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MN
Professional Development Council
(Supporting Professionals Who Educate,
Advocate, and Care for Children, Youth, & Families)
Minnesota
Professional Development Council
Tuesday,
March 18, 2003
12:15
p.m. – 3:15 p.m.
Ramsey
County Library
Roseville,
MN
1.
Welcome and Introductions
“We
all know our ideas can be crazy, but are they crazy enough_”
(Kobi Yamada)
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Deborah Fitzwater- Dewey, meeting Chair, called the meeting to
order.
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Council members turned to their neighbors to share a recent
success story.
2.
Meeting Overview – select time keeper
This
is the fourth meeting of the Council, which had its first meeting in Sept.
Our last meeting was in February.
At this meeting, we hope to build on the energy from the February
meeting. Michael Luft went over
the agenda.
3.
Review Mission/Vision Document (Marie Johnson)
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Handout – Mission/Vision Document
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In the last meeting discussion, the Council thought there were
too many bullet points to the Vision.
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Stuck with the word individuals, because people come into this
system from all over.
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This Mission/Vision document will be included in the Council
Orientation Packet, along with the historical document.
Discussion
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Great! The
committee clearly listened to the feedback from the last meeting.
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For the folks not at the last meeting, it’s the first time
you’ve seen it. Does it make
sense_
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Yes. Clear,
concise. Looks at PD as a system.
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Vote on the
Mission/Vision document– Everyone voted thumbs up!
4.
Vision & Strategies Workgroup Report
a.
Review of workgroup priorities (Claudia Freund)
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Handout – Workgroups Selection Report Back Document
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The first five workgroup areas were chosen at the last meeting
as priorities for the Council.
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There are three workgroups here that are defined, but were not
chosen as priorities.
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Take a few minutes, think about your personal priorities, and
decide which ones you would be interested in participating in.
b.
Forming workgroups (Mary Wynne)
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People gave their first and second choices of workgroups in
which they would like to participate.
Discussion
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You can make recommendations for who else should be
participating in a workgroup who is not at this meeting.
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People might be interested in the articulation group.
Especially because of the news of the articulation agreements within
the MnSCU system (news from Heidi Malloy).
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Things are happening in MN around articulation more so than
when we originally made this list.
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By popular demand, articulation will return as a priority.
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The group split up into different workgroups according to
their first choices.
5.
Structure Workgroup Report
(Michael Luft)
a.
Workgroup structure and set-up
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Handout – Proposal for Council Workgroup Formation Document.
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Workgroups will recruit additional members and choose a
Development Chair.
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Workgroups will develop workplan to be reviewed by Council.
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Two co-chairs of the whole Council.
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The Council will eventually meet either quarterly or twice a
year.
Discussion
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Looks great!
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Deb and Michael did a lot of work!
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Process question – What happened to people’s second
choice_
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If you are interested in participating in a second workgroup,
you can contact the Chair of that workgroup.
The contact list of workgroup Chairs will be emailed and available on
the web by following PD Council links at www.aeyc-mn.org
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Are we going to choose a Council Chair at this meeting_
So far, the membership organizations have provided a chair (MnAEYC,
MLFCCA, MnSACA). We can keep
doing this until the Council chooses chairs.
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MECSATA wasn’t included in membership organizations that
have been chairing. We need to
remember them.
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Does MnAEYC have a place on their website to allow workgroups
to convene_ Concordia could
create invisible link if we need it. Workgroups
could post information and have virtual meeting (chat room meeting and
bulletin boards). Sue Dion
offered to bring all workgroups up to speed if they need help on how to meet
online.
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A workplan template will be emailed to each of the workgroup
Chairs.
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Before we leave today, the workgroups should:
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Come up with first meeting date
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Designate a Development Chair
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Workgroups
a)
Resource Development & Communication
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Development Chair - Deborah Fitzwater-Dewey
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Contact Information: 651-646-8689,
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First Meeting – April 9 from 1p.m. – 3p.m. at the MnAEYC
Office (1821 University Ave W, St. Paul, MN 55104)
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Staff Person – Michael Luft,
b)
Training & Trainers
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Development Chair - Dawn Goldschmitz
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Contact Information: 612-279-6503,
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First Meeting –
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Staff Person – Katie Connor,
c)
Core Competencies
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Development Chair- Sheryl Wennermark
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Contact Information: 612-624-9591,
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First Meeting - Wed, April 9th, 1-3 possibly at RCC
– next meeting
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Staff Person – Michael Luft,
d)
Advocacy, Legislation, & Funding
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Development Co-Chairs:
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Vicki Thrasher Cronin: 651-644-8138,
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Kathy Wilken: 651-636-1989,
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First Meeting – April 11th at 9 at Ready 4 K
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Staff Person – Katie Connor,
e)
Articulation
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Development Chair – Valerie Peterson
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Contact Information: 651-290-9704,
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First Meeting – April 14th
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Staff Person – Katie Connor,
f)
New Member Orientation & Structure
6.
Setting Next Council Meeting Date
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The workgroups should meet at least once before the next
Council meeting.
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Katie and Michael will talk about how they can help chairs
move them along and provide staff services.
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Next meeting –
Tuesday, May 27, 2003, 12 p.m. – 3 p.m. at the Ramsey County Library, 2180
Hamline, Roseville, MN
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Bring lunch. Dessert
will be provided.
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The workgroups should keep in mind that there will be a
September Council meeting as well.
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Executive Committee of the PD Council will include the
workgroup chairs.
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First Meeting - Tuesday, June 24, 2003 at MnAEYC – 9a.m. –
12p.m.
7.
Announcements
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National Registry Conference, Madison, WI – July 17-19, 2003
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$200 registration fee
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QNET sponsoring 2 trainings. One in May on family literacy training. Second in June on social emotional development, in Brainerd.
For more information, please contact Ann Bailey at
or 612-624-9589.
8.
Meeting Review
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Clear
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Organized
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Liked to be able to work in smaller group
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As a first timer, I wasn’t completely lost
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Enthusiasm, sparks
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Contributions!
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Appreciate thoughtfulness that’s gone into the meeting
planning
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New and familiar faces
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Structure
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Appreciate people who stepped forward as development chair
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Smaller groups allowed for great connection
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Positive energy
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Structure and organization kept everyone on task and momentum
is building
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Prep work great
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Welcoming, great to put names with faces from emails
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Everyone has a voice around this table.
Decisions have been made.
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Thinking back on more difficult meetings, it’s been great to
have everything falling into place. Used
to feel more reserved with group.
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Building on existing work is good
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Organization! Being
able to move forward. Facilitation
was critical and successful. Entertaining virtual meeting space is important.
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Is this group always open_ At this point, yes. The
structure group will be discussing this – who should be at Council and who
should be at workgroups. They
will come up with proposals for the Council.
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At next meeting, there should be more discussion on registry
conference. Pertinent to what
we’re doing here and maybe we should send a team from the Council to
represent our Council and gather information.
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Attention to time was appreciated.
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