Steering Committee

Notes for the Meeting of April 19, 2006

Next Meeting: Tuesday, May 16, 3:30 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Agenda : Click here.

Resources: at or since the last regular steering committee meeting

• *NEW * Improving College Readiness & Success: a K-16 Approach - thanks to Ginger
• *NEW * Summary of Paper - Student Views of Technical Careers - thanks to Larry

Draft Agenda, Wednesday, April 19, 2006 - posted April 19, 2006

3:30 – 3:35	Introductions, opening remarks
3:35 – 4:10	Strategic Planning Summary of recent communications Oregon Business Council OSBHE EDP Work Group OACTE Conference OSBHE AEED Work Group Governor's Office Updated Draft Vision/Goals/Strategy Questions/ Suggestions/ Revisions
4:10 - 4:25	Review of draft Policy Package
4:25 - 4:35	Logos Existing Summit Logo New Strategy Logo Program Logo?
4:35 – 4:50	Subcommittee activity monitoring Chairs & Liaisons reports Cross-cutting issues & opportunities
4:50 – 5:00	Scheduling of next meeting and adjournment

Notes posted April 26, 2006 - Jo & Bruce

Meeting Notes

The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, May 16, 3:30 – 5:00

Attendees: Susan Boyanovsky (CCWD), Aubrey Clark (Intel), Steve Day (Beaverton School District), Van Eden (Microsoft), Scott Huff (PCC-Cascade), Don Kirkwood (Salem-Keizer School District), Dick Knight (Saturday Academy), Ron McGuire (Roseburg School District), Jo Oshiro (OUS), Di Saunders (OUS), Bruce Schafer (OUS), Michal Young (UO).

Strategic Planning

The committee is targeting policymakers with its vision, goals, and strategy and would therefore like to further hone communications and the Vision/ Goals/ Strategy document.  Bruce had the opportunity to present this material in various forms and venues since the last meeting, with an aim to integrate OPAS into the ongoing system in such a way as to ensure our leverage and influence.

1. Recent Communications
1. Oregon Business Council – Jill Kirk felt that OPAS needs a firm but not necessarily formal connection to the Joint Boards of Education and the separate Oregon State Board of Higher Education (OSBHE) and the Oregon State Board of Education (OSBE).”.  Bruce is awaiting confirmation that we are on the agenda for the May meeting of the OSBHE.
2. OSBHE EDP Working Group – The Excellence in Delivery & Productivity Working Group of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.  Bruce’s short presentation was well-received.  EDP is focused on systemic changes that will result in more Oregonians receiving undergraduate degrees.  For more info on this work group see http://www.ous.edu/workinggroups/AAWG/minutes/7_15_briefOnEDP.pdf
3. OACTE Conference – Oregon Association for Career & Technical Education.  Bruce presented to a breakout group of 30-40 people, a majority of who appeared to be high school teachers.  Their reaction was positive, with feedback and questions.
4. OSBHE AEED Working Group - The Academic Excellence and Economic Development Working Group of the Oregon State Board of Higher Education.  The feedback was positive.  AEED is focused on identifying 2-5 economic development issues that build on the academic excellence within Oregon postsecondary institutions with measurable return on investment (ROI) by 2024.  For more info on AEED see http://www.opas.ous.edu/Materials/2-1%20OSBHE_Acad%20Excell%20&%20Econ%20Dev%20WG%20(AEED)_final.pdf 
5. Governor’s Office – James Sager feels that OPAS should connect to OSBHE and OSBE as individual entities rather than through the Joint Boards, as the Joint Boards have a very limited schedule of meetings.
6. Senator Ryan Deckert – At first he was overwhelmed by the apparent complexity of the OPAS strategy diagram, but he is supportive of the OPAS mission.  He recommended that OPAS develop at most one focused recommendation for the Legislature rather than trying to explain a complicated strategy.
2. Updated Draft – Visions/ Goals/ Strategy – based on feedback from the presentations, Di and Bruce will further hone the draft to be more succinct and high energy.  Suggestions should be emailed to Bruce ASAP. 
1. Dick Knight suggested a Vision 2020 with no more than 3 bullets describing an educational system that proactively embraces engineering, giving all students exposure to engineering & applied science disciplines, and supporting students access to increasingly higher levels of achievement in those disciplines. 
2. Goals’ bullets should have boldface topics to facilitate skimming. 
3. The diagram represents the structural context in which the strategy operates, and may be better placed elsewhere or only used publicly as the cumulative Powerpoint presentation. 
4. Michal Young suggested that some of our Measurable outcomes need to be in comparison to other states.  For example we could set a target of Oregon engineering degrees per capita being in the top decile of all states.
5. An explicit definition of “engineering and applied science” should be stated.
6. There are greater goals here than just bachelor’s degrees – preparation for Master’s and PhD’s, and highly employable, productive, local workforce.

Review of Draft Policy Package
A policy package is the first step in securing a place in the governor’s budget.  Bruce presented his draft policy package.

Currently, OPAS is funded through June 2007 as part of ETIC’s funds.  After that, there are three possibilities for further funding the work:

• Get ETIC funds through their policy package
• Fundraising with foundations
• Put in our own policy package.

Bruce posited pursuing two of the above three options; the committee agreed with the proviso that the steering committee may morph into something like a council that meets 4 to 6 times a year, as the current volunteers probably won’t be willing sustain their current level of involvement indefinitely.  Bruce will go forward with the policy option package.

Logos
Committee members reviewed the summit logo, the revised logo for the strategy, and agreed to call the whole effort the “OPAS Initiative”.  Bruce will arrange for a logo so labeled for the website and additional communications.

Subcommittee Activity Monitoring
These were not fully covered in the meeting due to time constraints.  The subcommittee webpage at http://opas.ous.edu/Committees/index.html has been updated to include the latest status update on each committee either from the committee chair or as gleaned from minutes & ongoing activity by Jo Oshiro.

Dick Knight of the Alignment & Coordination: Curricular and Co-curricular (ACCC) Subcommittee recapped parts of their discussion.  He is interested in finding opportunities for inter-committee synergy on what he calls “Focus Area 2: Achieve student relevance and engagement through inquiry and project based curriculum …”  See his status update.  Jo will bring this possibility to the attention of Sean Gallagher, chair of Standards, Courses & Curricula (SCC); Eileen Boerger, chair of Student Success:  Access, Motivation, Retention (SAMR); and Winnie Miller, chair of Instructional Professional Development (IPD) to see if their committees would care to cover this issue or partner with ACCC to see that it is covered.

Next Meeting

The next meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, May 16 at 3:30 – 5:00 in the Capital Center.  A phone bridge will be provided.  Among the topics to be addressed:

• Committee morphology
• Should there be a mini-summit, perhaps in September?

Respectfully submitted, Jo Oshiro

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