MINUTES
Transition Committee Meeting – Thursday, November 10, 2005
Culinary Arts Dining Room/SST – 6:30 PM

Present:  Vic Sokul, Joanne Pare, Evan Mousseau, Ben Allen, Jerry Frew, Liz Faria, Bill Thompson, Jennifer Kinsey, Sam Bruno, Peter Stackhouse, Angela Lennox, Holly Tisdall, Roy Morrisette, Peg Gaillard, John LeSage, Ellen Cooke, Robin Scott, Jim Daly

Guest:  Dr. Paul Ezen

Absent:  Vicky Avery, Christine Coronis, Patrice Baker

6:30                 Pledge of Allegiance

6:30-7:15         Committee Work, Dr. Paul Ezen facilitator

Former high school principal and was Deputy Commissioner of Education of the State of New Hampshire.

            Effective Committee Work

Know your charge

                        Articulate accurately

                        Consistently

            Collaborative committee

                        Collective brainpower

                        Task

                        Group maintenance

            Facilitation

                        Who

                        When

                        Authentic

            Process or Road Map

                        Planned in advance

                        End of process checks

                        Ground rules for each meeting

            Group Maintenance

                        Do not duck emotional issues or people emotions

                        What to do with or how to handle the “bosses” viewpoint

                        Disruptive behavior is handled and shared by the group

                        Encourage constructive conflict and facilitate against disruptive conflict

            First Things First!

                        Begin with the end in mind (know your charge)

                        Facilitation

                        Who/how

                        Process/behavior

            Seek to understand and then to be understood

            Common issues/goals/statements are not always evident unless you actively listen and

                        Then connect it to what you want to say to what you heard.

            Handouts were distributed and discussed

Committees should decide on milestones and break down into pieces.

7:15-8:30         Committee Work, locations to be assigned

Sam Bruno identified two rooms for gr.8-9 subcommittee – will meet in the early childhood classroom; for faculty/student subcommittee will meet in the digital communications room. The subcommittees broke away and met.

Handout: College acceptances of EHS Class of 2005 – requested by Liz Faria.  Vic stated that requests for information from individuals will be shared with all group members.

Liz Faria asked committee members whether our minutes needed to be approved prior to posting.  The group consensus was – not necessary – will notify Mary if any corrections need to be made.

Next meeting:  December 8 - Transition Committee – 6:30 PM Culinary Arts Dining Room

Vic:  presentation – Superintendent would like Victor to give the PP & C Committee a summary before the presentation to the board the fourth week of January.  PP & C meets third week in December

8:30-8:45         Committee Reports

Gr. 8-9 Transition Committee: 

• Refine and build upon freshman transition issues that are currently happening
• Next meeting:  Thursday, December 1  - 3PM Room S244/Angela Lennox/EHS

PR Committee: 

• The subcommittee will be liaisons to the two subcommittees
• Victor will be the spokesman for the community
• Appointments will be made for him to speak to various civic groups

Organize Faculty/Student Committee:

• Determined our charge:
• Set dates for future meetings and assignments for in-between
• Set preliminary agenda for next meeting

8:45  Roundtable

went really well

great

good

great work

lots of information

all set

9PM – Meeting adjourned

Respectfully submitted,

Mary E. Murphy