Corte Madera 21st Century

Learning Community
Advisory Group
March 11, 2009
7:00 p.m. - 8:30 p.m.
Sponge Activity
 Find a seat.
 Get a sheet of paper and a pencil or pen.
 Think back to when you were in the same
grade your child currently is. (Choose one
child if you have more than one). What is
one thing you especially remember learning
that year in school? Briefly describe your
learning experience.
 After 5-7 minutes, turn to the person sitting
next to you, and share your memory. Make
sure you each have an opportunity to share
in 2 minutes (1 minute each).
Welcome and Overview of Group’s Mission

 Develop a shared CMS version of

“Real Goals of Education”
 Determine which current CMS
practices align with these goals and
which will need to change to achieve
alignment.
 Share staff progress toward realizing
these goals.
 “Parking Lot” Thoughts
 Guidelines for Our Work Together
Parking Lot Thoughts
 Jot down any thoughts you have about
what we should add to our
purpose/work on post-its provided.
 Bibliography suggestions are
welcomed too.
Guidelines for Our Work Together
 Look forward, not back.
 Be respectful of different points of
view.
 Agree that we are all invested in
making CMS a great place.
“The Real Goals of
Education” by Dennis Littky
Dennis Littky is co-founder of the Metropolitan
Regional Career and Technical Center in
Rhode Island and cofounder of The Big Picture
Company, a nonprofit education reform
organization that creates and supports small,
personalized, public high schools that work in
tandem with communities.
Reading Activity
 Read/Skim Chapter 1: The Real Goals of
Education.
 Divide into smaller groups.
 Discuss the Littky ideas that particularly
resonate with you.
 Record 3-4 ideas on chart paper that your
group thinks will be important for the CMS
staff to consider when making changes to
the current content and/or delivery systems.
 Share your charts.
Crafting CMS Real Goals of Education

Take a few minutes (on your own) to

jot down your top, most important 2-3
goals for your child’s education at
CMS.
Closing
 Thank you for your contributions.
 Don’t forget the parking lot -
book/article suggestions as well as
suggestions for future meeting
discussion items.
 Next meeting: Tuesday, April 14 at
7:00 p.m.