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June 21, 2010 print

 Minutes of Leadership Group Meeting

June 21, 2010

 

1.      Welcome Introduction

  •  Nelia welcomed all and the group did round table introductions

2.      Approval of Agenda

  •  Motioned by Shawna Lee seconded by Jean Wise to approve the agenda as presented. 

 Action Items

a.       New name of committee to be added to the Terms of Reference

b.      Organizational chart to be emailed out now and again in September.

c.       Nelia to ask Joy Lerman for the Child Care Committee binder.

d.      All subcommittees to email their revised terms of Reference to Nelia then they will be posted on the website.

e.       Franca to email group list of presenters and workshops that she currently has.

f.        Joy to email June templates for meeting dates

g.       Request for subcommittee updates to be done quarterly.

 

3.      CFC terms of Reference and Organizational Chart

 

4.      Subcommittee Overview

 

Birth – 6yrs Professional Development- Paula Stranieri

 

  •  The committee has a new chair as of Sept. 2010. Throughout the year, the group provided various workshops focusing on different topics.
  •  New workshops for the upcoming year includes but not limited to: Sign Language, Boosting ECE moral just to name a few.
  •  The group meets every other month. Joy informed the membership that with the launch of the new website there will be the capability to have online meetings.

Schoolage Subcommittee-Marc Marasco outgoing chair

  •  Offered various workshops throughout the year.
  • Group meets every month and location of meetings is not an issue. However would like to see membership increase.
  •  New co-chairs are Melissa Szauter & Kokila Vishwanath

Joy of Childhood Conference Committee-Franca DiStefano/Joanne Long

  •  Franca informed the group that there have been some changes to the keynote and format of the morning activities. Keynote is now Jim Greaves instead of Joe Rich. There will also be representation from the College of ECE.
  •  Debbie Brauswetter is the conference coordinator and Dori Kashin is the registrar.
  • Workshops are low, still looking for workshops and some outstanding presenters have not submitted their proposals as yet.
  • It was suggested that Franca email the list of workshops she has, so that the group can see if they can solicit proposals from colleagues in areas that are needed.

Early ID- Aldona Ollen regrets

Prenatal & Family Literacy Resources-Ed Bader

  •  Ed to be the rep @ the CFC table and will bring information back and forth.

Early Learning Care and Steering Committee

  • Group recently met to talk about ELP and the impact it will have on the hub sites.

Quality & Accessibility Subcommittee-Shawna Lee/Betty- Jo Cabell

  • Raising the Bar(RTB) has recently been launched and there are 16 centres participating this year.
  •  Group will be developing a work plan for Raising the Bar.
  •  In Sept. 2011 a RTB committee will be developed
  •  Looking for new members for Q/A as well as members for RTB once established to review the portfolios of the participating centres.

Motioned by Shawna Lee seconded by Jean Wise that each subcommittee provide an accessibility/multicultural workshop within their Term of Reference and Work Plan.

                Communication Subcommittee- Joy Vance

  • The website will be going “live” soon and will have the capability for blogging, online meeting, online registration (PayPal for a minimal surcharge fee) etc.

5.      Treasurer’s Report

  •  Bank balance to date is $28, 791.83
  •  S/A will be the only subcommittee that will maintain a petty cash float. Joy of Childhood Conference committee has submitted the reminder of their petty cash. No other subcommittee will have a petty cash.
  • Linda inquired what was the final decision about subcommittees having breakfast/lunch meeting paid for by the committee. It was previously discussed and a decision was made that the only committee that was to facilitate a dinner for their membership was the Joy of Childhood Conference committee on the Friday night before the conference after they set up. The CFC will have an appreciation breakfast for the membership in December.
  • Official name change to be done, new bank signature cards are ready to be signed.
  • It was suggested that we make the year-end June 30th to close off business and start the new year for CFC July 1st.

Motioned by Jean Wise seconded by Nelia Madeira that we change the year end cycle for CFC to July 1st to June 30th.

6.      2010-2011 Meeting Dates

  • Large group membership meeting (Catholic School Board) dates: Oct. 5, 2010~Feb. 1, 2011 & May 3, 2011 from 9:30-12:30am
  •  Leadership Group meeting (Region of York 13175 Yonge ST in Aurora, Linda’s office) dates: Sept. 10, 2010, Nov. 12, 2010, Jan. 14, 2011, Mar. 11, 2011 & May 13, 2011 from 9:30-11:30.