001If you participant if present My name is M of council my name is from class this evening we have been asked to speak about being inspired innovator an innovator is someone who is a creativeer and responsible and dependent as and of others innovator is always to learn and is about new concepts and ideas in our classes we have been working in to develop travel guides on exciting places we would like to visit we are using ideas to create brochures that captures people's interests to travel allo finding innovative ways to show projects and activities thank you for us teachers scho st our par to help uses recone assation ignor 2025 26 music educators association Ble Z 2025 2026 so conratulations to all those who want to their instructors and their parents for supporting them and getting
002the need um in in their efforts to so our first one Mn ku Alex West Thank you very much. to see the Good evening. Sure my board members would agree that student recognitions are the most favorite part of our jobs and tonight I get to recognize two young women different sports that have a very individual component to them and the first one is the uh second place 3 s regional winner and that goes coaches Hor tonight to be able to recogn myer she third place in the 3th girls regional and 3 north second le for girls I'm very proud of she has worked extremely hard over the last several years in the sport and continue to approve and also just want to thank her coach Smith and cont you guys want to come up technical
003any questions on see resources questions reports any questions you have a question for list um going through the question curriculum instruction is al with the level which is LCF and using assessments are also using assess just verify you later in your questions when you do your walkthoughs about compon vocabulary. question to give than you to our principal for all she does and for being super amazing. So we decided that she deserves to dance for all that she does. principle is I to be careful I have this place to the Thank you very much. Thank you. And that was all send out messages to keep the principles out the principal. that um so this is again documentation explanation from the public school how this has been used questions we lots of items on hundred format we
004so next you transp is happen change as So that will make that process more people see what's going on. gymnased for everything there's a preving tomorrow on project december and on December agenda with out to elementary school today was succinct and no findings whatsoever awesome of small things right there first ever seen we don't have to respond anything there we nothing respond to everything is great things about getting everything in there so we're funded for study is based on having issues have any issues on verified the data onary numbers for the fourye graduation rank that beased until next week um of education said we were November 17th we don't have the final numbers forward to the education framework have to express to them some of the things about framework what parts of it useful not
005useful and we have we discuss that was Escially know which is the main part for the class that's not accurate assessment high school so um just on tour as I said very there's a lot of our schools outside our class outside our schools and it's just wonderful to see that it has on the lines of our students and our families our community and even stretch not to what happens in our schools on a daily basis just as trust president tomorrow morning at the high school to say difficulty I mean to say to the finals instructors request tomorrow I just have a couple quick things. the department of taxation the audit extension and it was approved um so have until December 31 to get back to and then we plan to begin December next week um
006exciting about the high school house certificate occupancy so that's good thing the date is November 20th did we get I can for some else yes something you have withation things does have a policy superintendent polies because my name so this process to have process finished any questions thank you very much 15 specialization functions policy 610.00.0 foration Thank reports moreers. Yes, this person mentioned I am on the matrix subcittee for assessment if you holding excuse me accountability redefine so for accountability Um the meeting was held in Las Vegas. numers there is a representative superintendent representative teacher those from county school district where they have a team of people and they had a couple of representatives who are on the committee there are board members I am on the committee along with a board member and a
007member of the state and business person I think covered most are school on the company um and then the superintendent of schools Victor was also on the comm soort to visit with him after the meeting for quite a while and so was able toare some of my perspective especially with him the focus is we are using the of the me training on how how the nsf works and what it is and persons for and district leadership for walking us through that. So when I got to that meeting, I was far more prepared and most of the people there buuse they went through so and a lot of the things that were talked about. It was interesting how often I would say that's something that happens on the board level and this is what the perspective
008for the board is. This is the data that we have to look at this is how we make our goals. If you do this or this it so honestly there is a lot of opportunity as a board member not only as a board member but also as a board member of the board who is doing that work so I could say this is the work we're doing it's not well this is how I show board should act and this is what a board should be doing but the work that's clear having having goals and um the reports from the principal so that we can follow and track and the work with understanding what the current NSPF is was significant in being able to contribute to that. um right now there was just a lot of
009overview of number one in its and we were looking broad a broad overview of what was the committee thinking the NFP look like so there is discussion about how simplified or complex what are some of the things that people feel need to be in that accountability component um and what it would mean if the state would come in to support underperforming schools um so we get into more details. One of the things that by another board member were able to on was the idea that the department of education has way too many reports way too many. And if they are going to redesign this assessment evaluation tool, they need to streamline what they already have and remove along. This is what the state Legislature is asking for. need to get rid of some things and
010so that will be continue to say when there comes another story that was one of the things I spoke with Victor R about as well so um that's that's 6 hours in a for now but I just wanted I wanted leadership for the work that we have been doing because um it was it was clear to me that the work we doing the work we should be doing after the discussions so how long is this supposed to last so there one meeting every month um three of them meetings 11 in Las Vegas fortunately my flights wting was Friday night the meeting in January will be a day so online and then thank you if have to be on thatation I just to say I attended the veter celebration on Monday and it was really nice
011I got to talk to some of retired military and their families so good to see the kids how excited they were their families there you understanding that they did go after they made to the talk about any of those but I think a really big j that have a chance you should and then I security meeting Well, I just sh to my husband because he went to's class and play video games because I had to work. So he actually place and he said that it was very to go there and see the work that the kids are doing video games really hard and they're really places. because like me so you with second is a couple of conflicts there you have to change also get one for the third Tuesday we want to just there
012was conflicts on that one we could with the second we going to have B Tuesday Sorry with actually January Church county with the thirdes of each month for January being secondes public discussion Thank you guys much Thank you. processing about that and tells a little more um education minister that's not something doing this is contracted out to a company that this is this is the things that they do so it's not there science behind it that's buiness that does this for the entire state because some information in there ratio turnover isols down to state every try to make one thing that you can do not on the bottom there's a link if you want to take some time some time and go there that the latest data on the rankings for teacher attention from things
013like this shows never stay scores scoring to Colorado states region for scores from as far as attention does California was a bit higher um it's different around the country different reasons why data on housing as well to this is I think it's a very good opportunity as well be partnering with partnering with the third party administrator institute of research so I'll be in contact with every time surve and they do follow up times the surve forced but something vol now and then just a little background was it was developed by stakeholders with you just one person developing it administrators the state educators as well as like professional survey development folks into And so with what we're currently using surveil so our data that they'll be providing us will be so help us identify those trends
014and just identify that we can stuff and so currently right now what's happening is I'm in partnership with to get us to get into the program and start distribut that are us another point is this is beinged by it will be used for recations as well so that's what we as well that's The big purpose of this is toy state policy resources so design to sitation It's it's by this is what they do this we have we design wear we can surve and more changes this has been state um and it also provides that data to the state the state with the information as well to because they have information to be able to resources things are necessary us with this that teacher shortage is a very complicated situation teacher attention it's not just to
015whether somebody wants to work place has to do with teachers teacher preparation programs getting teachers prepare for it's far short that's why we res people with professionals to get them through programs with them to limp because we have staff members that currently here have a place to live so they try to find a place to live that's always difficult situation for them to come and find things that information and then helps to do things with the differ with our own right now I can go on to our Google information provided to spicy which isn't so bad because here so generally it's one time when most people leave some during the year if someone's leaving during the year policy cont whaty teach contct want to prior to contct has to agree that has to happen so
016we have individual information we have to sometimes we don't so so have they have to be with you have to be with um to approval So concern about getting that faster from here because we have more on those we have to do because surve so information but we we know the so we after the end of the year that was in for the next year too much especially the end of the year some else that's very so few questions about you want to this also I would this because we we know that we we don't to do ours if we call the we ask we don't to do ours soely together and we're working with the state to get questions to get I think that is for us that we also the state designed because
017that helps more things that they're doing to help create um to help out because that information will also use um legislators and others to be able to legislate things to try and this is missing question more about this direction this is item that doesn't have to take this we can switch this is this right now so that's what we're planning to do you have thoughts about this we're using now we using the data that comes back to resources we do look this comes back to the it comes back this is design for the policy so design to have the boys see what's going two questions which the on the answer my other thought on this is coming from state county saying doesn't care why can find a way to staff and I have in contact
018with the personally so been trying to make that experience more to face and personalable just having a mistake take over that's just going to be one of the process that will experiences and do that as ever since years some teacher of years to get a decent response on that existing survey I would say we get from maybe when I first started get about % so with this if we move over to the state survey with through the offering process you be the one that sends the email has the link to the survey know that so I would provide them contract information with what name is positive about here just follow like I don't do so much followers to them last question um is you know again if many of the districts throughout the state are
019going to utilize exit sur to see being it would still be hopeful to know throughout the district what are the motivating factors people trans because I think that also valable information for us to learn from there are school districts that are I don't know if you have a link that was in the report but there is a report with a link and there is state data I believe from preving already so you would be able to as well as not today there's as well. I know the think of from this question my This is program to happen it was established by legislation to what I think to be as well establish to do and if to out on this my toify we're not we're just going to use this for right now but in the
020case that this does not continue with the we will continue going back to our regular we utilize the same survey that that state developed just send it on ourselves basically so survey that they use to just use it for ourselves if if it were to so we have planning marketing necessarily we do we get any statistics on that's great you 15% of people state surve from they number of respond we have number of respond I would say it should say that we encourage other people to take the information that we get so we discuss the action evaluation of the actuation several times just to see where we s different people It was kind of difficult to be until I strugle to find is it developing I don't I don't know we need to talk about
021this point by this area I don't any I kind of agree with your thoughts second step and like some of the other districts and other goals have you know one year goye [ __ ] go so that may something thats I was just going to test is that either we discuss of time if we have a long-term goal with how we want to break it down for evaluation purposes or we do what was stressing because in this case we have recently for 2027. I try to be fair, you know, as much as possible in looking at progress, you know, we go, you know, some data we didn't have yet, something that we did. So perhs minutes before the next evaluation we could look through what our expectation would be for actually having So just from
022Sorry to mention that I feel like this was the exact same topic that we discussed when we were talking about evaluation how can the evaluate something that we just put in place for months ago. I think that is the exact same thing. um we can't move everything to short but we can't ignore the long term that is me responsibility super so I agree there to be discussion about what that looks like and what is the appropriate expectation for those things as you just appreciate everybody's comments and um I can appreciate how difficult this is for the superintendent is one of the few states whenever I talk to other states members from boards and other states their drops when they hear we have to do the superintendent evaluation um that is typically in most states opening
023open meeting allows for evaluation and so um so it's it's not I can't imagine it's not fun for a superment to have to have the in appreciate girls patients um with the with the process um but they saw that there in places I because of the comments from people I can understand why you may have being in those coms um there there are some important reasons however I am concerned by some of the marks that developing and effective um first of all I think as a board we need to be mindful that this is a year long evaluation and if it's not wise for us to take one example a whole year of action and so when um if we're using one example to say someone is ineffective I I would need to be evaluated
024if I make a mistake or have my weakness in area where I have worked the rest of the year mostly effectively to be developing. And so I think we need to be mindful of those places where others potentially exhibiting more than that. Not saying all of them are like that, but I I see a couple of places where I'm concerned about that. Um, something that's always important for is that we should never be surprising a superintendent in the board me with questions. We should be asking the superintendent. No, we're going to ask beforehand and um I know that there is working PR progress right now to the working on as far as um having fiscal impact um for those something that I know weve all expressed which is a concern. Um but if you have
025questions about something um again there are and forent mind people where I may ask it's really unfair and we need to make sure that we're asking the superintendent before the board meeting letting them know the courses we so that he can So there's two pieces to that there is there are times that it's gone better where we have done information more quickly we're not getting as many supplement documents. I think to be of our responsibility in that part. Um couple of others I noticed that we were evaluating the superintendent on responsibilities that never be happening. We should never be taking or reevaluating superintendent on duties that are our responsibility. umar anything that was um employ hing incentives that was a board decision not a superintendent decision um the second one is we got to know
026our policies because one of the evaluation marks was um not holding faculty to the 75% curriculum standard we that policy September 17th which is less than two months agent on something that was two months ago is unfortunate really unfortunate and so that us as a board to make sure we understand our policies when they were so we are evaluating appropriately for So my last thing is um I was looking at our um selfaluation that we didn't enjoy and if we can't be as honest with ourselves as we are as being as force right with the superintendent then we need to have a hard work hard we're doing and I think I think overall we are but we just need to be mindful that um that um it's a lot easier to um ourselves good marks
027because we think we're doing what we should be doing. But we need to be more mindful of that um in our evaluation of the superintendent as well. Does it mean that they are mutual um or similar um scores? Not necessarily um if we have concerns absolutely anything the for most part has done that there's concerns. But I I think we need to be honest with ourselves and how we evaluate ourselves. Um overall I think I believe's doing a great job. A lot of the work that we've been doing in the last year has taken a long time to get here quite honestly and that's domination both dead and um district um superintendent and his support team and we are moving are we moving in the right direction we absolutely are and um we absolutely how
028things that we're concerned about I think are need to be addressed and can be addressed I think uh but overall than support support um in his work as superintendent and look forward to working with him um in hopefully for the next years. So we can continue to see progress and improvement in um in how our students learn with our learning and how our staff responds in making sure our students get the best education that we are all capable of providing just like to coms on actual questions that's unfair for the process going back the first time I had to fill this out another board member about coming with the superintendent throughout the year to res the issues and concern on theation I just to say that ofaluation because is very hopeful for us to have
029that information as we are going through the I hope that with this newer tool and I think this is the second year we used it and so we're kind of learning how to adapt this document if you conversation and how we want to break that down to be able to benefit to you instead of saying like you like you know developing and all these because the goal is you know which again I think most of us are on the same page there just saying you know to have a discussion of how we can tools providing you with feedback but in we used this um year I do hope that at least I mean I do n't know what me the meeting talking about the made this year and I do hope that that some of
030that is always you're able to look at it I concern that you know if people are transporing that they noting then you're not able to see like why would that person give me this I don't understand you know I provided this information myself you know so um you know again I know these processes publicuations I do I do from some value with specific feedb that was so much sur after put that there are some coms that the whole is a whole but also as one of board members to express individual funds as well on this taken that on I think more information that's the whole process and it's hardaluation try to you see your channel things going on we district where we are schol schools different these two because of that situation but it's a
031wonderful difference as well very lots of things in the processes and stuff that you never be aware of time out you basic which is out from other people stuff and sometimes to do that time feedb that will be in for enjoyed it's been almost two half years now since I was at the do everything do what is best for stud and st decisions and teach around this eraser as well work and so I a lot my teams support me in the schools things going back a lot of things like forward and it is like it is better now is better for students and our community it's a cycle for things we are focus say that appreciate things that super may wear lots of everyone else assistant directors responsibility and make sure that we're getting so
032I everyone appreciate who does that the board has been very helpful as well and I do think that with some of the things we recently done changes policies and stuff we got things to where we're ready for the future and we are going to see those changes going to discuss about that second part that was really hard and I intentionally did not score on the self-evaluation because I discuss how do I evaluate that because so the high school the teachers there we have things to help with we support the finances that others academic we know to around those a few years to make and so to see about that was a difficult one but also took I do have to see item and it was because some of the data points about this time we
033don't have graduation this week so um changed and so some of those that ch like take the time appreciate the work of as much other scary of situation right now. So thank you for the feedback I appreciate responses. I appreciate all stac as a result of systems and everyone together. Thank you. for changes a couple positions I do classifications ofic to them with that with that say that I appreciate the team sitation much this as to 2756 Sorry schri