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GUILDERLAND CENTRAL SCHOOL DISTRICT MINUTES OF COMMITTEE MEETING NAME OF COMMITTEE: Foreign Language Early Start Committee DATE OF MEETING: September 13, 2004 MEMBERS PRESENT: Nancy Andress, Cathy Beadnell, Martha Beck, Amy Daley, Marian DeSantis, Debbie Drumm, Martha Kemp,Lynn Luffman, Al Martino, Wendy Meola, Karen Shields, Dianne Walshhampton, Mary K. Weeks CHAIR: Nancy Andress RECORDER: Nancy Andress ITEMS DISCUSSED BY TOPIC: 1. Welcome Nancy Andress and Al Martino, Supervisor of Foreign Language, welcomed the group and introductions were made. Nancy reviewed the agenda. 2. Review Nancy reviewed the FLES Committee’s goal and outline of work: Goal: To investigate foreign language instruction at the elementary level and to make recommendations for the teaching of foreign language K-5 for the 2005-06 school year. Committee Tasks: • review research base • examine models of delivery • visitations • planning • budget/staffing • committee report to Superintendent of Schools, December, 2004 The next step will be to do visitations. 3. Visitations Al explained that finding a list of FLES programs was difficult. At State Ed, this list is developed from BEDS data. Al selected the following schools to possibly visit: Albany Montessori Magnet (French) Academy of the Holy Names (French) Schenectady - Howe School (Spanish) Edgemont Bronxville Tuxedo Menands Al and Nancy will set up the visitations for the month of October. They will contact committee members with dates of visits. The group reviewed the questions to be used for the visitation. These will be retyped and sent to committee members who will be on the visitation. Nancy and Al will set up the visits and e-mail information and directions. The list of questions will be used as a guide. 30
4. Next Steps/Plan • Some parent members will attend the October 5 Budget Hearing to advocate for this program • Visitation • Next meeting - November 15 4:30 - 5:30 at Guilderland Elementary, after visitations • BOE Presentation - January 4, 2005 Board of Education Meeting NEXT MEETING DATE: Monday, November 15, 2004 from 4:30 - 5:30 in the Guilderland Elementary Staff Room AGENDA: 1. Review of Visitations 2. Next Steps 31
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