leave on the buses until 8:30. Could consider looking at the SAT date. Next year we may need to review behavior in a religious setting/formal setting more specifically - feet up on chairs, etc. - Team updated the calendar.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 4/5/2016**
- team updated the schedule - we reviewed the field trip details for next week - team used a [|process] to share schoolwide cornerstone assessments (brief notes on posted on the document) NEXT STEPS: Before the end of the year... Return to our curriculum map and create “fence posts” for major assessments/cornerstone assessments Add humanities and math/science time for collaboration
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 3/22/2016**
- Eric joined us to discuss the ninth grade team leader. Team should discuss options and check back with Eric after April vacation (letters of interest submitted to him after April break). - finalize Power of One night - double-check forms for student accountability - draft a survey for advisors and students - debrief the MFA field trip: Brian mentioned giving students an additional task at the museum to look at other artwork - either a scavenger hunt or pick a piece of art to take notes on. Could be an optional task. Team discussed having all students doing things in their advisor groups over those three days. There seems to be some energy right now - Mandy will bring this to leadership with Alice and Suzanne. (Piece for Jennifer Lainey: class coverage needs to include location for MFA). - other?
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 3/8/2016**
- Team discussed final preparations for [|March 17/18]. - Team updated the calendar.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 2/25/16**
- Calendar is updated. - Mid-year check in: Going well: follow agendas, anticipate stress and are supportive (not only for each other but also for students/teachers/advisors), administration feels like we know what we are doing Changes/focus on: feels like we are not accessing student support as much - increase connection, changes to Power of One/Digital Citizenship should be looked at this spring instead of over the summer, start/continue discussions around cornerstones and "assessment clumps," school wide cornerstone assessment sharing (priority) using a curriculum map, interdisciplinary work this spring, look at writing as a team
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 1/21/16**
- Alice joined us to take about the changes in the Computer Lab - Brainbreaks. Students right now have defaulted during study halls to watching TV or playing games - neither of which are approved for their computers. Next Saturday is ConnectED - free conference at So. Portland High School. - Planning ahead: we started a [|planning document] for the March days - Hunger banquet debrief: revisit the script and update, break up the long passages of text with mobility between groups, check percentages of each income group, continue weekly emails
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 1/8/16**
**Present: all team members** - Hunger Banquet - all set? - Plan for those who do not complete Power of 1 - Feedback protocol for period 3, January 26 - two panels (two teachers and two seniors per panel) - schedule time for each advisor group. Nico, Walter, Meredith, Sabrina for students; Tom, Amy, Anne and Catie - Pre-planning for Presentation Night: how to break up groups, advisor accountability forms, and student accountability forms. We talked through the details - 90 minutes long, group will split in half and present for half the time and walk around for half the time. Here is the [|reflection form] for students at the end. Here is the form for [|students] for feedback.
 * Students will drop off computers in carts outside of the gym and leave backpacks in the gym.
 * We will print scripts
 * A make-up experience needs to be described: two different situations
 * What if a student doesn't do the project but goes to the make-up night?
 * What if the student does the project but doesn't go to the presentation night?
 * What if both?
 * If a student/s does not do a project, the student/s will create a proposal to submit to the team. The student/s may choose from a list of options: volunteer at Yarmouth Food Pantry, volunteer at Partners in World Health, volunteer at a soup kitchen, etc. Once the project is approved and completed, the student/s will present out to their advisor group and/or one other.

**Agenda: 12/17/15**
- Power of One - final details - are we all set? - Shakespeare Festival - proposal from the humanities - February 11 (white day, Thursday) periods 4+5 all ninth graders will be performing Shakespeare and then watching Julius Caesar - Schedule update
 * Present: all team members**
 * On the Wednesday, January 6 we meet in grade level advisor groups - Mandy will meet with freshmen advisor groups

**Agenda: 12/3/15**
- Schedule Update: Jen E. will join us - we updated the schedule. - Power of One: final details and curriculum mapping
 * Present: all team members**
 * Timeline is linked [|here]. We will show "A Place at the Table" during the roll out day and lead in to the project overview.
 * Do we want to use a rubric to evaluate students? No - use the checklist for advisors.
 * Curriculum discussion: math will do work connected to Power of 1 right after break in January; history will do some research around NGOs; science will connect with Power of 1 right after the banquet; English will do research once projects are identified.

**Agenda: 11/12/15**
- Final details about the Digital Projects - how to wrap it up? Suzanne shared that there are only 80ish or so students who have submitted final projects. Next time the form should include their advisor so advisors can easily see who has and has not completed. Alice and Suzanne will put together a list for advisors detailing who and who has not completed the project; team will announce in their 5W classes tomorrow as an additional reminder. Feedback: time felt too short in only 30 minutes. Next time let's frontload the tools. Do we bring this to leadership team as a school wide cornerstone? Team will continue to discuss this idea and which school wide expectation to assess. - Cornerstone check in - how did this quarter go with INCs? Julie and Mark reported that giving a cornerstone close to the end of the quarter was difficult - the turn around time was hard. Conferences this week with conferences were difficult. - Update calendar - calendar has been updated - Other items?
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 10/28/15**
- Team checked in about the product for DigiCiti work. Suzanne and Alice shared a [|product descriptor]. Team approved the document. We discussed having students share this out in advisor groups. Suzanne and Alice will assess the products using the rubric on the descriptor. The scores will be sent to their advisors to share feedback with students. Alice is going to check in with Mike about what they do at the middle school.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 10/16/15**
- Suzanne joined the team and discussed the final product options. Team agreed having students put together a visual for the final product. Team wondered if we could use time during a 5W to create the product. Thursday, October 29 during 5W students will create their final product for Digi Citi in their classes. Suzanne and Alice will find the students who are not in freshmen classes (Julie's room will be open because it is her prep and computer lab could be sued), and they will have them do the group together. After their products are created, students will share their products with advisors. The best products will be sent to HMS to share there. Team of 8 to finalize details will happen on Wednesday, October 28th during team time. - Debrief field trip: Eric joined us to acknowledge how well the day went. Mike shared that he spoke with students and adults - all was very positive. One suggestion was to run the stations in the opposite direction so that the transition to the lighthouse was a little more visible - Amy shared that she wasn't always aware of when/where the next group was coming. Another piece of feedback was more maps at the mapping station. The bus evacuation drills made the timing much more difficult. Next year we will put the #1-4 on buses to make it easier to load buses. - Team updated the schedule.
 * Present: Julie, Amy, Mark, Mandy, David, Mike, Sarah**

**Agenda: 9/29/15**
- Alice and Suzanne joined us for DigiCiti feedback and next steps for Oct. 6. Team talked about changing the final product to something that could be shared with the middle school. Bumper sticker? Poster? Could this connect with school wide expectations? Suzanne and Alice could score the visuals using a rubric and send the best to the middle school to share. Students will make the next choice in English classes by Thursday. - Field trip check in - four buses are all set. Lorrie agreed to do lunch for one more year (hooray!). Eric has asked that ninth graders show up at 7:40 - same as sophomores and juniors. Ninth graders will watch a geology video in the YPAC before the buses come. At the next team of 8 we should look at groups. - team plans for Wednesday with Charlotte and Bob - meet in David's room (107) at 9:30am - Open House - all set! - Update on March: museum trip will stay on Thursday (3/17) and Friday (3/18) - advisors that go on Thursday will have to have docents. Some ideas for the other day: one hour of community service, senior letter, Power of One, Power of One speaker, etc.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 9/22/15**
- Discussed Digital Citizenship planning and Science field trip planning.
 * Present: Brian, David, Julie, Mandy, Amy, Sarah, Mark**

**Agenda: 9/16/15**
- Sheri provided team with updates on students with ELL services - Team spoke with Alice about DigiCiti prep for next Tuesday - [|groups and locations] - Students will go to their group locations for attendance, then go the gym, do the scenarios, and go back to the rooms for the activity. At the end students will do a reflection. Alice will send this information to advisors. Mandy will check with Jen Erickson to see about Ed Tech support. Here is the [|link] to the DigiCiti website. - Field trip update: already received approval, park is reserved (163 ninth and tenth graders) Oct. 14. Mike will reach out to Lorrie about organizing lunch. - Yearly team objectives - school wide expectation work, humanities work - team will check in and share ways that each course is assessing school wide expectations. We will schedule specific meetings to devote time - Margi needs dates for field trips: Oct. 15 (geology), March 18 (MFA), and April 13 (world religions)
 * Present: all team members plus Alice Barr and Sheri Oliva**

**Summer Curriculum Meeting: 8/31/15**
- Notes are linked [|here]. - Updated Norms linked [|here].
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 5/8/15**
Here is our agenda: - Ted is going to join us to update the next steps for the team leader - team looked at the end of the year calendar and talked about book awards for ninth graders - we summer work proposals - team decided 8/31 from 8am-12pm for summer work. Mandy will submit the summer work proposal - we updated the calendar
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 4/16/15**
- Debrief of field trip standardize where buses meet students - out back is better day overall worked really well time of year worked well - Team worked on thank you notes - Power of 1 feedback: give feedback to preliminary ideas immediately. We should have a Wednesday before it starts to talk to advisors. Team members should check in with advisors briefly about ideas as they move forward.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 4/10/15**
- final details about religions field trip on April 15 - conversation about Ninth Grade Team Facilitator (Ted will join us at 8:30am) - fourth quarter overview - update calendar
 * Present: all team members**
 * team looked at the schedule for the day and reviewed reminders for students
 * students will be picked up in the back - boarding buses at 8:20am

**Agenda: 3/23/15**
- BMFA debrief: there were a few issues with student behavior at the museum. Having the entire class at the museum at the same time was fine. The 12:30 lunch was difficult. Next year we will be more specific with advisors about chaperoning and staying together as a group. Perhaps next year each group brings a large bag to put lunches in to help with students finding their own. We could be more planful of bathrooms when we arrive and when we leave. May want to have another adult join some advisor groups in the future. - World Religions Field Trip: ninth grade team teachers chaperone. Mandy will check about Ed Techs for the trip. Board buses at 8:20am - remind freshmen that they have to be at YHS by 8:20am. Julie is taking care of coverage. - Power of 1: we will ask for feedback from advisors on the schedule. We will include feedback from Friday as well. - Team updated the schedule.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 3/17/15**
- BMFA final details...  - Power of 1 Update: Julie and Mandy will share a few other documents for feedback - Power of 1 descriptions: team gave Amy descriptions of curriculum connections to Power of 1 - Other?
 * Present: all team members**
 * map/overview - advisors will get this information tomorrow morning. Julie and Mandy will talk with advisors about the rotation around artwork. Getting on the bus at 7:30am.
 * bus lists - look good
 * remind advisors that students should take notes AFTER the student presents on the artwork. Students may take pictures with phones - but just be aware of Snapchat.
 * [|Presentation] guidelines
 * Individual [|Reflection]
 * Individual [|Feedback]

**Agenda: 3/4/15**
- Boston update: Amy will preview maps and copy for everyone. Buses leave at 7:30 and back at 4:30. Mark is going to pick up snacks for the way down. Amy will talk with Margi about med kits and free/reduced lunch. Amy will give advisors a copy of what artworks students are responsible for. - World Religions: April 15th - not late start - leaving at 8:30am - back by the end of the school day. Similar schedule to last year. Two groups to go Wholefoods; one group goes to Maine Mall. - March 19: YPAC: 8:00 Dr. Catie 9-9:40 Recycled Life (45 min) 9:40-9:50 Hanely Tribute? 9:50-10:20 Safe Passage speaker 10:25-10:35 Presentation Expectations 10:40-11:15 Lunch 11:15-12:00 Work Time 12:00-12:15 Class meeting 12:15-1:00 Movement stuff 1:00-2:25 Presentation work time / letter
 * Present:**

**Agenda: 1/9/14**
- Alice and Suzanne sought feedback on this year's Digital Citizenship work. We will continue our conversations about how best to address digital citizenship with 9th graders, perhaps with more condensed activities at the beginning of the year and clearer connections to curriculum work (primarily History and English?) - World Religions field trip moved to Wednesday, April 15 at Ted's request. Amy will take care of bus permissions. Amy and David will figure out potential guest speaker for early morning before buses depart around 8:30 if needed. Athletic competitions can't begin until the 17th. - Reviewed logistics for Tuesday's banquet. - Discussed issues relating to making Power of One a cornerstone. What new checklists / note taking guides will we need - for advisors? students? Julie and Amy will work on this and bring to the team & Ted for feedback.
 * Present: David, Julie, Mark, Mike, Kate, Brian, Sarah, Amy**

**Agenda: 12/12/14**
- Power of one update: Julie shared the roll out information. The Hunger Banquet is going to have shorter time for advisor work (timeline is linked [|here]): January 13 is the Hunger Banquet, debrief in advisor groups, roll out in the YPAC, and "A Place at the Table." Science: readings around strategic plans for solving problems related to hunger Math: statistics around hunger History: organizations English: research project - Schedule for January/February: March 19 ideas: Doctors Without Borders, Recycled Life, Work Time, Eric Gunnoe, El Fadel. Mandy will get in touch with Holly and Mary about a class breakfast or lunch. - Digital Citizenship final product: Alice may join us at 9:00am: final product will be completed during period 3 on January 6 All freshmen will be divided up into six groups: Mike, David, Brian, Sarah, Julie, Mandy Team will divide students into six groups once Alice sends a spreadsheet
 * Present: David, Julie, Mark, Mike, Mandy, Brian, Sarah, Amy**

**Agenda: 11/21/14**
- Digital Citizenship: Aice and Suzanne joined us for the debrief of the three Digital Citizenship sessions. Suzanne mentioned that it might be helpful to have lessons plans with each of the sessions for the future. Some students did not complete reflections. Having the three sessions more closely together (all before Thanksgiving) was helpful. The team discussed the "teeth" to digital citizenship. The question came up about connecting it to Power of One - maybe students use social media as a tool to promote their project. We would come up with an essential question and have them demonstrate their learning. Team is looking at **January 6 period 3 for a work period and then share out on the Wednesday morning in advisor group**. - Power of One planning: all classes except English will have Power of One related "boot camp" when we return from December break. English will have the curriculum connection once students have identified their projects. Mandy and Julie will meet in December about details for the timeline. - field trips in March and May: Julie will check in with advisors about attending the BMFA field trip on March 20. In May ninth grade team will attend the field trip - May 13. Rinpoche may be an option for students in March - Amy and David will keep us posted. - Cornerstone discussion: timing is important - avoid the end of a quarter. Team discussed trends so far. More students seem to be coming back for first retakes than in the past. Team agreed that we will keep cornerstones as a topic of discussion for team of 8 meetings. - freshmen and study halls discussion: Mandy is going to draft a proposal for team to look at. - update calendar - and team discussed who we should cc on our team of four emails. Team agreed that we will cc the YHS Faculty to keep them updated. - other?
 * Present: David, Julie, Mark, Mandy, Brian, Sarah, Mike**

**Agenda: 11/4/14**
- Team checked in. - Field trip update: March 20 for BMFA - all students on one day. David and Amy will still go on the field trip, and freshmen advisors will take their groups. - Field trip update: religions field trip will be scheduled for the second full week of May (May 13) and team will decide if we will still have late start or meet early. Julie is going to check with Susan about game conflicts that day. - DigiCiti - 3rd round: Brian and Mandy will have students select their third session. Mandy will check in with Alice about sending an email to freshmen advisors about student behaviors. - Schedule: team updated the schedule
 * - Present: David, Julie, Mark, Mandy, Brian, Amy, Sarah**

**Agenda: 10/8/14**
- Suzanne joined us to discuss a different date for the next DigiCiti - Suzanne is going to check in with Rick Dustin about Thursday, Oct. 23. Team had informal discussion about the value of the first sessions. Comments were positive from students. Comment was made that we should explain to students the "long view" of the DigiCiti. Team agreed that students will pick their next sessions on Wednesday during the class meeting. - Field trip: we discussed what members needed coverage and Julie will take care of that. Mike shared the document for the field trip - Julie is taking care of subs needed for teachers and advisors. Mandy will check in with Health Science Team and Guidance about proctors. - We updated the calendar.
 * - Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 9/24/14**
- Charlotte visited and shared information about students - Field trip update: Mike shared that he has plenty of parent volunteers. Mark will grocery shop. Lorrie will be in charge of organizing lunch. - Check in with Alice and Suzanne about DigiCiti
 * - Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 9/10/14**
- Team discussed the benefits to the format we used last year. We agreed that having our work with Digital Citizenship should happen earlier - this fall - and returning to the DigiCiti work in March during the CEP days. We will start with everyone doing the same thing - Digital Footprint. Students would look at materials for the session at the start of the period, and then have the discussion as part of the period (no work outside of the time given for DigiCiti). - Digital Compass activity could be done during advisor time the Wednesday prior to the start of DigiCiti period 3. - Could we bring back the public service announcement in March? - Team discussed having the first session be Wednesday, Oct. 1 (advisory for Compass Activity) and Thursday, Oct. 2 (period 3) Digital Footprint; second session Friday, Oct. 24; third session Thursday, Nov. 13. Alice and Suzanne will notify others about the dates. Alice and Suzanne will put freshmen in groups and have us look at them before the first session. - The idea came up to have students in their advisor groups for the first discussion to help comfort level/dynamic.
 * - Present: all team members plus Alice and Suzanne**

**Agenda: 9/4/14**
- review and adopt our team [|norms] Discussion about "yearly objective" - we agreed that we will spend time at another team of 8 meeting to determine the yearly objective. The point was made that we need to pull the norms out and review them periodically. Team adopted our norms. - Geology field trip check in- who is available for what? Freshman Advisors: Mandy Lewis, Mark Marstaller, Julie Hutchinson, Sarah Hirschfeld. Six stations (Health Science team is available on blue days). Mandy will check in with Jen. E. about Ed. Techs and Lorrie about lunch. Brian has volunteered to help with the afternoon activities. - laptop roll out - who is available during period 3 Monday? Six of our team will be there. Alice is aware of who is not able to join the roll out. - discussion of [|common policies] with Josh - review and update calendar Notes from our summer meeting [|here].

**Agenda: 6/5/14**
- Check in about Monday, 6/16 1:00 at Antonia's - DigiCiti update: team will consider both timing and structure This past year posed some challenges with the length of time it spread and the different faculty members involved. We would like to have DigiCiti in the fall to set the tone for the year. Bring back email etiquette. Academic/ownership of ideas/use of technology/online presence should be at the start of the year (could include academic honesty) and then follow up at the end of the year. - August: Power of One summer work, DigiCiti planning, curriculum mapping
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 5/28/14**

 * - August 25 8-1pm**

**Agenda: 5/19/14**
- End of year items - Team updated the calendar
 * Present: Catie, David, Julie, Nancy, Mike, Mark, Mandy**

**Agenda: 5/13/14**
- Debrief of MFA: Amy shared the field trip feedback from her students said they would rather have control over where they go in the museum. Field trip may be moved to March over the CEP days. Team agreed to move the MFA field trip to March - the Friday of CEP week. - Debrief meeting with Ted and Josh about Power of One: bringing it to faculty next Wednesday
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 5/1/14**
- Check in about field trip MFA details - Updated schedule through May 15 - Talked about digital citizenship essays - team will read them together with Alice and Suzanne - Ted joined us to talk about the team split for next year
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 4/1/14**
- Debrief the CEP days: - Religions field trip: feedback from students was very positive. - Power of One night: Catie and Julie shared the exhibition night details - MFA field trip
 * Present: Amy, Catie, Julie, Mark, Mike, Nancy, Mandy**
 * Seemed like March 20 tried to accomplish too much but all parts were valuable in their own way. When a speaker comes, we need to be clear about advisors joining their students in the YPAC.
 * DigiCiti seemed disconnected from the rest of the day. The quality of their engagement was better in the fall vs. now.
 * Some type of break from the work is needed.
 * The timing of The Thin Line was not good - the calendar as a whole seems too disjointed.
 * In August when the team meets, we should look at the big picture of the year for freshmen - plug in DigiCiti in the fall, map out Power of One, etc.
 * Some students felt like they needed an opportunity to debrief at the end of the day or could we meet up at lunch to share experiences in the morning.
 * Mall Food Court and Whole Foods worked well; food court would be a good option for the full class.
 * 6:30pm-8:00pm students are expected to be there the entire time
 * Catie and Julie sent an email to current senior advisors to see if they want to come
 * Team should reinforce the message that students need to stay for the entire night and watch each others' presentations
 * Alice will set up a photo stream for the Power of One night and will work on collecting videos
 * Advisors will be asked for feedback and the team will then make decisions for next year.
 * May 2: Amy's team - permission slips will be collected through history classes
 * May 9: David's team - permission slips will be collected through history classes

**Agenda: 3/7/14**
- March 20 overview: Thursday, March 20th (blue day) 7:40-9:15 Power of One work time 9:15-9:45 Guest Speaker (related to Power of One) 9:45-10:38 Continuation of Power of One work time LUNCH 11:10-12:20 Digi Citi 12:25-~12:45 Class Meeting 12:45-2:25 Senior Letter, continuation of Power of One work time Mark M will take Rick's advisor group in Catie's room. Jennifer Lainey is still working on other coverage. Nancy and David 4B same sub to cover. - DigiCiti with Alice and Suzanne: same choices as the previous two sessions. Alice is working on finding faculty to participate. - Religions field trip update: team looked at the schedule for each bus and considered the division of students - everything is in good shape! - Boy Who Harnessed the Wind as summer reading? Team discussed that there are many benefits to BWHW as summer reading. Team also discussed benefits and drawbacks to moving the Power of One project to the fall. Some notes: Catie and Mike reported that they would have a few classes to play with in terms of including curriculum for Power of One. Mark and Julie said it would be fine to move curriculum pieces to earlier in the fall. Next steps: Catie, Julie, Mandy and whoever else wants to join will start looking at a tentative schedule for changes to Power of One project in the fall. Current freshmen advisors will be asked for feedback in early April. Team teachers will meet with current senior advisors at the end of the year to involve them in some decision-making. No matter what the plan: team will hopefully meet with advisors and ninth grade team during in-service days to discuss logistics of project. Team will also invite current senior advisors to Power of One Presentations. - Team updated the schedule.
 * Present: Amy, Catie, Julie, Mark, David, Mike, Nancy, Mandy**

**Agenda: 2/12/14**
- Team updated the calendar - Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: team discussed changing summer reading to BWHW Team discussed the benefits and drawbacks to such a change - all of us would have to shift our curriculum. We agreed that there are some good ideas to think about and now that it has been brought up as an idea, we will talk in discipline pairs and come back as a full group to decide. Idea proposed: curriculum pieces in classes first few weeks of school connected to BWHW and then Hunger Banquet kick off in the start of October. - Team reviewed Power of One Proposals
 * Present: Amy, Catie, Julie, Mark, David, Mike, Nancy, Mandy**

**Agenda: 2/6/14**
- Team should consider DigiCiti "bootcamp" in the fall to set the groundwork for the rest of the year. Later this spring we will look at planning this for next year. - Power of One Proposals: team looked at the proposals so far.
 * Present: Amy, Catie, Julie, Mark, David, Nancy, Mandy**
 * Calendar feedback:**

**Agenda: 1/27/14**
- Students should sign up in advisor for sessions on Thursday, Feb. 6. Advisors can communicate with students about the upcoming period 3. Students will get the chance to pick a different session. __Alice will let advisors know that they will help students sign up during advisory on Feb. 6 for the Feb. 11 sessions__. - Mark suggested adding a resource about texting while driving. - Mandy will email the faculty about freshmen missing class during period 3 on Feb. 11.
 * Present: all team members plus Alice and Suzanne**
 * Digi Citi update:**

**Agenda: 1/10/14**

 * Present: all team members plus Ted, Josh, Alice, Suzanne**

- Mike shared pictures from his session with [|rockets]. - Team members shared ideas about their individual sessions - thoughts for the future - more detailed feedback in Google doc. - Time change worked well - 60 minutes was a good amount of times. - Timing of the day right before vacation creates a perception that it is not as valuable as it really is. Moving forward we should think about whether or not the timing is best the day before vacation. Also might make sense to move it because of the holiday concert that is typically period 3 on the Friday before vacation - Interesting to consider having all students doing Tai Chi together - show Ted's video of the students doing their exercises and then have our students go to the gym for a full tai chi session
 * Asia Day Debrief:**
 * - Reminder: in August consider the timing of this field trip -** we may want to move the field trip to a different day in December, remembering that we like the 60-minute sessions, the last day before break is challenging, and the winter concert will interfere.

- students (informal feedback) seemed to want to talk about it and were interested in the topic - Second round on February 11 during period 3: students could watch/read content for 20 minutes, discuss for 30 minutes, write/reflect for 20 minutes. - Team will work on a schedule for March CEP days
 * 8:30 Update the calendar and figure out next DigiCiti days**

- Leave class at 10:30 - everyone should be in the gym before first lunch/break
 * Power of One prep for Tuesday Hunger Banquet**

- Wednesday, March 19: classes as usual - Rough schedule for Thursday, March 20: Class meeting Eye Doctor Presentation DigiCiti Discussions Power of One Work Senior Letters - Friday, March 21: Religions Field Trip
 * CEP and World Religions Field Trip**

**Agenda: 11/26/13**
- Team agreed that sending an email to all parents about Asia Day about a week beforehand. - Team agreed that inviting Ted and Josh to team of 8 meetings when planning upcoming field trips would be very helpful for all involved. - Session descriptions will be given out after Thanksgiving break. After students made their selections, they will turn them in that morning.
 * Present: all team members plus Ted and Josh**

**Agenda: 11/20/13**

 * Present: all team members plus Suzanne and Alice**

- Suzanne and Alice updated us: Digital Footprint and Digital Overload - each topic has a [|page] with a combination of videos and texts. Teachers should check the [|room assignments] for Dec. 6. - Coding: Dec. 10 and 11 - six activities to choose from during math classes. - Power of One Update: [|website] has been updated and dates have been made public. Jan. 14 (blue day) will be the Hunger Banquet. Julie and Catie are organizing teacher/advisor coverage. March 20: speaker who does eye surgery in various parts of the world - Power of One work day over CEP. Dec. 4 advisory meeting will be the opportunity for freshmen advisors to meet with Catie and Julie about the project. - Planetarium Field Trip planning: Osher Map Library does not have much curriculum connection in terms of where students will be in their History classes. Team agreed that we will work toward a field trip to the Planetarium next year in Nov/Dec when all content areas are study Greece. - Asia Day: seems like we are all set! Sessions are linked [|here]. - Team updated the calendar.
 * Timeline:**
 * Dec. 2 and 3: Science will do Digital Overload and History will do Digital Footprint on Dec. 2 and 3**.
 * Dec. 4**: Teachers will check in with students at the start of classes on Wednesday, Dec. 4 to be sure they have signed up.
 * Dec. 6**: period 3 will be when the discussions happen - start in the gym first and then move to discussion locations. There will be 15 minutes at the end of period 3 to do some reflection.

**Agenda: 11/7/13**

 * Present: all team members plus Suzanne and Alice**

- Suzanne and Alice joined us to talk about Digital Citizenship - Ed Cafe model - seven broad topics - digital footprint, engagement (virtually or reality) with people, privacy, etiquette, fair use/member of creative community, digital activism, time management/multitaskers. Students would experience many of the topics over the year, and then English teachers would ask them to write about their learning. Teachers will introduce the process in a class, and students will watch both videos (one in Science and one in History). Then discussions will happen in a period 3 - about 30 minutes - then do some reflection. Team decided on the week of Dec. 2 for the first set. Videos will be watched Dec. 2 and 3, and the discussions will happen Friday, Dec. 6 during period 3. Catie coined the phrase DigiCiti! - Team talked about Planetarium field trip. Ted gave the team a thumbs up, and Amy is going to check out Osher Map Library. Team talked about splitting students in two group - have one group goes to the planetarium while the other group does DigiCiti, then flip. We are going aim for Feb. 7. Then we could have the DigiCiti #3 during CEP days. - Asia Day: Dec. 4 will be the arena scheduling for Asia Day. Sessions need to be determined before then. We will need team time to plan sessions before Thanksgiving. - Team updated the schedule.

**Agenda: 10/20/13**
- Debrief of field trip: lots of positive comments from advisors and students. The delayed departure was helpful for head class advisors to meet with the full class, but the message needs to be clearer that all students stay in the YPAC - especially because of PSAT testing. The bus should also try to be back sooner before the end of the school day. Advisors need to stay with their groups at the stations. Veggie burgers ran out - two packages for next year. Apples and bananas were a great addition. - Team updated the schedule.
 * Present: all team members present**

**Agenda: 9/19/13**

 * Present: all team members plus Alice and Suzanne**

- Digital Citizenship: shorter sessions multiple times throughout the year using this [|article] as a model: Team asked about having some tech tips in our classes in the context of each discipline. Alice suggested that each team of four come up with a list of tech needs we want to cover with students, then we can see how to accomplish covering the needs. Either in classes or pulling ninth graders out. Suzanne created a [|document] for us to add to in order to generate ideas. Shaw's team identified 4W as a period where all teach freshmen. - Geology Field Trip: all set at this point. Mike already spoke to class advisors. Students will have a $10 field trip fee to use for the food but also for other trips this year. - Planetarium Field Trip: Mike and Catie brought up having freshmen go to the Planetarium at USM. Team agreed that first week of February time period would work well. Next steps: Mandy will talk with Ted about the possibility of taking this trip, and then the team will figure out details. - Team updated the schedule
 * Create an acceptable use policy with students - understand what it is and why
 * Discuss online privacy
 * Personal identity
 * Digital communication
 * Digital etiquette

**Agenda: 9/9/13**
- review norms/objectives - team approved norms/objectives - major curriculum [|mapping] - grading practices Math: tests/quizzes students may make up to a 90 - which ever score is higher. In order to be eligible for the make up, students must pass in a completed review assignment. Students must make it up within two weeks. Similar assessment - just different problems Science: tests/quizzes students may make up to a 90 - second score stays. Students must meet with teacher before taking the retake. Students must make it up within two weeks. For lab work - no revisions because they have opportunities prior to turning in the assignments. No make ups on the final exam. For tests - students retake the test questions they miss and earn up to a 90. History: short quizzes students may retake it for up to a 90. Test corrections can be done for all test questions - maximum of 90. Test corrections require evidence to support right answer. Students will be assessed on work habits using a rubric. English: vocabulary quizzes may be made up to a 90 - students must meet with the teacher prior to the make up and complete an additional vocabulary practice <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7273px;">- roll out check in - possibly Thursday? <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12.7273px;">- calendar has been updated
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 5/20/13**
- Update on citizenship seminars: Alice joined us for an update on our work with the ninth graders and the seminar options. - Summer Work Prep: map field trips, Power of One timeline, team policies (cell phone use?), cornerstone, technology update (invite Alice), common Work Habits, curriculum mapping. Team agreed that on Monday, August 26 8-11am we will complete our summer work. - Power of One: Catie and Julie shared feedback from advisors about this year's Power of One project. Team decided that this is a valuable piece to the freshman experience and we should continue to use it for the student led conference piece. Comment was made that we can be more helpful to freshman advisors to alleviate some of the stress they might feel going through the process. Hunger banquet kick-off works well - we should consider showing Recycled Life right up front. We will need to ask one person to coordinate communication with Preble Street. Catie and Julie will send out an email to current senior advisors to ask for their input before the end of the school year.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 5/14/13**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- update on Citizenship Seminars from Suzanne <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- debrief the BMFA field trip: students gave very positive feedback. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- end of the year items: Underclassmen Awards: period 3 June 10, Step Up Day for incoming ninth graders: June 1 <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Team updated the schedule
 * Present: Catie, Amy, Alice, David, Suzanne, Nancy, Mandy, Julie, Mark M.**
 * Alice sent out [|information] about sessions.
 * Tomorrow morning Alice and Suzanne will lead them through the compass activity - students will get their schedules on Thursday morning.
 * All information is online.
 * Amy and Mark will need to meet their session presenters in the Main Office at 9:25am.

**Agenda: 4/30/13**
- Update on Citizenship Seminars with Josh, Alice and Suzanne: offer some short sessions that address various issues in all the different ways - big topics will include Safe or Sorry, Fake or Real?, Share a Little or Share a Lot, Create Credit or Steal, Bully or Protect?. Logistics: Compass Activity will be Wednesday morning, May 15. The Citizenship Seminars will happen 5/16 and 5/21 during period 3s. Sessions will be offered for 30-minute blocks. Advisors will help with scheduling. Ninth grade team teachers will facilitate a discussion - or help facilitate a discussion with another adult/students. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Readistep Debrief - next year?- MFA Final Planning - group reviewed final details. Students go right to buses - attendance will be taken on the bus. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Update the schedule
 * Present: Mark, Catie, Julie, Mike, Nancy, Mandy, David, Amy**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">Note: All ninth grade advisors will be doing community service projects on May 28.

**Agenda: 4/10/13**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Debrief Power of 1 Night (more debrief and next steps to follow once we have advisor feedback)
 * Present: Mark, David, Mike, Nancy, Julie, Catie, Mandy**

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Planning for BMFA <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Schedule: team updated the calendar <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Check In
 * The format of the evening worked very well. Some groups did both a presentation and a display in the cafe - this may be a helpful way to go for larger groups.
 * We need to raise the expectation that all students stay and listen to all other presentations.
 * The quality of projects seemed higher.
 * The project fits well vertically with other advisor group presentations.
 * Classroom connections to hunger seemed to work better this year. Nancy and Mandy were excited by the research project, and we could consider moving that earlier. Recycled Life got positive feedback - consider that earlier too. One goal for next year - communicate classroom work to advisors more clearly so students can transfer knowledge more easily. We could consider inviting advisors to classrooms or email updates to advisors more regularly.
 * Question came up about moving the Power of 1 project to the fall - could consider using it to kick off our curriculum.
 * David went and investigated art work at the museum and updated the art work studied in classes.
 * Permission slips will be done in History class
 * Buses leave at 7:30am and will be back at YHS at 4:00pm. May 3 - Wootang, May 10 - Weiss

**Agenda: 3/25/13**
<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Alice and Suzanne will present an idea for the Digital Citizenship day: offering a series of seminars similar to round table discussion - four different experiences over two period 3s. There will be five big ideas to frame the sessions. Students will participate on May 16 and May 21 during period 3. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Josh shared some feedback from a representative from Preble Street. We should set up a meeting with her before the Power of One project so that she can go over clear expectations. One suggestion was to block off five session for YHS students - book it in advance - and we would control who went when. We also need to be clear about not taking pictures while there. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Feedback about Thursday and Friday last week: Nancy and Mandy send out a feedback form for the book discussions. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Power of One presentation/exhibition: April 4, 6:30-8pm. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #222222; display: block; font-family: arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: start;">- Team updated the schedule.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 3/4/13**

 * Present: all team members**

- Check in about March 20, 21, 22: Catie will ask advisors for coverage on Wednesday - senior teachers who may need coverage to spend March 21+22 with freshman advisees. - Schedule conversation: team discussed emphasizing a 4H and 4CP. We also need to generate a list of students who should not be in the same classes. Mandy will speak with Beth and Brenda about having eighth grade teachers look over the preliminary lists of ninth grade students. - Team updated the schedule.
 * March 20: classes
 * March 21: in-school activities - book discussions, Power of One work, first lunch, senior letter, and class meeting.
 * March 22: field trip - advisors will distribute permission slips

**Agenda: 2/5/13**
- Period 3 update for Power of 1: Feb. 12 - Field trip update for CEP days: we have heard from everyone we contacted and all said yes. Now we have to plan each bus trip. Amy will pursue one more contact with Muslim students. Field trip request form needs to be done - Mandy. Call One City Center - Mandy. - Readistep check in: students will receive individual scores in their English classes from Beth and Brenda - Heads up: we will be going to the middle school soon! Tentative date: Feb. 28
 * Present: all team members**
 * classrooms used during period 3: Shaw, Lewis, Sanders, Wooten, Flex Rm. and Health
 * YPAC: speaker from the Yarmouth Food Pantry

**Agenda: 1/24/13**
- Power of One work: period 3 on Jan. 29 - advisor time. El Fadel can come on Tuesday or Thursday mornings, and Amy will ask him about Feb. 12. Half of the freshman would hear the presentation while the other half attend workshops led by sophomores. - March 20: academic day - March 21: day at YHS spent in book groups (first thing in the morning), advisor time, and full class meeting - March 22: religions field trip - We updated the schedule.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 1/11/13**
- Power of One debrief: consider adding "Recycled Life" in the YPAC (38 min long) might complement what all experienced; we should also check the game schedule next year; should we provide class time and "homework" time on the presentations/projects to better prepare them? __Curriculum check in__ - Feb 7: perhaps have El Fadel join us for a speaker and then have students go to work shops. Half of the students hear the speaker and half in advisors - then switch. Something to consider: advisors or team teachers for period 3? - Asia Day: was it worthwhile? Many seem to agree that it is a good experience. It was hard to get them back after the assembly. Prayer (peace) flags could be a session for Asia Day and send them to Sandy Hook again. Movie at the end - had at least 15 minutes at the end this year. The sign ups worked well. Plan for a plan B. Lisa Blake could be a resource. - End of the quarter update
 * Present: all team members**
 * History: evaluating organizations, access to food as a human right
 * Science: read articles about food production -> create a poster for UN to solve the problem
 * English: Power of One book talk, research component (February)
 * Math: still determining project

**Agenda: 12/5/12**
- Tuesday, January 8: Hunger Banquet during periods 4 and 5 - Cafe: students at tables by advisor groups. Students are given an overview by Class Council and ninth grade teachers. Groups are split up in to the three sessions to start. Each student will fill out his/her own schedule based on choices for each session. Advisors need to collect all schedule slips - students sit down in their advisor groups after they finish generating their schedules. Advisors will hang on to schedules until Dec. 21. - We need to make an announcement at the end of lunch before heading to the YPAC for students to leave backpacks in the hall and use the bathroom. Set the tone for the movie. David Pearl will introduce Seven Years in Tibet.
 * Present: all team members**

**Agenda: 11/29/12**
- Team discussed Asia Day and made a list of who is offering what sessions for the day. - Laptops will be collected at the start of the day during advisor group. - Rooms: Jackie stays in David Pearl's room periods 2W+4W - all rooms are posted on the document - All team members need to check the Session Descriptions and update by the next team of 8. - Mandy will check with Martha ninth grade team account and will also check in with Sandy, Don and Adam about their sessions. - Catie will break up advisor groups for the scheduling on Dec. 12. **We still need to figure out the details for the advisor sign ups. Schedule slips must be collected at the end of sign ups and checked by ninth grade teachers.** - Nancy and Mandy will make the sign up sheets and schedule slips for Dec. 12 - Schedule updated.
 * Present: Catie, Julie, Amy, Nancy, Mandy and Mark**

**Agenda: 10/18/12**
- Field trip debrief: all seemed to go well. We may want to encourage students to leave footballs, soccer balls, etc. at home. We want to make sure that subs understand their role for that day. Lunch expense was about $700. - Date changes have been updated on the calendar. - Religions Field Trip: March 20 or March 22? During CEP days. Amy will check with Ted. - May 3 and 10: BMFA trips
 * Present: Mike, Julie, David P, Nancy, Amy, Mandy**

**Agenda: 10/10/12**
- Field trip update: full count for shopping is 170 people Catie gave out our station information. Erica Klein will join us for the ruins station. Team checked the phone list. Team reviewed the trip overall - we seem all set! Catie and Mike will check in with Margi about health concerns for the trip. Remind students not to bring their computers on Wednesday. Buses won't be here until 8:15am - Catie will ask Anne if they want a class meeting. We will take attendance in the cafe. - Readistep time frame: Oct. 26 - Meeting with Molly Smith and Charlotte Agell - needs to be scheduled. Team decided to meet with them on Oct. 22 - Update the schedule - schedule has been updated. - Check in items
 * Present: all present**

**Agenda: 9/19/12**
- Review and approve norms for 2012-2013 school year - ReadiStep information (this was on the leadership team's minutes from 9 /11/12): period 2B and period 3 - all ninth grade team teachers have ninth graders (10/17-31 is the window). We will aim for the week before quarter one ends. Perhaps Friday, 10/26? - Update on the Geology Field Trip: October 17 blue day, no late start. It's $8 to go on the field trip - all students must pay. Catie is taking care of subs for the day. - Power of One: project will start in January to shorten the timeline based on feedback from advisors. - Leadership update: team discussed how we could use each other as resources during the Grading Practices work. - Open House prep/questions: we are ready! - Schedule (we need to schedule Tom to join us) and Check In - comment was made to use team of four time to check in about grading practices and alignment across disciplines.
 * Present: all present**

Agenda: 5/29/12
Present: Dave, Julie, Catie, Mike, Nancy, Mandy - Summer work day: August 27 9-11am in YHS Library - Step up day: schedule is on the calendar

Agenda: 5/14/12
Present: Dave, David, Nancy, Mandy, Mark, Julie, Catie, Mike - Check in - Debrief the field trip: schedule seemed to work well, especially with lunch at the museum. Next year team wants to send some of us down ahead of time to look at the collection - some of the students' art work were not on display. David is going to consider doing it on a Wednesday. - Debrief the Digital Citizenship work: play should have been debriefed in a more structured way. Informal feedback from students was very positive about the performance. Does it need to be a digital citizenship, or could it be more about CORE VALUES? We could also include academic honesty as part of the conversation. No violence for next year??? Could we consider having a task for groups that finish with time left? Overall, GREAT day...very valuable use of time with ninth graders! - Feedback from the Power of One work - Catie and Julie - team supports moving forward. Catie and Julie will do summer work around the project and present changes to the team and advisors in September. - Plan for the remainder of the year and summer work. - Team Award: Elaine Webster Renaissance Scholar - June 11 - Other items

Agenda: 5/2/12
Present: Alice, Suzanne, David P, Josh, Mark, Dave F, Nancy, Mandy - Alice shared the schedule for Friday [|Digital Citizenship] - Team talked through what the day looks like and how we will support students' work during the day. During advisor time, later on, students could share projects in their groups. One suggestion was to share it during the night of the improv.

Agenda: 4/24/12
Present: Alice, Mark, Catie, Nancy, Mike, David P, Mandy, Julie - Alice joined us to talk about the Digital Citizenship days (May 4 and May 11) opposite the field trip to BMFA. Alice and Suzanne will meet with Josh to finalize plans for the timing of each day. - BMFA Field Trip: coverage May 11: Weiss period 4, Shaw N. period 3, Pearl period 4; coverage May 4: Hutch period 5, Lewis period 3, Wooten (Deb Landry to cover) - Agenda item for May 14: hear feedback about Power of 1 Work and make decision about next year (invite Ted)

Agenda: 4/10/12
- Present: Catie, David P., Dave F., Mike, Nancy, Mandy, Mark M., Julie - Field trip update: Dave gave out information about the field trip tomorrow

Agenda: 3/27/12
- Present: Catie, David P., Dave F., Mike, Nancy, Mandy, Mark M., Julie - Field Trip/Seminar Update: David and David - April 11 (late start) we need to clarify leaving during advisor time because other things have appeared on the calendar - Digital Citizenship: teams will go to Boston on May 4 (Farrington) and 11 (Pearl) and have Digital Citizenship on the opposite Friday. Team is planning on helping facilitate that day with Alice and Suzanne. - Power of 1 Exhibition Night planning: tasks that remain - assign groups to sessions - Schedule update: team updated the calendar

Agenda: 3/8/12
- Present: Nancy, Julie, Catie, Mike, Mark, Dave F, Mandy - Team completed the feedback survey for the book discussions: facilitator is essential (consider more training for next year), agendas could have been more thought-provoking and more deeply connected to the Power of One, some books need more context before reading, size of groups could be more consistent, consider having Liz and Suzanne be "floaters" in case we need fill ins during that period - Plan exhibition night details for Power of One: any student who does not have an approved project by March 23 will be expected to present a research project on Mohammed Dini or Craig Lapine to present on April 3. Students will be expected to get in touch with speakers before they come, complete some research, and follow up with them afterward. - Take a look at the upcoming meetings/schedules: team updated the schedule.

Agenda: 2/16/12
- Trip to 8th graders: 3/2 8-9am - Book discussions: March 7 - in the future, team should consider making this part of the CEP days - March 23: speaker in the morning, work time on Power of 1 Exhibition, and then team building in the afternoon - April 11 - religions field trip, April 12 - Socratic seminar day - Schedule has been updated

Notes 1/25/12
Present: David P, Mike, Nancy, Dave F, Mark, Julie, Catie, Mandy - Check in about Power of 1: book discussion wiki. Proposals are due next week. Next Thursday will need to be time for the team to look at proposals. - Feedback about "in-school field trip" last Wednesday: schedule was fine; size of groups worked well; CP groupings were more challenging; no break in the day is challenging; mixing the teams provides good information and context for students. The trip to Boston is still in May - is there a day before that for Socratic Seminar to accomplish the Math/Science prep for trip to Boston? Could we consider right before April break? **Team is considering religions field trip 4/11 and Socratic Seminar day 4/12**. - Schedule team time: team would like to have social workers join the team at some point.

Notes 1/10/12
Present: Catie, Nancy, Mike, Mandy, Julie, Mark, David F, David P - Check in about Power of 1 Curriculum pieces - Wednesday, March 7 5B potential day for book discussion - Socratic Seminar prep: similar schedule to last year - sorted based on CP/Honors History

Notes 1/4/12
Present: Catie, Nancy, Mike, Mandy, Julie, Mark, David F, David P - Power of One Curriculum Pieces: all starting next week. - March days will need to be designed sooner than later. One thought is to have classes on Wednesday, spend Thursday on digital citizenship, and spend Friday working on Power of One, including speakers and work time. - Poetry Out Loud coverage: On Thursday, January 12, from 8:30-9:00 Mark will cover Paul's class, Dave F. will cover Anne's class, and Julie will cover Deborah's class. - Socratic Seminar date: Jan. 18 (Wednesday) and use the same model as last year. Mandy will contact Becki about a separate lunch for freshman. Sub needs: Mike needs 4B and 5B and Catie needs coverage and room (601) 2B. Catie will ask Deb Landry if she can cover the full day. - Team updated the schedule.

Notes 12/13/11
Present: Catie, Nancy, Mike, Mandy, Ted, Julie, Mark and David P. - Ted debriefed his themes from our interviews: period 3, support services meetings could still need some adjustments. Parents appreciate the ninth grade transition - theme comes up often. Students say that eighth grade teachers warn them too much - "scared" them. How can the team gather feedback? Ted is going to mention this to Bruce. We could survey students in advisory to gather feedback to share with eighth grade teachers. - **Power of One**: Some advisors are thinking about doing a project as a full advisor group. We should think about whether or not that is a good option for students. Team needs to give clarity that groups should be 4 or fewer so all students are engaged in the work. Catie shared Don's idea: Whose Line fundraiser during the exhibition night - half proceeds would go to Class Council and half proceeds would go to hunger relief. - Clarification to advisors: email will be sent to freshman advisors to clarify group size - Jan. 4: advisor meeting - we should have representation at the freshman advisor meeting to help gain momentum again - Team updated the schedule

Notes 12/1/11
Present: Nancy Shaw, Julie Hutchinson, Dave Farrington, Mike Weiss, Mark Marstaller, Mandy Lewis, David Pearl, Catie Wooten,Ted Hall and Alice Barr - Julie shared the schedule of the day with the team - Catie shared her work with the script - we read the script and then students eat. After students eat wrap up comments and then students head to rooms to debrief and write a reflection. Advisors will be using the 100-wing. - Students will have a 15-minute break with snacks so all students will have a chance to eat - Transition to YPAC and roll out project - Timeline after Dec. 6: team needs to decide how to structure the March days. Alice asked if we should give a model for the presentation. March days should really be focused on the product and presentation. - Alice will ask Wes Fryer on March 16 to do a session with ninth grade advisors about digital story telling - how to tell a story. We will invite students, too, to be resources.
 * Dec. 6 hunger banquet details**: ninth graders head to the gym at 10:25 (drop computers off in the lab) and get overview of the day. Advisors hand each advisee a ticket
 * Greece Socratic Seminar day**: sometime in January 17-20th. Team wants to have the same format as last year.
 * Schedule**: team updated the schedule

Notes 11/14/11
Present: all team members plus Josh Ottow, Ted Hall, Lorrie King, Molly Smith, and Charlotte Agell - Transition from middle school to high school for students working with Molly and Charlotte, specifically in math and language arts - Formally identified as GT: Communications checklist and screening committee - Maggie K, Graham B, Gabby B, Rachel M (better individually), Carter H (project oriented, purpose focused), Sam R, Jackson R, Eli P, Phillip C, Ottie D, Henry O, Joe O, Jack A, Nate G, Graeme F - Next steps: receive plans early in the year and schedule a meeting time with Molly and Charlotte at the end of the first quarter. Ask for a list in advance so team could come prepared to discuss those students. Take a look at Molly and Charlotte's wiki for more information about the selection process and work done in the GT program: https://sites.google.com/a/yarmouthschools.org/ms-agell/home OR https://sites.google.com/a/yarmouthschools.org/miss-smith-s-teacher-page/home - Julie updated team on Power of One [|timeline] - Discussion around 3 days in March: team agreed that we should take the project students have done in the past with Digital Citizenship and complete it with a focus on world hunger. Team also discussed having speakers come and students being able to choose which speakers to join. Some time could be set aside for students to practice presentations in front of other advisor groups - Math: stats dealing with world issues, hunger issues - English: research articles in Ebsco database and complete an annotated bibliography - History: National Geographic 7 billion - Science: bridge between all other content areas and making a prediction - Period 3, Jan 10 10:00-10:40 reading - Mandy will work with Suzanne to identify readings - Next team of 8: Tuesday, Nov. 29 - focus on Power of One Oxfam Banquet - The rest of the schedule is updated
 * Meeting with Molly and Charlotte**
 * Power of 1 Update**
 * Schedule Update**

Notes 10/18/11
Present: David P., David F., Nancy, Catie, Mark, Mandy, Julie - December 6 roll out: periods 4 and 5. Global Action will help serve the meal. Some team members will need to help set up that morning (not teach periods 2 and 3). David suggested bringing in other guests during the roll out. Julie said that she is contacting Oxfam to get suggestions for the roll out. Julie met with Becki Schreiber, and two weeks prior to roll out, we email parents to let them know the plan (reassure that students will not be put in harm). After the meal, we provide a healthy snack from the parents for all students. Next steps with Power of One: Julie is working on the student website and should have a lot done by this weekend. **Team agreed to have clear curriculum ideas to support Power of One Project by our next team of 8**. Idea came up that we organize a day of choices including literature circles, El Fadel presentation, Duff O'Neil presentation, etc. We could structure the day in a way that also gives students time to work. - Field Trip Debrief: team commented that next year we need to have advisors be more aware of where all of their advisees are. Team had a challenge with a student walking on his own during lunch. Planning was great. Lunch went well. - Team updated calendar.

Notes 10/3/11
Present: David F, Catie, Julie, Nancy, David P, Mandy, Mike - **Check in**: we debriefed Judy's visit on Friday - **Field trip update**: David mentioned taking advisor photos during the day. Julie will take care of this. Nancy will do lunch tickets for advisors. - Catie reviewed station assignments. Don and Adam will run team building activities in the afternoon. - Julie will take attendance on buses in the morning. - **Power of One update**: Catie shared the <span class="wiki_link_ext">[|Power of One] site with the team (resources site). Question came up about what curriculum pieces we are thinking about. - English could contribute resource direction/citing/evaluation, potential book group discussions, and editing of writing. - Dec. 6 will be the "roll out"

- Nancy will give all advisors lunch tickets for students. - Catie will speak with Don and Adam about the afternoon portion. - Mandy will make sure we have subs. - Mandy will check with Suzanne about literature connected with Power of One project. - Team will be thinking about curriculum pieces for Power of One Project.
 * Action Steps:**

Notes 9/20/11
Present: David F, Catie, Julie, Nancy, Mark, Mike David P, Mandy - Transition: Start of school check in - Geology Field Trip: October 12 (white day) the park is reserved and Catie/Mike are currently working on chaperones. Nancy and David will share information Wednesday morning with freshman advisors. Buses leave at 8:00 - attendance on the bus. Subs needed: Hutch 5w, Mark 4w, David P 4w, Nancy 5w, Rick 4w Questions: do students go to advisor that day? - Power of One: Julie would like to make a pitch to freshman advisors on Wednesday - still needs work around packet of information for students (including timeline, criteria, mentor/advisor piece, etc) Students will need to submit a proposal form to explain rationale behind their projects. One idea is to roll it out in early December - use one day for the lunch and some individual work time. Catie brought up the Boy Who Harnessed the Wind - famine in 2001. Team agreed that this will replace the Student Led Conference and that advisors will decide whether or not the advisor group works independently, with others or as a group on the project. The projects will be presented in an exhibition night at YHS. Catie and Julie will present the idea to freshman advisors on Wednesday. - Team of 4 meetings - how's it going? Team thought that having Josh present (rather than having a group of 6) at our team of fours was more effective. Team agreed that each team of four will invite who is needed when discussion student progress. Josh will be present at all of those meetings. - information about students who are considered advanced in certain areas - Mandy will report out when she gets the information from Jodi

Action steps:
- Mandy will request subs for freshman teachers - David P and Nancy will talk with advisors Wednesday morning about sub needs for the day - Catie will talk with Tom about special ed needs

Notes 8/29/11
Present: David F, Catie, Julie, Nancy, Mark, Mike David P, Mandy - **Team Norms discussion**: team discussed the positive and negative aspects of "support staff" attending our team of four meetings - Team decided to check in more regularly about norms - Team added two norms: Periodic review of team of 4 process and Check in more regularly about upcoming assessments. - **Common Policies** discussion and homework detentions. Nancy to contact Jodi: possible ed-tech for after school homework help (required) for "frequent flyers"? Starting quarter 2 (first quarter team will document who the frequent flyers are). - Team updated **Common Policies Document**. - Julie and Catie presented a proposal about **strive to end hunger**. - Josh presented information about **Ross Green's strategies** for student behaviors. Team discussed best ways to use the "support team" during team of four meetings. Josh requested to be involved in the process of managing student behaviors. Two questions that are helpful: What are you thinking? What do you want? It was suggested that we meet with Josh and Tom early in the year to identify student behaviors/concerns. Josh will join our team of four meetings at the start of the year before we invite other support staff. - **Field trips**: Geology field trip Oct. 12. BMFA two Fridays in May - suggestion about lunch is be done with the tour by 12:30, eat lunch, and then head out to the bus. Religions Field Trip: ideally week before April vacation. New idea: Planetarium between Dec-Jan. Hunger Project: work in December. - **Curriculum Changes**: Science revamped the curriculum, removed physics components, and geared curriculum more toward preparation for bio (major impact: heavy hitter labs have been removed). History: new summer reading book for Honors. Math: changed timeline slightly and worked on new graphing software (Autograph). English: putting aside The Odyssey and changing WAP for ninth graders. - **Team Wiki/Website**:suggestion is to keep with emails for updates from team and one teacher ask for input at LA conferences. Revisit at a team of 8 meeting early in the year.
 * Josh: What is the most useful way to communicate struggling students' needs? Teams took notes inconsistently. How can we make the communication more seamless?
 * Josh: Concerning what time the Social Work comes in at 8:30. Who should attend our team of fours meetings?
 * Josh: Do you have strategies to help with classroom management?
 * Ted suggested not having the meal before holiday break. It would lost its power due to the food around the holidays.
 * What should we do about the SLC and the project with hunger?
 * What are the stakes with students? How do we engage students in the project? Dave made a point about digital citizenship days. Students surprise us - we should use that model in this project.
 * Next steps: first team of 8 meeting put more logistics together.
 * Question: how can we set expectations with ed-techs from the start of the year? Ted will talk with Tom about meeting with ed-techs.

- Tom and ed-techs to meet with team tomorrow afternoon - Nancy to contact Jodi about an ed-tech for after school help schedule - Catie and Julie to work on Hunger Project for first team of 8 - Mandy will update Norms based on team discussion
 * Action Steps:**

Items for August summer work
- strategies for classroom practices/ best strategies - after school homework logistics - what will the structure look like? - meeting time - how should we use our team time to meet the needs of students? - PLP/IEPs now? Review again in August.

Notes 6/7/11
Present: all members - Team awards: Dave will present award to one team; Mike present the award to the other team. The award is now titled: Elaine Webster Ninth Grade Renaissance Scholar. Mandy will pick up gift cards at Royal River Books. - Tom is going to join the team of 8 meeting on Monday to go over concerns for in-coming freshmen. Mandy will ask Rick Biskup to join the meeting. - SLC: feedback from the team: there was some frustration about ownership of SLC. Changes for next year: ninth grade teachers will sit down with ninth grade advisors, period 3 day before presentation, and change conference to first or second week in April (perhaps the same night as CEP presentations?). - MFA: museum visit was great. It is exciting to see students present their information on the pieces they research in advance. The added time was valuable. The lunch was too late. We will consider bagged lunches for students next year. The timing worked well. - Summer Work Day: Aug. 24 8-11am. We will review the usual work, and also plan out some preliminary dates for Socratic Seminars, field trips, and other interdisciplinary work. We should take a look at how we want to map out work with Alice and Suzanne.

Notes 5/3/11
Present: all team members, Alice, and Suzanne - Field trip update: Pearl's team is going to MFA on May 13 and Farrington's team is going on May 20. Bus departs at 7:30am and returns to YHS at 4:30. Students who have games are responsible for making a plan to attend the games. - Digital Citizenship: whichever team is not going to MFA will be involved in Digital Citizenship. Alice and Suzanne are working on an intro activity to do in Health Science so they have some knowledge base for the day workshop. They will work on a schedule (and build in time for students to include videos in their SLC) for the day. David will talk to Becki Schrieber about lunches those two Fridays. Team will work on sub requests and get a visual to Alice and Suzanne for teacher availability. Julie will communicate subs needs to both Jennifer Lainey and Alice/Suzanne. - SLC: team members reviewed the schedule and agreed that team teachers have adhered to schedule. - Team updated the schedule through May.

Notes 3/24/11
Present: Dave Farrington, David Pearl, Nancy Shaw, Mike Weiss, Mark Marstaller, Mandy Peaslee - Discussion of who would volunteer for assistant principal search committee - SLC:

Notes 3/2/11
- Present: Dave Farrington, Nancy Shaw, Mike Weiss, Mark Marstaller, Mandy Peaslee - Debrief Seminar day: there was a comment about interruption to advisor time. We should try to avoid this. The groupings and time periods went well - seemed to run smoothly. We may want to consider shortening lunch. The only comment about groupings was the group of students from both teams in CP History traveling together. Team agreed that organizing seminars in this way worked - try to get more advance notice out to all teachers. We are considering doing this once more this year, but we will need to figure out how to plan it with the trip to BMFA.

Notes 2/11/11
- All members present - Check in about Feb. 16: Julie and Mark are planning on doing the Golden Ratio. They are keeping all 30 students together for their blocks. Students during the math blocks will be in Hutch's room. Mike and Deb are going to do an Archimedes Principle that starts with background and then an activity. Students will be split in to two groups of 15. - Dave F. will tell students their schedules in History; Nancy will tell students their schedules in English.

Notes 1/27/11
- All team members present - Team of four with support staff: team feels that it would be helpful to meet with the group for a full block. Team would also like to identify the students to discuss ahead of time. Who is setting the agenda? Team suggested that we have a few team of fours in a row - set the agenda, email to support staff, and then have them add to the list based on what they know. - SLC discussion: conferences are May 24 - do we want to introduce this during the period 3 time for CEP? Team suggested rolling out SCL to ninth graders during Wednesday morning, March 30, extended advisor time. Then use the period 3 on April 5 for work on SLC prep. All will update materials on the wiki ( http://yhs-studentledconferences-gr9.wikispaces.com/ ). - MBFA trip: still to be determined - who will chaperone students. Dates are May 13 (W) and May 20 (B).

Notes 1/6/11
Present: Julie, Mark, Mike, Catie, Nancy, David, Mandy - Team discussed how team of four discussions about student concerns could be shared with teachers outside of team. We will check in with Amy about confidentiality concerns about sharing one document that includes all student concerns with other teachers. It would be helpful to have guidance counselors join with the group. - Asian Cultures Day: we didn't need put times on the schedule sheets for the day, only 3 teachers came to lunch to supervise the students - we need to be clearer about expectations of each other that day. The dumplings session needs to be moved out of the kitchen. One teacher could be a rover to get wandering students back to sessions. Length of time for the morning sessions was fine. We need to find an easier, more efficient way to have students sign up and organize the spreadsheets after. - David P. shared an idea about a Socratic Seminar day in February and asked the team if they would support this idea. We will figure out logistics and present it to the team again on January 27. Our first choice is 2/16 (White day) and second choice is 2/18 (White day) - Mandy will check with administration to get input.

Notes 12/7/10
Present: all members - Team met with visiting Chinese principal

Notes 11/22/10
Present: all members CHINA DAY Discussion - Freshmen will sign up for sessions on Dec. 8 extended advisor time. - Mandy will email out the faculty the date: 12/21/10. Freshmen will have their sign up time on 12/9 during extended advisor time. - We sent several emails to recruit more help for sessions. Some team members will be contacting community members to join us. - We updated the schedule.

Notes 10/19/10
Present: Mike, David P, David F, Nancy, Julie, Mark, Mandy - Debrief: field trip - very positive day. Mike shared that feedback from advisors and parent volunteers was very positive. Team requested that we involve Amy Bongard each year with the field trip. Lorrie's station worked well too. For lunch: next year we need lunch tickets to make sure those who paid get lunch. Nancy also needs a parent or two at 9:00am to help unload the truck. Julie deposited $760 from students for lunch. Next year a team member will bring the trash back to YHS. Adam was a great addition to the afternoon team building activities - team would like to include him next year, too. -

Notes 10/8/10
Present: Mike, David P, David F, Nancy, Julie, Mark, Mandy - Team reviewed the plan for field trip. - Mike will get materials together for the briefing in Catie's room next week. Mike will speak with Lorrie about being the "utility" person. - Adam Smith has agreed to do the afternoon team building activities. - Julie is collecting and organizing permission slips. Nancy is purchasing food this weekend. Mark will get water jugs full of water. Several team members will check in with Adam to make sure he is all set!

Notes 9/28/10
Present: all team members - Field trip check in: Mike distributed the station map and list of ninth grade advisors. Mike got several parent volunteers from Open House. - The team talked about station assignments. We will need parent volunteers for two stations. - Afternoon activities: Julie brought up asking Adam or Don to see if one could come to help us run the team building activities. Julie will ask and get back to the team. - Permission slips will go out next week. Mike will email advisors when they need to start collecting money.

Notes 9/14/10

 * **Meeting Logistics** || **Relationships** ||
 * 1. Set the meeting time (8:00-9:20, 9:10-10:30 on Wednesdays) and start the meeting on time. || 1. Stay focused on agenda without multitasking. ||
 * 2. Keep the time dedicated to team meetings. || 2. Suspend judgments when ideas are presented. ||
 * 3. Use protocols to promote good process, if needed. || 3. Say it if you think it. Ask for what you need. ||
 * 4. Be clear on how the decision will be made. Check on outcomes made. || 4. Carry out team decisions. ||
 * 5. Use a timely process to check on progress toward district goals. || 5. Encourage input from all. ||
 * 6. Take notes for team of 8 and team of 4. ||  ||
 * 7. Ask for feedback regularly using a variety of methods. ||  ||

- Check in: start of year discussion - Amy Bongard shares her ideas about ninth grade team work: Amy shared her want to be more involved with getting to know ninth graders and get in to classrooms more so interactions with ninth graders were more regular. Team should suggest specific dates that would work for Amy to join our classes. Mike suggested Amy come with us on the Geology field trip (October 13) - either leading one group through stations or in charge of one station. - Field trip check in: October 13. Catie will request subs for team members; Julie will ask about sub needs during our advisor meeting tomorrow morning. - Alice Barr joins to discuss technology/google accounts