Michigan Association of Administrators of Special Education

Association Partnerships / April 2016

Type: Open Committee

Focus Areas: High Quality Student Evaluations, Program Evaluation, Skilled Staff, Specially Designed Instruction (SDI)

 

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Next Committee Meeting June 1, 2016

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APC met4/6/16 at 3:00 via Adobe Connect

Present: Matt Korolden, Shalika Robie, Tracye Johnson and  Andy Claes

Absent: Bill Brown, Jennifer Scott-Burton, Ben Hicks, Kim Iverson

Agenda topics

  • Emerging organizational messages aligned to each of the focus areas
  • MAASE members to develop the  “MAASE Message” for each of the four focus area
    • The committee revisited the work already accomplished by the MAASE Executive Board and determined that no additional work is needed on these two items
    • The committee identified the need to clarify with Executive Board the need for any supplemental resources related to each focus area
      • One pagers
      • Presentation/video

Managing committee work & Committee Foundations

  • The committee reviewed two resources: a chart to assist with identifying and tracking MAASE work that connects to the APC function and logic model to describe the APC workflow.
  • The committee agreed that the activity of identifying existing or emerging MAASE work and connecting it to the APC function would best be accomplished as part of the MAASE Leadership meeting in July.

It can be reviewed at this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1FDJcXg01gcZCfK_ADp9rt0gvzZnJGF2buIyZjspNdFU/edit#gid=0

  • The committee developed a workflow

It can be viewed at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7S2FW5OWaBdfml6cS0zRTdTVEJob3RXcFZtZ2RneEVxaHBjdlRpRWlHY3AzeF9PdVo0enc

  • The committee reviewed and adopted a “go to” list of communication resources.  They can be reviewed at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7S2FW5OWaBdRVlwMUYtZUZOd0k
  • The committee reviewed an initial draft of a model one page communication.  Work will continue on this document with the intent that it become a sample for future work to model.

MAASE Resources

  • The committee viewed a draft PPT template that might be used as the sample for future work to model.

It can be viewed at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7S2FW5OWaBdfml6cS0zRTdTVEJob3RXcFZtZ2RneEVxaHBjdlRpRWlHY3AzeF9PdVo0enc

  • The committee discussed additional organizations for direct outreach: MAISA, Michigan Alliance for Families and Michigan Family to Family Support.

It can be viewed at this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B7S2FW5OWaBdfml6cS0zRTdTVEJob3RXcFZtZ2RneEVxaHBjdlRpRWlHY3AzeF9PdVo0enc

 

Respectfully submitted 4/6/16

Matt Korolden, Committee Chair