AGENDA

Mansfield Advocates for Children

Wednesday, September 5, 2007

*Mansfield Library-Buchanan Center  (Please note different location this time)

6:30PM-8:00 PM

 

PLEASE CALL 429-3315/429-3338 ASAP IF YOU

ARE UNABLE TO ATTEND THE MEETING

 

 

Time                                                   Item                                        Pre-work                   Outcome

6:30 PM-6:35 PM

Introduction: Call to order & Announce

- Transition Schedule     

- PEP Workshops

       -Discovery Stone Soup

Help with PEP recruitment

FYI

 PEP Parent

    Leadership training

6:35 PM-6:40 PM

Approve minutes of 6/6/07 and 8/01/07

**Read minutes 8/1/07 enclosed and 6/6/07 Min. in last packet

Minutes adopted

6:40 PM-7:30 PM

·        Graustein Visit 9/05/07 Report on visit earlier today

·        Begin Action Plan work for Sept. 28th 2008-09 Discovery Competitive Application

Read and Review Indicators of Success for Mansfield enclosed. (See description note attached).

 -Suggest at least 2 ‘next steps’ for 08-09.

-Consider ‘Indicators’ that the small work group identified.

7:30 PM-7:55 PM

3 Small groups: Assess where group is and next steps and any future meeting necessary

 

·        Infant/Toddler- Data collecting

·        Parents-

    -Consider packet for

      new parent members

     -parent recruitment,     

           -Help with planning

           PEP 

·        Discovery Ad Hoc Work Group for 08-09 Application

 

As part of our new by-laws we have agreed that each member will be an active participant on a sub committee.

Please choose one of the three.

-Share contact information with your sub- committee

 

-Choose co-leaders for your subcommittee

 

-Create list of next steps for your sub committee’s work

Parents group (See Honeycomb to help identify where MAC is)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                                                                                      

Additional Instructions:  Consent Agenda unless otherwise noted

 

Packet Inclusions:

MAC Minutes for: 6/6/07 and 8/1/007

PEP Flyer

CT Voices State Budget Summary

Denise Merrill Award

 

           

**Read MAC packet materials and bring packet to MAC meeting.

 

 

*Special Note for Center Directors:  Please help recruit parents for PEP trainings – find one or two natural leaders, and help recruit childcare workers for the 10-week sessions.

 

Possible meetings after main meeting:  Infant/Toddler Group, Parent Work Group, Ad Hoc Work Group for 2008-09 Action Planning. 

Room will be available till 8:45PM