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=CFF Collaboration Days=

The January 29th day being so close to February 4th could lead to a lot of extra work, and we might benefit from having it move to early March. With a short turnaround, it becomes very difficult to put together an agenda and get presenters. The organizers become very overwhelmed. Should we move it to Thursday, March 12th? IU 12 did a math collaboration day. Things were a bit different, as Jimbo did a keynote about how he changed his math classroom. Should we get a Cohort 1 and 2 teacher to present a keynote as such? Then, Jimbo had a session so others could get a more in-depth look at how to move into the 21st Century. What about having 5-6 sessions at a time run by teachers about classroom integration and 2 sessions as more technology sessions. This would eliminate the mini-coaches sessions. Open work spaces should be set up in the afternoon so that teachers could work on specific skills and have someone available to help them.

Final dates

 * Thursday, January 8 - Language Arts
 * Wednesday, February 4 - Math
 * Thursday, February 26 - Science
 * Thursday, March 12 - Social Studies

York County CTC is about 12 minutes South of Central York. Does this cause issues for schools from Lebanon County? A-C, ELCO teachers have quite a trip, but leaving at 7 AM could get most to YCCTC for registration between 8 and 8:30.

Tentative Agenda

 * 7:45 - 8:30: Registration & Coffee
 * 8:30 - 9:15: Two teachers keynote and welcome
 * 9:15 - 9:30: Break and move
 * 9:30 - 10:15: Session One
 * 10:15 - 10:30: Break and move
 * 10:30 - 11:15: Session Two
 * 11:15 - 12:30: Collaborative Lunch
 * 12:30 - 1:15: Session Three
 * 1:15 - 1:30: Break and move
 * 1:30 - 2:15: Session Four
 * 2:15 - 2:30: Wrap up

Is busing going to be an issue? Students arrive at 8:05. What parking lot will be available for parking?

If there are any red-flags that come up from looking at this schedule, make sure to bring it to someone's attention.
 * Sue Sheffer
 * Marg Runkle

The goal is to have 6 teacher sessions and 2 coach/tech sessions. Collaborative times will be made available in the afternoon in the media center.

Costs
$10 registration: $2 per person to cover morning snacks, $6 per person for various lunches, and leftovers go to cover other costs, such as nametags, etc. Checks should be make out to "York County School of Technology - Curriculum Collaboration Day." Mailing address: ATTN John Fitz, Business manager, York County School of Technology, 2179 South Queen Street, York, PA 17402-4628

All attendees will also receive business cards to help with collaborative efforts, as was done at IU12 Math Collaboration Day.

Who will be the two teachers for each of these sessions? Are we looking at having some of the same people present? Get new presenters? The idea is that we get people presenting real 21st Century Stuff. We need to have a variety of presentations, and also make sure to differentiate for the various levels on involvement (Cohort 1 has been in this for a while, but Cohort 3 will still be at the beginning).

Are we going to limit registration? We will have sessions that have room for 30 people, and with 8 sessions going on at a time, there will be room for 250 participants. So, each school will initially be able to bring 3 teachers plus a coach registered by **December 1**. This date applies for all content area collaboration days. After that date, any slots not filled in can be filled by schools who bring presenters. Presenters will register their presentations by **November 1**. (See below for info on this)

Room sizes
Auditorium - 400 Rm 225 - 75 Rm 275 - 75 Rm 1101 -75 MC Lab A - 30 MC Lab B - 30 MC Well 1 - 32 MC Well 2 - 30 MC Top Layer - 24

Since we are collecting registration, are we going to make sure that no registration spot is reserved until it is paid? Also, no refunds if a teacher cannot make it. Refunds will be sent if the event has to be canceled for some reason.

How do we get Cohort 3 involved? We could make them a welcome pack. Do we reserve spots for Cohort 3 schools?

Organizing Responsibilities
(As decided on March 31 day)
 * Location - Includes creating signs - Marg R., Ann, Chris S.
 * Registration (including money) - Box lunch at York CTC, as made by Culinary Arts Program - Beth (Boiling Springs), Sue S., Marg R.
 * Agenda (setting up) - Keep the same time schedule for all four days. Do we want to include a Keynote Speaker, vendors, etc. - Sue. S, Ben L.
 * Wiki (creating pages and setting up links) - Pat G. and Laurie V.
 * Bloggers - Make sure that there is a blogger signed up for each session - Jimbo L. and Sue A.
 * Hospitality - Greeting, Keynote Speaker, thank you gifts, emails (directions, reminders, etc.), nametags - Michelle K., Aly T., Sam S.

Registration will be done through a Google Doc, as was done in the past. Cutoff for presentation submissions will be **November 1**. CFF Coaches will meet in November to decide who will present. Presentation submissions will be done with Google Forms, asking questions:
 * Title
 * Brief Description
 * Level (differentiation)
 * Presenter's Name
 * District's Coach
 * Specific Subjects
 * Academic Level

=Meetings next year= York County CTC. [|2179 South Queen Street York, PA 17402]. Wednesday, September 24, 9 AM - 2:30 PM Wednesday, November 5, 9 AM (Continental Breakfast)

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