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California Continuation Education Association Council of District Representatives Minutes Meeting Location: Hyatt Regency Hotel, San Jose Meeting Date: October 12, 2007 Approval Date: Not Approved
COUNCIL OF DISTRICT REPRESENTATIVES Hyatt
Regency Hotel
October 12, 2007 Vic Whitaker, CCEA
President, called the meeting to order at 8:09 a.m. and welcomed
everyone to the Fall CDR in Introductions were
made around the table and Vic thanked everyone for their efforts in
getting to San Joe for the meeting and for being on time.
In addition to Vic Whitaker, those in attendance were:
Marion St. Amant, Vic Whitaker
announced that the Executive Board had met in August and had invited Joe
Stits to continue as a Consultant to the CCEA Executive Board for 2007 –
2008 year. Minutes of the
April 2007 CDR had been emailed to all CDR members and a copy was also
provided to all those in attendance at this meeting.
Several questions were asked and clarified by the Executive Board
members and two spelling corrections were made.
Dennis King made the motion to accept the minutes as amended.
Vic Whitaker
reviewed the agenda as proposed and, as no major suggestions were made,
Vic continued with the “District Report Round Table.”
All Districts reported and the following were common concerns
and/or experiences:
Some Districts
reported on the following:
The concept of
Diploma Plus High Schools was introduced by Dennis Fisher.
MCHSnet, represented by Matt Murvis, and Dan Plough, Principal of
Aurora High School partici Vic Whitaker gave
the President’s Report. The
Executive Board met and defined overarching goals for the 2007 – 2008
year. Building membership
is #1. Marion and Vic are
working with CTA and WASC to increase visibility and recognition.
$1,000,000 liability through State Farm is seen as quite a
“perk.” Vic reported that
CCEA has entered into a contract for a State website with the rollout
planned for early in January 2008.
Vic reported good response to the re-designed newsletter and is
glad that it is focusing on students, teachers and schools.
He announced that Wells Fargo has accounts for each District now
as well as the main CCEA accounts.
There was a District Treasurer’s training earlier in the fall
that went well so that everyone understands the financial practices and
protocols that have been definite.
Marion St. Amant
gave the Vice-President’s Report.
A Model Schools Field Expert Training had been held with a good
response from almost every District.
The “early date” of the The following
contributions were shared at-large regarding the effort to increase CCEA
membership: Marc Steffler
brought up the significance of being part of a system.
Dennis Fisher said
that there are 543,000 students in Ed Options based CDE data Ross Bauer asked
who the professional members were: Cathy Dahl-Kunkel
said that the million-dollar polity is helping. Ross Bauer gave the
Treasurer’s Report. He
distributed the spending sheet (attached) and the proposed budget for
the 2007 – 2008 year.
Income from the State Conference was discussed as being between $50,000
and $60,000. Ross clarified
that a separate account for the Conference was being established through
Wells Fargo to record and report both income and expenses.
Some concerns were voiced that too much of the budget’s health
depends on a successful conference.
Lou de Sylva motioned that we accept the budget as presented.
John Lupini seconded and the motion carried unanimously.
Ross discussed reimbursements for the CDR meeting and distributed
reimbursement forms. He
announced that rooms had been taken care of and that mileage was paid at
the rate of $ .485 per mile. Dan Plough, Past
President, reported on his role as CCEA’s unofficial representative on
the ASAM subcommittee in
·
a
Readiness element
·
an
Academic element
·
a
Transition element WestEd is working
on indicators. At this
point, there are sixteen indicators from which schools can select but
WestEd is working with the committee to establish three that all partici
·
one on
Attendance
·
one
involving some kind of Pre and Post testing
·
one on
Graduate number and transfer to the workforce, community college or
trade school John Lupini
suggested Field Testing before they set indicators.
Dan recommended attending ASAM Focus Meetings in one’s area.
At this time, graduation rates are based on a Federal formula.
More of our schools could go into Program Improvement (PI) if we
are not diligent with ASAM formulation.
The question is: Is
our mission to graduate students or is our primary goal to return
students to their school of residence? Dan also reminded
everyone present of the need for completing the Annual Assurance Form
for Model Schools. He has
made numerous contacts but some schools are still not filling out forms.
Vic thanked Dan for his work on this project.
Dan also discussed the significance and potential he sees in
Affiliate Membership. Joe Stits gave the
CCEA Consultant’s Report.
Joe attended the fall conference in District V and reported that 45+
folks partici Dr. Love commented
that press releases should be cultivated about the alternatives we do
offer in our specific areas to promote both awareness and possible
assistance. Gerry Catanzarite
gave the Webmaster’s Report.
He shared that a major overhaul of the CCEA website is coming.
He is working with a web designer who will be helping analyze all
the data that is presently on the website and coming up with reasonable
suggestions for change.
With the new design, all CCEA members should have password-access to
Website. He plans an
Officers’ area and a Treasurers’ area.
It is hoped that data collection can be input by site Principals
on a variety of issues. A
Discussion Forum is also to be included in the new design. Tri-District
Representatives had spoken earlier as part of the CDR member Round Table
but were to offer additional remarks after meeting as a Membership
Committee during lunch. Vic Whitaker
announced the names of members asked to serve on various committees and
said that committees would meet together for a working lunch and report
at-large in the afternoon. Cathy Dahl-Kunkel
and John Lupini reported for the Legislative committee to begin the
afternoon session. With the
recommendation of Barrett Snyder from Peter Birdsall’s office, the
committee suggested:
The legislative
committee also recommended that we pursue another “Leg Day” if such can
be arranged and is seen as significant pending the “climate” in
Sacramento as the year progresses.
Our connection with Steinberg (at least, his office) should be
continued. Bill Pierce
reported for the Constitutional Committee.
They recommend that the State President, Vice President,
Secretary and Treasurer serve from August 1 to July 31 and that there be
two-year terms for each office.
Each of the Officers may serve more than one term but not more
than one consecutive term unless the consecutive term limit is waived
and a one-year term is voted for by ¾ of the CDR members present.
Gary Talley made the motion to accept the recommendation after
Gerry Catanzarite clarified the recommendation as written above which
was asked for by Lou de Sylva.
Bob Meier seconded and the vote in favor was unanimous.
This is considered the first reading.
Gerry Catanzarite will present the motion at the Spring 2008 CDR
meeting. Relative to
District Charters, the Constitution Committee recommended that under the
District Office of Treasurer that “a” reads as follows:
“Maintains sound, auditable records of all funds handled by the
district within guidelines established by the CCEA State Treasurer.”
Under “b”, it should now read as follows:
“Deposits all district funds into the CCEA District bank account
provided by the CCEA State Treasurer.” After a brief
discussion, John Lupini made the motion to accept the recommendation as
presented. Lou de Sylva
offered a second and the vote was unanimous in favor.
Bill Fagan reported
for the Advisory Committee.
They recommend that CCEA work harder to develop partnerships with CTA
and WASC as well as ACSA.
There is a “thirst for communication” and we connect with other
educational efforts. Keep
the “Voice of Bob Meier, as
Conference Chairman, reported for the Conference Committee.
He distributed the Call for Presenters’ form and described the
tentative outline of activities for “Lights, Camera, Action, Education.”
He said the conference will emphasize FUN and FUNDAMENTALS.
There will be an Opening Session on Saturday morning, a slide
show on Model Schools (if possible), “fun, partici Jill Jones reported
for the Audit Committee.
CCEA State Checking Account seems in order.
Deposits, payments and voids are listed clearly and in sequence.
The Committee supports the concept of all accounts being under
Wells Fargo Bank. Marc Steffler
reported for the Awards Committee.
100% of Districts should submit award nominations.
This should be the responsibility of each District’s president.
There should be twelve nominees for Teacher-of-the-Year
considering the quality of our teaching staff.
Awards will be presented at Conference with the State Teacher of
the Year recommended as recognized on Saturday at lunch.
All Award committee members will have different roles and will
work as a group to judge the Darla Stits Scholarship under Joe’s
direction and guidance. Marion St. Amant
and the four Tri-District Representatives reported for the Membership
Committee. Dennis King
reported that members in his area are given yellow “Member Mugs” as
thank you. Robertson gives
member plaques. Affiliate
Membership should equal $100 level.
A general discussion ensured.
Dan Plough explained his perspective, Jorge Espinosa said that we
should low-ball something new and Dennis King reminded everyone to “not
forget the little person.”
John Lupini suggested a 25% Charter Discount on the Affiliate Membership
and asked that his idea be considered a “First Reading.”
This concept will then be voted on at CDR in April 2008. Bill MacDougall
reported for the Nominations Committee.
No election = nothing to report. Barrett Snider
distributed an information sheet on purposed
·
The 2008
State Budget is looking bad
·
Mid-year
cuts are proposed for Education
·
Steinberg
is particularly concerned with Dropout Prevention
·
CCEA is a
definite resource and might consider another “Leg Day” The question of
Highly Qualified Teachers and its application to continuation schools
was raised. Most schools
are using HOUSE model to qualify teachers already “on the books.” This
would include 75 hours of professional development.
The concept of a Multiple Subjects credential being accepted from
K – 12 was also discussed.
Barrett finished by
saying that without money, it is hard to do real reform.
“Don’t expect a lot but school safety might be one area of
focus.” We will all have to
“stay tuned.” Dennis Fisher
reported for the Department of Education relative to the Vic Whitaker
reviewed that all accounts, State and individual District, have been
moved to Wells Fargo and that an attempt was made to get all District
Treasurers trained in new procedures and protocols. Mark Steffler and Bob Meier mentioned
that it would be good to have Ed Options Month and Joe Stits will look
into getting bill-sponsorship with Barrett Snider. Relative to
Conference planning, the following suggestions were raised:
·
Investigate Conference date flexibility
·
Thursday
CDR in the Spring 2009?
·
Music
Friday evening?
·
Student
performances included?
·
Don’t
lose sight of classified and paraprofessional needs.
·
Call for
Presenters forms should be taken on Bob Meier offered
his opinion that the conference is too expensive, that the Conference is
supporting CCEA as it is and that we need to work to lower conference
costs. Relative to
Membership, Payroll deductions were taken in District V.
Ross Bauer will check into it.
Gary Talley made the motion that “As of July 1, 2008, CCEA will
no longer accept payroll deductions toward membership.”
Angela Dea Mude seconded the motion and the motion carried
unanimously. Vic Whitaker
thanked everyone for their partici Respectfully
submitted, Georgeanne
Fulstone-Pucillo
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