External Team Members:
Team Leader: Mike Mason, Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Scottsbluff Public Schools
Member: Jana Mason, Principal Scottsbluff
Member: Todd Weimer, ESU 15 Technology
Member: Kelly Erickson, ESU 15 Staff Developer
Member: Stephanie Malcolm, ESU 15 Staff Developer
Member: Becky Michael, Content Specialist Scottsbluff
Tentative Agenda:
Tuesday, February 11
Dinner
External Team Visitors & Host: Joel Bednar
7:00 PM @ Pizza Hut
*Hotel Reservations have been made at the Holiday Inn Express.
Wednesday, February 12
McCook Junior High Boardroom (Map Location)
7:30 Coffee/Rolls: Introductions/Initial Presentation
8:30 External Team Visitor Collaboration and Planning Time
10:00 Building Visits: Junior High/High School
11:00 Teacher Interviews: Junior High/High School
12:00 Lunch provided in Junior High Boardroom
1:00 Building Visits: McCook Elementary/Central Elementary
2:00 PLC Visitation/Teacher Interviews: McCook Elementary/Central Elementary
3:00 External Team work time
*Evening Meal TBD
Thursday, February 13
8:00 Coffee/Rolls
8:30- 12:00 - Work Time
When prepared or 1:00 pm - Presentation
Team Leader: Mike Mason, Director of Curriculum and Instruction
Scottsbluff Public Schools
Member: Jana Mason, Principal Scottsbluff
Member: Todd Weimer, ESU 15 Technology
Member: Kelly Erickson, ESU 15 Staff Developer
Member: Stephanie Malcolm, ESU 15 Staff Developer
Member: Becky Michael, Content Specialist Scottsbluff
Tentative Agenda:
Tuesday, February 11
Dinner
External Team Visitors & Host: Joel Bednar
7:00 PM @ Pizza Hut
*Hotel Reservations have been made at the Holiday Inn Express.
Wednesday, February 12
McCook Junior High Boardroom (Map Location)
7:30 Coffee/Rolls: Introductions/Initial Presentation
8:30 External Team Visitor Collaboration and Planning Time
10:00 Building Visits: Junior High/High School
11:00 Teacher Interviews: Junior High/High School
12:00 Lunch provided in Junior High Boardroom
1:00 Building Visits: McCook Elementary/Central Elementary
2:00 PLC Visitation/Teacher Interviews: McCook Elementary/Central Elementary
3:00 External Team work time
*Evening Meal TBD
Thursday, February 13
8:00 Coffee/Rolls
8:30- 12:00 - Work Time
When prepared or 1:00 pm - Presentation
It is the mission of McCook Public Schools to equip ALL students to succeed in a complex global society.
Prep Data:
- McCook is a community of approximately 7,600 people.
- One non-public K-8 School, St. Pats Catholic School
- Tri-state hub for retail and entertainment
- Major employers include Valmont, Parker, Van Diest, Walmart, Community Hospital
- Ag Based Economy
- McCook Community College, about 400 full time students, 1,500 enrolling per semester
- Four past Governors have at one time made McCook their home: Ralph Brooks, Frank Morrison, Ben Nelson, & Dave Heinemann
- Home of Senator George Norris, founder of the Nebraska Unicameral and Rural Electrification Association
- LINK Red Willow County Named Poorest County in Nebraska.