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Minnesota
Professional Development Council
December
12, 2002
Junior Achievement Center (Maplewood, MN)
Attendees:
Claudia Freund (Resources for Child Caring),
Mary Wynne (MN CCR&R Network), Heidi Malloy (Metro
State University), Michelle Thole (MLFCCA), Wendy Nielsen
(Resources for Child Caring), Marie Jahnson (CAC CCR&R),
Dawn Goldschmitz (Development Corporation for Children),
Valerie Peterson (MNCCR&R), Claire Chang (MnAEYC
Board), Kate Zabertini (MnAEYC Board), Betty Cooke (CFL),
Sue Dion (Concordia University), Deb Colling (PLA),
Margaret Boyer (Alliance of Early Childhood Professionals),
Kelly McKown (ACCESS, St. Paul College)
I.
Welcome & Overview
Kate
Zabertini called the meeting to order.
She introduced Michael Luft as MnAEYC’s Professional
Development Coordinator.
As such Michael will be facilitating the meetings
of the MN Professional Development (PD) Council.
At the last meeting of the Structure Workgroup,
they decided to have a Facilitator and temporary meeting
Chair. Kate
introduced Michelle Thole from the MN Licensed Family
Child Care Association (MLFCCA) as the Chair of this
meeting.
II.
Introductions
The
group went around the room introducing themselves and
the organization(s) they may be representing.
Each person turned to a neighbor to talk about
what originally drew him/her to the field and an insight
or idea he/she has had about Professional Development
since the first meeting of the PD Council in September.
III.
Structure Workgroup report back (Michael Luft
and Deborah Fitzwater-Dewey)
A.
Meeting Norms for Council and Workgroups
·
The group brainstormed both what we want
to avoid in our meeting and how we would like the meetings
to run.
·
What to Avoid
o
No decisions ever made
o
Decisions being made without the full
consent of the Council. The Council members as props.
o
Slowed meetings.
Going back to the beginning every time for new
participants.
o
Some groups left out of the process
o
Work that could be done individually instead
being done at giant table
o
No one takes leadership, but everyone
criticizes the leadership
o
Full group not trusting the work of the
smaller workgroups
o
Turf issues – Narrow vision around your
own agenda/context
·
What We Would Like to See
o
Welcoming orientation for new members
o
Introduction to the jargon we regularly
use
o
Materials sent out ahead of time
o
Members read materials before meetings
o
Good facilitation
o
Timeline of projects
o
Representation
o
Efforts to get input from those not present
o
Clarity about the tasks to be done
o
Sense of respect.
Everyone being heard
o
People are not interrupted
o
Willingness to challenge
o
Web-based discussion before meeting
o
Process between larger group and workgroup
discussion
B.
Building Blocks to Our Future
·
See the Building Block handout
C.
Comments (What makes sense?
Where you can direct your concerns.):
o
The Structure group should be very clear
about the scope of the group.
Where is School Age?
§
The Name/Marketing group thought that
the scope and School Age question would be addressed
by the name of the Council
o
Where is the decision-making process?
§
The Structure group decided to work on
this issue
o
The group liked the following ideas from
the Structure group:
the co-chairs, how clear and specific they were,
that the workgroups would be doing most of the work,
the process makes sense
o
If anyone has questions or concerns about
the structure of the Council, direct them to any member
of the Structure Workgroup.
Michael Luft at mluft@aeyc-mn.org
will act as the contact person for this group, at least
for now.
o
In order to encourage participation from
diverse groups, the co-chairs should be from various
groups. This
should be established as a priority right away.
o
Why aren’t people at the table today?
§
Only one person from greater MN
§
Only one person from communities of color
o
People are tired of conversation without
action
o
We can make this process more concrete
right now with the workgroups’ reports
o
There are two available places for virtual
meetings: through Concordia University or the R&Rs
§
Could be good for the workgroups and might
pull in greater MN
§
Could be a hindrance in other ways too
o
It is important to move forward quickly,
but Orientation/Recruitment Workgroup should play a
large role in getting various groups represented in
the Council
o
Tell people specific reasons why we want
them at the table
o
Bring in telephone and technology options
for greater MN
o
Bring all other suggestions to the Orientation/Recruitment
Workgroup
IV.
Vision Workgroup Report Back (Kate Zabertini)
A.
Present Priorities
·
Please see the handout, “Mission and Vision
Workgroup” for specific outline
·
There should be a public policy piece
integrated into our work – Loan Forgiveness funding
for scholarships.
·
We can create a clearinghouse, but we
also have to have information about which pieces of
the clearinghouse providers need to access.
·
Professional development does not just
mean higher education
·
After much discussion of the proposed
tasks that the workgroups could work on, we decided
to bring the proposals back to the Vision Workgroup.
·
The group also decided that the Vision
Workgroup would be responsible for researching previously
accomplished work on visioning around professional development.
·
Everyone attending Council meetings should
have the same Vision statements, definitions, and materials.
·
The Professional Development Consortium
at Concordia University has a broad definition of PD.
They use a national standard.
·
We should use national research for our
Council. This
will help with grants too.
V.
Welcome and Orientation Workgroup (Sandy Heidemann)
-
This
workgroup will try to welcome every person into
every Council meeting
-
They
will try to think of strategies for getting feedback
-
There
will be a staff and member list
-
Each
other workgroup could give the Welcome Workgroup
suggestions about how to be inclusive
-
Keep
track of who’s at the table
-
Be
careful or misrepresentation
-
You
cannot say that just because people come to a
meeting, they understand or agree with the work
of the Council
-
If
you keep track of who’s at the table, then you
need a disclaimer at the top of the list
-
This
is an especially sensitive issue for funders
VI.
Name/Marketing Workgroup (Katie Connor)
-
The
workgroup made a recommendation to use SPEACC Council
as an acronym for the tagline, “Supporting Professionals
who Educate, Advocate, and Care for Children, Youth,
and Families.”
-
The
Council liked the tagline, but thought the Council
should not have an acronym for its shortened name.
-
The
Council decided to call itself, “MN Professional
Development Council:
Supporting Professionals Who Educate, Advocate,
and Care for Children, Youth, and Families.”
VII.
Criteria for Endorsement Workgroup (Katie Connor)
-
This
workgroup explained that they believed the online
Training Registry
(www.mntrainingregistry.org)
would be the best location for a listing of all
trainings.
-
The
workgroup will research the criteria that the CCR&R
Network uses for its trainers and trainings.
-
The
workgroup should understand the different training
needs for various sectors of the field, including:
center-based care, family child care, Head Start,
etc.
-
Investigation
of other states training registries and criteria
-
Maybe
have a “criteria for listing” rather than “criteria
for endorsement.”
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Comments:
VIII.
Closing (Michelle Thole and Michael Luft)
The next meeting of this group will be:
Thursday,
February 20, 2003
9:30
a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Junior
Achievement Center
1800
White Bear Ave N
Maplewood,
MN 55109 |
