Monday, April 29, 2013
Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
Warren County Career Center
1. Opening Activities
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1.1 Call to Order
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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1. Opening Activities
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1.2 Public Comment
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2. New Business
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2.1 Project PAS (Promoting Academic Success)
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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2. New Business
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Project PAS is a transition program sponsored by the Office of Vocational Rehabilitation (OVR). It is an opportunity to create a partnership with OVR and Jamestown Community College (JCC) to support our students with disabilities in their transition into college. The partnership would entail OVR supplying books, tuition, and assistive technology software; JCC providing an instructor and possible classroom; WCSD providing transportation.
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2.2 Barber National Institute Agreement
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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The WCSD Special Education proposes continuation of the agreement with the Barber National Institute (BNI) for the 2013-2014. BNI will provide consultative behavioral and mental health services for the Autistic Support and Emotional Support students/programs.
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2.3 Barber National Institute - Extended School Year
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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The Barber National Institute will provide Behavior Specialist Consultation services up to 3 hours per week
to students in the Extended School Year Program (July 8, 2013 – July 26, 2013).
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2.4 FrontRow - Juno
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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FrontRow Juno is a digital multi-speaker voice amplification system with a lesson capture feature. The benefits of Juno include voice amplification to help students listen more clearly in a classroom where acoustics may not necessarily be optimal. Juno also has the capacity to make a video of teacher & student voices which can be posted for student/parent viewing as a lesson capture. The Juno unit(s) will be placed in classrooms at WAEC & YEMS - including Kindergarten, Speech Therapy, Life Skills, Autistic Support, Emotional Support and 1st-8th grade. The voice amplification system will support specific student needs as identified in IEPs as well as improved hearing quality for all students.
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2.5 Policy 10520 - Alternative Education
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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Proposed changes to the Alternative Education for Disruptive Youth (AEDY) policy will ensure that procedures are followed for AEDY placement and that the WCSD AEDY program is adequately supported and monitored.
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2.6 Policy 10102 - Assignment of Students to School
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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The administration is recommending changes to "Policy 10102 - Assignment of Students to Schools" to ensure coherence in the determination of requests. Recommended changes take into consideration data collected from 2007-2013, including parent/legal guardian statement of request(s) and student enrollment. A revised Request for Attendance Area Transfer form, which includes a procedure related to the policy, is also attached for your information.
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2.7 GRANT: Tom Ridge Environmental Center (TREC) Transportation Grants - CIT - Dr. Paul Yourchisin
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Please see attachment.
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2.8 GRANT: Knox Harper Grants - CIT - Dr. Paul Yourchisin
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Please see attachment.
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2.9 GRANT: Skills USA Recognition Award for WCCC - CIT - Dr. Paul Yourchisin
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Please see attachment.
3. Informational Items
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3.1 Monthly Grant Report
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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3. Informational Items
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Monthly grant report.
4. Other
5. Closing Activities
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5.1 Next Meeting - May 28, 2013 at Warrren County Career Center, following the Personnel / Athletics and Co-Curricular Committee meeting
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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5. Closing Activities
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5.2 Adjournment
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Apr 29, 2013 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Technology Committee
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5. Closing Activities