Faculty and volunteer parents held our first Committee meetings on October 12, 2016. These first meetings were brief and intended to get us started.

Supporting the eight committees, each representing one of our educational ecosystem features, is the Steering Committee.

Steering Committee members include the Chair of each Committee, each committee's SELT representative, three parent representatives (one for each school section), one Board representative, and student representative(s).

Below are short descriptions of each of the eight committees:

• The Curriculum Committee will focus on this question: How do we create a concept-based, inquiry-driven curriculum that is co-constructed with the students and allows them to progress through competency on an individual basis with teacher advice?
• The Learning Spaces Committee will ask questions like: How will the inside of a classroom look? Furthermore, what types of spaces can be considered "classrooms"?
• The Teaching & Instruction Committee knows students can learn with 1-on-1 instruction and from many other sources, including the internet or friends. Let's look at all the way students learn and make those resources available.
• The Professional Learning Committee knows that the role of the teacher is changing. How can we provide support to help teachers engage with students in the most meaningful ways?
• The Schedules and Timetables Committee works around one main idea: If we recognize that everyone learns at at different pace, we need to recognize that students' schedules should reflect that.
• The Learning Scaffolds Committee looks at "traditional" scaffolds include curriculum, classrooms, schedules and more. What happens if we change or remove these to positively impact students' learning experiences?
• The System Technology Committee recognizes that there are many stakeholders in a student's learning journey. The committee will develop and utilize an online system that brings every aspect of that journey together in one place.
• The Assessment & Reporting Committee knows students need immediate feedback on learning. Let's find a way to continuously let students know how they are doing and keep parents involved with their progress.