On Monday and Tuesday of this week the Leadership Team of Team ISEA met in Pella at the Strawtown Inn for a two day planning session and retreat.
At the top of our agenda was planning for orientation for our eight new board members which will be held in Storm Lake prior to Summer Conference.
I led the planning sessions, everyone joining in on taking responsibilities for portions of our new board orientation. Our first board meeting for the 2007-2008 school year is the Monday (July 30) prior to Summer Conference (July 31-August 1 & 2), so our orientation will be held on Sunday afternoon (July 29) from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Vice President Chris Bern (at right) will lead portions of our training around the makeup of the board and preparation for board meetings. Chris is a Math instructor at Knoxville High School.
ISEA Executive Director Jan Reinicke (at left) will lead portions of training around "The Big Picture", fiduciary responsibilities, and Governance vs. staff roles.
ISEA Treasurer Paula Logan (at right) will lead our board orientation around the issues of meeting logistics. Paula is a Family and Consumer Science teacher at Burlington High School.
NEA Director Jim Young (at left) takes the lead in our orientation around board member attendance, the NEA perspective and understanding the Executive Board process. Jim is a 4th grade teacher in Cedar Falls.
New to our leadership team (as of July 29th) is Kathy Williams. Kathy will serve alongside Jim on the NEA Board of Directors. Kathy's role in our orientation will be to speak about their board alternate, our board policies as well as the planned board social opportunities. Kathy is a 6th grade teacher in Davenport.
Also included in our board orientation planning was Associate Executive Director for Business Services John Hanrahan (at left). John's role will be making "cents" of money for our new board members.
Associate Executive Director for Field Services Randy Richardson (at right) will lead new board members through their committee responsibilities.
We also made plans for staying connected to our board members between meetings as well as making regular contacts with our UniServ Presidents and our Large 8 Local presidents throughout the year.
Plans were reviewed for Summer Conference, plus planning strategies for implementing Team ISEA's goals for the year and much more! We have a dedicated team of leaders! Thanks team for all you continue to do as leaders on Team ISEA!
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