ALA Year 3 Kickoff Meeting

ALA Year 3 Kickoff Meeting
August 16, 2005
Joyce Baker, Jonathon Mills, Randall Scott (new principal at ALA), and Abdur-Raheem Saafir

Teacher Pay $22.00/hr (Saafir: I will arrange it so that we pay the teachers involved once monthly. We would like to talk to art, science, and language arts teachers about helping with the project.)

ScheduleMornings four days per week. 8:00-9:20, Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday (Saafir: This looks like a viable plan. I have found one of our part-time staff already. Jonathon: We could require the returning teens to come on Thu-Fri and the new teens on Mon-Tue. They could also come on any other days if they choose.)

Some Tentative Dates September 7 Start Running bus September 12 First Monday morning for returning group October 21 Mindfest Film Festival October 22 Mindfest October 24 First morning for new group

Parent Nights Open House Nights Parent Orientation Day(s) at the Museum Family Science Nights (Saafir: I asked Monta about them and she supported the idea. I’m will ask Colleen when I figure out the details. It looks good.)

Some of Randall’s questions How does DesignIT Studios’ model for learning fit with ALA’s? (Saafir: I will send over a copies of two books that shine light on how we think about learning in the Studios)The ALA approach and DesignIT are great ideas. How can we spread them through the district? Books written by teachers, etc.

Documentation New requirement. All students must document two applied learning projects. Student journals. Student Blogs