ABOVE AND BEYOND BOZEMAN

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ABOVE AND BEYOND - BOZEMAN

• A School District - Community
• Engagement Project

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Present

• Increasing accountability higher academic
  standards.
• Era of rapid change - one in which the future
  will be much different from the past and the
  present.
• Shifting demographics, the changing world
  economy, and the exploding technology growth -
  need to do some things differently.

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• We are now at a point
• where we must educate our children
• in what no one knew yesterday,
• and prepare our schools
• for what no one knows yet.
• Margaret Mead

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Future

• Students should be prepared with the skills they
  must have in our technological, information-based
  society.
• Ability to apply interdisciplinary knowledge how
  to research, analyze, communicate and evaluate
  information how to apply knowledge to solve real
  world problems.
• Go beyond traditional measures of reading
  competence take into account larger picture of
  academic learning needs, test taking competence,
  employability, and life after graduation.

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• The fact that the captain of the ship
• can clearly see the port
• is of no use if the crew
• continues to paddle
• in a different direction.
• Author Unknown

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It is important to

• get on the
• same page.

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• How do we do this?
• How do we proceed?

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Discussion Circles

• To involve the district and the community in a
  discussion about school district program and
  service priorities
• To have an open ended discussion that generates
  ideas from all participants participants are
  experts regarding their own experiences in
  education
• To value each others opinions and expertise

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Discussion Circles

• 8 - 12 people in a Discussion Circle
• 8 Study Circles to be used in this project
• Each Circle has a trained facilitator
• Four meeting sessions as a Discussion Circle
• Recommendations presented to the School Board

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Responsibility of each Circle

• To meet in 4 sessions
• To generate good will discussion through a
  designed process
• To create a list of district priorities
• To create 3 to 4 action ideas

• To listen to the other circles and their ideas
• To assist in identifying the major ideas from all
  circles
• To agree to priorities and action ideas that need
  to be recommended to the School Board

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Consensus Circle Facilitators

• Each Circle has a trained facilitator to guide
  you through the four sessions
• Facilitators will be neutral and unbiased in
  their actions

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Resources

• For Curriculum and Instructional information -
  Assistant Superintendent Marilyn King
• For Special Services information - Director
  Yvonne Humble
• For building level information call the
  appropriate principal
• For overall Discussion Circle information and
  processes - call Mike Redburn

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ABOVE AND BEYOND - BOZEMAN

• Thank you for participating
• Questions?