meeting summary and next meeting February 10th

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Meeting Summary of the Town Wide Learning Community Steering Team
January 21, 2010

Linda Rosasco, Carol Bissanti, Lisa Beaulieu, Tom Kenworthy, Karen Freedman, Donna Morelle, Dorothy Gould, and Rosemary Reilly-Chammat

This was our first meeting together following our very successful World Café and our last meeting with Carol (at least for a time).

Carol led us through the summaries of the World Café work that she provided. Each of had a chance to share our reflections on the day. Carol distributed index cards and we had to write what action we thought would have the biggest impact and the first step we need take as a group. The discussion that followed lead to the following action steps:

1)Send thank you notes to all participants of the World Café. Donna and Paul will sign the letters as co-sponsors. Rosemary and Donna will draft the letter and send it out to the group for review. The letter should be sent by the first week in February.

2)The summaries of the World Café need to connect to research, where applicable, to form a framework for our basis of action.

a.We need to continuously review the information on the cards and sheets to stay connected to the messages. Karen suggested capturing the images on shutterfly. Lisa offered to scan the images.

3)The steering team needs to research models for and definitions of “authentic collaboration.”

4)Communication is key. The district has a communications plan and Lisa will adapt of draft of the plan for our purposes. The District’s Communication Team may be an important partner at future meetings of the group.

5)Lisa also will look into website hosting and tap into resources from the Tech Club through the RI Foundation. The website will be populated with our work to date and will be a go to place for information.

6)Donna will investigate incorporating a general twlc identification in the web email rather than a specific person’s name.

7)The steering team needs to develop a transition plan to include: goals and objectives of this effort, role of the steering team, role of a broader group, identification of norms to help achieve the goals, development of a council of collaboration or some other guiding body, funding from potential sources such as RI Foundation, Annie E. Casey and Foundations for Leadership.

8)Karen will investigate The Villages and Disney’s give a day, get a day program in Florida as potential models to replicate for family based learning.

9)The steering team needs to plan a meeting in the near future with the expanded group of participant who expressed interest in the work.

Our next meeting will be held on Wednesday February 10, 2010 from 6:30-8:00 pm

Respectfully Submitted

Rosemary Reilly-Chammat