COLLEGE
STATION INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD
WORKSHOP
December
14, 2010 at 5:00 p.m.
Administration
Conference Room
A.
CALL TO ORDER
President
Randall Pitcock called the meeting to order at 5:04 p.m. and declared a quorum
was present with six members present.
B.
DECLARATION OF QUORUM
In
attendance were President Randall Pitcock, Secretary Paul Dorsett, and Trustees
Carol Barrett, Charlotte Slack, Garland Watson and Jeff Harris. Vice President Valerie Jochen was absent.
C.
WORKSHOP SESSION
C-1. Welcome/Board
Announcements (5 minutes)
Everyone
was welcomed and announcements were made.
C-2. Consideration,
discussion and possible action related to Board communication with campuses (5
minutes)
Superintendent
Eddie Coulson recognized Director of Communications Chuck Glenewinkel who
reported that the “Campus of the Month” effort is going well. The next faculty meeting(s) will be on
Tuesday, January 18th at 7:40 a.m. and 3:50 p.m. at AMC Middle
School. Trustee Jeff Harris will
represent the board at that meeting.
C-3. Review
of District performance data related to the development of the 2011-2012
District Improvement Plan (25 minutes)
Superintendent
recognized Deputy Superintendent Clark Ealy and Deputy Superintendent Greg
McIntyre who reported to the Board regarding the performance data related to
the development of the 2011-2012 District Improvement Plan.
C-4. Consideration,
discussion and possible action related to the transition from Texas Assessment
of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) to State of Texas Assessments of Academic
Readiness (STAAR) and End of Course Exams (25 minutes)
Superintendent
Eddie Coulson recognized Director of Curriculum Becky Burghardt
who reported to the Trustees regarding the implications for Curriculum and
Instruction when the State of Texas changes from TAKS to STAAR. STARR Assessment umbrella houses Grades 3-8
Assessments and High School End of Course Exams. Rigor under STAAR will be increased by
assessing content and skills at greater depth and higher level of cognitive
complexity and assessing more than one student expectation in an item. Rigor of the tests will be increased by
assessing more focused student expectations but doing so multiple times and in
more complex ways and including a greater number of rigorous items on the test,
thereby increasing the overall test difficulty.
Curricular
implications for Grades K-4 are:
·
Currently elementary math specialists are
providing ongoing PD on campuses to meet new assessment standards
·
TEMI (Texas Elementary Math Inventory) for
grades K-2 Implemented to assess intervention needs
·
Curricular documents will need to be revised
to meet the new expectations
·
ESTAR training (Elementary Students in Texas
Algebra Ready) to come for elementary teachers
Curricular
implications for High School
·
Currently Algebra I teacher leaders are
attending state EOC Algebra I Success training
·
Algebra I curriculum revisions in process
·
Training for Geometry and Algebra II EOCs to
be available in summer 2011
·
Curricula for both courses will need to be
revised
·
Immediate concern: Students currently taking Algebra I in 8th
grade will need to take Pre-AP Geometry as 9th graders since will
take Geometry EOC exam
Discussion
occurred.
C-5. Consideration,
discussion and possible action related to the CSISD Financial Outlook (20
minutes)
Superintendent
Eddie Coulson recognized Deputy Superintendent Glynn Walker who discussed CSISD’s
financial outlook.
C-6. Consideration,
discussion and possible action related to the Legislative Action Plan (10
minutes)
Discussion
occurred regarding CSISD legislative initiatives.
C-7. Consider
date for Joint Meeting with the City of College Station (5 minutes)
Superintendent
Eddie Coulson led discussion related to meeting jointly with the City Council
at a February meeting. We will target
2/8/11. CSISD will host the meeting at
the Transportation Center.
D.
ADJOURNMENT
Without
objection, President Pitcock adjourned the workshop at 6:57 p.m.
RANDALL
PITCOCK PAUL DORSETT
RANDALL
PITCOCK PAUL
DORSETT
PRESIDENT SECRETARY