Focus+Interviews+2012

=// Summary Chart //= // May 15, 2012 - Shared with Advisory Council // // May 18, 2012 - Shared with Agency Staff // // August 2012 - Agency Staff established a draft schedule for delivery of REQUESTED and AGENCY-WIDE programming; shared with Advisory Council // // September 2012 - Finalized programming schedule //

> ** Healthier Generation ** || * ** Learn 360 (w/ Tech) ** ||  || * ** C4L **
 * ** 2012-2013 Services ** || **Health** || **Media** || **Special Education** || **Staff Development** || **Technology** ||
 * **Ainsworth ** ||  ||   || * Behavior Issues 0-21 || * C4L
 * Curriculum ||  ||
 * **Cody-Kilgore ** ||  ||   ||   || * Entrepreneurship
 * 21st Century Skills || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Set up Technology Plan ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Keya Paha County ** ||  ||   ||   || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">School Climate
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Core Curriculum || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Set up Technology Plan ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rock County ** ||  ||   ||   ||   || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">School Improvement (1:1) ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Valentine ** ||  ||   ||   || * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Steering Committee
 * <span style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">Data Management and Analysis ||  ||
 * ** ALL/General ** || * ** Alliance for a **
 * ** Principal Level meetings **
 * ** Hal Urban training ** || * ** COPPA **
 * ** Data Management **
 * ** Learn 360 (w/ Media) ** ||

**Ainsworth** 2pm dismissals
 * Date/Time of Focus Interview || Apr 20 2012, 11am ||
 * * School District Representatives - names/positions || * Darrell Peterson, supt.
 * Sarah Williams, prin.
 * Harv Wewel, prin
 * Susan Scholtes, elem
 * Kara Welch, media
 * Karen Fernau
 * Amanda Ganser, tech
 * Sherry Campbell, counselor ||
 * * ESU Team Members || * Cristen Witte
 * Jeff McQuistan ||
 * 1. What are your school improvement goals? || * writing (new) ||
 * 2. How can ESU #17 assist you in addressing these goals? || * The Write Tools training K-12 all teachers, new material Aug 1; Aug 8-9 (Wed-Thu) plus 1 day in October
 * (Fri Aug 10 may be an available date for other schools) ||
 * 3. What are the needs of your teachers?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * cyberbullying program?
 * very young behavior issues (mental health issues- behavior, classroom distractions) interventions needed!, sustaining, systematic (part of RTI), Andrea Boden, UNL
 * **training on C4L - how to administer, find and use results**, C4L website difficult to navigate; need early
 * alternative placement for students (behavior) ||
 * 4. What are the needs of your students?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices || * regional high ability opportunities (K-12), including elementary, middle ||
 * 5. What are the needs of your administrators?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * more principal meetings (possibly expand), utilize DL
 * curriculum writing, process ||
 * 6. What is your (teacher and administrator) specific feedback regarding current services provided by ESU #17? || * good support
 * FMPro ||
 * 7. How can ESU #17 improve communication? || * it's good; website's updated, supt. meetings info is shared; email good
 * answer the phone! ||
 * 8. What are the Top 2 Ways ESU #17 can support your district next year? || * C4L
 * School Improvement (curriculum, technology)
 * Behavior Issues K-12/Motivational ||
 * 9. Other Comments || * no ||
 * 10. 2012-2013 In-service Dates: || Aug 13-14-15
 * Aug 27
 * Sep 10, 24
 * Oct 8, 29
 * Nov 12
 * Dec 3
 * Jan 14, 28
 * Feb 4, 25
 * Mar 11, 25
 * Apr 8, 22
 * May 6 (track meet) ||
 * 11. Interest in participating in 2013-2014 NDE pilot project (evaluation system)? || * YES ||

**Cody-Kilgore**
 * Date/Time of Focus Interview || Apr 12 2012, 7am ||
 * School District Representatives - names/positions || * Janet Shelbourn, special education
 * Annie Cheney, student
 * Terri Nollette, counselor
 * Stacey Adamson, teacher
 * Todd Chessmore, superintendent
 * Kate Fullerton, principal
 * Mark Johnson, board member ||
 * ESU Team Members || * Nicole Buchanan
 * Jeff McQuistan ||
 * 1. What are your school improvement goals? || * just completed 5-year visitation
 * very positive results
 * commendations: celebration
 * recommendations: keep working on areas of focus
 * TECHNOLOGY: committee making tech decisions, what we have, where we're headed, is that where we want to be?; grant: mimeos and other equipment: assistance/support in-house (opposed to going to a training); electronic books; ebooks online; website needs an upgrade as a public relations tool
 * ENTREPRENEURSHIP: curriculum, what building structure will look like, technologies needed, connection to community, evolution of 'checking out' at stores, scanning groceries, inventory, connection to students; JH needs to grow in technology--grant? (1:1 at high school);
 * CURRICULUM WORK: syllabi completed, need to use same template so that needs are met regarding standards, a working, breathing instrument, wiki
 * PROBLEM SOLVING/CRITICAL THINKING: how to define what it looks like and how to measure it - how to translate that to students; 21st century skills (what you need to be a person in the workforce with employability skills); learning academies, career fields
 * READING AND MATH: continue on the path that is in progress ||
 * 2. How can ESU #17 assist you in addressing these goals? || (included in information above) ||
 * 3. What are the needs of your teachers?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * ESU has been helpful and responsive
 * APL training was good, research-based, practitioners
 * time to sit down and talk about data, opportunities to share cutting-edge information with staff
 * sharing additional information on how to improve test scores, student learning, research-based
 * updated material to read for learning communities, stimulates thoughts and conversations
 * professional library (electronic)
 * Skype usage, virtual tours
 * technology gap between elementary and high school (comfort levels)
 * more partnering between staff members regarding technology; schools need to work together
 * encouraged to go paperless ||
 * 4. What are the needs of your students?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices || * technology
 * provide more technology to JH
 * annual speaker on health issues (abstinence, etc.)
 * make students more aware of their accomplishments, taking ownership, more active in the community, taking pride in school and community
 * need to develop a welcoming environment for new students
 * help them see the opportunities (locally) to come back to - connection to recruitment, public relations
 * summer employment opportunities (identify, create, share, invite) ||
 * 5. What are the needs of your administrators?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * updating policies according to legislative requirements
 * credentials of speakers, programs
 * speaker's bureau (credibility)
 * restructuring of departments (technology)
 * technology assistance at elementary
 * homeschoolers - connect via technology
 * paperless
 * technology, website development
 * getting appropriate technology into the elementary school
 * grants available to upgrade technology equipment ||
 * 6. What is your (teacher and administrator) specific feedback regarding current services provided by ESU #17? || * staff development, media, special education excellent
 * sped - always need to reach out; however everyone works very well; need more opportunities for face-to-face conversations; need to know what is going on at the elementary building; more sense of sped 'department'
 * technology (with teachers, excellent)
 * need additional technology support for network systems operations
 * contract days for technology - scheduled on calendar - accountability
 * more school psych time
 * 7. How can ESU #17 improve communication? || * more face-to-face opportunities
 * knowing everybody's role at the ESU
 * difficulty contacting Dennis Radford (as sped director)
 * board of education (awareness of what school board is paying for) ||
 * 8. What are the Top 2 Ways ESU #17 can support your district next year? || * technology (training, iPad, mimeo, projectors, sped acc/modifications, website, journalism/newsletter/annual)
 * entrepreneurship, problem-solving, critical thinking, helping students to be 21st century citizens, rigor/relevance, college-readiness (training from the outside) ||
 * 9. Other Comments || * ||
 * 10. 2012-2013 In-service Dates: || * Aug 9-10, 13
 * Oct 12
 * Feb 8
 * May 22-23 ||
 * 11. Interest in participating in 2013-2014 NDE pilot project (evaluation system)? || NO - new admin. ||
 * 11. Interest in participating in 2013-2014 NDE pilot project (evaluation system)? || NO - new admin. ||

**Keya Paha County**
 * Date/Time of Focus Interview || Mar 28 2012, 4pm ||
 * School District Representatives - names/positions || * Rodger Lenhard, Superintendent
 * Brenda Franklin, Counselor
 * Sandy Lewis, Secondary Teacher/Parent
 * Melody Snelley, Elementary Teacher
 * Kelli Gibson, Board of Ed/Parent
 * Kasina Heerten, Student (senior) ||
 * ESU Team Members || * Geraldine Erickson
 * Jeff McQuistan ||
 * 1. What are your school improvement goals? || # 1:1 computers
 * 1) school climate
 * 2) core curriculum goals: reading, writing, math skills (indicators) that need to be improved upon based on data ||
 * 2. How can ESU #17 assist you in addressing these goals? || * need technological support for staff, trickling down to students (making sure if the technology is in place, that teachers are using it)
 * need help deciding iPad or laptop as a platform for 1:1
 * making sure that students have the right educational experiences to help them to be successful in post-secondary
 * data retreat
 * wiki page: data (access to information)
 * quantity of data is small (class size) - trend is more likely ||
 * 3. What are the needs of your teachers?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * technology support (full-time)
 * online classes for staff (graduate credit)
 * happy with workshops offered by ESU; no time for follow-up at the local district
 * no support to implement what has been learned at trainings at ESU
 * no accountability for implementation once training has been received
 * cadres for opportunities for teachers who are singletons
 * core curriculum areas for school improvement goals--updated practices/strategies, new ideas, review
 * technology professional development offered at the district for all teachers, with ongoing support
 * maybe set this up as an ANGEL class, with activities to be completed
 * still lacking a K-12 sense of cohesiveness ||
 * 4. What are the needs of your students?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices || * motivation for testing (school climate)
 * school pride: dance team, pep club
 * tutoring time before/after school (peer tutoring, staff tutoring)
 * library access, online access is not available
 * more focus on students who do well (uplist parties); more focus is given to students who do not excel; helping those who are capable to strive to do better - integrated with community ||
 * 5. What are the needs of your administrators?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * good support from ESU ||
 * 6. What is your (teacher and administrator) specific feedback regarding current services provided by ESU #17? || * personnel all do their job; good support; continue ||
 * 7. How can ESU #17 improve communication? || * difficulty reaching staff ||
 * 8. What are the Top 2 Ways ESU #17 can support your district next year? || # training (core area tied back to school improvement, data)
 * 1) technology ||
 * 9. Other Comments || * none ||
 * 10. 2012-2013 In-service Dates: || * 2 half-days (Oct 16, Mar 11) and 1 full day TBD ||
 * 11. Interest in participating in 2013-2014 NDE pilot project (evaluation system)? || * get back following rotation of Focus Interviews ||

**Rock County** feedback regarding current services provided by ESU #17? || * like offerings for parents (Ex. Love & Logic), helps with preschool students district next year? || * professional develop for School Improvement (evaluation system)? || * No thank you ||
 * Date/Time of Focus Interview || Apr 4 2012, 10am ||
 * School District Representatives - names/positions || * John Dohrman, Counselor
 * Steve Camp, Principal
 * Nicki Ebert, Elementary Teacher ||
 * ESU Team Members || * Ben Anthony
 * Patty Finney ||
 * 1. What are your school improvement goals? || * beginning of cycle
 * leaning towards technology as our main focus
 * teaching students 21st century skills
 * School improvement team going to NETA this month
 * help with using technology to better teach all state standards, problem solving skills ||
 * 2. How can ESU #17 assist you in addressing these goals? || * Professional development with ongoing follow-up support ||
 * 3. What are the needs of your teachers?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * more graduate credit and continuing ed courses offered
 * innovative practices with the use of technology
 * push towards 1 to 1
 * counseling resources, updates for career connection, MAPS
 * continue to do things via DL to limit travel ||
 * 4. What are the needs of your students?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practice || * nontraditional families
 * school is the safe house
 * they serve breakfast to ensure kids get 2 good meals a day
 * limited access to professional services needed ||
 * 5. What are the needs of your administrators?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * provide opportunities to improve instruction, best practices
 * principal meetings would be nice to collaborate and brain storm ||
 * 6. What is your (teacher and administrator) specific
 * like any offerings on best practices for teaching reading.
 * used to have big time motivation person come in ESU wide, would like that back
 * would need to be contracted before school calendars are set
 * appreciate the individual district contact we have
 * feel there is good personal communication ||
 * 7. How can ESU #17 improve communication? || * feel good communication is there and it is good if people utilize it
 * think a printed newsletter would be read, but not a necessity ||
 * 8. What are the Top 2 Ways ESU #17 can support your
 * help with developing the progression steps to get to point A and B
 * ongoing follow up training & support ||
 * 9. Other Comments ||  ||
 * 10. 2012-2013 In-service Dates: || * August 13th & 14th
 * February 8th ||
 * 11. Interest in participating in 2013-2014 NDE pilot project

**Valentine**
 * Date/Time of Focus Interview || Apr 11 2012, 7:30am ||
 * School District Representatives - names/positions || * Jamie Isom, superintendent
 * Dave Renning, high school principal
 * Jeff Sayer, middle school principal
 * Melanie Steskal, middle school
 * Linda Shafer, rural
 * Shiloh Hanzlicek, elementary
 * Mary Ellen Osnes, elementary
 * Maureen Johnson, special education
 * Nicole Osnes, elementary
 * Gina Breuklander, middle school ||
 * ESU Team Members || * Dana Whited
 * Jeff McQuistan ||
 * 1. What are your school improvement goals? || * All students will improve their school
 * Multicultural goals ||
 * 2. How can ESU #17 assist you in addressing these goals? || * professional development on student problem solving needs
 * curriculum that supports problem solving
 * how to measure how we are reaching our goal
 * MAP training
 * reading reports, disaggregating data
 * Crystal reports
 * accessing and using MAP data ||
 * 3. What are the needs of your teachers?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * all
 * cyber bullying (documenting that all students have received training)
 * problem solving training
 * APL
 * Data management, making data-informed decisions
 * Data cohesiveness: how is data being used building to building and across the district
 * Curriculum (OK) ||
 * 4. What are the needs of your students?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices || * cyber bullying
 * respect ||
 * 5. What are the needs of your administrators?
 * academic
 * social/emotional
 * physical
 * innovative practices
 * professional development || * NDE, Legislative initiatives
 * School Improvement
 * elementary has started RTI
 * inclusion at high school level (new staff member next year); want to continue positive direction that is currently in place ||
 * 6. What is your (teacher and administrator) specific feedback regarding current services provided by ESU #17? || * lots of opportunities for professional growth
 * more offerings during summer (administrative), i.e. iPad and apps
 * whatever we ask for we've gotten, sometimes we don't know what our needs are
 * avoid April and May trainings
 * more trainings in summer, late summer, fall
 * move locations, more onsite, available during the day during planning times, being available
 * utilize own staff for training
 * bringing training to Valentine (Susan Strahm) ||
 * 7. How can ESU #17 improve communication? || * newsletter, emails good and informative
 * continue ||
 * 8. What are the Top 2 Ways ESU #17 can support your district next year? || * be available to steering committee
 * cyber bullying (how to track programming electronically)
 * student watch video and take quiz
 * data management and analysis - implications for school improvement goals ||
 * 9. Other Comments || * (none) ||
 * 10. 2012-2013 In-service Dates: || * Aug 9 10 13
 * Aug 14 (elementary/rural)
 * Wed Sep 19
 * Fri Oct 5
 * Jan 3 (elementary/rural)
 * Fri Jan 25
 * Fri Feb 15
 * May 15 16 (elementary/rural)
 * Mon May 20 ||
 * 11. Interest in participating in 2013-2014 NDE pilot project (evaluation system)? || * YES ||