2-6-2012+Minutes

We PDCA's the Lion Training as follows:
 * Because last Friday was a snow day, the last group will have their training on Friday, February 10th.
 * Don reported that there was good discussion and there were good questions asked at all sessions of the training.
 * Everyone did well on the test. Feedback on the test verified that it was a fair test in comparison to what was taught.
 * Evaluations were sent to Audrey. Don't have results yet because the last group hasn't gone through the training yet.

We discussed the Lion Follow-up Assessment as follows:
 * Don will get clarification from Erv on what exactly he wants from the follow-up assessment.
 * There were a couple of suggestions for questions to be included on the assessment:
 * Based on your recent Lion training, what techniques have you used from the class?
 * Do you have further questions?

We noted that there wasn't much discussion going on on the PD Wiki right now.

We discussed the survey that will be sent out to the whole department.
 * Angie reported that Wes had sent out the link and she had sent it out to the PD committee.
 * We had all seen the survey and thought it was what we wanted to send out.
 * Don will send out the survey to the entire department by mid week with a completion due date of Feb 17th.
 * Wes will then generate and send a report to Don. Don will forward the report to the other members of the PD committee

Liz talked to Andy about where he stands on the PC imaging training. Andy's response was that he was really caught up in getting the imaging up and running for ERC and hadn't had much time to think about it. Getting ERC imaging up and running is his top priority right now.

Future trainings that have been disucussed:
 * Windows 7 training in March
 * Casper training in April
 * Possibly having Steve Kennedy go over shut down procedures at our May department meeting.

Liz talked to Steve Kennedy about Steve Schmid's upcoming Promethean Board training. Steve K. explained that Steve S. is working with Josh Coseo and that it is more of a troubleshooting-tips-and-tricks presentation. He may be doing it during one of the ISTS department meetings, but it isn't scheduled yet. Steve K. reiterated that this is a process of Steve S.'s Smart Goals. He also gave the reminder that any methods being discussed by the PD committee are not, as of yet, policy, so Steve S. will be using his own methods. It will be a good opportunity to view a different teaching method and to have some PDCA dialog around at a PD meeting.

We discussed where to put the training resources from the Lion training. It was decided that, until we had confirmation of a specific location from the communications committee, Don would contact the communications committe himself to see where they would like him to store them for the time being. We also decided as a committee that Don should send out the resources or post them somewhere easily accessible for now - as soon as the last group has completed their training session. We all feel it is important to have access to all training materials as a way to solidify what was taught in the training.

Next meeting is scheduled for Monday, March 5th.