PreKindergarten-16 Council committee website

To view pre-2015 committee documents and handouts, please see http://pluto.ccv.vsc.edu/prek16/

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Monday, January 26, 2015

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-1, 2

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Introductions

And approval of minutes

10:15 AM

Election of a Chair

Election of Council Chair and update on legislative appointees

10:30 AM

Council Discussion and Next Steps

Council initiatives and organization

11:15 AM

Scheduling

2015 meeting schedule and legislative activities

11:45 AM

Other Business

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Monday, April 6, 2015

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-3, 4

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Approve Minutes

10:15 AM

Subcommittee Reports

a. Expanded Learning
b. Technical Education & Workforce Training/Credentialing
c. Dual Enrollment

• Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  
• Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  
• Joseph Teegarden, Director, Green Mountain Technology and Career Center
  

11:15 AM

Legislative Briefing

Activities and opportunities

11:45 AM

Other Business

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Monday, September 21, 2015

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

CDs

15-19, 20

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

"Bloom" video showing

Introduction of new members

• Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  

10:30 AM

Expanded Learning Opportunities

Special Fund, other recommendations

• Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  

11:00 AM

Lumina Policy Academy Working Group

Update

• Yasmine Ziesler, Chief Academic and Academic Technology Officer, Vermont State Colleges
  

11:30 AM

Higher Education Subcommittee

Summer study

• Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  

11:45 AM

Other Business

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Monday, November 16, 2015

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Opening Remarks and Welcome

• Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  

10:15 AM

Expanded Learning Opportunities Special Fund

Report of the Working Group

• Holly Morehouse, Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  

11:15 AM

Higher Education Subcommittee

Update on Summer Study of performance-based funding for higher education

• Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  

11:45 AM

Other Business

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Monday, December 14, 2015

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Opening Remarks and Welcome

• Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  

10:15 AM

Expanded Learning Opportunities

Update on the final report of the Expanded Learning Opportunities Working Group

• Holly Morehouse, Executive Director, Vermont Afterschool, Inc.
  

10:40 AM

Higher Education Subcommittee

Update on performance-based funding study

• Scott Giles, President, Vermont Student Assistance Corporation
  

11:10 AM

Council Discussion and Next Steps

Legislative initiatives and agenda for 2016

12:00 PM

Adjourn

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Friday, February 12, 2016

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

8:30 AM

Welcome and Introductions

Overview for the day

• Scott Giles, Chair
  

8:45 AM

Act 46

Update

• Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
  

9:15 AM

Every Student Succeeds Act

Education Accountability and Vermont's Education Quality Reviews

• Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
  

10:30 AM

Career and Technical Education

Update

• Heather Bouchey, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Education
  
• Rep. David Sharpe, Chair, House Committee on Education
  

11:30 AM

School Discipline

• Rebecca Holcombe, Secretary, Agency of Education
  

11:45 AM

Planning and next steps

Future focus for PreK-16 Council - 2016 and beyond

12:30 PM

Adjourn

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Friday, December 16, 2016

Meeting Details

Hearing Type

Standard

Meeting Record

10:00 AM

Welcome and Introductions

10:10 AM

Education in Vermont

Retreat using SOAR (Strengths, Opportunities, Aspirations and Results) to envision a PreK-16 education system in Vermont and the role of the Council

• Don Haggerty, Director of Business Development, David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, Champlain College
  
• Prudence Sullivan, Practitioner in Residence, David L. Cooperrider Center for Appreciative Inquiry, Champlain College
  

4:00 PM

Adjourn

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