School Board Summary

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Bancroft-Rosalie School Board news

The Bancroft-Rosalie Board of Education met Monday, March 14, 2016 at 7:30 pm in Bancroft.

Superintendent Cerny presented the February transportation report and the NRCSA Spring Conference. Bancroft-Rosalie School had their 21^st Century Learning Community grant recommended for funding to the Nebraska Department of Education with final approval in April. The grant is for $80,000 the first two years and smaller amounts the following three years.

Dr. Cerny also reported that he is a finalist for the United States Department of Education 
Principal Fellowship. There will be three part-time Fellow’s selected from the 500+ applicants. 
The Fellows serve as an advisory group for the United States Department of Education. 
The time commitment is on average 5 hours per week with most work done at the home school site.

Principal Sjuts presented the winter and spring activities summary and spring sports 
participation.

Lauren Zuhlke, Ashten Reil and Kassi Browning, representing the senior class, received 
approval from the board for their Senior Trip to Kansas City in May.

Mrs. Hennig discussed the Spanish Club trip to Puerto Rico in the summer of 2017.

In new business the board named the Superintendent authorized representative for federal, 
state and local programs, approved a contract with Roxanne Raasch for driver education, approved the BRLD Athletic COOP Administration Guidelines and the BRLD Coaching 
Handbook, offered one year Speech Language Technician position to Tracey Neumann, and approved Cory Meyer as Head Boys Basketball Coach and Rod Peters as Head Girls Basketball Coach for BRLD. The remaining winter and spring coaching positions will be assigned when teaching staffs are completed.             

The board went into executive session to discuss the evaluation and hiring of teachers.

March School Board Agenda

Bancroft-Rosalie Community School

Regular Board of Education Meeting Agenda

Monday, March 14, 2016 --- 7:30 p.m. in Bancroft

1.  Call to Order

2.  Open Meetings Act

3.  Roll Call

4.  Read and approve the minutes of the February 8, 2016 Regular Board Meeting.

5.  Treasurer’s Report

            A.             Approve the Bills

            B.             Financial Review

6.   Review Agenda

7.   Public Hearing

8.   Administrator’s Reports:

            A. Superintendent’s Report

            B. Principal’s Report

            C. Board Committee Reports

                        1. Negotiations                     2. Citizenship/Instruction/ Americanism

                        3. Personnel                         4. Buildings and Grounds.

                        5. Transportation.                 6. Insurance.

                        7. Reorganization- Report on February 22 BRLD committee meeting.

9.  Old Business:

10.New Business:

      A.  Name the Superintendent authorized representative for Federal, State, and Local programs, including Title programs, Special Education, Food Services, NSAA, and East Husker Conference.

      B. Take action to approve the BRLD Athletic COOP Administration Guidelines and the BRLD

      Coaching Handbook.

      C. Offer driver education contract to Roxanne Raasch

      D. Offer continuing employment contracts to teachers based on the recommendation of the administration.

      E. Offer one year Speech Language Technician position to Tracey Neumann.

      F. Discuss Spanish Field Trip to Puerto Rico in summer 2017.

      G. Approve BRLD Head Coaches for Boys Basketball and Girls Basketball.

11. Executive Session-

12.     Future Planning- Next scheduled meeting- April 11, 2016 in Bancroft.  

13.            Adjournment.

Melmac University in Rockport Maine

This week I had the opportunity to present to educators in Maine secondary schools as part of a program called Melmac. This program is similar to Education Quest in Nebraska. The first presentation was by our team of Nebraska educators that made to the trip together entitled Engaging Multiple Constituencies." My portion of the presentation covered "getting school leadership involved in college/career readiness." The second presentation included Annie Magnusson and talked about the Nebraska College visits program. On Thursday we held a roundtable discussion involving topics like Career Academies, Internship experiences, blended learning and Maine's Proficiency Based diploma system.
Maine treated us very well, serving us salmon, stuffed Haddock, and finally the lobster with blueberry pie. My diet was compromised when the group insisted I enjoy a second lobster. Back to the strict diet on Friday.
I did bring back some thoughts about what Maine is doing with college/career readiness. 

At the lighthouse- a one mile walk

The Nebraska Dream Team with The President of the University of Southern Maine

Educators Rising

This year, Bancroft-Rosalie chose to participate in the Educator’s Rising Conference in Lincoln, NE. Mrs. Vogt and four high school students, Katesha Henderson, Kylee Cole, Alyssa Bonneau, and Gabbi Wilson attended the event.

Educators Rising is a national and state leveled organization that aids young people as they consider becoming educators. Students learn about teaching, practice teach in small groups, have opportunities to compete among their peers while presenting lessons, and participate in both the state and national conferences.

At the state conference, our students listened to a very motivating keynote speaker, Frank Kitchens. They had the opportunity to speak with college vendors from area Nebraska colleges. They interacted with other students from around the state who are also anxious to become educators and they listened to presentations given by students.

Bancroft-Rosalie was the only non-Class A school. The others were from Lincoln and the Omaha metro area.

21st Century Grant recommended for funding

Received this from the Nebraska Department of Education:

"The external grant review has been conducted and the proposal for a 21st Century Community Learning Centers  grant submitted by Bancroft-Rosalie Public Schools will be recommended for funding to the State Board of Education at its April 8, 2016 meeting.  This is an advisory notice of the status of your proposal at this stage in the process.  This email is not notice of a grant award."

The grant request will provide funding for the After-school program. Grant dollars will be up to $80,438 for the first 3 years, $64,350 in year 4, and $48,263 in year 5.

Here is a copy of our grant abstract:
"The Bancroft-Rosalie Public Schools 21st Century Project (BRPS21) will provide after-school,
non-school days, and summer programs to support student academic, social, and
physical needs. Through a comprehensive partnership with local community champions,
BRPS21 will support the Bancroft-Rosalie Community School’s district mission as well as
building and district continuous improvement goals, as well as 21st Century Community Learning
Centers goals. This will be accomplished by developing a program that will include three major
components; Academic support, Fitness and Health support, and Character support.
Academic support will include tutoring, skills building, homework assistance, and
enrichment with a focus on STEM. Fitness and health will include USDA supported meals and
snacks, and lifetime fitness and recreational activities. Character Support will include games,
social activities, and community service.
The program seeks to provide after-school programming to 60 students attending
Bancroft-Rosalie Elementary School and 15 students attending Bancroft-Rosalie Junior high
School. In addition to after-school programming, students will be able to attend non-school day
programs for 9 days during the school calendar. And finally, a summer program will provide
academic skills building, enrichment and recreational programs for students for 20 days during
June each year.
Project partners include the Nebraska Game and Parks and Nebraska Hunter Safety,
Bancroft-Rosalie School Foundation, Thurston County 4-H, and Cuming County 4-H. There will
also be support from the American Red Cross, John G. Neihardt Historic Site, and Village of
Bancroft."

COPA 2016

Update on reVISION process

Reminder of what reVISION is:

The reVISION process provides Nebraska schools with the opportunity to analyze and transform their current career education systems in order to improve their ability to educate a qualified workforce that meets industry needs within an ever-changing economy.

The Northeast Coalition consists of ten schools that are working through the reVISION process together. Four area meetings were held in January to gather input from businesses and other stakeholders. 

Career and Technical Education teams from each of the ten schools met Monday, February 29 in West Point to look at the data collected and find some areas in whcih all schools can work together. 
Common areas identified-
1- Job Shadowing and internships opportunities for students- may require a full-time coordinator to work with students at all of the schools.
2- Partnerships with businesses- Have an advisory committee of business people for each Career Field.
3- Systematic career decision-making support in place starting in the elementary through transition to post-secondary. This would include each student developing a Personal Learning plan.
4- Partnering with other school districts, the educational service unit, and post-secondary institutions. This could include a Northeast Community College Career Academy extended campus at a centralized location, which would provide certification/dual credit programs of study to students in all schools in the coalition.

The next phase will be to develop an action plan which describes the changes that will be made to the Career Education Program as a result of the reVISION process. A grant application will be submitted to the Nebraska Department of Education to assist in funding the components of the action plan. If all schools apply together, the grant funds could be up to $500,000 per year for three years.