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 * October 14, 2010 **

** Visioning **

** 1. **** Background – please read **

** Engaging in Dialogue ** “During the dialogue process, people learn how to think together – not just in the sense of analyzing a shared problem or created new pieces of shared knowledge but in the sense of occupying a collective sensibility, in which the thoughts, emotions, and resulting actions belong not to one individual, but to all of them together.” Senge

** 2. **** COLT Mission Statement: ** **// We will ensure students are __future focused__ and __engaged__ through __personalized learning__ as __principled citizens__ ready to pursue __their passions__ in a __global society__. //**

** 3. **** Elements of a Quality Learning Environment **  · Health, Wellness and Citizenship  · Engaged (learners) and personalized (learning)  · Instructional design  · Assessment of, for, as learning ** 4. **** Infrastructure **  · Network – (ie coaching)  · Building capacity – (i.e. teachers, leaders, staff, type?, coaching)  · Research – (Innovation and best practices, action research)  · Technology -  · Communication  · Relationships (i.e. – partnership, integration, alignment and coaching)

** 5. **** Visioning Task ** Kurt will review how our COLT Statement provides the top guided direction for the CESD Visioning: NOW – 2015 – 2030 project. Our COLT Mission Statement is not a draft CESD mission statement, but rather a COLT Mission statement that encapsulates our commitment to CESD students. As the CESD Mission emerges and is adopted by the Board, we may have to revisit our mission to align with the CESD Mission. Hopefully, if our research is sound and our understand of the jurisdiction is thorough, our mission will be in alignment. In the meantime, our mission will serve to guide the division in this time of transition.

** Although we will revisit all of the sections listed below, our dialogue on Tuesday will center on the “red questions”. Please come prepared to discuss the section in “red” and bring your research with you again! **

** Mission Statement ** - **5 mintues only** – we may have to revisit at the next meeting if this time is too short ** 1. **** When you look at the mission statement, are you feeling okay with it? Are we as, a leadership team, committed to the mission statement? **

**// - need better understanding of Personalized learning (see Aspiring Action p. 14); engaged; their passions//**
- //future focused but not at the expense of the present (is this where the notion of "engaged" comes in?)// - //grammar - fine tuning is needed// - //see Google - 10 Things We Know to be True - may influence our wording; plain English//

** Quality Learning Environment – 30 – to 45 minutes ** ** 1. **** What do we need to learn more about in terms of the elements of a quality learning environment? ** ** 2. **** Are our pillars based on research? Popular education literature and trends? **

** For the next meeting (s)……. ** ** Infrastructure ** 1. What the elements of infrastructure that are critical to our mission and providing a quality learning environment? ** Visual ** 1. What other elements should be included in the visual that would represent our beliefs about the core purpose of CESD and the learning environment? 2. Has a visual image appeared to you over the last few days that captures our mission and the elements of a quality learning environment. ** Group Process ** 1. What did we learn about ourselves as a team? Our beliefs? Our ability to work together as a working group or a team? ** Strategic Planning ** 1. What does commitment to our mission statement mean for our work? 2. What do we need to stop, start and consider?

** Next Steps ** Do we need another ½ day to dig deeper into our purpose or our guiding principles as a COLT team and the confirmation of the elements and visual? Can we do this in “chunks” at COLT mtgs.