Announcements:
Dot
asked for 2 faculty volunteers to help plan Staff Appreciation Day.
Carol
Hughes, Chairperson of the Board of Trustees, had surgery and the faculty sent
her a get well card.
Ten
to twelve members of the UNC Board of Governors will come to campus on October
13. Faculty should be considering areas
that they want to bring to their attention
Marilyn
Link suggested that the school do something for the victims of Hurricane
Floyd. Sohair
will let the SGA know that the faculty would be interested in helping students
organize a drive.
Warren
Basket reported that 20 students are still out of school due to the flooding at
home and that the school has tried to contact them to let them know not to
worry about their studies and that the school will help them catch up when they
are able to return.
The
faculty voted to approve the minutes from the
Purpose:
Advise
SACS committee
Assist
with fund-raising
Provide
a direction for future curriculum decisions
Dot
reminded faculty that the original questions had come from the Educational
Advisory Council.
Questions
to be considered:
Who
are our students?
What
does/can our program do to meet student needs?
How
can we improve our position as a cutting edge institution?
What
does/can our program do to meet the educational needs of
What
needs to happen to make our program the best possible?
Who
are our students?
Faculty
Ideas/Comments in response to the question posed:
Our
student body is changing and that needs to be considered as plans are made for
the next ten years. Teachers and
students who participate in our distance learning programs are also our
students. We also need to realize that
we have potential students now at the lower grades across
Our
students are very bright 16-18 year olds who want to take advantage of many
different things. We can offer them a
residential environment where they can utilize new and different options in
terms of their educational experience.
Our
students are mature, motivated students who are not necessarily challenged at
their home school. Our students have abilities across the board and are
discovering interests, and we need to provide a stimulating environment to
enhance their development.
Can
the school of science and math provide an excellent curriculum in all
areas? Can the school just focus on
science and math/ provide resources for that/ or try to provide bells and
whistles in all areas?
Are
our students coming in with a more diversified background needing extra
assistance?
Do
we have the resources to meet the needs of all students at various levels?
What
do we need to be?
We
can’t be everything to everybody.
What
is the best school we can be given the resources we have?
We
need to agree on these questions?
Who
do we want our students to be in the future?
Donita Robinson summarized the following comments from our discussion on an
overhead:
-defining goals of our program
determines students
-include DL students &
teachers as well as residents
-student body changing
-what we offer to students
(& teachers) in a unique way (technology, residential program,
academics) will determine our student body
-in some way this is
associated with the student body we have here
-consider social, physical,
spiritual aspects of teenagers (look to "national experts")
-3 groups to consider &
try to understand
1. current middle school
2. DL students
3. current NCSSM students
-residential program is
special
- current
students are ones who are willing to leave home (& all that goes with that)
for something
academic & to try an adventure
-look at alumni surveys
-students whose needs are not
being met by home schools
-we serve a diverse population
-come
in with less skills - to get to excellence takes more time & effect
Academic eligibility for the
drama club:
Barbara
Namkoong suggested a plan to tell the students
that if they get into academic difficulty she will be willing to cut them from
the cast in their productions this year. She would like to use the regulations
in place for athletics. Advisees should
be aware that these statements have been made to students. She will send to faculty a list of students
who are involved in productions. She
also will consult the list of C- and D’s for students who are in trouble. The faculty endorsed the efforts of Ms. Namkoong in this area and thanked her for her efforts.