Next Step Video Conference Call
August 28, 2012
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Purpose of the AVATAR Next Step
Video Conference Call
• Review the purpose of AVATAR
• Agree on next steps and expectations
regarding AVATAR regional partnership
outcomes and deliverables
• Strengthen relationships and communications
between AVATAR Coordinators/Facilitators and
staff
Academic Vertical Alignment Training
And Renewal (AVATAR)
Coordinators/Facilitators
• Thank YOU
• Re-Introductions
Introductions:
AVATAR Regional Coordinators/Facilitators
Region
Coordinator/Facilitator
One
Laura Saenz
Two
Janet Cunningham
Six
Joe Martin
Seven
Jane Silvey
Nine
Kathy Harvey
Ten
Chris Kanouse
Eleven
Kathy Wright-Chapman
Twelve
Christine Holecek
Thirteen
Ed Vara
Fourteen
Christy Barnett
Fifteen
Karan Duwe
Sixteen
Robin Adkins
Twenty
Tori Austin
AVATAR Staff
• Nicole Volkman, Project Coordinator
•
Kerry Quinn, Graduate Assistant
•
Mary Harris, Co-director
•
Jean Keller, Co-director
[email protected]; 940-565-3427
What is AVATAR?
Academic Vertical Alignment Training And Renewal
AVATAR is a statewide network focused on
vertical alignment to support students’ college
and career readiness
AVATAR is a Texas Higher Education Coordinating
Board (THECB) funded project which is
implemented by the North Texas Regional P-16
Council and the University of North Texas
AVATAR’s Goals
• 1. Expand awareness of and create regional
vertical alignment initiatives to prepare and
support students who are college and career
ready
• 2. Identify and implement strategies to close
regional curriculum gaps
• 3. Identify processes to assess and celebrate
regional progress in preparing college and career
readied students
• 4. Share best practices
Who is AVATAR? A Partnership
Scaffolding
Student
Success
AVATAR Vertical Alignment Regional
Partnerships’ and Teams’ ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Identify leaders and educators who make up a regional
“pipe line” needed for students to be college and
career ready
• Craft a shared regional college and career readiness
foundation
• Use student data to guide vertical alignment decisionmaking and actions
• Implement a regional action plan which will include
AVATAR critical conversations and a review of reference
course profile information
• Design a regional vertical alignment sustainability plan
• Participate in AVATAR external evaluation requests
AVATAR
Creating Our Next Steps Together
• Convene regional vertical alignment Partners
and begin discussions to form shared
understandings and select a course for
alignment based on data and other
information such as regional developmental
education patterns, drop out patterns, career
needs, etc.
Due: Before 09/10/12
• Identify vertical alignment Course Team
Members
Due: 09/17/12
AVATAR
Creating Our Next Steps (continued)
• Create a regional Data PowerPoint –
Due: 09/17/12
• Create a regional vertical alignment Action
and Sustainability Plan with measurable
outcomes
Due: 09/24/12
• Train the 2012-2013 vertical alignment Course
Team Members
Due: No later than 10/08/12
AVATAR Action and Sustainability Plan
• Key Areas:
• Forming and Sustaining Vertical Alignment
Partnerships and Course Team Relationships
• Promoting Student Success through Critical
Conversations, Actions, and Outcomes
• Collecting and Reporting Regional Student
Data
• Creating Shared College and Career Readiness
and Success Understandings
AVATAR Action and Sustainability Plan
• Key Areas (continued):
• Training the 2012-13 Vertical Alignment Team
• Reviewing Course Syllabi and Reference
Course Profile Information
• Training 2013-14 Vertical Alignment Team and
Sustaining Regional Vertical Alignment Work
• Outreaching and Communicating Regional
Vertical Alignment Work with Key Leaders
AVATAR
Creating Our Next Steps (continued)
• Conduct course vertical alignment process using critical
conversations and review of reference course profile
information with the vertical alignment course team (approx.
25-30 hours between Sept. 2012 and May 2013, through face
to face and on-line discussion and learning, with a frequency
of interactions approx. once a monthly)
– Use Critical Conversation topics
– Review Reference Course Profile information*
(Use training modules, as applicable)
Documentation of Progress Due: 11/12/12
01/10/13*
03/07/13
06/13/13
AVATAR
Creating Our Next Steps (continued)
• Meet and Share Regional Vertical Alignment
Efforts and Progress with Secondary and
Postsecondary Administrators and P-16
Council Members
Due: No later than 01/07/13
05/24/13
• Train the 2013-2014 Vertical Alignment Course
Team Members
Due: No later than 05/06/13
AVATAR
Creating Our Next Steps (continued)
• Host Vertical Alignment Partners’ Reflections
Celebrations, and Next Steps Meeting
Due: No later than 05/24/13
• Create and Submit 2013-2014 Regional
Vertical Alignment Action and Sustainability
Plan
Due: No later than 05/24/13
AVATAR
Creating Our Next Steps (continued)
•
Provide written progress reports* and participate in AVATAR’s communications on:
– October 11, 2012 - 9:30 – 10:30am**
– November 2012 (Individual calls)
– January 10, 2013 - 9:30 – 10:30am**
– February 2013 (Individual calls)
– March 7, 2013 - 9:30 – 10:30am**
– April 2012 (Individual calls)
– May 2012 (Individual calls)
Phone Number for all AVATAR Network call: 940-369-7186**
– June
13, 2013 - 9:00 – 10:30am (TETN)
*Please use AVATAR Meeting/Session Documentation Form and Vertical
Alignment Outreach Activities and Outcomes Log for Monthly Reporting
Thank YOU
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