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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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Previous Meetings - Full Report

Summary Report
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

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

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

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

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

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

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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PreKindergarten-16 Council
  • Main Committee Page
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  • Previous Meetings
Members
  • Scott Giles , Chair
  • Heather Bouchey
  • Sen. Brian Campion
  • Rep. Kevin Christie
  • D. Lynn Coale
  • Tricia Coates
  • Jeff Francis
  • Cynthia Greene
  • Karen Heath
  • Justin Johnson
  • Wendy Koenig
  • Michele Kupersmith
  • Holly Morehouse
  • Dawn Moskowitz
  • Andrew Myrick
  • Susan Stitely
  • Lisa Ventriss
  • Information for Witnesses
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Additional Information
  • Amended Charge of the Expanded Learning Opporunities Group of the Pre-Kindegarten-16 Council
  • Amended Charge of the Prekindergarten-16 Council

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