February 21, 2008 ACE Board Meeting
9:00 A. M. @ Billings Hotel and Convention Center
- Call to order, introduction of guests
- Approval of January 30, 2008 minutes
- Financial report
- SMART report (Bobbie Larson)
- MSU-Bozeman science grant report (Elizabeth Swanson)
- March 3 PIR Day
- September 8, 2008 PIR day … recommendation to hold at Laurel with a main speaker on classroom management having half the group in the morning in the auditorium (3 hr), the other half choosing from several sessions (1.5 hr and/or 3hr), the group flip flop in the afternoon. Laurel serves lunch as they did two years ago.
- March 2, 2009 PIR day … recommendation that we hold at the Billings Hotel and Convention Center using a similar format at September 8.
- Para-professional training during our PIR days … Shawna Heiser proposal (attached)
- Liability insurance (attached)
- ACE Language Arts Curriculum review (Gail Richardson)
- ACE Indian Education for All grant (Gail Richardson)
- Blue Creek contract (attached)
- February 6 ACE board workday report (attached)
- National ASCD conference report
- Conrad Ryan (Odyssey) request to present at next board meeting.
- Next Ace board meeting March 26 at 9:00 am in the Billings Hotel and Convention Center.