Janice Henning, Dave Dinwiddie, John Barhanovich, Judy Karber, Rose Smith and Jan Wise
Subject: Welcome
Discussion: John opened the meeting and welcomed the members. John distributed copies of the previous meeting’s minutes. Janice made a motion to approve the minutes and Dave seconded the motion. The minutes were approved by the members. Judy advised the committee that Roseanne Miller from Fred Meyer has taken a new position and has resigned from the Advisory committee. The WBL committee is in need of two additional business members.
At this time, Sequoia had a fire drill so the WBL committee exited the building until the announcement was made to re-enter the building.
Subject: Review of Marketing Plan – GOAL Program
Gaining Ownership of Adult Life
Discussion. Judy distributed copies of the GOAL Marketing Plan and a brochure she developed marketing the GOAL program. Judy will participate in the Transition Fair with an informational booth on March 24th. In addition, Judy will get information out to the Middle Schools on Parent nights, make IEP contacts and train her students as speakers. The GOAL program has 20 students at this time. Janice advised the committee that she has participated in “Mock Job Interviews” in Judy’s class and commended her and her assistants with the wonderful work they do with students. Janice commented how “goal oriented” the students
are and how hard they work to be successful.
Subject: WBL State Curriculum Framework
Discussion:. Jan distributed copies of the Career Choices framework. The Standards and competencies used in this curriculum framework are adapted from the Washington State Work Based Learning Curriculum Guidelines for Cooperative Education. Rose Smith was instrumental in developing this framework with John, Judy and Jan being on the committee. The committee
aligned the State goals with the Everett School District’s goals which are listed in this framework. Jan explained that the committee then adapted
the WBL curriculum (Choices program) to comply with the State standards.
The committee had a representative from BRIDGES attend a WBL meeting and confirmed that the WBL curriculum included all requirements of the Career Choices framework. The WBL Advisory committee reviewed the framework and WBL curriculum and Janice made a motion to approve the WBL curriculum. Dave seconded the motion and the members approved the motion. John advised the committee that one of the State’s requirements is to have the students’ employment be directly connected to their career goal and class. If a student’s employment is not connected to a class in that field, the e-choices curriculum is required.
Subject: WBL Student Folders
Committee involvement in leadership activities
Discussion : The above two agenda items will be discussed at the May 3rd meeting
Subject: Next Meeting Date
Date: May 3, 2005
Time: 2:30 PM
Location: Sequoia High School
Subject: Adjourn
John adjourned the meeting at 4 PM