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Inclusiveness, caring, integrity, humor (maintain perspective), generosity with time and talents, openness and understanding - and then there are all of those values relating to the mission and vision- passion for education and serving students, commitment to vision, actions/activities support vision and mission

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For me, it is the openness I have felt with this group.  Everyone is willing to share what they have done, what issues they have faced, and how they have resolved those issues or at least what they have tried and are building upon.

It is also a very reflective culture.  We know we don't have all the answers, but we are working to develop a system that works for our kids future world, not our past and with our openness to sharing and our willingness to reflect, this collaborative has helped move the educational system in the right direction.

So long winded, but I believe the key core values for me are openness, reflection and future focused.

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Members share in ways that convey a deep level of authenticity - they share their commitment and passion as well as their struggles and questions

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Positivity
Growth Mindset
Respect
Innovation
Risk-Taking
Shared Vision
Shared Goals
Passion for MCL
Desire to learn and grow as leaders

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Shared goals and vision for learning

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Respect (Value each other, Treat as Professionals)
Growth Mindset (Risk take, Improve, Creative Thinking)
Cooperation (Productivity)
Caring (Shared Mission and for Members)
Alignment (Shared Mission)

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Members demonstrate a growth mindset - they don't know everything and are eager to learn from others. They're curious. They're willing to try new ideas

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Protocols, agendas, and facilitation promote sharing.

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A sense of confidentiality

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Members share humor and caring with each other

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Very different districts and situations which decrease the motivation to be competitive.

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Also, a great group of people who want to learn from each other

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Genuine Interest in Learning from each other
Growth Mindset
Risk taking

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Shared Vision-Goals (Alignment)
Growth Mindset (Future/Solution-Focused, Innovate)
Respect (Caring, Cooperating)

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1. Curious
2. Desire to learn and grow as leaders
3. Passion for vision/mission/goals

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Nadine

Openness
Reflection
Future Focused

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Integrity
Commitment to mission
Learning is the constant

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No significant increase in anyone's dues over one year. 

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No significant increase in anyone's dues over one year. 

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Doesn't cause someone to leave our organization. 

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Doesn't cause someone to leave our organization. 

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Most importantly is the networking and using other members as resources to improve our school's MCL work.

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We are members because we want to network with others to move our learning programs forward under the MCL umbrella. We will use resources to build our belief statements and utilize learning progression resources.

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Use of the progressions- I also want to be a placeholder for my district. People don't have this work on there radar right now. I want it to be important to us.

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Collaboration with other like-minded leaders.
Ideas for how to embed CCL into our systems.
Overall support for this change.

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Because of my schools small numbers and multi grade classrooms, i was coming back to work i had done in other districts that were working with customized learning.
listing it out-
support
networking in Maine and outside of maine
professional development

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We are members because we value the collaborative conversations and problem-solving that occurs between members. We also enjoy the benefits of shared resources. The professional developed offered by the organization also help advance our understanding and build capacity in our district.

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Induction program as we welcome new teachers to our school. The Strength Finder to help ensure new members match our philosophy of learner-centered and the mission of success for all. The Summits and other professional development to bring together a diverse group of members to learn from others with similar mission/vision and to action plan to improve our school as it relates MCL work.

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This group has been invaluable for me in my role. Getting together with like-minded folks rekindles my commitment and passion for the vision. I get ideas, resources, and clarity. Education can be lonely in our little silos, so it is huge for me to connect with everyone here.

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Collaborating and learning from others is the most important, but the resources such as progressions and other documents have been very helpful. I would like to join in on some professional learning this year, we have not taken advantage of that as of yet.

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At present, our organization is a member because we have gotten access to the learning progressions. We did use some of the PD options for administrators, however, that has stopped since COVID. We also have accessed Linda and Bea when we first started this process to help us gain momentum as a district at a professional learning day and to develop our strategic direction. These were days that we worked with Linda and Bea outside of our membership.

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I believe in doing what's right for kids and know that individualized learning opportunities is the right thing for kids. The traditional factory model is outdated, and we need change.

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I greatly value to shared experiences and the support that advances my own understanding, challenges me to grow, and energizes my commitment to this work.

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The only reason is because I think it's important.

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My most honest answers are:
- Because we have been;
- I don't know.

It feels discouraging to acknowledge that, but the reality is, our staff (and leaders) are overwhelmed, and there are so many competing priorities and such limited time that only Christine and myself have participated in any CCL work in the past three years.
I hope that our strategic planning process this fall will refocus our vision and make the MCL aims a priority again.

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The shared support and growth towards the Customized vision. Having a likeminded group of individuals that share the same values and beliefs is a huge reason to be part of the group. Even though we are at different parts or have different circumstances in the implementation we are all collaborative and supportive of one another.

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Support, access to curriculum, trainings, etc.

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Shared Vision
Growth Mindset
Passion/Desire to learn and grow

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I think the most critical part is balancing not burdening members while being able to function.  Consistency year after year or predictability is important.

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consistency

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Think we need to think about having a base fee, along the line of joining ASCD or PASCD or any other professional organization. Using the size of the school district puts different burdens on large and small district.

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Also giving the option for additional revenue channels such as

Individual membership (beefed up) or even different tiers and benefits.
Options for grant monies to be leveraged to benefit the cohort. For example, being able to contract beyond Premium, etc.

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A member leaving if the cost does not equal benefits or overall cost becomes unrealistic to fund.

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Does not significantly reduce overall dues revenue

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Does not significantly reduce overall dues revenue

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Strategies for addressing fee structures

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Strategies for addressing fee structures

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Group 1
Really trying to figure out how to leverage different revenue structures.  We do have members that are not fully accessing the Premium Membership because of geographic reasons and other factors.

Can the costs be shifted to a more customized approach? Create sustainability by charging different fees for different services.

With changes in membership at the National level- can we make membership more of interest to educators from across the country.

Over the past couple of years, it's been a challenge to get learning facilitators together to collaborate during PD sessions and then bring that learning back into their classrooms or sharing at the school level. This is seen as being very important for some.

The lack of subs continues to be a challenge- may be at a point that it may be overcome.

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Keeping the structure affordable is key. A big factor of us joining was that it was affordable for our small district.

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I feel more worried about losing members. There's a critical mass to a collaborative like this, so we need to be careful not to lose anyone or keep someone out.
On the other hand, we have to make ends meet so we can provide the valuable services that make it worthwhile to be a member...

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Strategies for addressing fee structures

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Strategies for addressing fee structures

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Group 2

Worries- The fact that this conversation is hard because the dues are such a significant percentage of our income- we are at the beginning stages of generating income through other sources.

If we want to reduce the discrepency/differential between costs for different sized school districts, we may need to phase this in over a couple of years.

We may want to look at systems more similarly- the difference between the costs are most closely related to the number of free seats- vs. size of districts.

Maybe we should separate the costs of membership from the costs for PD.  This would create a more unpredictable fee structure vs. having the costs split among districts based on their size.

A question was raised about the 501 3C status and how this might support us in accessing grant funds.  There was a discussion about grant writing- we do have a tax number under RSU 12.  A thought was shared about the importance of having our own not-for-profit designation.

Conversation about having a customized approach to professional development needs- here's my base membership- calculated based on some size bands- not as significant differences as is the case right now.

Look at what systems need and charge for the services.  Perhaps charging money for the progressions would generate funding.  The core values work was also mentioned.

Some systems might be limited by the current fee structure with respect to the value the membership- the importance of the cohort isn't necessarily reflected in the amount a system values the membership.