AGENDA

Mansfield Advocates for Children

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

Mansfield Town Hall – Council Chambers

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-6:40 PM

-Call to order

 

Introduction: E.A. Aschenbrenner

EASTCONN-Collaborative Agent

 

Announcements

- PEP Program Update   

-Discovery Stone Soup registration reminder

-Candidates’ Night Questions

about early care and ed.

Help with PEP logistics

 

-Registration for Stone Soup

 

-Consider and/or create one or more questions for local leaders

-Sub committees and ad hoc groups list suggestions for project for PEP group 

- recruitment of PEP grads and parents

-work on questions for candidate’s night

 

6:40 PM-7:05 PM

Approve minutes of 9/5/07

 

- E.A.Aschenbrenner from EASTCONN to discuss collaborative agent’s role

 

Review 2008-09 Discovery Action Plan  (see small groups)

to decide how sub committee or ad hoc group will move the action plan in the 2008-09 Discovery work when in small gr.

**Read minutes 9/5/07 enclosed

 

-Read  “Collaborative Agent Role”  from Graustein 08-09 binder.

 

-Choose sub comm. chair and exchange contact information

-Minutes adopted

 

-Each sub committee creates action steps toward outcome accomplishment

7:05 PM-8:00PM

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

 

  • Parents-Recruitment-

     Who are we reaching, who

     are we not reaching?

  • Infant/Toddler- How will survey be used?  Who will do surveying?
  • Membership-What next?

-+Choose a sub committee or ad hoc group

-Review Parent Voice in Action Guide for ideas for action steps.

-Also use the ACTION PLAN format attached for details of next steps

-Each sub committee creates action steps toward outcome accomplishment -and who will be responsible for the action step

 

                                                                                                                                                      

Additional Instructions:  Consent Agenda unless otherwise noted

 

Packet Inclusions:

MAC Minutes for: 9/5/07, HORIZONS  September, 2007 issue re. Mom’s Club, UConn’s Community Outreach guide to service opportunities, ACTION PLAN format, and the Parent Voice in Action Guide.

 

 

           

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

 

 

Possible meetings after main meeting:  Infant/Toddler Group, Parent Work Group, Ad Hoc Work Groups. 

Room will be available till 8:45PM

 

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