ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Minutes

April 17, 2009

Meeting #2
GEF 3, Rm. 041
Madison, Wisconsin

Meeting facilitator: Deborah Bilzing

Vision
“To build a system that promotes the use of focused, effective, sustained outcome based personnel development that enables families, schools, and communities to enhance their capacity to meet the needs of all students particularly students with disabilities birth-26.”

1.  ATTENDANCE

1. Members Present:
   Deborah Bilzing, David Kwiatkowski, Penny Larson, Kay Lawrence, Michael Linak, Jim Lynch, Chrystyna Mursky, Gary Myrah, Susan Rodriguez, Jan Serak (for Courtney Salzer), Mary Skadahl, Alex Slappey, Mark Stensvold, Francine Tompkins
   
   
2. Members Absent:
   Larry Annett, Nissan Bar-Lev, Julie Bryda, Troy Couillard, Simone DeVore, Teresa Goodier, Thomas Heffron, Joanne Huston, Laura Owens, Judy Peppard, Linda Tuchman-Ginsberg,
   
   
3. Guests/Others Present: Christina Dean (interpreter), Sue (interpreter), Judy Sullivan (SPDG project assistant), Brenda Yager (WI Statewide Parent-Educator Initiative)
   

2.  MEETING MINUTES

• The meeting was called to order by welcoming advisory committee members and participating in a “sharing activity.”
• Review the role of the Advisory Committee
  • To provide communication, reflection, and feedback to the internal SPDG staff concerning the SPDG work plan, including goals, objectives, and outcomes as well as the allocation of resources needed to meet the mission of the grant.
• Updates of SPDG Activities
  • 5 Hubs:
    • Early Childhood:Professional development revolves around building capacity to address SPP indicators 6, 7 and 12 in Part B and indicator 8 in Part C. In additon, this Hub is hosting a workshop “Using Technology for Professional Development, Technical Assistance, and Strategic Communication” with Larry Edelman on June 10-11. The learning objective of this event is to help SPDG partners to begin to develop a better understanding of the different technologies that can be used to support continued communication and community building.
    • Parent Leadership:continues to bring the voice and involvement of parents to every initiative and professional development opportunity
    • Transition: Professional development is focused on indicator 13 of Part B
    • REACh: continues to be the training Hub of the Wisconsin Personnel Development Model
    • Institutes of Higher Education (IHE):This hub is now working with the National Center for Special Education Personnel, And Related Services Providers (PIC) to develop a plan to recruit and retain highly qualified special education teachers in high need areas. (Workplan is attached to the minutes). This hub has identified high need LEAs and has invited these LEAs to a joint meeting with IHEs across the state to develop a plan to move educators that are not currently highly qualified to becoming highly qualified special education teachers. (The invitations were sent to each of the advisory committee members earlier)
• Wisconsin Personnel Development Model (WPDM)
  • Many constituents have commented that the visual currently being used to implement the model is too busy and is not a good representation of how the model works. Several groups have been looking at ways to revise the model moving it from a circle to steps to more of a linear model. The thought is that the model needs to capture additional ideas that indicate movement can go in many directions, in addition to indicating where to start and end—and reflecting that in true PD process there is not an end but a scaling up of capacity building.
  • Some individuals have requested that “case studies” be included so that folks can see the model in action and help to answer the question of how this model differs from the traditional models being used in most districts.
  • More is needed in addressing the model’s function on multiple levels.
• The WPDM Cross Agency Professional Development Advisory Team (CD-PDAT)
  • The WDPI has established the CD-PDAT to bring the WPDM forward as a way to guide districts on what constitutes a research based professional development model.
  • Currently staff at WDPI is involved in taking a PD survey (attached) to discover how PD fits into our work as consultants, educational leaders and administrators.
  • Currently other consultants at the WDPI are beginning to use the WPDM to deliver team and division PD activities.
• Next Steps:
  • A copy of the SPDG Executive Summary for 2008-2009 will be sent to Advisory Committee members
  • Judy will be sending out a “meeting doodle” for the next meeting and once the next meeting is scheduled will try and “aim” for a consistent day and time. (Like meetings will be held on the 3rd Friday every 6 months from 10-2).
  • Update on the data that was collected from the WPDI PD survey.
  • The third year of the SPDG begins October 1, 2009 and as such, partner grant applications will be going out late August. This means that partners will be developing 3rd year workplans. Committee, members will be asked to share their perceptions of areas of professional development that the SPDG ought to consider addressing.

   

3.  ANNOUNCEMENTS/ADJOURNMENT

Advisory Committee members are asked to access the SPDG website: http://wispdg.org