[familyschool] Re: Relevant info (I'm researching)
- From: Shawn <shawn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2014 15:32:50 -0500
Neither Jessica F (my wife) or I received the email(s)would some one post
them here or forward to us please.
Shawn McGinty
Co-Owner
deanbuilders.net
On Jun 2, 2014 3:25 PM, "Ian Coldwater" <jessesparkles@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Wait, what? Where did you see that?
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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 2:12 PM, "Erika Zurawski" <zura0007@xxxxxxx> wrote:
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> Looks like we may not have another option, given that Tania just resigned…
> Interesting.
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> *From:* familyschool-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [
> mailto:familyschool-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> <familyschool-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>] *On Behalf Of *Jeffrey Jones, LICSW
> *Sent:* Monday, June 02, 2014 2:09 PM
> *To:* familyschool@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Subject:* [familyschool] Re: Relevant info (I'm researching)
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> I am so excited to see community members talking about creating a co-op or
> collective school without all the authoritarian hierarchy nonsense. Jeff
> Jones
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> On 6/2/14, 1:22 PM, Sabine Meyer wrote:
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> Frieda and all:
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> I think right now we just need to get through all we are dealing with in
> the moment and make sure everyone remains sane in that process.
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> But, yes, I think having a teacher/program coordinator and founding
> member, such as Carrie Bakken, and perhaps also Holly Bell (and/or a second
> teacher/advisor, and/or a student) speak to us later in the summer would be
> great. Carrie has taken the co-op concept to national conferences
> and they just hosted a conference w/Hamline, too, on teacher-powered
> schools. It's for sure something to seriously check out.
>
> For those interested, this is Carrie Bakken speaking about her Avalon
> experience: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ8k0EZdJvg.
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> All best,
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> -Sabine
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> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 1:14 PM, Frieda Gardner <fgardner1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Sabine:
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> Great that you've got someone at Avalon who can let us know how
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> the collective works.
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> Colleen Bell's sister Holly also works at Avalon. Would it be a good
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> idea for one of us (me?) to call her for *her* insights, so we can
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> increase perspectives?
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> Let me know.
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> Frieda
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> On Jun 2, 2014, at 11:00 AM, Sabine Meyer wrote:
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> 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).
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> 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.
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> -Sabine
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> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 10:09 AM, Lola Schoenrich <lschoenrich@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> Sabine,
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> What other committees of this sort do you think would be helpful?
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> Lola
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> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:43 AM, Sabine Meyer <meye0336@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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.
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> We will sort this out!
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> -Sabine
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> On Mon, Jun 2, 2014 at 8:38 AM, <papalamaitcalli@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> There is a general licensure K-6/8? Not sure. and a 5/6-12 in a specific
> area.
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> Elle Meza
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> On Jun 1, 2014, at 10:23 AM, Trish Lynne Deutsch <trishlynne@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> But licensed in what? Does every teacher need to be licensed to teach
> "social studies", "science", "math", etc?
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> 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?
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> On Sunday, June 1, 2014, <d.dohmeier@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 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.
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> http://
> mn.gov/board-of-teaching/images/Special%2520Permissions%2520Overview%25202%252E12%252E13.pdf
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> On Jun 1, 2014, at 8:08 AM, Trish Lynne Deutsch <trishlynne@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
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> http://www.educationevolving.org/pdf/Volunteers_of_america.pdf
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> I'll add more in responses as I go.
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> --
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> Dr. Sabine Meyer
> Professor, General Education
> Rasmussen College - National Online
> meye0336@xxxxxxxxx
> (612) 298 5060
> Skype: Sabinem69
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> Dr. Sabine Meyer
> Professor, General Education
> Rasmussen College - National Online
> meye0336@xxxxxxxxx
> (612) 298 5060
> Skype: Sabinem69
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> --
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> Dr. Sabine Meyer
> Professor, General Education
> Rasmussen College - National Online
> meye0336@xxxxxxxxx
> (612) 298 5060
> Skype: Sabinem69
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