James Hixson Board Room
Thursday, November 12, 2020
- 7:00pm
This meeting is a meeting of the Governing Board in public for the purpose of conducting the Career Center's business and is not to be considered a public community meeting. There will be time for public participation as indicated by a specified agenda item.
Mission Statement: Central Nine exists to engage and empower students by providing career-based instruction in an innovative learning environment. We make an IMPACT on our students' personal and professional SKILLS, which enables them to succeed in post-secondary and career opportunities.
Video Presentation
With all schools utilizing some sort of hybrid learning model, the Central Nine students are still getting transportation on the days they are supposed to be here in person. We really appreciate the efforts the participating schools and transportation departments have gone through to make this happen.
Our instructors have been working very hard to provide quality curriculum in Canvas for our students to engage with during their virtual days. Most of our instructors are truly utilizing the in-person days strictly for lab purposes. This will allow students to get as much hands-on experience as possible while they are on campus. As soon as Johnson County goes back to category yellow, we will plan on moving back to 100% in-person learning.
Our student services coordinators are adjusting to the social distancing rules during their C9 promotional season by utilizing digital materials and joining classes on Google meet and Zoom to promote C9's programs. We have developed a course description guide to hand out to counselors and others to showcase course requirements and other critical information.
I shared the 2021-2022 calendar draft with the superintendents, and the important dates looked like they were lining up well.
We are all checking the IDOE website for the release of the 2020-2021 teacher appreciation grants. C9 works with the partnering schools to generate the amount C9 certified staff receives.
The superintendents and I discussed the facilities study further. They helped me understand pros and cons of the various building processes public schools can choose. As C9 gets closer to fine tuning the project cost with an architect's drawing we plan to present this with potential costs per district. We will then attach a timeline and steps needed to plan, pay for, and complete the project.