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M.L. Leadership Committee
Minutes from meeting of 11/8/2005
Connecticut Association of SchoolsMiddle Level Leadership Conference Committee
Minutes
November 8, 2005
In attendance were Linda Anania, Fred Baruzzi, Sharon Bunyan, Jody Goeler, Thomas Heffernan, Frank Henderson, Paul Osypuk, Julie Phelps, Joe Scheideler, Jen Buckley and Earle Bidwell
1. Progress Reports (Lead person{s} in parenthesis)
a. Opening Activity: (Joe Scheideler/ Jen Buckley) The opening activity will be the same as last year with a “get to know you” and problem solving activity. CAS will also ask participating schools to e-mail pictures to be used in a pictorial collage. Tom Heffernan will coordinate this and committee members are asked to send in pictures from their schools.
b. Large Group Sessions: (Troy Monroe and Paul Osypuk) The Canton high School Esteem group will handle one large group session and Jen Buckley will do the second. She has some ideas to add an audience survey to increase participation.
c. Adult Presenters for concurrent sessions: (Jody Goeler and Sharon Bynum, Linda Anania) Janice Grecco sent out invitations to past presenters and to date the following have responded favorably:
i. Troy Monroe
ii. Matt Cavedon and Lindsey fortunate
iii. Gina Faford
iv. Denise Pulaski and Victoria Bennett
v. Jennifer Taylor
vi. Joan Reskin (Canton Esteem)
vii. Carol Marinaccio
d. Jody will follow up with Judy Marks, Mike Spera and Sue Pascoe; Sharon will contact Dan Levy and Ron Byrd. Other committee members were urged to contact potential presenters know to them. All successful contacts should be e-mailed to Earle Bidwell.
e. Jen Buckley expects to have ten teams of student presenters. She will also forward the names to Earle
f. Publicity: ( CAS Staff) registration material has been mailed to all principals, center members and student council advisors. There is an article on the website that is linked to on-line registration.
g. Advisor Session(s) (Fred Baruzzi) Fred will facilitate a roundtable session with “things that work and things that don’t. He will also look into an additional session on Multi-cultural education or the Responsive Classroom. These sessions will take place on the second level of the cafeteria.
h. Contract and Site Visit: (CAS Staff) Earle will be making a site visit to confirm room locations and availability in the near future.
i. Packets: (Janice Grecco and All) The committee will convene anytime after noon on January 5th to assemble packets. In the event of bad weather, committee members will come to CAS during the day on Friday, January 6th.
j. Student Presenter Packets (Tom Heffernan) Tom has prepared a theme sheet and sample lesson outline for student presenters. It was decided that it would be sent to all presenters along with their confirmation. They will in turn be asked to reply with their choice of themes. This will help in coordinating the schedule. (Please let us know which topic best fits your presentation. This will help us in scheduling students for different experiences.) Earle will send e-mail copies of Tom’s work with the minutes to assist in recruiting presenters.
2. Next Steps: Paul Osypuk raised the issue of evaluation. It was decided that we should all think of appropriate questions for an evaluation and bring them to the next meeting. Also, that evaluating the conference could take several forms including a brief check list to be filled out at lunch and a more extensive one that could be mailed back to CAS (perhaps in a stamped self addressed envelope).
3. It was suggested that someone be designated to be in the quiet lounge with cell phone access in the event of a medical emergency.
4. Executive Director’s Report: Earle Bidwell reported on the Arthur Director award and the Scholar/Leader banquet.
5. The next meeting is scheduled for December 13, 2005
