WASSP WEN meeting

Minutes

December 14, 2011

Present: Larry, Ursula, EmmaJo, Tony, Joanne, Brandon, Jeremiah

Absent: Mike, Shannon, Christie, Ken and Dana

Treasurer report: Nothing reported

NASSP – Ursula reported that NASSP is interested in what each state is doing with regards to the NCLB Waiver? The reason is because NASSP is hoping to do a joint webinar with the Alliance for Excellent Education-a coalition partner of ours that focuses on dropout prevention and graduating all students college- and career-ready-and we’d love to have a principal “call in” live on a webinar to speak about his/her participation in the waiver application process.

Tony talked with Cindy, after he had talked with Enzi, and she is not going to support it as she is waiting for the outcome of NCLB. Larry said maybe we can bring this up with Cindy on Friday.

Common Core – the state missed the deadline for input and did not vote on this. Talk with Cindy on Friday.

Larry asked where are we in the Districts and polled those on the meeting. All are in some process and support the common core. After all no-one wants to be left behind?

NASSP confer4ence scheduled for March, get your registrations in, encourage other to go.

Membership Report- EmmaJo continues to register new members, we are on report #10 and she has taken all the new principals from the directory and contacted them to join. NASSP sent us a rebate check for $2088 this week and EmmaJo will send it on to Christie.

WASSP Convention: January 17 & 18t, 2012. So far we have 10 signed up. Agendas have been sent out. EmmaJo suggested that we send out agendas for both WASSP and WAESP and the new cost structure if you want to attend both. Larry suggests that we mail out through the Post office. Tony will work on this and EmmaJo will get the info to him by noon today.

Guest speakers from Wyoming – they will get a $100 stipend, paid hotel room. They will use their district cars. Brandon and Larry will let the speakers know of WASSP intentions.

Committee Meetings: Tony reported- Presented to the legislature 2 weeks ago and last week a 3hour conference to finalize recommendations. They recommend use of growth and achievement model for reporting – use state assessment test; ACT/PLAN/Explore as other assessments, and college readiness scores (similar to ACT with a baseline of 18.

Ursula asked about the banking of scores for PAWS, at the meeting last week they said maybe, but next year we will have a new test. We will bring this up with Cindy on Friday.

Writing is no longer on the PAWS; we will pilot one prompt, some discussion about there being more than one. Another question for Cindy.

Regional Meetings: nothing to report.

Assistant Principal of the Year – the committee has selected one person. That person has been notified. The superintendent needs to be notified and the other applicant will be notified that they were not chosen and should submit again next year.

Principal of the Year – Ursula has sent that out to all Principals and it has also gone to the Superintendent group. Ursula will contact Dan Stephan’s again today and ask that he encourage Supers to recommend principals. POY applications deadline March 1.

Meeting with Cindy – Friday at 10:00, those in attendance will be Larry, Tony (by phone), Ursula, and Brandon (by phone). Larry will get a list of questions to Cindy ahead of the meeting.

Other: Regional Conference. NASSP recommends that we have regional conferences/ EmmaJo reported that District 4 & 5 and Missouri will attend a one day conference in Chicago. She will use her miles to fly and charge WASSP for the hotel and ground transportation.

Larry asked EmmaJo how it was coming along with getting her records out of storage. She said later in January.

Next meeting will be on January16th at 6:00. EmmaJo will set up a light supper.

Ursula will inform WEN that the meeting on January 11 will be cancelled.

Ended 7:44am.

WASSP Board

October 12, 2011

In attendance:  Ursula, EmmaJo, Larry, Christy, Dana, Laramie UW, Tony, Shannon, Brandon Jensen

Meeting brought to order at 6:50 by LU

Response to Larry re agenda:  thanks for sending out both via email and Google Doc. 

Reports:

•Minutes approved no additions or corrections.

•Treasurer report.  No new funds since last school year.

oEmmaJo has just sent $$ to NASSP, but hasn’t sent anything to Christy.

•From EmmaJo:  Thirty members have renewed.  Larry has had calls re membership information.  EmmaJo says that it should all be taken care of.  NASSP sends out cyclical membership notices.  NASSP had sent out Sept, Oct, and Nov cyclical notices out already.  Matt inquired re Cheyenne.  Shane Ogden hadn’t rec’d his.  Larry is passing along concerns from principals.  Answer:  Matt is in December.  We should remember that it’s cyclical…on different months.

•NASSP:  Ursula reports regarding programs that are being eliminated.  Anti-bullying; Common Core; Tony re Common Core.  Nov 15 final adoption, however legislators feel that they will have to legislate after the fact.  We know that there is contention between WDE and WYO legislature.  Principal evaluation:  state or national evaluation system. 

Old Business

•WASSP convention January 17th and 18th for us. 

oThermopolis MS principal communication tools

oBusiness meeting and POY candidates

o18th full day with keynote speaker

oLet’s get the agenda set ASAP

oKen has asked to be a speaker

oJoAnn Barteletti to be invited.

oWDE to give us an update

oUrsula will make contacts this week

oCassie Lallak ART (spelling)

oAccreditation cycle PLC’s have to be in place

oTIE folks

oQuantum Learning

oDistrict model accreditation

oRemember the decrease in accreditation standards from 7 to 5

oIs there someone in our state to help us with PLC implementation

oBombard with Save the Date this week or next

oClarion Hotel info from Emma Jo.  $69  Clarion in Gillette.

New Business

•University of Wyoming :  introduced selves

oThree UW reps:  Andy Hansen, Sarah Axelson

oDiscussed proposed changes to basic admittance standards. 

oAssured admittance with ACT of 21 or greater and 3.0 GPA, + Hathaway success curriculum. This describes 90% of kids admitted this year.

o10% who come in without this will be offered support.

oTown meetings around the state. 

oTrustees will discuss this in their late November meeting, otherwise will defer to January.  If adopted, scheduled to take effect fall of 2013

oNo penalty for being put on a different track.  Class sizes will be smaller and kids will travel as cohort.  Hathaway covers the cost since these are not remedial courses.

♣Larry asked:  what’s the actual change in requirement?  From 4 years of Eng and 3 years of the CORE  to 4 years of English, math, science, 3 social and 2 of foreign language.  Some changes in GPA.  The new requirement would be the Success Curriculum.  If they haven’t met this, they’d be admitted with support (Synergy Program.)

♣Synergy program:  smaller classes, cohort, career counseling

•Assistant POY:  haven’t heard anything yet.  Tony volunteers to send out a letter re this.  Due to us November 1. For the state.  Application downloadable from NASSP website.

•POY March 1

•Regional meetings? 

oEarly Nov Thermop for NW region   Brandon Jensen

oSE  SW nothing 

•Prudential community award?  Yes, we have rec’d that info

•State of Minnesota Region 4:  what they’ve been doing in the past is meeting in Chicago with region 5.  Joanne Cunuth asks if we’d be interested in Chicago for regional meetings.  NASSP has been helping us with regional meetings.  We’d like more info particularly $ wise. 

Emma Jo brings up that it would be really good to support ND that we won’t be involved with the reception for this year because we can go to the president’s reception.   Tony believes that Ken will invite them to the other one.   Both groups can probably not do one at this time.  Check with Ken to make sure it’s a go.

Next meeting in November.  Remember to send names for January 17.

Meeting adjourned 7:40.

Christy Campbell

WASSP Secretary/Treasurer

Meeting of WASSP

September 14, 2011

In attendance:  Larry Uhling, Ursula, Shannon, Christy, EmmaJo, Jeremiah,

Sec report:  minutes sent Monday night (Larry didn’t get)  EmmaJo was planning on sending check yesterday but had a crisis.  Outstanding several thousand dollars.

Treasurer’s Report:  $719.77 Not enough to pay DC expenses, EmmaJo’s salary for the past several months, or business expenses.

Add to agenda:

•Old Business regional meetings

•New business asst principal of year nominations

NASSP

•Deadlines for APOY December 1 to NASSP.  State deadline

November 1.

•Applications for POY available October.  State deadline March 1.

•Discussion topics from NASSP

Membership:

•18 renewals or new members and some PO’s from last year.  We will expect about $2000 from this money.

•Larry questions whether we received a rebate check from NASSP.  EmmaJo will check her bank statement, because Christy doesn’t believe she received that check.

•Ursula has the membership list with joining and expiration dates.  Discussion that we might send an email out with an invitation or reminder to join.  Ursula will do that.

Old Business:

•WASSP convention is set in conjunction with WAEMSP

•Date is:  go in evening of January 16, start AM 17, share speaker 18.  Keynote is poverty.  Meetings may go all day long.

•Location:  Gillette

•Send out a save the date.

•How many rooms do we need reserved?  Reserve 40 and find out a date when we can cancel some.

Legislative meetings:  no info

Regional meetings:  please notify Larry about when we’re going to have meetings so that

Christy left at 7:25 for faculty meeting at LIS.

May 11, 2011

In attendance:  Larry Uhling, Tony Anson, Joanne Flannagan, Christy Campbell, Mike Helenbolt, Ursula Harrisonn and EmmaJo Spiegelberg

Minutes approved and accepted.

Treasurer’s report:  EmmaJo has sent Christy $6900 for 60 paid members.  One bill coming up:  under $100 that Ken Griffith has indicated will be coming due.

NASSP report:  Ursula will forward a letter from Duncan. 

Membership:  121 paid members from NASSP from Ursula.  EmmaJo has explained that NASSP pays us for members paid.  Joanne asked if we were familiar with Google Docs and suggested that we try that so that Christy and EmmaJo can see updated membership at any time.

Wapati:  Emma Jo reports that we have 14 individuals who have registered for Wapati.    Tony has not received registration materials.  Ursula says that it went out 3 weeks ago. Tony suggested that EmmaJo contacts the SDE for an email address download.  EmmaJo has sent out invites to everyone secondary.  Elementary has received theirs, so have Supts.   Joanne:  have we only sent it out electronically?  Larry:  Maybe we need to follow up with a phone call?  After this meeting, Ursula will send out another email for our members.  Tony suggests that we contact those folks who normally attend to confirm that they have received the invite.  EJo will send out a list today of anyone who has already registered.

Sponsors for Wapati:  Three sponsors so far. 

WASSP convention:  SIM got moved into October.  Larry talked to Dave Olsen for WAEMSP…he’d like to talk to us at Wapati to discuss joining or overlapping with them.  (We may not get this done this year.)  From EJo:  the UnionPacific partnership is ending.  Tony indicates that he doesn’t think that anyone is opposed to joining with WAEMSP…use the vocational model re combining for a main speaker.  Question is location….WAEMSP is Gillette this time, we were looking at Casper/Lander.  From Joanne:  are we thinking of moving back into Sept due to the change in SIM?  Ursula will ask them the reason for the change.  Tony suggests that we move back to the Sept date Monday/Tuesday. 

Wapati:  If you’re coming, bring ideas for conference, no matter what the date.

More discussion about WASSP dates…better shot would be mid September (Sept. 19-20)  One shot antelope hunt is about then in Lander.   Within the next week, Tony will send out a survey regarding the conference, particularly in light of the new SIM date.

Committee meetings: 

Tony:  nothing new legislatively.  Meeting June 14-15.

Ursula:  report on Statewide Assessment Review committee (east side of state.)  Talked about PAWS.  Discussed online vs handwritten.  Came out with 4 year plan.  Ursula will share the plan via email.  Another meeting in the west (Riverton.)  Broke them up teachers/admin.  Teachers prefer paper/pencil.  Admins prefer online.  Discussion of removing writing, state still wants writing..

2010 AYP reading and writing.

2012:  PAWS (no writing prompt), Explore, ACT, MAP in reading mathematics K-8 fall and spring statewide.  2012 pilot statewide assessment in writing.  Much discussion at meetings re length of test.  National test?  Biggest problem involved with moving into the national core standards is transition.  Correlation between PAWS and new test coming in 3-4 years.  Tony makes the cogent point that PAWS changes every year, so there’s not much statistical validity in the first place.  YEA Tony.  Common core in reading and math may be, beginning next January districts would have 6 months to adopt.  Vote coming up in December.  Let’s talk to Tammy Schroeder at Wapati re the common core.

Next time we meet will be in Wapati.

Meeting adjourned 7:40.

Respectfully submitted, 

Christy Campbell

WASSP Secretary/Treasurer

April 13, 2011

Larry, Christy, Ken (left before start of meeting,) Ursula (can’t get good signal) Tony, Joanne, Shannon,  Jeremiah, EmmaJo.

Minutes accepted

Treasurer:

EmmaJo reports that she is holding the money that she said that she’d send to Christy a few weeks ago.  She still has outstanding expenses and has not sent the checks. We should have 13,685.  We have 5000.  Are we counting paid members?  EmmaJo has paid NASSP for 119 people.  EmmaJo says that purchase orders haven’t been paid.  Ursula will talk to EmmaJo about the PO process and how it’s changed.  Tony indicates that we’re short about 70 of the 119  (8000) Confusion.  Ursula and Larry agree that we’re short 20-25 people’s payment.  EmmaJo and Ursula will follow up on this.

(Laramie still having technical difficulties.)

Old Business:

Wapati:  EmmaJo has called Mike Christiansen back and he isn’t there to return calls.  Shoshoni Lodge.  No prices.  No email.  Began calling 3-4 days after.  No meals donated (?) because no numbers.  Let’s estimate 40-45 people for meals.  Registration $100 (not 85, back to 100.)

EmmaJo, please send a copy of what you have to Larry and Joanne, who will review it and send changes.

Joanne asked about entertainment for the evening of the dinner.  We need to get something lined up or we won’t have anyone.

Any other thoughts about our convention lining up with elementary convention?

•From Tony:  WAEMSP doesn’t worry about sports.  For secondary, their January convention conflicts with BB games. 

•Larry will contact Dave Olsen, Tony will contact Chris Kundall, president.  If we did a Tuesday/Wednesday, it would keep us away from the weekend.

Any other old business? 

From Joanne:  Can other pre-admins come for $50?  Yes, not just the leadership academy.  From Larry:  Make certain that it’s worded for administrative interns, not UWyo students only.

From Ursula:  what’s the date for NEXT year’s Wapati?  Some feedback that this year’s workshop is late, folks don’t have the appropriate weekend booked.  Tony had done a survey, and this was the date the respondents favored.

New Business

Joanne attended legislative sessions…did anyone else attend?  Joanne reports that the statue regarding restraing/isolation is written for all students in all school/institutional settings.  It’s taking on an institutional flavor, of which we need to be careful.  It’s crucial that rules and regs need to be written with cognizance of public school systems.

Info from the meeting:  Whenever there’s an incident of restraint or isolation there needs to be:

Documentation

Review of the restraint by a district person who’s in charge of this issue

Mandatory parent notification

Definition of restraint/isolation isn’t clear:  sitting in hallway?  Holding a fighter off during a fight?

Crucial that public  chools have this group hear their voices prior to the rules and regs being written.

Concern that the statute was born out of institutional concerns, not public schools.

Are we REQUIRED to provide restraint? 

We need to have our voice heard by legislators.  Peg Brown Clark WDE is the office that the regs will be coming out of.    Special Ed unit.  Need a statement from our organization.  Being rushed to be finished by December 1. 

Legislation re BOE?  Tony will represent us on the Senate File 70 committee.

Announcements: 

•Ken Griffith talked to Larry:  EJo, once you have everything together re Wapati, he’ll post it on the website.

•Ursula:  contact legislative reps regarding Perkins.  Perkins cut will be 138 million.  Also covers federal loan programs.  Ask for consideration about how these cuts will affect education/students. 

•Mike Enzi is on the ESEA  reauthorization committee.  Joanne met with staffers to express concern about rural/urban considerations.  Talk to Enzi about this…keep it in his ear.  Lummis is on the funding side.  Joanne will keep us informed.

Joanne has requested a district calendar/school calendar from Jeremiah (calendar and bell schedule.) 

Meeting adjourned at 7:40

Respectfully Submitted,

Christy Campbell, WASSP Secretary/Treasurer

WASSP

March 9, 2011

Ursula, Dana, Larry, Emma Jo, Mike, Christy, Tony, Jeremiah

(informal discussion about the eval systems.)

Agenda through email. 

Larry visited with Cindy Hill, and she’s hoping to be at Wapati.

Several people took notes, but no one typed up minutes from the last meeting, when Christy was snorkeling the Caribbean.

Treasurer’s Report:  no new money from EmmaJo to Christy; EmmaJo hasn’t been paid this school year.  EmmaJo explained that lots of principals pay late in the year.  We’re on a cyclical year.  EmmaJo has an idea to have the district send member’s portion of their dues every month.  We pay National up front for all the member’s dues. 

Ursula:  NASSP convention:  Next year in Tampa, Florida.  Changes on chances to go on to the hill; changes in legislation; conference a success, albeit not as well attended as usual.  NASSP has gone back to original logo “Leading Schools.”  Take back your schools.  Lit on that theme should come through.  From WY legislature:

•Accountability advisory  two principals from WASSP and WAEMSP

EmmaJo:  membership and NASSP.  EmmaJo didn’t go to the leadership meeting for executive directors in Baltimore nor can she go this year. 

Wapati: 

•TIE group wants to come in. 

•Bob McCord for $500 topic legal issues dealing with social networking. 

•SDE standards and common core standards. 

•Joanne has resource officer wants to present. 

•Cassie L new art program. 

•Mike Bowman has taken another job (Supt in Lander) and has asked to withdraw from presenting, as he will not be at Wapati.  (Can we find someone else to speak to Chapter 29 issues.)  Tony may have a contact to cover that topic. 

•Ken Griffith is coming to update us on national. 

•Cindy Hill. 

•EJo on the gov:  could not issue an invite until 6 weeks prior to conference, then she’ll send in an invite and he’ll book or not. 

•From Tony:  have we contacted Tim Brown that Joanne brought up?  Believe so, EmmaJo is trying to talk to his rep.  EmmaJo will call again today. 

•Larry will contact Mike Bowman again today. 

Larry asked Ejo if she has been in further contact with Mike re what we needed in place.  EJo says she did that a long time ago.  Donations for sponsorship?  No list of places from last year.  Suggestion to contact Mike Bowman.  Ursula says that he’s got everything we need.  Don’t need the box, he has everything on computer.  Ejo will call Mike Bowman today.  No folder from Dave Olsen.  Larry talked to Dave at SIM, all he had was receipts from two years ago.  Maybe another folder from Walt…he’d look. 

No one has received a save the date postcard.

Site for WASSP:  voted for Lander October 10-11.  Keep the convention out on its own.  Larry’s going to throw this out:  If we look at where things are going, economics, etc., and providing quality presentation, we should look at tying up with the elementary, having one day in common.  It may end up a positive thing.  EmmaJo’s concern is donations.  Dana asked if it would be a three day conference.  Larry explains that we could go in a day ahead with a full day.  The keynote could come in on their first day, our second day.  Elementary is a good conference, but note that some small districts might not want everyone being gone at the same time, albeit it would be for only one day-two days (consider travel.)  Tony moves that Larry look into the feasibility of this.  EmmaJo commented.

Any other old business?

Anything else out there EmmaJo? 

•State convention.  This is how we finance it, not out of dues, but out of registration, donations, sponsors and exhibitors. Salary $800 for exec director monthly.  Expenses for supplies $1000.  Travel to national convention, etc.  

•Dues:  2010-2011 $349 and $115 to WASSP.  2011-2012 NASSP 242 and 130 for us.   Advantage is when NASSP raises dues, then they make new brochures for us.  Based numbers on increased membership 120, 125, 130.  Comments from Larry and Tony:  You’re not going to increase members by increasing dues.  The only way we’re going to increase membership is by providing things that benefit the members.  We are increasing $45  over three years, 15 per year for 3 years. 

New Business: 

Postcards, no one rec’d

Legislative updates, Ursula filled us in.  She’ll send her four pages of notes electronically.

Anything else?  No response.

Meeting adjourned at 7:40.

Christy Campbell

WASSP Board

January 12, 2011

Ursula, EmmaJo, Christy, Tony, Brandon Jensen and Jeremiah Johnson were here bat 7:00.   Larry reported in at 7:30.

Started at 6:55

Drop out prevention wrap up

We are going to give John Draper a speaking fee out of the grant monies; coordinates with WAEMSP, so we are splitting some travel expenses with them. 

We’re at the country club, set up will be similar to the 2008 convention.

EJo ordered at $15 the new book that he has out. 

18-20 people coming.  Probably more will respond and come in the next few days.

Eric Stemle usually comes, but his email has returned; he’s had surgery and is not back in school.  It sounds like he won’t be coming.

Assistant Principal of the Year

Central High School.  EJo can’t remember his name.  What she’ll tell people in the future is that they have to pay close attention to the NASSP rules.  At this point in time, EJo hasn’t heard that he’d been disqualified due to a lengthy letter.    Lisa Moriarty was dealing with him directly.   

EmmaJo will contact superintendents asking for nominations for POY. 

Wapati

Ursula has send out a save the date.  Ursula will send out flyers to the WAEMSP convention.  We discussed whether to send a reminder in the USPS or via email.  It’s about $250 to send it via USPS, so it seems sensible to remind folks via email.  Tony’s survey indicates that 100% of the (responders) to the WASSP survey prefer email reminders. 

There is an updated email list.

EmmaJo has a speaker but didn’t have the name.  She also has Sue Peppe from Quantum Learning.  Exec directors haven’t sent the “box” to EmmaJo.  She’ll remind Dave Olson.  Tony asked if EJo has talked to WSA about Tim Brown, EmmaJo responded that she was unable to talk to Mike.  EJo confirmed that she would talk to Tim Brown.

Legislative from NASSP

Bills were “squashed.”  We’d have to start over on the appropriations; also on the “Dream act.”  We’re on hold re the reauthorization until new guidelines are established.  Don’t hold your breath on reauthorization of NCLB.

Convention Survey

Did anyone put down a date in October? 

A Monday in October in Casper was the most popular choice.

Only 39 or so responders.

Mike Bowman went over to Saratoga to check it out.  He tried to send out a summary of what was there.  Discussion of where people came from.  EmmaJo will plot a map of where people came from.

Anything else?

No reception with NDakota because of NASSP hosting one for the President Elect. 

Tony:  NCA having banquet recognizing HS POY, and EmmaJo confirmed that that was through us.  Good PR.

Christy reminded EmmaJo to get her some money.

Who’s going to the school improvement conference?  NCA reporting was hectic this year, what with all the changes.

EJo reports that NASSP wants us to be a 501C3.  Our web site should allow for registration, etc.  We’ve been putting that off, but we do need to discuss that further in the near future.

Christy Campbel

Minutes of the WASSP Board 

December 8, 2010

In attendance:

Jeremiah Johnston via speaker phone

Matt Strannigan

Mike Helenbolt

Larry Uhling

Ursula Harrison

EmmaJo Spiegelberg

Christy Campbell

Tony Anson

Shannon  Harris

Joanne Flannagan

Sec report:  EmmaJo has asked for and received corrections from last meeting, when she was not in attendance.  Sorry about that, EmmaJo!

Treasurer report:  No changes, about $750, not enough to pay EJo yet.

Emma Jo gave a detailed report on convention expenses.  She has emailed this to the board.

33 registrations from convention

Income 13, 692   $144 profit

Asst principal of year, extended to January 2, make sure it gets to EmmaJo
Principal of Year have to be in prior to NASSP convention (Feb 24-27)  When should the deadline be?  EJ reports about one week prior.  EJo called supts to ask for recommendations. So February 17 they're due to EJo.  Ursula will update the date on the website.

America's Promise update:  Final meeting:  WHEN?  Final report to turn in .  Do whatever we want to do to keep this going, as we still have state funds.  Can we do the meeting via the WEN?  Or, let's just set a date and meet.  January date so it's after Christmas and prior to NASSP.  January, third week.  Wednesday looks good. Ursula will check Wed 19th with State via WEN.  We need to have a reason to meet, and an agenda.  EJo will create that and have the meeting approved.

We voted last time to increase dues, and NASSP as well.  We'll have a new brochure next summer, EJo will notify NASSP regarding new costs.

Continued old business:  NASSP convention.  Get hotel rooms booked.  Marriot as well as boutique hotels.  Feb. 24-27.

New business:  Site for the WASSP convention.  Should we send another survey out?  Tony, do we still have the survey from last year?   Tony will replace info and send it out if we want.  Joanne asked if there was overwhelming response to one spot.  Tony reports that significant #’s indicated Casper, first week in Nov.  Comment:  we didn't get a significant # of people to show, so whether the survey gave us useful info or not is questionable.  Larry suggests that we follow up in regions.  Tony will put it together and send it out.

Two from Casper came.  EmmaJo, please figure out who came and where they're coming from.  Maybe we can move a bit to the west every other year.  Lander, RS and Riverton are towns mentioned.  RS doesn't participate.  The most successful one we had in the past 15 years was in Lander.  People will come to go to the casino.  Dates:  let's offer them mid-October to mid-November.  OR first part of Sept?  Remember hunting season or regional or state events.  Avoid Halloween, avoid hunting, avoid one-shot antelope.  Perhaps we schedule it before or in conjunction with SIM.  Monday Tuesday should be a good configuration.  Tony will ask for months and weeks.

EmmaJo  retreat dates:  We need a retreat to do a myriad of things, and this last year we didn't do it.  June 12-14 Wapati.  Discussion whether we want to meet the evening of the 12th or in the afternoon of the 13th.  Ursula suggests that it's a good idea to use Monday.  Ok with Joanne.  Cheyenne:  If you schedule it, we will come.  Decision:  PM of the 13th, we'll meet as a board.  We should be able to conclude our business in 2 hours. EJo says we might need 3-4 hours, Larry indicates that we may not need that much.  EJo indicates it's a goal setting retreat.  (EmmaJo, just FYI, I will not be attending Wapati this year due to a prior commitment that weekend.)

In the next couple of months, if you notice a good speaker, please give info to Larry, Ursula, EJo, or Christy, so that we can contact that person with dates for Wapati.  We need things to be organized early.  Joanne recommended Tim Brown PLC training around the state.  Learning Tree or Solutions.  EmmaJo will contact WSA to suggest Tim Brown.

Larrry has talked to Mike re approximate budget 18,000 (don't use it all.)  Joanne is not aware of the contract that Tim Brown has with the state, but suggests that perhaps we can piggyback on that contract.

Joanne reported on the NW region meeting:  about 10 people, with another meeting in March.  Brandon has taken that over.  Talking about getting people to Wapati.

Larry:  If we look at goals, we have indicated that we want increased communication with SDE and legislature. 
Cindy Hill is hiring Roger Clark, Cheryl Lane

We need to get our voice out there...several things legislatively that are of concern.
EmmaJo will send Cindy Hill a congratulatory note from WASSP.

Where are we with evaluation tool?  It's going to supt's, but we're the ones to use it.  EJo says that we need to talk to WEA.  Evaluation system, everyone has to choose one or the other.  Issue is:  what kind of local control do we retain as we use that evaluation system.  What do you use to measure student growth?  
(Sunday, December 5.)  Joanne reports that there are concerns regarding accountability system.  Supts summary regarding what's happening in that area (Joe made comments at WASSP)  Tony says we need to contact Cindy so that we have someone from our organization on that committee.  Ejo:  would you suggest that when I send her the congratulatory note, I ask her to be on the agenda at Wapati?  YES.  Cindy takes over about January 19, 2011.  Who will form the eval team?  Larry will get ahold of Cindy Hill or Cheryl Lane.  We want to be a voice and hope that she'll be open to that.

Alan Moore and Laurel Ballard will be in charge of the accountability group.

Any further business?  Seeing none, the meeting is adjourned at 7:34.

Joanne:  are we sending out a save the date for Wapati?  We talked about sending out postcards to every principals.  Now that Ursula has the updated directory, she'll put that together.  Larry will contact Joanne today.

Christy Campbell

Oct 13, 2010

Meeting called to order at 6:50, present were: Tony, Matt, Mike, Dana, Larry, Ursula, Emma Jo, and Joanne

Old business:

Emma Jo reported that union pacific had donated $2000, Groat House $1000, and another business in Laramie $100.

I asked if she had gotten a hold of the state to get the names of the contractors to make contact and she said no she felt you needed to personally know the individuals to do that.  Matt said he would contact the two in Cheyenne, and Joanne said she would contact some in Riverton.

Joanne asked about the levels and they are $2000= Diamond, $1000 = Gold, $500 = silver, and $100 = Bronze

Emma Jo will send me the final draft of the conference agenda by tomorrow.

Ursula stated that we need to bombard the principals about the conference, with only 18 registered.

Larry suggested that when we send out emails we also send link to registration form on the web site.

Ursula stated that we have 104 registered members and that is 26 short of last year.

I asked about the drop-out follow up and Emma Jo said she is waiting to hear from Mike Sabias and Mrs. Garland on a good date.

Our dates for State deadline for principal and assistant principal of the year are Feb. 15th and Nov. 1 respectively.

Mike Helenbolt suggested an excellent presenter for further conferences and that is          Dr. Crystal Kuykendall from Solution Tree.

Ursula stated that they had just gone through an in-service on ADL and it was great and if anyone wants to know more let her know.

We decided to have an executive board meeting the Sunday night prior to the conference at 6:30 to finalize the conference.  Ursula volunteered to make reservations somewhere and then get back to us on where it will be held.

We also decided that we would meet as a board during lunch on Tuesday to go over job descriptions and what will be expected.

No further business we adjourned at 7:45.

June 10, 2010  WASSP meeting at Wapati

Items discussed:

1.State Conference is November 1-2 in Casper:  featuring Jon Gordon, Coach Jim Morris (Blindside)

2.EmmaJo reported on America’s Promise Grant:  wrap up in Cheyenne, Laramie, or Saratoga

3.Ken:  Next NASSP convention is in San Francisco Feb 23-25 or worse.

4.Dues:  Haven’t been raised in six years.  Put it out for a vote.

5.PTSB webiste:  list of what you can teach under your certification.

6. 6.State convention:  can we join others?
   

Meeting of the WASSP Board

May 12, 2010

IN ATTENDANCE:  Joanne, Shannon, Ursula, EmmaJo, Tony, Christy, Matt and Mike.

7:55

Minutes   Ursula sent out minutes after April meeting;  read

Treasurer:  need significant monies to pay EmmaJo through October and reimburse expenses 2008-2010.  Need approximately 6000 without travel.

Old business: 

Drop out:   We need to have the wrap up in June to get as many people back as possible. Mike Sobias is and was excited about putting business people together so that they can continue to meet 2X year, and he would find funding.  Dates in June we need to talk about; EmmJo suggests emailing to see if we can get dates. Tony wants P16 to work together with America’s Promise; wrap up and get participation.  EmmaJo will check with America’s promise and the P16 to see if they can work together.

Next Year’s Convention:  November 1 and 2:  John Gordon is signed up to be there November 1 through sponsors.  EmmaJo doesn’t think there’s a problemwith money.  Needs other’s help re businesses that can be contacted.  First Interestate Bank she thinks should be a big sponsor (1-2000.)  John will speak for two hours primarily with the Energy Bus and the Shark and the Goldfish type topics.  Save the date has been sent.  Spec Ed speaker as well.  Two sets of POY because last year’s date conflicted with DC forum date.  Holiday Inn/Ramada Inn on river.  69/room.  Free hot breakfast out by swim pool/plaza area.  Right next door would be our meeting room.  $4.95 for folks who don’t stay there.  If we have those rooms there, we won’t pay room charges for our rooms, based on 75 people.  (That’s twice as many people as we usually have.)  We’ll  pay a 40 set up for each room if we don’t have people attend.

Tony wants to make sure that when we put the budget together, 75 people is ambitious, so we should plan on room set up fees in that budget.  EJo wonders if we should invite other schools to come view John Gordon.   JG regularly charges 25,0000…we’re getting him for 7500.  He limits the number of schools he visits.  We could open his presentation and charge 50/75/100 to come see him.  Tony saw him in DC and thought he did a great job.  Ursula’s staff will probably be going; UW will send coaches.  Coaching book The Training (something.)  Last year we gave them all the Steve Edwards book.  Maybe we could give them a John Gordon book.  We could survey at registration to see which book they’d like.  Work it in with registration.

Bill Ayres:  did anyone find anything out about that?  Matt had a couple of conservative parents that found out that we had something to do with bringing them down; far right parents.  Heard his speech was pretty good.  EmmaJo got some phone calls, etc. and decided not to respond in the paper.  More to lose than to gain.   WE dodged the bullet and no need to stir things up.

New business

BOE:  met in Laramie last Friday.  Surveys to administration (18 responses.)  Got 186 responses from teachers.  Differentiated transcript means very little to schools.  Tony guarantees that it’s not going away. 

Wapati:  Tony’s newsletter:  Casper bounced back.  Tony sent the newsletter to all principals.  Not to asst principals probably because state doesn’t keep track of them (Tony got emails from state.)  June 11-12.  Mtg for exec directors at 4:00 on the 10th. 

Joanne will be there; Shannon will not be there; Ursula won’t be there; EmmJo will be there; Christy will, Matt and Mike will not be there.  So, we won’t have our executive meeting retreat then.  We will have a short WASSP meeting while everyone else has their group meetings.

Terazzi will retire June 2011. 

Union Pacific Meeting:  Ursula and EJo met with them last night.  They will provide one speaker of their choice for our convention, and they’d like to come to the convention this year.

Dues Increase:  We’re not covering everything.  EmmaJo:  I get paid 850 per month, and I asked not to have salary raised, but I had expenses phones, etc.  $1000 per year without receipts just to cover.  Hasn’t been paid expenses for 09 and 10.  She’s gone to meetings to NASSP etc. but hasn’t been reimbursed.  DC is gone, but director’s retreat is still held.  She’s gone to all that she’s supposed to go to, except the Toronto one.  This year she signed up for one in a couple of weeks, however, 1000 room and + transportation,  it seemed too hard and expensive.  Cancelled this one.  She’ll get the info, but won’t spend the money and effort to go.  Most states have full time employees with staff.  They make 100,000 per year with benefits.  Dues are higher in other states.  We haven’t had a dues increase since NASSP has increased.  We’re the lowest dues in the nation.  Tony asked Ejo to have a comparison of dues at retreat.  However, if NASSP isn’t notified by first of June, we have to wait another year.  EJo indicates that small increments are better than a huge increase.  $115 for Wyoming portion.  $349 total.  Members have to be informed and vote for an increase.  Christy needs estimate of unreimbursed travel expenses in order to anticipate needs for budget increase.  Mike says email out Rocky Mt. expenses and take a look at what other states are charging and offering.  Tony warns that folks might drop out because they aren’t getting anything out of it.  Shannon says to increase membership.  BINGO. 

Matt asks if we’ve endorsed a candidate  or two for State Supt.  Ted Adams and Mike Massey both very strong. Future agenda item.

Schedule the retreat ASAP.

Meeting adjourned at 7:50.

Christy Campbell

WASSP Minutes

April 7, 2010

Present: Tony Anson, Matt Straningan, Mike Helenbolt, Ursula Harrison, Ken Griffith, Dana Lyman

Approval of minutes for February:

Treasurer’s report:

Old Business

Drop Out Forum:

Convention on Nov 1 & 2 in Casper – SAVE THE DATE Matt and Mike suggested Mike Mattos and Anthony Mohomad from Solution Tree as possible speakers.  Tony also commented that the Special Ed division would like to present at our convention – EmmaJo has some speakers lined out. Tony will contact her.

Regional Meetings- Mike reported that he had sent out an invite but got no response. Tony reported that Joanne had tried a couple of times. Everyone is so busy and to add another meeting?

School Improvement Report – We did not have a booth or the window, Ursula did take it, and nor were the elementaries allowed to display their window. Unless we are going to be like the vendors we will need to pay. Next September Ursula will talk to Walt about sharing the space. We will have to pay for a booth; NASSP has some books for us to sell.

POY Applications – these were sent to Superintendents back in January and an  email went out to all Principals. Check with EmmaJo for the applications.

New Business

PTSB Volunteer – Ken received 5 names

John Cook, Tracy Raglan, Phil Gerhard, Joanne Flanagan, Barbara Leseith.  We discussed sending all 5 and letting the PTSB decide. It was proposed by Matt that we rank them and then send the list. The top 3 were 1. Joanne Flanagan, 2. John Cook 3. Tracy Raglan. Ken will send this to Dr. Pollard

BOE Meeting – Tony reported that they are meeting monthly, discussing the rules and regs. They have put together a questionnaire for principals and this will be sent out on the list serve. Having looked back over the history it looks as if it was a pro-active response to NCLB. Is it something to continue or is it done. After all it led to the 3 endorsements and what does that really mean? Tony will keep us informed.

Newsletter – Need articles, Mike has already got his in., Tony made an appeal for us all to send ASAP.

Other – Matt says that he had some concerns from parents with regards to WASSP endorsing Bill Ayers. Tony said the only contact he had about it was if he wanted to participate in a WEN conference, he had no idea who or what. Will check and see if anyone spoke for WASSP

Wapiti – The Elementary is in Charge – June 11 and 12,  Walt Wragge has invited a motivational speaker Jim Tunney who is an NFL Referee, we will also have the superintendent candidates

Ken – he has cleaned up the list serve and got a few new folks interested. He also suggests that we have a mini regional meeting and invite SD, ND, NEB and a few others. As far as NASSP is concerned these meetings in DC are gone. Remember that we need to invite all when we have our convention. Ursula said that we did last time and for both of the Dropout Forums.

Tony expressed concern over the social at nationals and whether we do that again, Ken said that he will pick up next years.

Adjourn: 7:23

February 10, 2010

6:50 WEN meeting commences

In attendance:

Mike Hellenbolt, Matt Strannigan, Tony Anson, Christy Campbell, Larry Uhling, Ursula Harrison, Emma Jo Spiegleberg, Shannon Harris, Dean Kelly, Ken Griffith, Joanne Flanagan

Minutes approved (change 115 new members to 125 members)

$229 in treasury

Emma Jo will have some  $$ to send in soon, but not very much.

Old Business:

Drop out forum:  we should call businesses and send EmmaJo their email if they’re interested

$62 rooms at Holiday Inn; other facility is all set.

Freudenthal is a no, McBride is a no, Simpson is yes, someone else yes

Here’s who’s coming:    No answer on that.

Discussion of potential attendees from Cheyenne.  Ursula will call Mike H.  Dean Kelly asked for the invitation to be sent to forward to parent groups. 

Emma Jo encourages us to get this attendance up to 40 people.

Next year’s convention in Casper.  Hotels contacted?  No.  Working on Drop out Forum.

Nov 1-2:  Tony asks is it normally 1.5 or two?  We had it 1.5 this year because drop out forum.  We traditionally have two days and will continue to have it 2 days for one credit.  We will begin at breakfast and end at 3:30 on last day. 

Regional meetings:  anybody had any?  NOPE

EmmaJo suggests that the regional reps set the meetings up on the WEN.  That’s possible, but the problem is that we’re not doing it.  That was one of our goals…but not much movement being made.  Dates are a problem.  Joanne reports that she will get something set up; Shannon the same.  Mike and Larry will put that on their lists.

(Ok, guys, this discussion is going from one topic to another…fine with me, BUT!!!!!)

National convention:  State social will be Saturday evening. Herff Jones will help out.  EmmaJo will send out invitations to those registered.  Anything we need to do for Ken?  Everything for Ken happens Friday morning, which is almost pre-convention.  Ken has tote bags to hand out to the initial meeting, new cards coming…not much going on, he’s about to hit up the pres and pres elects, coordinators, etc.  Ursula asks if there will be something for her to hand out on Thursday.  When Ken gets there, he’ll have something.   Both Ursula and EmmaJo will hand things out at the social Thursday.  Ursula is driving, so she has offered to transport things for him.  Ken thanks us for the support; he’s anxious, and WE’RE excited that he’s a candidate for Pres elect.  The meeting is at 9:00 Friday; here’s the process:  two candidates, each candidate gets a 5 minute speech; coordinators go into caucus and prepare 5-7 questions, then the meeting opens, one at a time they’re questioned for 20 minutes, then the voting reps vote, and it’s done right there.  That slate of candidates goes to the general session business meeting and unless there’s a surprise, it’s a done deal.

There’s a state pres meeting on Sunday that Tony will be unable to attend.  Larry would be his rep, but is also unable to attend.  Ursula will go.

School improvement:  Ursula will take the stuff down for the booth (window shade.)  Do we want to sell books?  She doesn’t really want to sit there and man the table, so we won’t sell books.

POY applications:  letter to sups?  EmmaJo has contacted most sups.  That info should be forthcoming.

Any further old business?   No.

New business:

Tony:  State is developing a principal and certified evaluation instrument.  Beginning next year, we have to use the state-developed instrument or defend their own instrument as to how it addresses the standards.  M (Textbook company) has an online instrument.  Tony will get the website so we might be able to look at sample things.  The principal one is based on Marzano 12  areas that improve instruction. 

Will the districts have an opportunity to take a look at these or have input?  Only five principals represented at the meeting; we’ll take a look at it then.

It has exactly to do with Chapter 29 adoption.

Next Monday, Feb. 16, Joanne and Tony are going to the BOE Study meeting in Casper.  Purpose is to consider future of the BOE.  Group seems to have purpose to get together to prove that we have to have an accountability system (BOE) by law.  Are there adjustments that can be made that will make this more manageable?  (Local control, but do exactly as we say!)  It’s going to come down next year to the total system K-12.  We’re going to have to incorporate the BOE into the lower grades next year.

Elem is putting on Wapati June 11-12.  That’s Thursday and Friday. (no, Friday and Sat.)  Retreat:  Is there a better time to put on the WASSP retreat?  June 10?   We need a commitment to start at noon and go through dinner on Thursday. 

Ursula has been on the committee for hiring of leadership at UW.  UW expresses shock at turnover of principals at this state.  University believes that there is no professional development for principals. Not true.  University does not receive info.  Not true.  Ursula suggested that they had an active member on our committee.  Met with Kate whatever her name is and suggested that she felt strongly that they became more active in the loop so that they knew what was going on.  It’s a concern about turnover.  Why are they leaving?  No support.  Big districts do mentoring; don’t know what they do in small districts.  Heather’s on this committee; although Tony hasn’t invited her, she has  been invited , but she doesn’t attended and she hasn’t paid her dues. 

Is the turnover really a problem?  Ken doesn’t believe it is.  It is at some districts, who are unfriendly to principals, but overall, it doesn’t seem to be.

The state is very interested in NBC for principals.  Mary Garland from Elbogen foundation met with Ursula.  How can they help fund principal certification?   $$ is always an issue. 

Certification (or lack thereof) for sups is an issue as well.

Tony suggests inviting UW to the drop out forum. Ursula is meeting with them today. 

Joanne asked about the survey that the UW is allegedly giving.  Ursula couldn’t get specifics re any turnover.  Lack of support is allegedly from the district level. 

Ursula will get more info.

Any further business to come before us?

Ken wants info ASAP re the fall convention.  We need it by the first of April so that we can get it on the newsletter and folks can add it to the calendar.

Best turnout in a long time.  Good job, everyone!!!

7:37 Meeting over

Christy Campbell

Secretary

Meeting of the WASSP Board

January 13, 2010

6:50  Tony called the meeting to order

In attendance:  Tony, EmmaJo, Ursula, Mike H, Matt S, Dana, Christy, Dean Kelly and Chris B, Larry U

Sec report:  sent via email earlier

Treasurer’s report  1079 left in account.  EmmaJo paid through January; Allied Ins paid; enough for February left in account.

EmmaJo reported that we have a bill for 9000+ due, and after that’s paid, the treasury will receive $$ for 115 members.

Drop out forum:

Februry 22 NOT at the Holiday Inn; Cheyenne Community Center will be a really good situation for us.  Let’s encourage business owners in SE Wyoming to attend; everything’s been approved;

Spring School Improvement:  we should have a booth; Ursula has to go; let’s discuss at the next meeting.

Membership cards:  anything out to Cheyenne? EJ reports that we have 125 members.  Tony reports that the principals in Cheyenne don’t have a membership card; Mike reports that the people in his bldg and another JH have not heard from NASSP or anywhere else; no confirmation. Ursula says that NASSP sent them a card that they have to peel off.  Did they throw it away?  Mike will be a test case.  Cards are just arriving now from payment last fall.  Long turn around.  EJ reports NASSP is still having trouble with computer system.

Next year’s convention, any reports?  Jon Gordon wants to present, but we don’t know how much he costs.  He’d be a big draw if we could get him.  Have we started looking for hotels and such?  November 1-2 in Casper. Mike wanted to mention two speakers from the PLC community Mike Mantos and Dr. Anthony Mohammed  Solution Tree is the website.  Mohammed was at the elem conf last year, and he was well received. EJ mentions Todd Whitaker, although he’s been around the state a lot, including WAEMSP and SIM.   What should we charge for registration? Anita Archer RTI in residence in Laramie; should Ursula ask her?

Regional meetings:  Anyone had one yet?  No one reports meeting.

Any more old business?  Brandon Jensen is our Assistant Principal of the Year, from Cody High School.  Dave has resigned/retired at the end of this year.  All of us should search for people to fill out the POY forms.  Ursula says to send out a general announcement to all members (email) to principals themselves.  Send to supts, too, to nominate someone.  T asks EJ for email list for supts. 

National convention:  Get names for ideas for state convention.  Who’s going?  Tony, Walt W, Ursula, EmmaJo, Dave F,

State social:  Is that set?  EJo has been in touch with D. Johnson re cost.  NASSP schedules that.  In the past EJo takes care of convention money and uses extra to pay for the social; however, no extra $$ this year.  We have a CD that in 1990 was worth 6000, now 8500.  They pay us 2.5% on the CD.  EJo’s question:  Can she take out $2500 prior to it’s maturity to pay for our share of the bill?  Moved and seconded.  Voted, motion passed.  We’ll use the interest to fund the social Emma still has rooms;

Anyone heard from Ken?  He emailed Tony yesterday that he had a meeting.  Ursula’s concern is that we were supposed to send something out launching him as a candidate, but we haven’t heard a word from him.  Bio necessary; we presume that he’s still running.

Any more business to come before us?    None.

Meeting adjourned 7:21.

Christy Campbell, Secretary

December 9, 2009

6:50 members in attendance Larry, Dana, EmmaJo, Ursula, Tony, Christy,  Mike Hellenbolt and Matt Strannigan

Treasurer’s report:  $283

EmmaJo mailed Christy a check yesterday

EmmaJo reviewed financial report re funds not held by treasurer:

We have 125 members; it’s a cyclical year so we won’t have dues for everyone.

Here’s what we spent money on that had to do with convention:

239.48 speaker’s gifts, haven’t used all

$560 for lodging per night, reimbursed by those who stayed

Teton Science School

$608 breakfast

814 Lunch

1122 banquet

74.63 alcohol to be reimbursed

32 coffee and snacks

530 classroom use

200 AV equipment

540 staff to serve

160 administrative fee

5140.63 total for Teton Science School

add speaker gifts

We took in 9085 for 79 members dues

6328 paid NASSP

gifts for reception for POY 63

USPS 17.50

Reception at NASSP our half 2188.33 with ND

USPS  15.00

Ed Finkel will have an amount (?)

EMJo 85 regist

Room 119 shoshoni  Lodge

Door prizes 84.04

Laramie country club reimbursed  136.96

Supplies for convention 150.41   on credit card to EmmaJo

Plaques  (no amount stated)

515 Ed Research subscription

Bottom line cost total 6602.61  Took in 6000

APA has helped us John Draper out of Drop out Prevention; Steve Edwards and books out of APA; either raise convention fee or get more people.

APA:  do we really need an itemized statement?  What part do you need to update?  Haven’t spent any money since last time.

5718. XX  Edwards

466.85 from John Draper

We have enough money to do the next summit and Steve Edwards will come to do his part and John can’t come.  Steve will be 3000 + expenses.  EJ hasn’t heard back about an extension on the grant.  Schedule for Feb. 8 (Monday) best for Ursula and  Tony (Christy unavailable due to teaching obligations for WWCC)  Cheyenne or Laramie.  Follow up summit;  State Farm grant.  No extension necessary.  Try the south side Holiday Inn of Cheyenne.  Little America and Laramie charge exorbitant rates.  EJ will find out more info.

Did everyone get the minutes from the coalition meeting?

Report from Tony on SurveyMonkey on the convention:

62.5% said Monday is the best day

10 Tuesday

17.5 Wednesday

Look at come in Sunday night, full day on Monday, rest of it on Tuesday

October 30%

November 27.5

Comment on month:  When we go mid October, we run into hunting.  School improvement date?  No knowledge.  How does first week of November?  Affect hunting?  Affect State FB?  Monday shouldn’t be a problem. 

Tentative date:  First week of November.  Monday November 1-2

48.7 % went to Casper

20 Cheyenne

No one else came close

Suggestions for EmmaJo for a meeting place in Casper?  Hilton Garden Center.  Come on Inn.  Ramkata

Membership cards:  did they go out? EmmJo asks what that it.  Mike asked for her to send a membership card.  EJo says the principals don’t need a membership card.  Get that from NASSP.  EmmaJo can send something out to the people; new directory will help. 

Membership cards:  it would be nice to be able to identify members…EJo will send Mike a list.  Tony says that we can get the list from NASSP to Mike.   

Emma Jo reports that NASSP is going to a new computer system and their list may not be accurate.  EJo will send a list.  Dana asked for a copy of the list of members so that we can work on our membership drive.

Ursula will send out the list.  We’ve had 15 new members since November, but she’ll send the list of paid members.  107 + 15= 125

Tony:  If we have the list, please send it to all the regions, and we can make contacts.  Mike Helenbolt:  Let’s do something!!!  Let’s send something out to all principals to show that we’re still alive and have a pulse.

Tony is working on a newsletter; Survey says electronically 98%.  Do we want to send it out to members, non-members, etc. or just members.  Format:  email is too easy to delete.  Send it out hard copy to each principal.  With membership application; regional folks to do follow up. 

Matt will send Tony the data base on principals.  Ursula reminds us that we just got the new directory.  20-25 new principals/AP from EMJo

Tony will send the newsletter and membership form snailmail.  Send out an email .

Regional meetings:  have we had anything? 

Ursula had a report from NASSP.  Regional meetings are underfunded.  One day workshop in DC.  Bring in President elect to train.  Coordinator to work with legislative actions.  Improvements:  in our regions, recruitment is down in every state except for Michigan. States went down.  Ours only five, (but it’s all relative.)  K-8 principal K-12 going to NAEMSP.  Lots of consolidation of principals of small schools.  NASSP has redesigned the magic pack, the promotion pack.  NASSP would like us to consider having a NASSP store.  Ursula will work on this to see if we want to host a bookstore at the convention.

Mike has an article in his head…Tony wants to get the newsletter out next week. 

From Tony:  Ursula will send members to Tony and to regional reps, we’re shooting for Casper Nov. 1-2; preliminary ideas regarding sites Wapati,

Ursula:  Is there any kind of article that we can put in the newsletter re Middle Level?  Since WAEMSP is going after them.  Tony will call Ken to get info to include in the newsletter.

Meeting ended 7:45.  Christy apologizes for the interruption!  

Respectfully submitted,

Christy Campbell, secretary/treasurer

Minutes of General Business Session, Jackson Conference

Matt Strannigan opened the general meeting at about 7:55 in Jackson Wyoming

SE discussion proposal next year…fall meeting face to face.  Driving membership and growing the group and profession.

SE face to face meeting. Fall meeting in conjunction with BYU game.  Morning meeting.  WEN forum?  Best practices and ideas.

Talked about June conference.  This is a great venue right here.  Perhaps this is a better setting.  Can we get this venue for the rates we get now?  Quality of speakers.  June conference we need great motivational  speakers instead of say, assessment.

Mike Mantoz inspirational. 

Strategic plan, short term and long term goals.

Tony Anson:    visited about dates for this conference.   Perhaps back it up to SIM or August.  Other places were Cody, Sheridan,   Regional meetings:   perhaps in Thermop. 

Larry Uhling:  face to face meetings and using the WEN once a month.   Get folks here.  Two X per year face to face, once a month fourth Wednesday a month for a WEN meeting.    Other discussion regarded  voting issues.

Our action plan for this year is vision

Mission:  build membership  (We had nine last year here and 40 paid here.)  Thirty attended, so growth.  Identify a core of leaders to attend the fall conference and run for office.

Fall and spring newsletter:  We need submissions for that.  Regional reps solicit information for that.

Action items:  fall conference brochure, put it out early.  Missed the goal by a month almost.    Drop out summit .  Attend SIM and distribute info.  Display booth.   Present at the spring conference as a follow up to drop out summit.

List serve:  Kudos to Ken.  We stumbled a bit at first, but certainly it has been beneficial as folks used it.

Ursula:  We use the WEN system for the steering committee.  Has found that the WEN is not great for regional meetings because of the distraction of the job…

Descriptions of the positions:  secretary/treasurer can serve as long as she wants.  Coordinator is elected every two years.  Reps from around the state:  we’ve tried to solicit  folks to serve.  Assistant Principals wanted us to have a meeting for them, but it’s hard to find a date for AP.  Should we have a separate program for AP?  We need a rep who wants to serve.  

NW:  Take Dan off the ballot.  Joanne Flanagan is the rep

SW:  Shannon Harris

SE:  Mike Helenbolt

NE:  Dean Kelley  will remain as the rep

Write ins for AP:  Joanne will talk to her AP to see if he or she will be willing to serve.

Roberts rules were replaced by Ursula’s:  Larry Uhling is up for president elect, and Ursula will congratulate Larry on his victory.

Tony Anson, Pres, Christty Campbell SEC, Ursula Coordinator, Mid level Dana Lyman.

Ken is running for Pres Elect.  Convention is in Phoenix mid March.  Rooms are reserved, but we have to turn the block in  by October 31.  Friday 13th, done by mid morning on Sunday.

That’s it!

8:07