Mary Ann expressed a desire to have someone from NTTC experienced with using the program to come over at the time of the switch over to conduct a 2 hour training session. Mike said that could be arranged. Given the interest for this type of thing among districts it would be good to coordinate the pilot. Some said no, others didn t know. In subsequent conversations, it was suggested that eventually we would all be on Group Wise.
Most districts have participants going.
Connected University Donna Archibald did an outstanding presentation on Connected University and was able to help us all understand how she and her district have used the program to enhance staff development. The state has just entered into agreement with MarcoPolo and is offering free train the trainer sessions. To our delight we discovered that Donna is also a trainer for this group. We are currently in the process of trying to schedule a 4 to 6 hour train the trainer session for our township to be held in Avoca and hopefully presented by Donna on Saturday, September 22, 2002. More to come.