Annual Retreat
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, Iowa
June 27-28, 2012

Wednesday, June 27
DMACC Boardroom

State Board Business Meeting

10:00 a.m.

1. Call to Order
2. Approve the Agenda
3. AEA Budgets – Modified (approval requested) (Tab A)
4. Adjourn Business Meeting

State Board Retreat Agenda

10:10 a.m.

Welcome – Goals of the Retreat, Discussion of State Board Self-evaluation and Follow-up – Rosie Hussey

Introductory Comments – Jason Glass

Background Reading for the Retreat (Tab B):

• How the world's most improved school systems keep getting better - McKinsey & Company
• Standing on the Shoulders of Giants - An American Agenda for Education Reform – Marc S. Tucker
• Highly Reliability Organizations in Education – Mid-continent Research for Education and Learning (McRel)

10:30 a.m. Legislative Update – Mike Cormack, Phil Wise (Tab C)

11:15 a.m.

Update on the Status of the State Board’s Priorities

• Online Learning – Gwen Nagel (Tab D)
• Competency-based Education – Sandra Dop (Tab E)
• Reducing the Achievement Gap – Michelle Hosp

12:30 p.m. LUNCH

1:15 p.m. Emerging Issues/Department Direction and Focus Areas (Re-visioning) – Jason Glass

3:00 p.m. BREAK

3:15 p.m. State Board Priority Setting – Facilitated by Circe Stumbo, President of West Wind Education Policy, Inc. (Tab F)

4:30 p.m. Adjourn for the Day

5:00 p.m. Social Time and Dinner (dinner at 5:45 p.m.)
Ranallo’s on 3rd
417 SW 3^rd Street
Ankeny

Thursday, June 28
DMACC Boardroom

8:00 a.m. Breakfast

8:30 a.m. Aligning the Focus Areas of the Department, the Priorities of the State Board, and the Strategic Plan – Facilitated by Circe Stumbo (Tab G)

10:00 a.m. BREAK

10:15 a.m. Continued Discussion About Alignment – Facilitated by Circe Stumbo

11:15 a.m. State Board Meeting Dates for 2013 – Gail Sullivan (Tab H)

11:20 a.m. Closing Remarks – Rosie Hussey

11:30 a.m. Adjourn

*Times are estimates and subject to change.