November 29

Minutes of committee meeting

Committee Meeting Minutes – Wednesday 24 November 2010
Venue: Penrith Panthers
Meeting opened: 4.05pm
Present: Jenny Scheffers, Honor White, Jan Poona, Lee Arundel, Ian McLean, Isabelle Cumberland, Shelley Napper, Colleen Blancato, Fran Mead, Sharon Laurence, Susan Burke and Michele Young.
Apologies: Belinda Doyle, Lorraine Baxter, Radha Achar, Cathie Cattermole and Sue Pitt.

Evaluation of Term 4 Professional Learning Day
Jenny
• A very successful day (following a very stressful time prior to the event)
• Thank you to Committee members
• Ross Todd’s attendance at the meeting – not available for the full day. Fee was discounted following discussion and an itemised invoice was requested
• A copy of the evaluation comments were sent to presenters
• New logo looked great on showbags
My PL site – delegates status changed to “Completed”.

Michele
• Comments about the day were extremely positive
• Refer to Evaluation Response Handout.

Lee
• All expenses have been paid
• $$$ left in the kitty.

Ian
• Presented flowers and wine to Jenny, on behalf of the committee, in appreciation of all the work she does as Chairperson
• Investigate the cost of acquiring more space on Edublogs.

Election of Committee for 2011
ANNUAL GENERAL ELECTION – 2011 COMMITTEE

Jenny Scheffers, Chairperson, Caddies Creek PS
Ian McLean, Assistant Chairperson, Penrith PS
Lee Arundel, Treasurer, Blacktown South PS
Colleen Blancato, My PL Coordinator
Fran Mead, Secretary, Eastern Creek PS
Michele Young, Minutes Secretary, Kingswood PS
Sue Pitt, Sponsorship Organiser, Plumpton HS
Belinda Doyle, Gift Organiser, Erskine Park HS
Lorraine Baxter, Badges, Email Organiser, Werrington County PS
Honor White, Certificate Organiser, Rooty Hill HS
Isabelle Cumberland, Committee, Colyton PS
Sharon Laurence, Committee, Rouse Hill HS
Shelly Napper, Committee, Quakers Hill PS
Janice Poona, Committee, Rooty Hill PS
Susan Burke, Committee, St Clair PS.

Organisation for 2011
Term 1 Afternoon Tea – Week 6 Wednesday ??
• TL – Ian McLean
• Penrith P.S
• 3:45 – 5.00pm
• Committee members to bring a plate
• Lorraine to send an invitation via email to TLs early next term (NB. no committee meeting before this date).

Term 3 Afternoon Tea
• Date to be announced
• TL – Lee Arundel
• Blacktown South PS.

Term 2 2011 Professional Learning Day – Thursday 2 June 2011 (Week 6)
• TL – Jenny Scheffers
• Caddies Creek P.S
• Increase attendance fee to $40
• Proposed Agenda
9.00 – 9.30am Colleen Foley (DET update)
9.30 – 10.30 Paul McDonald
11.00 – 12.00 Guided Inquiry (Primary / High School groups)
12.00 – 1.00pm Web 2.0 tools relating to Guided Inquiry – Leanne Samootin?
2.00 – 3.00 CLI (CLIC) DET resources
• Colleen to follow up CLI DET resources
• Jenny to contact and book Paul and Colleen
• Jenny to book caterers
• Invite Syba Signs as a sponsor to promote resources supporting Guided Inquiry.

Term 4 2011 Professional Learning Day
• Date to be announced
• TL – Susan Burke
• St. Clair PS.

Next Committee Meeting: 3.45pm Blacktown Sports Club – date to be announced
Meeting closed: 5.05pm.

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Posted November 29, 2010 by ianmclean in category minutes

About the Author

Ian McLean was a Sydney-based Australian primary (elementary) teacher-librarian, now retraining as a Remedial Massage Therapist. A former editor of the NSW Department of Education and Training's professional journal, "Scan", he enjoys learning, especially about the wonders of information and communications technology (ICT) in education.

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