ILD Meeting Summary March 4th , 2013 C-109 Chelsea Campbell, Marina Brewer, Kim Gill, Vanessa Medeiros,

Brent Schieve, June James, Heather Hart, June James, Sean Chambers, Rebecca ONeil, Tammie Stockli, Andrew Holland, Stefan Stipp 1. Calgary Science school We have committed to sending a team of six people to this conference at a total cost of approximately $4500. Stefan has reserved 6 spots. 2. Integrated Studies Update on Stefans meetings with departments Stefan has now met with SESM, Science, social studies, English and Math. All departments are supportive of the pilot. The main concerns voiced were around ensuring that each departments learning outcomes are rigorously taught and assessed and that having kids for two years in a row may have some significant drawbacks. 3. Integrated Studies Now What? We agreed to communicate with staff in the following manner: a. Summarize the IS proposal b. Summarize our process so far c. Ask for additional input from staff (written, personal or at a meeting next Tuesday) See attached handout which will be e-mailed to staff. 4. Integrated Studies How will we measure the success of the pilot? We had an excellent discussion with no conclusion. Some ideas that surfaced include: a. Measure the success of our students in grade 10 and beyond somehow (failure rates, dropout rates, graduation rates) b. Student success at the end of grade 9 based on core competencies and content. Whatever assessment we come up with should be created in consultation with the relevant departments. c. Attitude survey looking at engagement in school, ownership of learning. 5. Pro-d in May We talked about having departments work on developing Gr8/ 9 scope and sequences. Stefan will check with the ministry about the likelihood of draft curricula being available by then and June will talk to the Pro-D committee about the idea. 6. Next meeting: Tuesday, March 12, 2013 All staff will be invited to provide additional input at that meeting.