January 14, 2016 at 8:30 AM - Regular Meeting

Discussion:  Call to order at 8:30 AM.

Discussion:  Staff: David Ludwig, Deb Hericks, Scott Isaacson, Priscilla Quintana, Craig Peterson NDE: Frieda Lange

Discussion:  Craig Caples and Jesse Sierks, NASB presented/discussed the North Star Negotiations Software available through NASB. Software is now available for ESUs to use/purchase.

Discussion:  Frieda Lange was presented and shared with Board. Discussed the next collaborative meeting April 14, 2015. AQuESTT announced the three priority schools. Their focus will be on priority schools and all those that fall into the needs improvement. ESUs will be important partners in this process. April 18-19, 2016 will be the AQuESTT Conference. Positive comments regarding initial school visits of those priority schools.

Discussion:  President reported that the Legislative committee will meet next week. July 11-14, 2016 for the summer conference. Sept 27-29, 2016 for the Educators Call to Action.

Discussion:  Jay Bauer and Deb Myers will present/discuss the Student Loan Forgiveness Program. They have been working with the ESU 13 area with much success.

Discussion:  Larianne Polk, ESU 7 Administrator shared/presented their process for service planning.

Discussion:  Executive Director shared his power point that he uses in presenting our statewide system of support. Share thoughts/updates with him. This will continue to be used as communications across the state.

Discussion:  President reviewed discussion that were held in committee. If questions or concerns on calendars dates please contact Executive Director. Discussion held regarding having meetings rotate to other Service Units though out the year. Three year rotation had been developed in order to attend each site. Goggle Doc will be created to share historical data as well as some procedural guidelines for staff presenting outside the Service Unit. Discussions regarding developing the Master Service Agreement for 2016-2017 and pricing structure of that agreement.

Discussion:  Executive Director reviewed the updated two year calendar. Review of meeting dates and changing locations was part of the discussion.

Discussion:  Discussion held regarding a three year rotation in order to visit each of the ESUs by the end of the third year.

Discussion:  There was no public c.omment.

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed the budget reports. Chair will be working on updating a couple of the reports to update.

Discussion:  Committee Chair reviewed the expenses.

Discussion:  Chair reviewed discussion held in the committee meeting. Committee is working with NOC to secure common language to be used across the state. NITC action plan update was given. Review LR 264 study (use of technology, money and time spent), keep this as basis of what we are doing statewide.

Discussion:  Coop Director shared the committee discussions. Executive Director shared that we have received a certified letter from ESM.

Discussion:  AEPA bid Band Instruments this year but no vendors that bid offered percussion instruments so no award was made. Band Instruments is an area that we have no other contracts to meet these needs. Peripole is also currently in the ESUCC Marketplace.

Discussion:  Chair shared discussions from committee. PDO will continue to create short and long terms goals. Network Educator Effectiveness (NEE), Missouri has an evaluation product that the NNNC had been reviewing that was shared with the Committee. Continue discussion with NDE and have SDA also take a look a this product. SDA needs to create a plan to move this statewide initiative forward. EAP continues to meet. Instructional Delivery plan continue to work with NDE to help develop model/action plan to develop a plan. BlendEd pilot has 27 schools that have applied for pilot project. The BlendEd pilot committee will be reviewing applications. There was a presentation regarding Lesson Template/Mapping training. SDA to submit a proposal.

Discussion:  Currently 11 ESU's (1, 2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 17, 19) participate in the 21st Century Learning Opportunity for ESA's at a total cost of $15,000. Beginning with the first year of implementation in the 2014-15 year, NESUBA contributed $10,000 for this purchase. This contribution provided for a total cost per ESU at $455. As per discussion with Rob Residori, BrightBytes Representative, the base price for 12 ESU's will be $16,600 or $1,383 per ESU. If fewer than 11 ESU's participate, the base price will remain the same ($16,600) with the costs divided accordingly. If additional ESU's wish to participate beyond the 11 ESU base price package, the total cost for each ESU will decrease approximately 20% with total costs for all potential 17 ESU's not to exceed $20,000.

Discussion:  Steve Milliken was present to discuss the ILCD/collaborative grants and the new process for receiving these grants. Need to communicate the need to tie this process into AQuESTT (NDE). Behavioral Health not has a committee to discuss what is already being done and what they can do to identify the gaps. Discussion on what grants should be brought under the ESUCC. ESUCC to develop criteria on what grants would apply to our statewide process.

Discussion:  Executive Director reviewed discussions from their committee. This is a short term session which property taxes and Governors proposal (LC3 form) will be at the forefront. Short term goals are communication and awareness. Long term goals are as follows: core funding, ESUCC funding, eLearning, facilities, extended services, and ongoing communication needs. Bob Uhing shared the legislative planning that was done with ESU 1 and ESU 8. Economic Forecast committee will be meeting next month to review.

Discussion:  There was no public comment.