Project Acvisory-Management Team (PMT) Meeting

Time: 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Date: Thursday, January 20, 2025

Location: Dorr Room, Surbeck center, SDSM&T, Rapid City

AGENDA

1. Official itemized distric cost share letters due today.

2. Action Plans (99-00)

(we need Kadoka, New Underwood, Belle Fourche, and Douglas)

3. Material Refurbishment Center

(we need information from some of the districts regarding what kits have been purchased and when the districts anticipate using them)

• Consider collaboration w/RCAS?

4. MSCI (Master's Degree in Science Education)

• What are som recruiting strategies to increase teacher interest and commitment?
• We have only a handful of interested teachers.
• Are we meeting the needs of the districts?

5. Professional Development Content-Focused Workshops

• Status report (Dorothy)
• Any changes to the schedule?
• What should be the format of these workshops?
• How do we recruit Professional Development Facilitators to co-teach with the scientists?
• How do we accumulate a list of teachers who will atten the workshops?
• By what process will attending teachers be slected?
• How can we ensure fair representation of each distric at the workshops?
• Should we try to profice individual workshops by district? If so, how?

6. Professional Development Summer Workshops

• Scientists?
• Dates?
• Duration?
• Location?
• Content?
• Agendas?

7. How do we develop a road map of professional development fo rthe project? By what do we organize and sequence our professional development offerings so they have direction and coherency?

8. Should there be site visits by project staff (Derrick, Ben, Charlie, Bill, Andy?)

9. Learning Communities - Spearfish schools

10. Correlation of FOSS and STC State Standards by grade level

• Should we assign a task force?
• Should we hold a day-long workshop to do it?