February 1, 2023 Mountain Time - Educational Resources Committee Meeting
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1. Call to Order
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Procedural Item
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Call to order at 12:30 PM Mountain time.
Staff: Kraig Loquist, Deb Hericks, Priscilla Quintana, Scott Isaacson
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2. Roll Call
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Committee Chair
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3. Agenda Item
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Committee Chair
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3.1. Special Populations
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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3.1.1. NDE Special Education Update
Speaker(s):
Amy Rhone
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Amy Rhone was present to give NDE updates. The Commissioner search continues and applications will be closing in March. NDE has wrapped up the Learning Acceleration Series & Inclusive Learning Environment Series. Currently engaged in Support for Improvement Workshops for the 40 Comprehensive Support for Improvement (CSI) Schools. Talking points were emailed over a week ago. Shirleyh Vargas will begin collecting in March/April Talking Points in mid-February. NDE revised NeMTTS Framework 2023 was designed to ensure every student in NE has access to learning experiences that enhance their education outcomes. They have a video regarding the Coherence Project. Round 2 of the reading series will build on past support.
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3.1.2. ESPD Report
Speaker(s):
Lona Nelson-Milks
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Lona Nelson-Milks was present to share for ESPD. They met in January and discussed staffing issues. Discussing how to collaborate with all departments with ATSI, CSI schools and helping students. There are a few legislative bills that have been introduced. They have a partnership with UNk to discuss teacher shortages especially in the Special Education realm. .
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3.1.3. Mental Health and Wellness
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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3.1.3.1. Nebraska Mental Health Conference
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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The proposals have been reviewed and selected. They would like to have a youth panel at the Mental Health conference in Kearney. If you know of any students that would be from that area, please have them contact the committee.
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3.1.4. 504 Plan - 2023-2024 MSA
Speaker(s):
Executive Director
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Discussion on adding the 504 Plan to the MSA.
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3.1.5. SRS Staff Report
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The Technology Director gave an update on SRS. The team is working on updating the day to day activities along with working with a vendor to update the SRS system. The project manager has submitted his resignation. We will begin working on filling that position. The SRS fee structure in the MSA was discussed.
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3.2. PDO (Professional Development Organization)
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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3.2.1. High Quality Instructional Materials Support (HQ-IM)
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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The Committee Chair gave updates on the HQIM project and support. They met with Rivet to discuss the needs assessment. They will have a representative group that will work on this on he 1/2 day of PDO in May.
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3.2.2. SDA Report
Speaker(s):
SDA Affiliate Chair
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Michelle Keszler, SDA Strategist, shared the budget requests for 2023-2024. The new strategist will be Brooke Kavan, ESU 7. They will be training on Supporting Schools with Designation and Classification in April.
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3.2.3. PDO Meetings
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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PD Planning met last week to discuss the May PDO. Discussion on moving the Celebration Dinner to Tuesday night and Bowling to Wednesday night.
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3.2.4. Draft MSA 2023-2024
Speaker(s):
Executive Director
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The Executive Director reviewed the updates for the MSA 2023-2024.
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3.2.4.1. ESPD Budget Request
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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The ESPD budget requests remain the same.
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3.2.4.2. SDA Budget Requests 2023-2024
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Review of the SDA budget requests for 2023-2024.
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3.2.4.3. PDO Budget Requests
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Review of all requests for the PDO Budget 2023-2024.
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3.2.4.3.1. Approve increase in PDO Onsite Fees from $20 to $25 in 2023-2024
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Discussed changing the onsite fee from $20 to $25.
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3.2.5. NDE Updates
Speaker(s):
Shirley Vargas
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The Commissioner search continues and applications will be closing in March. NDE has wrapped up the Learning Acceleration Series & Inclusive Learning Environment Series. Currently engaged in Support for Improvement Workshops for the 40 Comprehensive Support for Improvement (CSI) Schools. Talking points were emailed over a week ago. I will begin collecting for March/April in mid-February.
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3.2.6. Monthly Talking Points
Speaker(s):
Executive Director
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Discussion:
January/February talking points are attached to the agenda.
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3.2.7. Prairie Nebraska Project
Speaker(s):
Executive Director
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The Executive Director shared the Prairie Nebraska Project with the committee.
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4. Next Meeting Agenda Items
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Approve PDO ESPD, SDA, PDO Budget requests for 2023-2024.
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5. Adjournment
Speaker(s):
Committee Chair
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Meeting adjourned at 1:23 PM Mountain meeting.
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