MTAC Agenda and Minutes

Date: 10/21/2015
Time: Wednesday @7:15-8:10

NORMS:

Begin and end on time (7:15-8:10)

One person speaks at a time, everyone is focused and listening
actively
What is stated in the meeting, stays in the meeting
Open, honest, working relationships that are respected
Opportunity for consensus is considered, majority vote if needed
and decisions are supported by the team
Be prompt, prepared, and professional
Promote an environment that feels comfortable for expressing ideas
Best interest of the students needs to be considered as the basis of
all decisions

When NORMS are not followed:

Re-read norms as a gentle
reminder
Communicate one-on-one if
necessary
Bring in administration if
needed.

Desired Outcomes: Team will reach a consensus on issues and share

information as needed.
Members Present:

TOPIC

WHO

Welcome/Review
Norms/Approval
of Minutes

Coley

Administration

Radford/Sasse

WHAT

Welcome: Coley
Co-Chair: Parker
TimeKeeper:
Minutes: Coley

TIME
1 minute

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Technology
Information

Coley

minutes

Committee members need to

visit/review Schooldude request with

team members
Sharpschool scores/questions
(All scores should be done by October
1st)

Smartboards should not be on

when classrooms are empty

Professional Development ideas
- Remind, SharpSchool

Amy Satnley- Mrs. Radford will

see if Mrs. Stanley can talk with MTAC

at our November meeting.
Do not stack Chromebooks or
ipads

Grade level concerns/issues

MPLs DLC are Sara Fitzgerald

and Katie Speer.

Dig. Learning Expo October
27th from 4:00 -6:00 . A huge Thank
You to Nickie Perry for stepping up to
dio the EXPO this year.
Staff need to keep up with
their iPad chargers. I only have a few
left with the long connector.
We are not allowed to have
Pandora playing through any type of
equipment that has speakers unless you
have paid for it. You can have live music
playing- IHeart
Video from Jamie fon Copyright
/Pandora
https://drive.google.com/a/johnston.k12.nc.us/fil
e/d/0B0w9JR0UM55kQnV5b04wN0pVdkE/view

Teachers should not sign on any

computer that they are not using to let

students use them. There have been
teachers that have been released from
JCS because of this. Students went to

20
minutes

websites that were not appropriate.

Do not leave your username
signed in if you take a Chromebook home.
The county is observing what and when
we visit certain websites. A teacher let
her son play games on her Chromebook
(at home) that were not appropriate.
Sub Log On - You can use this
for sub teachers. The username is
substitute and the password is teacher.
Technicians- They have over
800 calls at this time. They have been
instructed to prioritise our Schooldude
request. They will work on Smartboards
and PCs before any other request.

IReady and Imagine Learning

take up a lot of of ban use. Log off

computers and cells phones (if using
MPL internet) during testing. This
will help speed up the process.

Technology
Training

Coley

Media
Information

Parker

Schooldude

Minutes
Battle of the Books team
has been chosen...only 9
members. 15 expressed
interest...14 came to first
meeting.only 9 passed the quiz
for qualifying (90% or higher on
author/titles)
Book Fair--November 2-6
M-Th
classes will preview when
they come to library and
will be allowed to return
the next morning to shop
before school. I will work
out a preview time for
Friday classes, so that

they can bring money and

shop on friday
Teacher
preview will be during your
planning on Monday.
There will be a drawing
for a $20 gift certificate
to the book fair for all
teachers who come in and
fill out a wish list and do a
teachers pick on
Monday during their
planning or before/after
school.
We will have
extended shopping hours
on Thursday until 7pm to
allow for students to come
in and shop with their
parents.
Committee Info

*All committee
members must
bring/share
information
with MTAC
during our
meetings.
example: new
ideas/websites
for integration

Coley:

Teachers in grades 3-5 need to

visit/review proper online behavior with

students/ Gmail. I have sprent the last
three weeks going over Physical Bullying,
Cyber Bullying, Psychological Bullying,
Target, and Social Bullying.
Please emphasize the
importance of students logging out of
their Gmail account before shutting the
computer down.

Beasley:
Grimes:
Parrish:
L.Nichols

20
minutes

Perry:
Harbinson:
Fitzgerald:
Parker:

Next Meeting:
Date: November 4th
Agenda Creator: Suzanne Coley
Agenda Items: Suzanne Coley

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