CTS+Discussion

Hey everyone! Below is the email that I received (and I think everyone else did as well) regarding what Susan found out regarding CTS and the direction we're heading with it. Feel feel to get the comments flowing!!!! After reading (or rereading) Susan's remarks below, please click on the "Discussion" tab above. I have attempted to get the ball rolling with a post of my own. :-)

 //Good Afternoon Everyone, Last week I had the opportunity to meet with Donna Campbell, ADE's Director of Professional Development, Highly Qualified Professionals, and we discussed Curriculum Topic Study (CTS). Donna stated the "What next?" is that the Summer Academy attendees from Cochise County should work throughout the school year, applying the CTS process, tools, and materials in their classroom lessons. ADE's expectations are that you, the attendees, form a Professional Learning Community, giving you the arena to discuss what you're implementing and how you're implementing it thus creating a place to get input with obstacles or difficulties you may be dealing with as well as share your successes. ADE's thinking is that by participating at this interactive level, you will not only be familiarizing yourselves with CTS but also be preparing for the Train the Trainer workshop being developed by ADE, when it becomes available. I know that in order to practice the CTS process, you reported that it was necessary to have the books and materials presented at the Summer Academy workshop. Who has the books and who is using them? Do you still think it would be helpful if we had one "lending set" at the County office for you to access? For the Grant purposes, we need documentation that you are, in fact, meeting and working through the implementation of Curriculum Topic Study. I'm thinking Meeting Minutes would serve this purpose. Once you decide, please let me know who will be the contact person for your group. I will then follow up with that representative. Thanks for all you do. Let me know if you have any questions. Susan//