April 4, 2017 at 10:00 AM - Executive Committee Meeting

Discussion: 

Call to order at 10:00 AM.

 

Staff:  David Ludwig, Deb Hericks, Priscilla Quintana

Discussion:  Executive Director reviewed the Innovation Grant timeline to date and moving forward.  We will continue to update timeline as needed and we move forward with the implementation process.  Staff will attend at pre-session at AQuESTT with the grant recipients.   

Discussion:  Larianne Polk and Nate McClenahan presented on the SIMPL pilot.  There are three phases to the pilot process.  There are five ESUs (ESUs 2, 7, 8, 10, 17) in the pilot.  Currently the leadership has been established, they have created their calendar and timeline, their planning meetings should be schedule and their data retreats for this process.  In March, they began going through the process of gathering their inventory of services.  April/May they will begin to cross walk their services to AQuESTT and other goals they need to align to.  The website should be functional for pilots by August 2017.  They reviewed the website for SIMPL. 

Discussion:  Executive reviewed the changes to the MSA for 2017-2018.  All funding areas have been approved. Three areas of funding all ESUs are to pay to support those areas (PDO, BlendED Initiative, Lobbyist).  We reviewed the Learn360 charges as we are working on getting the contract on our fiscal year.  

Discussion:  ESUCC Director reviewed the meetings and discussion that have been with the 5G Verizon bill (LB 389).  It was recommended to schedule a meeting Jason/Curt Bromm and a representative from Verizon to discuss a potential partnership.  Looking at other alternatives that are also available for access to all students.  

Discussion:  Executive Director will continue to have discussions with the Omaha Arch Diocese.  

Discussion:  ESUCC/NDE Collaboration Day will focus on unpacking the NDE Stratiegic Plan.  

Discussion:  Executive Director reviewed the email received from Regan Anson.  Can the ESUs handle the Atlases to be delivered in April?  The Atlases will be delivered to the ESUs.  How to we want to communicate with teachers.  Each ESU will do their own communication with their schools.  There will be a digital copies to schools.  Each ESU will work through one contact person who will have the password.  Each ESU will have a contact person who will work with the schools.      

Discussion:  Executive Director will develop and maintain procedural manuals which outline day to day operations of the projects overseen by the ESUCC. 

Discussion:  Executive Director shared the KSB trainings that have been suggested for next year.  Those currently be discussed:

• Labor Law (something focused on what bookkeepers need to know about overtime, payroll, etc)
• Legal Review of Teacher Evaluation and Remediation in the Age of ESSA and AQuESST
• The Latest and Greatest on Section 504
• FMLA/ADA/Workers Compensation Issues
• Title IX Coordinator Training

Other possibilities may be:  

• Student Records/Personnel Records/Public Records
• Transportation Issues related to both general ed and special ed students
• Staff and Student Handbooks
• Contract Basics

Discussion:  Executive Director shared the Buffet Early Childhood Institute and Workforce Commission outcomes.  The goal will be to put together an action plan over three years.  ESUs to share with their schools/staff.