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= = ** March 26, 2010 Retreat Agenda ** 8:30 am __Welcome__

__Introductory activity__ At tables, beginning activity will be to explain the Carnack the Magnificent event scheduled for the end of the day. Each table will be asked to provide a question—and answer—for that event. A sample question would be: Answer: Mark L’Esperance. Question: Who speaks “southern” with a Boston accent? Each table will be responsible for one contribution to the Carnack event at some point during the day. Please put all submissions into the basket located on the counter in SP 308. __Announcements__ Award nominations: Outside room 308 will be posters with each of the following awards listed (certificates for each award will be prepared in advance). During the day, participants are invited to “nominate” peers for these awards by writing the name of the peer on the poster—with a one-two sentence justification for each award. An award committee will make final determinations of these awards that will be announced at the 3:00 closing!  - Best Supportive Role  - Best Team Player  - Best Taskmaster  - Best Injector (of Humor, of course)  - Best Group Leader Award Committee will be named prior to the event but will be anonymous throughout the day. 8:45 a.m. __Planning for the day’s agenda (SP 308)__  - North Carolina Teaching Standards (Mark L’Esperance)  - 21st Century Skills Overview (Tricia Anderson) - Explanation of plan for morning activities (participants move through learning stations according to order on their nametag; each session lasts 25 minutes with 5 minutes for movement) 9:00 a.m. Groups begin individual sessions, meeting at 9:00, 9:30, 10:00, and 10:30.  - Core Subjects and 21st Century Themes: David Gabbard and Allen Guidry—SP 301(green)  - Learning and Innovation Skills: Brian Housand and Elizabeth Swaggerty—SP 313 (orange)  - Information, Media and Technology Skills: Terry Atkinson and Carol Brown—SP 308 (purple)  - Life and Career Skills: Louis Warren and Sarah Williams—SP 312 (red) 11:00 Carol Brown on 21st Century Skills tied by Technology (SP 308)

11:45 Lunch served in hallway; program area groups asked to meet in assigned rooms for discussion about program area’s status and plans for 21st Century Skills in undergraduate curriculum. Each program area group is asked to complete a form with stated plans.

12:30 Graduate Faculty MAEd Revisioning (Dan Boudah) __OR__ Undergraduate Revisioning Tasks as requested by program coordinators

Program area meetings in break-out rooms ELEM: Room 312 SPED: Room 305 READ: Room 306 MIDG, ENED, and HIED: Room 308 Foundations: Room 301 Research: Room 313

3:00 pm Concluding activity (Room 301): Carnack the Magnificent AND Awards Ceremony

3:30 pm Adjournment 