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Transcript of 2010-2011 Annual Report
Working to ENHANCE
STUDENT LEARNING…
by building RELATIONSHIPS
that make all members stronger.
2010-2011
Annual Report South East Education Cooperative
10-11 Annual Report
Fargo Location
Skills & Technology Training Center
1305 19th Ave. N
Fargo, ND 58102
Fax: 701.231.6912
Kyle Davison
Executive Director
701.231.6901
Deb Herman
Office Manager
701.231.6934
Jennifer Glasheen
Director of Teaching, Learning, and Assessment
701.231.6931
Jamie Peltier
Communications &
Youth Development Coordinator
701.231.6912
Satellite Location
Jamestown Public Schools
207 2nd Ave. SE
Jamestown, ND 58401
701.252.1950
Amy Walters
Director of Student Services &
School Health Coordinator
701.252.1950
Shelley Mansavage
21CCLC Resource Coordinator
Satellite Location
Valley City Area Teachers Center
101 College Street
Valley City, ND 58072
701.845.7282
Sandy Zahn
Director of Instructional Technology
701.830.9837
Staff Information
Working to ENHANCE STUDENT LEARNING by building RELATIONSHIPS that make all members STRONGER
Dear Friends of the SEEC,
As part of our ongoing effort to increase communication with our stakeholders, we've created our first “Annual Report” for the South East Education Cooperative (SEEC). This report will look back on accom-plishments aligned with our 2010-11 strategic goals. These strategic goals, created with your input, con-tinue to be our compass as we move into the new school year.
The SEEC began operation in the fall of 2005 with an operating budget of around $250,000. That budg-et, all state appropriations and member dues, has grown to over 1.8 million with nearly 75% now coming from grants, fees, and partnerships. This growth is a direct result of our members input, collaboration and participation in our services.
Looking forward to the 2011-12 school year, it’s my belief the SEEC will continue to see tremendous op-portunities for collaboration between school districts, the University System, and the private sector. We are well positioned with a strong staff, resources, and your support to take advantage of these op-portunities.
Kyle Davison, Executive Director
2%
24%
69%
5%
2010-1011 Revenue$1,825,000
MembershipDues
State Funding
GrantsFederal/State
OtherRevenue
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The SEEC will investigate and utilize a variety of professional
development methods to increase participation and meet the diverse
needs of schools.
Primary Accomplishments:
Purchased Adobe Connect for meetings and professional development needs
Used IVN to deliver CASL Course
On-site training for SWIS, NWEA MAP, Viewpoint, and Assessment
Principal’s Advisory group focus on developing the PD infrastructure and PD skills/
knowledge of principals
PE Series – focus on physical education curriculum development
Several workshops have been designed for team attendance with built-in work time with
planned follow-up –PD Plan Workshop, School Health Summit, Healthier US School
Challenge, Wellness Policy Summit, Assessment Literacy Teacher Leader Training
Leadership for Learning Series
Emerging Needs and Goals for 2011-12
Increase utilization of Adobe Connect tool for PD and meetings including a Standard
Operating Procedures manual
Identify two new partnerships for training key instructional leaders
Develop with the state and SEEC schools a plan to implement common core standards
Increase number of schools by five who utilize the Synthesis tool
“At the SEEC, we believe that focusing our collaborative efforts on the
‘right work’, we have the potential to enhance professional relationships, increase teacher effectiveness and
efficacy, and positively impact student learning in significant ways. “
Professional Development
The SEEC will develop and utilize a framework for implementing high
quality, sustainable professional development programs.
Primary Accomplishments:
Researched the National Staff Development Council model for professional development
Researched the NSDC Standards Inventory Assessment Inventory
Implemented SAI survey spring of 2011
Provided training from NSDC in spring 2011
A common professional development evaluation tool was modified and adopted.
Emerging Needs and Goals for 2011-12
Continue with training from Learning Forward which started in Spring 2011
Work to align SEEC quality professional development with the state-wide REA
quality goals
The SEEC will demonstrate capacity to help schools effectively use data to monitor and measure student achievement and make decisions to
appropriately adjust instruction in the classroom.
Emerging Needs and Goals for 2011-12
Identify all types of data schools are now collecting which impacts student achievement
Prioritize needs regarding training for collection, analyzing, and interpreting of the data or the
systems which collect the data
Deliver Professional Development based on needs
Develop partnerships and/or SEEC data coaches for regional schools
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Organizational Management The SEEC will develop and implement a comprehensive
communication plan improve awareness of, and participation in, programs and services.
Primary Accomplishments:
Hired Jamie Peltier as Communications Coordinator
Developed a Communication Plan, focusing on our e-newsletter, the SEEC website and
other social medias
Invested in an upgraded website and database software
Implemented a e-newsletter
Established listservs for administrators, and principals
Emerging needs and goals for 2011-12:
Distribute first Annual Report
Continue to maintain quality database of all school personnel including board members,
staff and administrators.
Expand database to include colleges, business partners, and outside education agencies.
Implement regional meetings of schools (aligned to SEEC Board groups)
The SEEC will develop and implement a plan to provide an improved system of networking to support school districts and SEEC programs.
Primary Accomplishments:
Formed Principal’s Advisory Committee (PAC)
Data driven decision making (Viewpoint) training and support for new schools
Continued support for MAP and the MAP Matters conference
Developed IT pilot project in Enderlin, Richland, and Kindred
Developed Synthesis tool partnership with Fargo Public Schools
PLC Institute – over 50 participants from SEEC schools attended PLC Institute in Minneapolis
NWEA Conference – 15 participants attended NWEA Annual Conference in Portland, OR
Emerging Needs and Goals for 2011-12
Need to expand usage of Synthesis tool to other school districts
Implement grade level meetings for common core standards
Identify specific needs for Information Technology Training
Hold IT Coordinator meeting day in spring 2012
The SEEC will develop and implement a plan to address
emerging needs of the cooperative.
Primary Accomplishments:
Entered into an agreement with the Fargo Public Schools for space in July 2012
Received funding for RTI-PBS grant ($75,000)
Had first RTI conference in June (300+ participants)
Received continued funding for 21st Century and Coordinated School grants (approx..
1.1 million)
Received new funding for coordination of after-school programing Professional
Development ($50,000)
Received AmeriCorps funding ($90,000)
Title III Consortium funding ($18,000)
Title IIA funding ($22,000)
ND Teacher Support System Mentoring Grant
Began use of online registrations for professional development activities
Emerging Needs and Goals for 2011-12
Develop comprehensive plan for moving offices to new facility
Maintain current grants and identify two new funding sources for emerging needs
Identify one new emerging need
The SEEC will develop and implement a plan to demonstrate its
accountability and fiscal responsibility to stakeholders.
Primary Accomplishments:
Implemented Cedarwood (database) for data management and reporting purposes
Continued working on financial reporting and budget processes to share with
stakeholders
Completed and submitted report to DPI for SEEC
Developed STATE REA strategic plan
Secured legislative funding through 2013
Developed annual report template
Emerging needs and Goals for 2011-12
Continue working on STATE REA strategic plan
Work to align and customize SEEC strategic plan to state-wide plan
Develop individual school annual reports
Develop and implement SEEC annual evaluation tool for school to provide input
Develop SEEC annual report
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The SEEC will facilitate the expansion and enrichment of curriculum in our
member schools.
Primary Accomplishments
Hired Jamie Peltier to be coordinator and focus on student services
Increased SEEC/NDSCS Online class enrollment by 19%
Served over 150 students in Camp Inventions throughout SEEC
Emerging Needs and Goals for 2011-12
Align student services goal with REA curriculum goal
Develop regional plan for curriculum enhancement
Develop plan for virtual Career Technology Education (CTE) Center for SEEC
2010-2011 Student Services
Health, Tech & Trade Career Expo
Marketplace for Kids
Camp Invention
SEEC NDSCS Online Classes
BAIT (Business And Information Technology) Camp
21st Century After School Programs
Entrepreneurship Academy
SEECing Student Progress Literacy Program
Student Services
SEECing Student Progress, AmeriCorps program
The SEEC was awarded an AmeriCorps grant in October of 2010. AmeriCorps “Members” or workers,
were placed in 8 schools in Jamestown, Fargo, and West Fargo. SEECing Student Progress (SSP) members
provided one-on-one reading interventions to 290 students whose reading scores were in the average to
low average range. Special interventions were done with students to improve and maintain their reading
skills to prevent falling behind. Students were benchmarked to determine who qualified for the program.
During the program, students’ progress was monitored on a weekly basis to ensure success. Once the stu-
dent is on target for reading at grade level, they are “exited” from the program. The last few weeks of
school all the children participated in SSP were assessed again to determine if they were reading at grade
level. Final year end evaluations showed us that by year end, 70% of the students who participated stayed
at or above their target reading level.
Members were also placed in local after school programs to assist students in homework completion. These
children received individual attention from AmeriCorps members to help facilitate homework completion.
Program Highlights 21st Century Community Learning Centers
The SEEC 21CCLC program is currently serving students in nine school districts, and 16
school sites including, Fargo (McKinley, Jefferson, Madison, and Roosevelt/Horace
Mann Elementary schools), West Fargo (LE Berger Elementary) Jamestown
(Washington, Roosevelt, Louis L.’Amoure and Lincoln Elementary schools), Midkota,
Griggs County Central, North Central Barnes (Wimbeldon-Courteney and Barnes Coun-
ty North campuses), Fessenden-Bowdon, Fairmount, and LaMoure.
2011-2012 Program Goals are:
1. Character Development lessens will be delivered 30 minutes weekly
2. 25% of students attending 50% or more of the program will demonstrate assessment scores at grade level
proficiency in Reading and Math
3. Provide staff with professional development opportunities
The 21CCLC Professional Development Resource Center was launched on the SEEC website in early 2011,
and is managed by Shelley Mansavage. Online resources as well as many other additional resources for
teachers, schools, and families can be found here. <www.ndseec.com/21stcentury>
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The 2011 ND Response to Intervention Conference: Responding to Student Needs was held on
June 13-14, 2011 at the Fargo Holiday Inn in Fargo, ND. Over 300 teachers and administrators from across
North Dakota and eastern Minnesota participated in outstanding, diverse and in-demand sessions designed
to help school teams and practitioners gain a deeper understanding of what can be done to strengthen our
classroom and school practice to meet the needs of all learners. Keynote speakers shared Secrets to Success
and keys to Making RTI Practical, Reasonable and Doable. Breakout sessions focused on topics such as RTI in
Math, High School RTI, Differentiated Instruction, Evidence-based Tier 2 Reading Interventions, Using Data
& Data Systems. Conference planning and leadership was a collaborative effort led by the SEEC in partner-
ship with the MDEC, South Valley Special Education Unit, and Dr. Lisa Stewart-Minnesota State University
Moorhead. The conference was supported through funding from the Activities to Scale-Up RTI/RTI-B
Grants managed by the South East Education Cooperative (SEEC) and Mid-Dakota Education Cooperative
(MDEC).
Principals’ Advisory Committee (PAC)
On Tuesday, February 15, 2011, the first meeting of the Principals’ Advisory Committee was held in Val-ley City at the AmericInn. Twenty-six principal leaders representing fourteen SEEC districts were in attend-ance to learn more about how their participation and leadership is needed and necessary to accomplish the following goals:
Create & maintain ongoing awareness of the SEEC, personnel & programs
Engage in professional learning with colleagues across the SEEC – Build Capacity & Foster Collab-oration
Strengthen communication among principals and with SEEC personnel
Participants engaged in activities to help build a shared reality of the difficult yet worthwhile endeavors occurring in schools in the SEEC this year. They also gained an awareness of other schools who are involved with the same or similar activities. This led to a beginning discussion of the benefits of and opportunities for collaboration that naturally exist within the SEEC.
Regional Education Association Number of participants
Northeast Ed Services Cooperative (NESC) 16
Roughrider Ed Services Program (RESP) 11
Mid-Dakota Education Cooperative (MDEC) 13
Missouri River Education Cooperative (MREC) 13
South East Education Cooperative (SEEC) 151
Red River Valley Education Cooperative (RRVEC) 26
North Central Education Cooperative (NCEC) 13
Great Northwest Education Cooperative (GNWEC) 20
Other – MN, DPI, Higher Ed 34
Leadership for Learning Series
The Leadership for Learning Series is designed to engage SEEC leaders in collaborative learning fo-cused on enhancing skillful educa-tional leadership and designed to build capacity in individuals, teams, schools and districts throughout the SEEC and resulting in improved teacher and student learning.
The focus for 2011 is Staff De-velopment. Over 40 superintendents, principals, and curriculum directors have been involved in learning how to identify, design, implement, and eval-uate staff development that is stand-ards-based, meets the needs of adult learners and results in improved learning for all students. The Leader-ship for Learning Series is being facil-itated by consultants from Learning Forward (formerly the National Staff Development Council (NSDC))- Dr. Patricia Roy and Lois Easton. This four-day series will conclude in Octo-ber and plans for a new series/focus is in the works.
The SEEC is supporting
schools in the use of NWEA
MAP. Our focus is to get
teachers understanding MAP
results by conducting work-
shops and on-site in-
services. MAP Matters is a daylong event in September where
NWEA certified trainers help support and increase data usage.
Participants spend three hours digging into their school data
and relating it to the topic workshop. Topics include: MAP/
Primary MAP Basics, Instructional Ladders, Goals Setting and
Communication, Evaluating Growth Patterns, and Differentiated
Instruction. Last year’s MAP Matters bought in 103 participants
representing 27 of our 35 school districts.
Viewpoint
Seventeen out of the 35 SEEC Schools are using Viewpoint Data Warehouse System. We support these
schools by conducting on-site in-services and hosting training workshops. Last year a Data Driven Deci-
sion Making Workshop was held in March. Six of our Viewpoint Schools sent a team to participate.
1. West Fargo 2. Fargo 3. Griggs County Central 4. LaMoure 5. Northern Cass 6. Ellendale 7. Jamestown 8. Lisbon 9. Kindred 10. North Sargent 11. Medina 12. Enderlin 13. Edgeley 14. Fessenden – Bowdon 15. Central Cass 16. Valley City 17. Wahpeton
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Cooperating Members
Valley City State University
STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Math) Teaching Center
North Dakota State College of Science STEM Academics SEEC Online Classes Nanotechnology Teachers’ Academy
North Dakota State University Youth Entrepreneurship Initiative STEM Outreach/GRASUS
Sheyenne Valley Career and Technical Education Center, Valley City
Richland County Career and Technical Education Center, Wahpeton
Valley City Area Teacher Center
Wahpeton Area Teacher Center
South Valley Education Center
Representative Responsibilities
*See the following page for representative listings
Governing Board: The Governing Board will be responsible for review and approval of an annual operative budget and
will grant authority for the daily operation of the SEEC REA to the Executive Director.
Executive Committee: The Executive Committee will be empowered to act on behalf of the SEEC Governing Board on
business and operational issues arising between
meetings which require immediate attention. It
will not be entitled to decide questions of govern-
ing policy. The Executive Committee will submit
reports of its actions at Governing Board meetings.
Permanent Task Force: The Task Force will func-
tion, with the Executive Director and employees
hired by SEEC, as the operational arm of the SEEC.
Its functions will include but not limited to making
and implementing recommendations, for Govern-
ing Board approval, relative to: developing rigorous
curriculums and other student services and admin-
istrative functions; providing joint staff and educa-
tor training and seeking methodologies for school
districts through the SEEC to create more efficient
and effective delivery of education.
This image can be found at www.ndseec.com/memberschools. Each SEEC school
is a clickable link to the school’s website.
Membership
Members Governing Board Executive Com. Task Force
Region 1
Fargo Vice Chair - Jim Johnson Jim Johnson Nancy Murphy Rachael Agre
Region 2
West Fargo Patti Stedman Louise Dardis Opening
Region 3
Fairmount Larry Luick Larry Luick—Past Chair
Hankinson
Lidgerwood
Wahpeton Rick Jacobson
Richland Open
Wyndmere
Region 4
Edgeley
Ellendale Anna Sell
Montpelier Chair Tim Herman Tim Herman
LaMoure Denise Musland
Litchville-Marion
Oakes
Region 5
Enderlin Dan Billing Pat Feist
Ft Ransom
Lisbon
Milnor
North Sargent
Sargent Central Mike Campbell
Region 6
Central Cass Anne Ueland
Kindred Steve Hall
Mapleton
Northern Cass Allen Burgad Allen Burgad
Region 7
Fessenden-Bowdon
Jamestown Heidi Heim Larson Bob Toso Bob Toso
Medina Tom Rettig
Pingree-Buchanan
Region 8
Barnes County N. Doug Jacobson
Griggs Co Central
Hope
Maple Valley Meridee Erickson-Stowman Roger Mulvaney
Midkota
Page
Valley City
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2010-2011 Calendar October, 2011
10/10/2011 Health Education Curriculum Development Workshop
10/11/2011 Wellness Policy Implementation for Principals, STTC Auditorium, 11:00 am
10/11/2011 PAC Meeting
10/12/2011 “We’ve Been Framed!” Advertising Secrets that Build Public Support for Young People
November, 2011
11/10/2011 Task Force Meeting - 9:00am - 10:00am
11/10/2011 Administrator Meeting - 10:00am - 12:00pm
11/14/2011 RTI-B Workshop - DPI-Brenda Oas - STTC - Millennium (114), Fargo, ND
11/16/2011 Executive Committee - Governors' Inn, Casselton starting at 4:45pm
11/16/2011 Governing Board Meeting - Governors' Inn, Casselton starting at 6:00pm
December, 2011
January, 2012
1/12/2012 Task Force Meeting - 9:00am - 10:00am
1/12/2012 Administrator Meeting - 10:00am - 12:00pm, STTC, Fargo, ND
1/18/2012 Executive Committee - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
1/18/2012 Governing Board Meeting 6:00pm
February, 2012
2/15/2012 Executive Committee - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
March, 2012
3/8/2012 Task Force Meeting - 9:00am - 10:00am
3/8/2012 Administrator Meeting - 10:00am - 12:00pm
3/21/2012 Executive Committee - Governors' Inn, Casselton starting at 4:45pm
3/21/2012 Governing Board Meeting - Governors' Inn, Casselton starting at 6:00pm
April, 2012
May, 2012
5/10/2012 Task Force Meeting - 9:00am - 10:00am
5/10/2012 Administrator Meeting - 10:00am - 12:00pm
5/16/2012 Executive Committee - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
June, 2012
6/20/2012 Executive Committee - Governors' Inn, Casselton starting at 4:45pm
6/20/2012 Governing Board Meeting - Governors' Inn, Casselton starting at 6:00pm
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