meeting+minutes

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Present: Martha, David Mentor activity: October workshop: Other stuff:
 * **TROPIC Leaders meeting via teleconference September 6 2007**
 * David and Karen are launching staff mentoring sessions (“coffee afternoons”) starting next week
 * David to contact Ian re observations
 * Martha has done a co-observation with Sean
 * Leaders to meet 10am Wednesday 10th to plan training – Deb in your conversations with Caloundra Resort can you check if we can book in early or if there is a space that could be made available to us for planning on that day?
 * David suggested inviting all attendees to meet for dinner on the Wednesday evening – a very good idea as we have a packed program on the Thursday and many participants won’t have met each other yet – this will give everyone a chance to settle in and get some of the ‘chatty stuff’ out of the way
 * Peter is to send a program for the event soon. It will include Laurie Kelly & Co on Thursday including a dinner speaker. Mark Davidson will present ‘tips and trends for teachers’ based on the microskills and items on the observation sheets, on Friday morning. I suggest we then break people into groups and get them to discuss the following points:
 * How many observations/what other activities eg microskills sessions or mentoring have you conducted?
 * How are you going to integrate your learning from the mini-conference into your teaching and/or into your mentoring?
 * What are ALL the ways we can improve the networking of the group?
 * Everyone then reports back to the larger group and after lunch we go home. For Tropical North staff and Mark Davidson I am intending to get people to book flights arriving Brisbane 3:30pm 10th – hire car to Caloundra depart Brisbane 5:15pm 12thNovember training:
 * Leaders to plan and prepare on 10th October – Martha will have photos of Neva’s flipcharts and will bring paper and pens
 * Need to recruit in each institute (Leaders) and BRIT (Martha and Peter?)
 * David suggested regular updates to all staff in each institute about TROPIC activities etc as a responsibility of each Leader
 * Martha to recruit someone to act as Leader within TNQT ||

Present: Martha, Gillian, Bob 1) Mentor follow-ups: SQIT: Bob has contacted Len in Mount Isa, waiting for Len to confirm a date. Bob has also contacted Chris and Cathy and they will be lining up co-observations soon. Gillian has been in touch with Bob McIntosh and with Jeannie. Starting a new DISCO group soon Jeannie will observe Gillian. TNQT: Sue Wighton has filmed Deb’s and Trevor’s classes. Martha has co-observed with Phil and will be catching up with Sue M. and Jen soon. 2) October event: Gillian suggested conference bags for participants. Martha to contact Peter to request from Marketing. Currently 15 confirmed attendance. Laurie Kelly has provided a draft program and Mark Davidson has been invited. Gillian also suggested we ensure photos are taken at the event to be used for later promotional purposes. 3) November training: Agreed to start promoting next week, Leaders to make contact with respective Institute marketing departments and provide copy for newsletters. Martha to send photos of Cairns training to Gillian. Martha/Peter to contact BRIT. Dorothy Devine (Glasser trainer) has expressed interest in attending the training as an observer. 4) Policy document: Any comments or alterations needed by end of next week, then Martha to put on the wiki. 5) RTF mid-term report due next Tuesday: Martha to put draft on wiki (done). Martha to re-send survey to Gillian and remaining 4 non-respondents. 6) Next meeting: September 6th 1-2pm via VC (if available) to Toowoomba, Dalby, Bundaberg and Cairns. Martha to book. 7) Other business: Bob has completed the Glasser course. Bob and Gillian will be conducting micro-skills sessions at the SQIT staff conference.
 * TROPIC Leaders meeting via videoconference August 23 2007**

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