1. Secondary Program Study

2. “ We will proactively review our junior and senior high school program requirements and master schedule, keeping in mind the desire to provide optimal student learning and achievement within the resources we have available.”
As you reflect upon what you don’t yet know or understand about the secondary program study, what is it you hope to learn or better understand when our study is completed?
Please spend 2-5 minutes writing your own responses to the above question.

3. Group Norms Stay engaged Listen to learn Attend regularly
Be present in conversations by contributing
Listen to learn
Suspend judgment
Honor the integrity of colleagues and predecessors
Avoid dominating the exchange of information, ideas, and suggestions

4. 4. Retain confidentiality
3. No hierarchy of roles
4. Retain confidentiality
No content attributed to specific individuals
Honor agreed upon communication timelines
5. Begin and end on time
6. Please bring your own snacks and beverages

5. Reality (The context and circumstances)
Board directed
Mission driven
Vision guided
State of Minnesota funding uncertainties
Graduation requirements may change or be modified
Professional development needs will occur as a result of any changes
Consider the Maintenance of Effort impacts with Special Education
Strong instructional staff
Current support for 4 block and
alternating day block schedules
Submit recommendations by October of 2010
Student load and class size are presently increasing to accommodate budget reductions
Student loads and class sizes may change with different options
This work is a long-term redesign
Discuss and plan for the possibility of program reduction, program change, and schedule change, should
they occur in the course of this work
Plan proactively for fiscal realities

6. Desired Results (The desired outcomes of the options) Accommodate shared staff Must meet State and District requirements for graduation Stakeholder participation Research supported Need to meet diverse student population needs Similar schedule grades 7-12, if possible 21st Century Skills are provided for in the schedule Flexibility for extended learning time Multiple recommendation options will come from the committee Develop secondary program options that reflect both educational and fiscal priorities

7. Unacceptable
(The ways or ends that will not be supported by the decision makers)
Can’t violate statute, policy, or
contracts
Can’t extend timeline
Can’t increase cost-must decrease
Cannot overextend facility use
Secondary program design cannot depend upon reductions in other
district programs
Must be sustainable into the future
Program recommendations will not
be driven by the desires/pressures
of special interest groups or
political requests

8. Materials for our next meeting on Sept. 16
Review study timeline
Materials for our next meeting on Sept. 16
The Challenge of College Readiness, by David T. Conley
Learning for the 21st Century, by the Partnership for 21st Century Skills