Meeting+Minutes

Staff Development Options Discussed for 2009-2010 SY__**
 * __Friday, May 29, 2009

1. **All Day Staff Workshops** A. Hold mini training sessions ~This could mean outside trainers or CEPM's or both B. Staff choose areas of interest C. Part of day has "spotlight your site" focus 2. **Saturday Morning Trainings** A. Going to try at beginning of school year B. Light breakfast served C. 8-10 or 9-11 am D. Survey to staff to find out what topic would get them to a Saturday training 3. **Staff Appreciation & Recognition** A. This is a "given - we have decided this is important and will work out a process 4. **Social Networking & Online Training** A. This is the way of the future B. Start with Wiki or build on what Seth has already started C. This may be an area for a few people to work on D. We will need to put protocols and guidelines in place - discussion needed 5. **Evening Staff Meetings** A. There are many options in the area B. Every other month could be planning and then trainings C. Hours would be something like 6-8:30 pm D. Good opportunity to pull in district employees and trainers E. Good chance to train on attributes and self-efficacy F. Could meet for the trainings all at one site or do individually - may depend on topic, site needs, space availability. etc. 6. **Discover Your Strength's Work** A. This is a "given - we have decided this is important and will work out a process 7. **Staff Trade Work Sites** A. This may take a good amount of planning and scheduling B. Group decided this is important C. Could work this out for staff to do trades September-January/February and then at the all day workshop we could do round table discussions on what we learned from our experiences.