[familyschool] Re: Relevant info (I'm researching)
- From: Frieda Gardner <fgardner1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 13:14:04 -0500
Sabine:
Great that you've got someone at Avalon who can let us know how
the collective works.
Colleen Bell's sister Holly also works at Avalon. Would it be a good
idea for one of us (me?) to call her for her insights, so we can
increase perspectives?
Let me know.
Frieda
On Jun 2, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Sabine Meyer wrote:
> I just got home from dropping V & friends, and I need to be at work - and do
> work - all day today (and this evening) as well as all day Tue - Th. I will
> be at school tomorrow night. We are going to be gone from the 6th to the
> 16th. After our return, I'll have a work crunch for perhaps 3 or 4 more days,
> then I'll free up for the summer and would be happy to jump into any
> committee work that can use my areas of expertise.
>
> That said, I asked Carrie Bakken at Avalon Charter School to send me the job
> description for their program coordinator (teachers but they have reduced
> teaching/advising loads so they can also be PT administrators) to get a sense
> of what they do but, more so, of what generally needs to get done when there
> is a collective of teachers that has chosen a "no admin other than office
> management" governance structure (their case) or may be faced with a
> situation of that sort due to restructuring (our case).
>
> I think looking at the list of responsibilities would help us tremendously if
> we end up with no admin, for a while, or at some point in the future think we
> want to go that teacher co-op route "for good." I will ask Carrie's
> permission to share, and if she agrees, which I think she will do, I will
> email it to you, Lola. I think it gives a good sense of what types of admin
> areas need attention for a charter school that has chosen or is left w/no
> principal and/or no ED.
>
> -Sabine
>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Lola Schoenrich <lschoenrich@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> Sabine,
>
> What other committees of this sort do you think would be helpful?
>
> Lola
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Sabine Meyer <meye0336@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Let's form a "compliance review committee" and meet over the summer to sort
> this all out. We need to look at state (DoE) laws and regulations, charter
> laws and regulations, VOA expectations, and what has been/needs to be done
> for long-term compliance in our specific case. The committee should be
> parent, teacher and board reps working together, I think, for best results.
> And we should rely heavily on VOA and MACS rep input as we do the work.
>
> We will sort this out!
>
> -Sabine
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:38 AM, <papalamaitcalli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> There is a general licensure K-6/8? Not sure. and a 5/6-12 in a specific
> area.
>
> Elle Meza
>
>
> On Jun 1, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Trish Lynne Deutsch <trishlynne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> But licensed in what? Does every teacher need to be licensed to teach
>> "social studies", "science", "math", etc?
>>
>> We've heard, "Mel is the only teacher licensed in social studies". True?
>> Is it a requirement that every teacher have a "social studies" license?
>>
>> On Sunday, June 1, 2014, <d.dohmeier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Teacher licensure- All instructional staff in Minnesota charter schools must
>> be appropriately licensed or have received a waiver or variance from the
>> Minnesota Board of Teaching. VOA requests and checks file folder numbers for
>> all instructional staff.
>>
>> http://mn.gov/board-of-teaching/images/Special%2520Permissions%2520Overview%25202%252E12%252E13.pdf
>>
>> On Jun 1, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Trish Lynne Deutsch <trishlynne@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> http://www.educationevolving.org/pdf/Volunteers_of_america.pdf
>>>
>>> I'll add more in responses as I go.
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Sabine Meyer
> Professor, General Education
> Rasmussen College - National Online
> meye0336@xxxxxxxxx
> (612) 298 5060
> Skype: Sabinem69
>
>
>
>
> --
> Dr. Sabine Meyer
> Professor, General Education
> Rasmussen College - National Online
> meye0336@xxxxxxxxx
> (612) 298 5060
> Skype: Sabinem69
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