Below are a few CFF activities and an update on some Board of Directors items:

• The date has been set for the CFF Annual Event, Innovations in Education Awards Program; May 14, 2008 to be held on the USS Midway. Our partnership with the Midway education program will provide for a very exciting event. I hope that you will all mark your calendars and plan on attending our signature event.

• CFF staff and representatives from HMC Architects met with the USS Midway educators to discuss model classroom specifications as part of our partnership effort in phase I of the project.  CFF will also develop a proposal to continue the partnership during the construction and project implementation phase.

• Some good progress was made at today's Board of Directors meeting including:  adding Santee School District to the teacher collaborative with Lemon Grove and Cajon Valley School Districts; approval of the conflict of interest policy; Board member agreement document; approval of Debra Schwartz, CEO, Mission Federal Credit Union as a new Board member; and several Board members have volunteered to assist with the implementation of key governance and development action steps.

• The Innovation Office (Rick Beach) facilitate a dialog session with a group of Santee teachers who have participated in the UCLA SEEDS professional development training on "project-based learning."  The objective of this session was to identify key strategies to support the effective implementation of the program.

• The CFF Program Committee will be meeting on October 21st to discuss a three year plan to support the strategies that help CFF realize its definition of success and its proof points.  A report will be created to present at the December 11, 2008 Board meeting.
  

Regards,
Bruce

Bruce Braciszewski, Ph.D.
Executive Director
Classroom of the Future Foundation
6401 Linda Vista Road, Room 205
San Diego, CA 92111
858.292.3686