Review Agenda Item
Meeting Date: 6/19/2019 - 5:00 PM
Category: Consent Calendar
Type: Action
Subject: 12.5 CURRICULUM: Ratification of Out-of-State Conference Request for Tomeryl Collier, Angel Behrens, and Jane Scibilia, Teachers at California Military Institute to Attend the 37th Annual June Institute on the Teaching of Writing at Columbia University in New York, New York, June 16-22, 2019 (funded through the California Military Institute Local Control Accountability Plan Supplemental and Concentration Funds at a total cost not to exceed $13,000, not the California Military Institute General Fund)
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Summary: California Military Institute Teachers Tomeryl Collier, Angel Behrens, and Jane Scibilia request approval to attend the 37th Annual June Institute on the Teaching of Writing at Columbia University in New York, New York, June 16-22, 2019.

The Writing Institute is designed for educators, classroom teachers, school administrators, and curriculum specialists who are committed to turning classrooms into richly literate reading and writing workshops.

During this five (5) day, small and large group sections will tackle, headfirst, the following topics and much more: the central role of curriculum development and planning in the teaching of writing, units of study in writing workshop, helping students write well about reading, genre studies in reading and writing memoir, poetry and short fiction, the importance of assessment-based instruction, methods of holding our students accountable for doing their best work, using literature to help students craft their writing, and classroom structures that support inquiry and collaboration.
Funding: The cost for this item is included in the 2019-20 operating budget funded through the California Military Institute Local Control Accountability Plan Supplemental and Concentration Funds, not the California Military Institute General Fund.
Recommendation: It is recommended that the Board of Trustees ratify the out-of-state conference request for Tomeryl Collier, Angel Behrens, and Jane Scibilia, teachers at California Military Institute to attend the 37th Annual June Institute on the Teaching of Writing at Columbia University in New York, New York, June 16-22, 2019.
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Recommended By:
Signed By:
Charles Newman - Assistant Superintendent
Signed By:
Grant Bennett - Superintendent
Vote Results:

Original Motion
Member Dr. Jose Luis Araux Moved, Member David Nelissen seconded to approve the Original motion 'It is recommended that the Board of Trustees ratify the out-of-state conference request for Tomeryl Collier, Angel Behrens, and Jane Scibilia, teachers at California Military Institute to attend the 37th Annual June Institute on the Teaching of Writing at Columbia University in New York, New York, June 16-22, 2019.'. Upon a Roll-Call Vote being taken, the vote was: Aye: 4 Nay: 0.
The motion Carried 4 - 0
   
Edward Garcia, Jr.     Yes
Anthony T. Stafford, Sr.     Yes
Dr. Jose Luis Araux     Yes
David Nelissen     Yes