curriculum council meeting minutes, october 28, 200

Curriculum Council Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008 Meeting began at 7:03 pm In Attendance: • Michael Parent • Brian Palumbo • Ryanne Foley • Dan McCabe • Joe Materia • Kathy Maynes • Genny DiTrani • Rich Chiandusse • Liza Frangiosa • Cari Koblitz • Penny Mascarelli • Andrew Schmidt • Mike Weber • Andy Hoffman • Anna Collard • Scott Wisniewski • Carol McDonough • Tom Montuori • Jolie Kurz • Meredith Glaser Outline of Curriculum Council • Mrs. Maynes and Ms. DiTrani proposed the following changes to the council outline: • Fix spelling errors in philosophy section • Contingencies for course initiation that will allow the faculty who would like to propose new courses with a better idea of how long a course proposal could or should sit in the council. • Council members agreed, with the incorporation of the proposed changes, that the structure and design of the council was acceptable. • Mr . Parent will make the changes to the council outline and submit to the members on November 11. Review of NJ High School Redesign Final Report • Several council members commented on the state's presentation. The state could not give definiti ve answers about special education testing, state-curriculu m, or what happens if students can not pass the proposed exit exams. • Mr . Parent reviewed the state's NJ STEPS final report. Some aspects such as the state's timelines for exit exams were reviewed. Sub Committee Discussion and Selections Mr. Par ent proposed the creation of four sub-committees so that the council could tackle more than one proposal and so that the members could take an active role in the development and discussions of curriculum changes, edits, and deletions. Specifically , Mr. Parent lead a discussion on the following proposals and sub-committees were designed. The proposed courses are not anticipated for implementation until the 2010-201 1 school year. Members chose their sub-committee memberships. • Financial Literacy : to study and design an Economics/Financial Literacy course (2.5 credits minimum) as directed by the state of NJ • Sub-Committee Members: Hoffman, Montuori, Palumbo, Weber, Wisniewski • Freshman Seminar : to study and propose to the council a 5 credit course for all freshmen students. The seminar course may focus on writing, technology , humanities, research, or other ideas. • Sub-Committee Members: McDonough, Glaser , McCabe, Maynes, Foley • Option Two : to study and prop ose to the counc il Senior credit -options th at will allow credit ear ning for non- traditional courses. • Sub-Committee Members: Kurz, Foley, Parent, Materia, Mascarelli • Pathways : to study Mr . Parent's proposa l to organiz e courses into four pathways within our school. Proposed pathways were discussed (Business, Industry and T echnology; Science, Math, and Engineering; Art s & Humanities; Liberal Arts) • Sub-Committ ee Members: Chiandusse, Frangiosa, Collard, Schmidt, Koblitz The sub-committees will work independent of each other but report their progress to the council when requested. Future Meeting Times Mr. Parent proposed that all future meeting dates be kept as scheduled, but that each sub-committee would elect the time for future meetings. The sub-committees wil l convene on November 1 1.

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Page 1: Curriculum Council Meeting Minutes, October 28, 200

Curriculum Council Meeting Minutes October 28, 2008

Meeting began at 7:03 pm

In Attendance:• Michael Parent

• Brian Palumbo

• Ryanne Foley

• Dan McCabe

• Joe Materia

• Kathy Maynes

• Genny DiTrani

• Rich Chiandusse

• Liza Frangiosa

• Cari Koblitz

• Penny Mascarelli

• Andrew Schmidt

• Mike Weber

• Andy Hoffman

• Anna Collard

• Scott Wisniewski

• Carol McDonough

• Tom Montuori

• Jolie Kurz

• Meredith Glaser

Outline of Curriculum Council• Mrs. Maynes and Ms. DiTrani proposed the following changes to the council outline:

• Fix spelling errors in philosophy section

• Contingencies for course initiation that will allow the faculty who would like to propose new courses

with a better idea of how long a course proposal could or should sit in the council.• Council members agreed, with the incorporation of the proposed changes, that the structure and design of the

council was acceptable.• Mr. Parent will make the changes to the council outline and submit to the members on November 11.

Review of NJ High School Redesign Final Report• Several council members commented on the state's presentation. The state could not give definitive answers

about special education testing, state-curriculum, or what happens if students can not pass the proposed exitexams.

• Mr. Parent reviewed the state's NJ STEPS final report. Some aspects such as the state's timelines for exit

exams were reviewed.

Sub Committee Discussion and SelectionsMr. Parent proposed the creation of four sub-committees so that the council could tackle more than one proposal andso that the members could take an active role in the development and discussions of curriculum changes, edits, anddeletions.

Specifically, Mr. Parent lead a discussion on the following proposals and sub-committees were designed. The proposedcourses are not anticipated for implementation until the 2010-2011 school year. Members chose their sub-committeememberships.

• Financial Literacy : to study and design an Economics/Financial Literacy course (2.5 credits minimum) as

directed by the state of NJ• Sub-Committee Members: Hoffman, Montuori, Palumbo, Weber, Wisniewski

• Freshman Seminar : to study and propose to the council a 5 credit course for all freshmen students. The

seminar course may focus on writing, technology, humanities, research, or other ideas.• Sub-Committee Members: McDonough, Glaser, McCabe, Maynes, Foley

• Option Two : to study and propose to the council Senior credit-options that will allow credit earning for non-

traditional courses.• Sub-Committee Members: Kurz, Foley, Parent, Materia, Mascarelli

• Pathways : to study Mr. Parent's proposal to organize courses into four pathways within our school. Proposed

pathways were discussed (Business, Industry and Technology; Science, Math, and Engineering; Arts &Humanities; Liberal Arts)

• Sub-Committee Members: Chiandusse, Frangiosa, Collard, Schmidt, Koblitz

The sub-committees will work independent of each other but report their progress to the council when requested.

Future Meeting TimesMr. Parent proposed that all future meeting dates be kept as scheduled, but that each sub-committee would elect thetime for future meetings. The sub-committees will convene on November 11.