SPSEA Executive Board Meeting 1-25-16

Sykes Conference Room

June 13, 2016

1. Dates for next year
a. August 31, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive Board Meeting

#1
b. September 7, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General Assembly #1
i. Audience Analysis Survey to be sent home
ii. Raffle
1. 1 ticket to be given at involvement fair
a. $.50 for each extra
2. T-shirts
iii. Welcome sheet
c. September 21, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board Check In

#1
d. September 28, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive Board

Meeting #2
e. October 5, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General Assembly #2
i. T-shirt design
ii. Kiwi
f. October 19, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board Check In #2
g. October 26, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board Meeting

#3
h. November 9, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General Assembly #3
i. Election- November 8th
ii. Speaker from PSEA
i. November 16, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive Board

Meeting #4
j. November 30, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board Check In

#3
k. December 7, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General Assembly #4
i. Holiday meeting
ii. Service component
1. Holiday bags for West Chester Area Day Care and Melton

Center
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2. Check in sign ups Location: Library

a. 7:15-7:30
b. 7:30-7:45
c. 7:45-8:00
d. 8:00-8:15
e. 8:15-8:30
i. Exec board to decide who goes when

3. Specific responsibilities: A review from April

a. President
i. Binder review
1. Agenda
2. Budget options
3. Four pillars fill in by next Monday, 6/20
a. What do you do?
b. What does the organization do?
b. President Elect

i. Member of the month- Selection process?

1. By SIGs; looking at monthly SIG report

a. SIG chairs to nominate

ii. More guest speakers at GA meetings- Any suggestions?

1. Ideas currently being generated by Kathleen

2. Dr. Bell suggests that Amanda Reichert to talk about Twitter

iii. Audience Analysis Survey for first GA meeting- How is this going?

1. Potential questions

a. How would you like to be rewarded?

b. How would you like to be informed?

2. Mock survey to be made by Kathleen

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c. Secretary
i. Emails- what is your schedule? When do you need updates
by? When do you plan to send emails?
1. Weekly update
a. Information to be sent to Isabella by Sunday
6pm
b. Information to be sent by Isabella by Monday
night
ii. Minutes- How will you share these?
1. General meeting and executive board meetings to be
sent through Org Sync
2. Exec board will be emailed as well
iii. Updating Orgsync- How is this going?
1. In progress by Isabella
iv. Point system- should SIG chairs compile and send to
secretary?- What do you see working for the points
system?
1. Adjust community service
a. Make incentive to volunteer longer
i. 1+ hours = 1 point
ii. 2+ hours = 2 points
iii. And so forth
2. No points for being a SIG chair of a SIG co-chair
d. Treasurer- Thank you Alexa!!!
i. Budget allocation for events- See attached document
1. SIGs to have $200 per semester
ii. T-shirts to be ordered by size
e. Historian/APEX
i. Pictures- Have you set up a website sharing system?
1. Facebook
2. Members to send their photos to Julia via email
ii. Website- Whats the plan? Meet with Reggie? WIX? Weebly?
College of Edu? Etc.
1. Dr. Bell would like to put website on College of Ed
server to be generated through wcupa.edu (College
of Education)
2. Reggie Smith our Leadership Consultant
a. Questions about OrgSync to be directed to him
iii. Bulletins Boards- Look great!
f. PACE
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i. Voter registration: Tentative plan? - looking at early
October
1. Outreach to West Chester Democrats
2. Make dates closest to Election Day
3. Results of election to be discussed at general
meeting on 11/9
a. Where are we now?
b. Possibly have a guest speaker
c. Talking about down-ticket issues
i. Whos running for what?
4. Current location in Sykes
a. For general public
5. Hold registration two general meetings before
registration closes
a. Can sit with Ali before or after
6. Set-up outside of Recitation
ii. Political updates/summaries in weekly updates: What
would this look like?
1. Why does the NEA support Clinton?
2. How will voting impact your life?
3. What is collective bargaining?
4. Local elections
iii. SGA Meetings: do you have dates/times set aside?
1. To contact Charlie Warners office
g. SIG Chairs
i. Report procedure- August annual report due August 17th,
we will read over the summer, send comment to Sara by
August 24th, and review at exec 1 August 31st
ii. Events: Do we have requirements for them?
1. SIG chairs to hand-deliver a hard copy of their SIG
report to Dr. Bell
a. Member of the month
b. Points of members
c. Vision sheet
d. Pictures
i. Visual report
ii. SIG chairs to designate a member at
each event to take pictures
1. Member to send to chair and then
chair to send to Julia
2. Event requirements
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a. Community partner for each SIG
i. MELTON CENTER
4. General Assembly meetings
a. Review: Change to GA meetings:
i. Information sheet
1. Need information one week before the general
assembly meeting
2. Sara to make a template
a. Welcome sheet for first meeting
ii. Pictures from last months events on slideshow- Julia
iii. Special announcements
1. Three good things SPSEA did in the last month
2. Conference, voter registration, etc.
iv. Meeting events: Need approval and planning, which
meeting for each?
1. Audience Analysis Survey- Kathleen
2. register on Orgsync
3. service at WCADCC
4. canned food drive
5. invade Kiwi
a. Meeting on October 5th
6. Twitter/Linkedin information session
7. Other ideas?
v. Membership celebration: how?
1. Goofy raffle?
5. Recruitment Plans
a. Visiting classes
b. Involvement fair
i. September 7th, also day of general assembly meeting
1. See ya tonight!
ii. Give a raffle ticket
1. If you bring a friend, you get two more tickets.
iii. To have a banner
c. What else?
i. Go after students in honors program
1. Orientation on June 23rd
ii. Fliers in the lounge
6. Clear goals and expectations for August 31
a. Welcome sheet for GA 1- Sara
b. Ten must-knows
c. Fliers for recruitment
d. Slideshow for GA 1
7. Professional Development and other opportunities
a. LinkedIn/Twitter night
b. Speaker panel
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i.Kathleen to delegate a committee
ii.Rating topics
c. What else?
i.Scheduling workshop sponsored by SPSEA
1. Faculty member + mentors
2. Bring your sheets and a friend in the major
3. Before October
ii. Fundraiser for autism and Melton Center
1. Partner with Greek life
2. Pledge as a team
a. A penny a lap
3. Use Henderson High Schools track
4. Looking at Spring and Fall 2017
8. Community Partners
a. Keeping: Public Library, CCIU, WCADCC, The Garage
b. Adding: The Melton Center- Dr. Bell
i. Time before money
c. What special projects should we do?
i. Public school box tops, cupcakes to local day cares? To
faculty?
ii. Melton Center projects
1. Come up with a wish list
d. Proposed partners: who will be contact person for each? look
for people who are in both
i. NCTM
ii. AUA
iii. CEC
iv. Best Buddies
v. KDP
vi. Bringing Hope Home
vii. SOUS
viii. DAP
e. Alumni database
i. Membership roster
1. Dr. Bell has rosters from the last four years
ii. Alumni plan
9. Region conference update- Ali
a. We are hosting
b. Check the Google Doc Ali sent out
c. Looking at later in February
i. Tentatively 18th
ii. 25th for be snow date
d. Developing a teacher identity
i. Why do you want to be a teacher?
ii. Teacher branding
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1. Who do you think you are?
e. Follow up in professional development
10. Fall semester major event: brainstorming (most likely
professional development)
a. Chris Clayton technology
11. Dr. Bells office hours in the fall
a. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 3-4
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Present: Executive Board and SIG Chairs

Next meeting: , 7:30pm, REC 301

Announcements
1. Dates for the year

b. August 31, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive Board

Meeting #1
c. September 7, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #1
d. September 21, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board
Check In #1
e. September 28, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive
Board Meeting #2
f. October 5, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General Assembly
#2
g. October 19, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board Check
In #2
h. October 26, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board
Meeting #3
i. November 9, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #3
i. Election- November 8th
j. November 16, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive
Board Meeting #4
k. November 30, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board
Check In #3
l. December 7, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #4
i. Holiday meeting

m. Check in sign ups: Location- library

i. To be held Wednesday nights
ii. Can be more flexible
iii. SIG chairs to meet with Kathleen; proper to meet with Sara
1. 7:15-7:30 Julia/Siena
2. 7:30-7:45 Isabella/Nicole
3. 7:45-8:00 Alexa/Melissa
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4. 8:00-8:15 Ali
5. 8:15-8:30
a. Maddie TBD
2. Recruitment

n. Handbill- help!
i. Alexa to help with layout
o. Class list sign ups
i. Ideal to visit classes before the next meeting
p. Involvement Fair
i. September 7th 11-3, rain date Friday, 9/9
1. Kathleen 10-2
2. Nicole 12-3
3. Siena 12-3
4. Ali 10-2
5. Melissa 10-12:30ish
6. Alexa 10-12:20
7. Julia 10-12:30
8. Isabella 10-12:30
9. Sara 10-11, 2-3
ii. Google Doc sign ups
iii. Poster board needed; Julia to take the lead
iv. Display plaques and put out swag
v. Raffle tickets to give as incentive to come to the meeting
1. Bring a friend and get another ticket
2. Raffle to be conducted at the end of the meeting
q. Email interest list
i. Excel document to be forwarded to Isabella regarding
freshman survey
3. Sykes

r. Locker #20
i. Combination: 30-20-15
s. Building procedures
i. Not allowed to have rooms for more than 3 hours in one
week, meetings can only be 2 hours
ii. Can sign up at 8am the day of
4. General Assembly meetings
a. Review: Change to GA meetings:
i. Information sheet
1. Need information on the Sunday before the
general assembly meeting to Sara and Isabella by
6:00pm
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ii. Slideshow: Pictures from last months events compiled
by Julia
1. Alexa to bring HDMI cord to connect laptop
iii. Special announcements
1. Three good things SPSEA did in the last month
a. For first meeting: 3 good things SPSEA did in
the last year
2. Conference, voter registration, etc.
iv. Member of the Month
1. SIG chairs to nominate someone in their monthly
report
a. Exec proper to vote
v. Raffle
1. Done at the end of meeting
2. $80 allotted per meeting
3. Prizes
a. Extra T-shirts (5)
vi. Meeting events: Need approval and planning
1. September 7:
a. Audience Analysis Survey- Kathleen
i. Possibly using near pod
b. register on Orgsync
c. follow social media accounts
2. October 5:
a. Costume making to team building
i. Costume in a box
3. November 9:
a. Service options
4. December 7:
a. Holiday card making
b. service at WCADCC
c. canned food drive
d. invade Kiwi
e. Twitter/Linkedin information session
vii. SIG Breakouts
1. Large group in the first meeting
2. Breakout in the ones to follow
viii. Language
1. Avoiding APEX and SIGs at the start to avoid
confusion, ease new members into the terms
ix. Brain break at first meeting
1. To be led by Ali
x. T-shirts
1. Order sheet for first meeting
2. U-neck, gray, purple and gold print
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3. Suggestions open to be email to Sara
4. Estimate by Alexa
xi. Seeking co-chairs
5. SIG Chairs
i. SIG Proposals
1. EGP/Lit
a. Motion-Alexa
2. MGP-n/a
a. Motion - Ali
3. BSED
a. Motion - Kathleen
4. Play
a. Motion - Alexa
5. Special Education
a. Motion - Julia
ii. SIG reports
1. Hand deliver to Dr. Bell, email to executive board
2. Include visual report, member of the month
nomination, point system update, budget update,
event recap and upcoming, etc.
3. Melissa to send out SIG report sheet
4. Visual report by Julia
iii. Looking for more variety in professional development
opportunities
1. Panels in moderation
2. Movie night!
iv. Community service must be related and specific to the
Special Interest Group
1. Melton Center needs help from all SIGs

6. Specific responsibilities
a. President
i. Google calendar/email
1. spseaofwcupa@gmail.com
b. President Elect

i. Member of the month-nomination included in SIG

report

ii. Audience Analysis Survey for first GA meeting

iii. Monthly Meetings with SIG Chairs

1. 15 minutes One Wednesday/month

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c. Gmails for sign up sheet?

d. SIG Professional Development

i. Lots of ideas for panels/workshops

ii. Brainstorm some other diverse options

1. Maddie- Yoga in the Classroom

2. Siena- Teaching with Technology

e. Secretary

i. Weekly Update Emails:

1. Get Isabella information by Sunday night at 6:00pm

2. First update to be sent out this Monday

3. Information to be included

a. First general assembly meeting

b. Bringing a friend

c. Check us out at the involvement fair

d. Are we looking for volunteers?

i. No

e. Anything else?

ii. Will send out an email Wednesday morning to remind

about general assembly meeting

iii. Minutes

1. Review from last meeting:

a. To be shared on OrgSync

b. Exec board to be emailed

iv. OrgSync
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1. Updated!

2. Will remind members to add to our OrgSync at first

general meeting

3. Also remind on Weekly Update(s)

f. Point System

i. Collecting points

1. I will gather from Visual Report Form made by Julia

for SIG and PACE Chairs to complete

a. Information needed:

b. Event

i. APEX Category

ii. Members in attendance

iii. Duration

2. Sign in sheet to be created for every meeting,

professional development panel, membership
development event, etc, not affiliated with any
specific SIG

ii. Proposed revisions of point system

1. Community service

a. 1+ hours = 1 point

b. 2+ hours = 2 points

c. and so forth

2. Membership development

a. 1 event = 1 point

3. Professional development

a. Panels = 2 points
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b. Conferences = 4 points

i. Should we make state conference more

than region?

1. Make region conference heavier

than state conference

4. PACE

a. Speaking event = 1 point

b. Volunteer event = same as community service

iii. Levels of membership - Review from last year - subject to

change

1. Bronze = 8+ points

2. Silver = 12+ points

3. Gold = 16+ points

g. Treasurer-
i. Budget update
1. Breakdown of the Budget for the year (See
Attachment)
2. Currently waiting for budget
ii. Saving Money through Student PSEA
1. Talk about in 2nd meeting
h. Historian/APEX

i. Review of social media sites

1. Facebook- WCU Student PSEA

2. Twitter- @WCU_SPSEA

3. Instagram- new account, more info at the GA

ii. Visual Report Sample

iii. Send pictures/reports via email

1. JC823193@wcupa.edu
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i. PACE:
i. SGA meeting TBD
ii. Waiting on Democratic society
1. Ali and Sara to meet with them
iii. Voter Registration
iv. Sponsorship of Aspiring Educators up in the air
1. Postponing until January

Discussion
What were really excited for this year
How to describe SPSEA to first year students

Any questions?
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September 26, 2016

Present: Executive Board and SIG Chairs
Next meeting: , 7:30pm, TBD

Attendance:
Sara Nyholm, President present
Kathleen Calvin, Vice President present
Isabella Montalvo, Secretary present
Alexa Temparali, Treasurer present
Julia Cooperstein, Historian present
Melissa Heiseler, EGP SIG Chair present
Maddie Conte, Play SIG Chair absent, no proxy
Nicole Schiff, Special Education Chair present
Siena Catanzaro, Secondary Education Chair present
Dr. Bell, Faculty Advisor present

Announcements
1. Dates for the year

j. September 28, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive

Board Meeting #2
k. October 5, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #2
i. Hoping for an auditorium instead of REC 301
l. October 19, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board
Check In #2
m. October 26, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive
Board Meeting #3
i. Considering moving to Tuesday, October 25th
1. Follow-up email to be sent by Sara
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n. November 9, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #3
i. Election- November 8th
o. November 16, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive
Board Meeting #4
p. November 30, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board
Check In #3
q. December 7, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #4
i. Holiday meeting

2. General Assembly meeting 10/5

i. Information sheet
1. Need information on the Sunday before the
general assembly meeting to Sara and Isabella by
6:00pm
ii. Slideshow: Pictures from last months events compiled
by Julia
1. Julia currently have 4-5 visual reports, enough
pictures to make slideshow
iii. Special announcements
1. Three good things SPSEA did in the last month
a. Compiled by Sara from SIG reports
2. Voter Registration
a. During SIG breakouts, members can go to
SIGs or register to vote
3. Saving Money through SPSEA
a. Five minutes by Alexa about member
benefits
4. T-shirt order
a. Will order a chunk before money comes in
for fundraising purposes
iv. Member of the Month
1. SIG Chairs and PACE chair to nominate, Sara and
Kathleen to pick
a. Will receive a note from Sara and Kathleen
and a $5 gift card to Wawa
2. Isabella to send an updated SIG Report to SIG
Chairs and PACE Chair
v. Raffle
1. Attend-1
2. Bring a friend-1
3. Register to vote at meeting-1?
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a. Back-up plan: go to registration table to say
you are registered and get a ticket
4. What to raffle?
a. NEA 2016 T-shirt
b. Wawa Gift Card

3. Specific responsibilities
a. President
i. Google calendar/email
1. On hold
ii. New APEX rubric
1. Mandating everything to be online
iii. Leadership event: October 14th
1. Get at least 5 of our members there.
2. Friday night, get a free sweatshirt
b. President Elect

1. Check Ins

a. Thanks for meeting SIG Chairs!

b. Any Feedback?

i. Everyone is happy

2. T-shirts

a. Collect money as people pick up shirts?

b. List of extra orders

c. Send out another T-shirt reminder closer to

conference?

i. Reminder closer to conference or

continually reminding people at GA
meetings?

1. Be in the weekly update to

bring money to this meeting.
If you dont have it tonight,
bring it to the next meeting,
and take it from there.
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2. If members cannot make
meetings, bring money to AND
401 (Dr. Bell) in an envelope

3. Autism Acceptance 5k

a. SPARC already had an awareness 5k

i. Check to see if they are doing it in

the Spring, SPSEA to partner with
SPARC

ii. Think of something else that could

inform people further about autism

1. Trivia Night?

iii. Any ideas to be sent to Nicole and

Kathleen (CC Sara)

4. Fun Exec outing!

a. Picnic at Strouds Reserve?

b. St. Peters Village?

5. Executive leadership series: Italy group

Thursdays 5:30-7

c. Secretary

i. Member number: Currently at 185 registers members

from 114 at the start of the fall semester

ii. OrgSync
1. 301 people on Saturday 9/17
a. Compared to email list of 387 people- 129
people on email list on OrgSync
b. Invitations sent to 258 people on email list
but NOT on Orgsync
2. 214 people on Tuesday 9/27 at 7pm
3. Create your event on OrgSync!
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a. Invite your SIG, or whole organization, as a
remind the day before or day of the event
i. See iv. Event Checklist
iii. Weekly update
1. Sunday night at 6:00pm
2. Subject line: Weekly Update
3. Be mindful! Please proofread, as if you were to
send your message out to SPSEA
4. Include time ad location for events and your own
contact information
iv. Event Checklist
1. Invite day before
2. Reminder day of
3. Create your group before the next general
assembly meeting
4. Use OrgSync calendar instead of Google Calendar
d. Treasurer-
i. Budget update
1. $14,215.21
2. PACE
a. Money to be taken out from other
3. Use the money allotted to you!
ii. T-shirts
1. Interest from 89 people
2. Order 70 T-shirt to start
a. Only need to sell 56 to make a profit
iii. Saving Money through Student PSEA
1. Alexa to show the PSEA website
a. MyDeals APP
iv. Executive leadership series: Thursdays
1. 6-7:30
v. Conference
1. Need to make bus reservation
a. Will probably have to limit who goes to
conference
i. Base by points
b. Plan on reserving 1 bus
c. Need to consider the school bus from
Clayton
i. Emily Murray to talk to Clayton
d. A coach bus allows 47 people, anything
more may have to carpool or take university
van
2. Hotel to be taken care of
e. Historian/APEX
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i. Social Media posting about events

1. Send Julia anything you want her to post

ii. Visual Report changes

1. List all names in attendance

2. Use the template

3. Also to send to Isabella in addition to Julia

f. PACE
i. Michelle Obama
1. Ali to talk at the general assembly meeting
a. Your vote makes or breaks the election
ii. how 2 register (this wed tomorrow)
1. Registration table at the GA meeting
iii. how to apply for absentee (next wed)
iv. How to switch voting address to WCU (next wed)
v. have Zeek inform us on local + state after reg. deadline
(after break)
1. Southeast Region PACE Chair for PSEA
2. Separate event
vi. phone banking w/ region (I can get dates on Friday)
1. Looking at 10/18
a. Evening around 6 oclock
2. Calling on behalf of students and educators
vii. Ali to take 15 minutes at GA meeting
4. SIG Chairs
a. EGP/Lit
i. New Co-Chairs! Brenna Waters and Amanda Sesher

ii. Upcoming Events:

1. Social Thursday 9/29

2. Play Session Friday 9/30

3. Fall Fest Prep Tuesday 10/4

4. Friends Association Volunteer Orientation

Thursday 10/6

5. Play Session Friday 10/7

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iii. Amanda working on Reach Out and Read Fundraiser at
Couch Tomato October 18th?

iv. Reminder about Reach Out and Read Books at next

meeting!

v. Melton Center If cant make orientation dates how to

get the info/can you still volunteer?

1. Contact info on the website; email directly

vi. Budget

b. MGP/BSED
i. Sunset Social
ii. Co Chair & Committee
1. Have an MGP Co-Chair at executive board meeting
iii. October Meeting
iv. Adopt a Block
c. Play
i. Yoga Night, Thursday October 13th @ 7:30PM. Open to
PSEA members only. Please advertise!
ii. - Next Play SIG social will be held in October, will be a
Coloring Night (membership development)
iii. - Looking into members possibly attending open gym
hours at Melton Center (once or twice a month, bring a
game/activity with us)
iv. - Inform members of alternative spring break regarding
play, apps due October 15th
d. SPED
i. SIG Social
ii. Co-Chair
1. Suggestions?
a. Five applications committee of five?
iii. ARC
iv. Tempo Therapy Program
v. DubC Autism Program
vi. CCIU
1. Waiting to hear back about once-a-month program
2. Going to share all of their opportunities with the
members at GA meeting
vii. Melton Center
1. Fridays
viii. Adaptive PE Programs
1. Applying for Spring semester
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ix. SIG Chats: a more casual setting than a workshop but
still contributes to professional development
1. Want to ask Professor Kim Doan if she would be
willing to speak to members about behavioral
classrooms (Possible November event)
x. Any other ideas?
e. Mens SIG
i. To meet with Dr. Bell before GA meeting next week
5. Professional development series
a. Working with different types of families
6. SIG/PACE reports
a. Due on the 1st of each month
i. Email by Monday by the 3rd, meet with Dr. Bell before
Wednesday the 5th
Discussion: ASPCUF
PSEA supports the strike
o No activities on campus.
o Executive board to meet as a group.

Present Executive Board and SIG Chairs

: Sara Nyholm, President present

Kathleen Calvin, Vice President/President Elect present
Isabella Montalvo, President present
Alexa Temparali, Treasurer present
Julia Cooperstein, Historian not present
Ali Chapman, PACE Chair present
Melissa Heiseler, EGP SIG Chair present
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Siena Catanzaro, MGP/BSEd SIG Chair present
Nicole Schiff, Special Education SIG Chair present
Maddie Conte, Play SIG Chair not present, Kelsey Foreman as proxy
Dr. Bell, Faculty Advisor present

Next , 7:30pm, Science room

meetin

g:

Announcements

1. Dates for the year

b. October 26, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive

Board Meeting #3
c. November 9, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #3
i. Election- November 8th
d. November 16, 2016 - REC 207, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA Executive
Board Meeting #4
e. November 30, 2016- TBD, 7:15-9:30- SPSEA Executive Board
Check In #3
f. December 7, 2016 - REC 301, 7:15-9:30 - SPSEA General
Assembly #4
i. Holiday meeting
g. December 9 & 10, 2016 WCADC Breakfast with Santa
i. 12/9 evening (5-6:30) to set-up
ii. 12/10 day(7:45-12) for event

2. General Assembly meeting 11/9

i. Information sheet
ii. Slideshow: Pictures from last months events
iii. Special announcements
1. Three good things SPSEA did in the last month
a. 1 Friends Association Fall Festival with the
EGP SIG
b. 2 Faculty Job Action Participation
c. 3 Yoga in the Classroom with the Play SIG
iv. Member of the Month: decide again from SIG reports
v. Raffle ideas
1. Prizes under $20
a. Crazy Turkey for November
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b. Holiday Decorations/Winter Fun for
December
2. Ticket incentive ideas
a. Food for veterans through Student Veterans
Group November
i. Siena to coordinate
b. Diapers for West Chester Area Day Care
December (December Diaper Drive)
i. Ali to coordinate and get specific
brands and sizes needed
vi. What should we do for the meeting?
1. Ideas from summer meeting include:
a. Audience analysis survey general
feedback
b. Canned food drive doing already
c. Service at WCADCC save for Spring
d. Kiwi too cold now
e. Results of election
f. Scheduling workshop too late, save for
Spring
g. Pita Pit fundraiser for SPSEA to be
coordinated by Alexa
h. One World Play Project to be coordinated
by a new committee
3. Specific responsibilities
a. President
i. Region business
1. Region event
a. February Literacy Fair, Upper Darby School
District
i. Looking for volunteers and book
donations
ii. WCU Chapter looking to target 5th
grade
iii. More information to follow
2. Emily would like to speak at GA 11/9
a. Emily to join us at Exec Board meetings
starting in the Spring 2017 Semester
ii. State business
1. How many for bus?
a. State conference transportation
i. Considering West Chester University
as a pick-up stop for other region
schools
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1. Waiting to hear from other
schools
ii. WCU to plan on bringing 50 members
to conference
2. How to hype?
a. Hype video from last conference
i. Dr. Bell to contact Katie Walsh
iii. Campus business
1. STOMP 5k to members
a. Bringing Hope Home
b. Sunday, 10/30
c. Isabella to send out registration link to
advertise per BHH Presidents request
iv. Chapter business
1. Next semester: What goals do we have?
a. Large event (for all students)? follow-up
email to come from Sara
i. Fundraiser for Melton Center: track
1. Community Pool Fundraiser
ii. Guest author
b. Alumni relations
i. More events getting alumni on
campus
ii. Regularly helping alum with their
classrooms
2. Honest evaluation
a. What do we see as working? follow-up email
from Sara to come
3. Leadership awards and grants
a. Alexa to find out what files Amanda Reichert
has and what structured it at classroom help
this Sunday 10/30
b. Kathleen to coordinate and look at due
dates for NEA, PSEA and campus awards
c. Looking into Valero Scholarships and
announcing to members
b. President Elect
i. Pediatric fundraiser
1. November 3rd, 8:30-10
a. No-sew blankets to be delivered to local
hospitals in Chester County
b. Organizations asked to make $10 donation
per team and then to participate
i. Need to register by Tuesday 11/1
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2. Information to be distributed by Isabella
ii. Meeting times
1. Consider starting to scatter dates throughout the
week
2. Survey to be distributed
c. Secretary
i. Member count to follow
ii. OrgSync
1. 232 people on page
2. Calendar of events- Great work!
iii. Weekly updates
1. Thank you for your updates!
2. Reminder: Send Isabella anything that pertains to
all of SPSEA
3. Include all of your contact information
iv. Proposed point system for walking with faculty during
the strike
1. 2 points per day
d. Treasurer
i. Current budget, $14,009,83
1. Email to follow from Alexa
ii. T-shirts
1. Approximately $60 already profited
2. To be distributed at next meeting
iii. PACE budget
1. $400
iv. Send Alexa & Dr. Bell a note about any purchases $50
and more
e. Historian/APEX
i. Keep up the great work with visual reports!
ii. Dr. Bell to speak with Dean Whitmer
f. PACE
i. Partnership with Democratic Society in West Chester?
1. Looking having tables on election day
ii. Panel about politics in education
1. Looking for state rep, superintendent, etc.
2. Contrasting NJ and PA
4. SIG Chairs
a. EGP/Lit
i. Fall Fest report SUCCESS
ii. Upcoming events:
1. Sugartown Literacy Fair 10/27
2. ELL Panel 11/3
3. Couch Tomato Fundraiser 11/9
4. Starkweather Literacy Fair 11/16
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5. Girl Rising Documentary 11/21
a. Location: looking into REC 301
b. Find a trailer for next GA meeting
b. MGP/BSED
i. Upcoming events:
1. Social 10/27
2. Adopt a block with brunch 11/6
ii. More questions
1. Community partner with Pierce Middle School-
only 2 per day, will it count as APEX?
a. YES
2. Interview skills for professional development?
a. Twardarski Career Center
c. Play
i. Coloring night 11/7
1. Mindfulness coloring?
2. Art supplies in our locker
d. SPED
i. CCIU Hayride
ii. Spring Brook Farm 11/5w
1. Once a week commitments to follow
iii. SIG Chats
1. Socials focused on special education discussion
a. Inclusion
b. Behavior management
c. Deaf studies and autism minors
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November 30, 2016

Attendance:

Sara Nyholm, President present

Kathleen Calvin, Vice President/President-Elect present
Isabella Montalvo, Secretary present
Alexa Temparali, Treasurer present
Julia Cooperstein, Historian/APEX present
Ali Chapman, PACE Chair absent
Melissa Heiseler, EGP SIG Chair present
Siena Catanzaro, MGP/BSEd SIG Chair present
Maddie Conte, Play SIG Chair present
Nicole Schiff, Special Education SIG Chair present
Dr. Bell, Faculty Advisor present
Guests Present:

Emily Murray Southeast Region President

Exec Meeting 11/30

1. Thank yous!
2. SIGs
EGP SIG

Upcoming Events:
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Ronald McDonald House Lunch Preparation Friday 12/2

1-2-3 Play With Me Session Friday 12/2

Read2Dream Literacy Event Saturday 12/3

1-2-3 Play With Me Session Friday 12/9

Literacy Alive Event through KDP to be distributed by EGP & MGP/BSEd.

Play SIG

Letter Writing Night for next semester PACE Legislation on recess

o Maddie to speak with Ali
o Publish in the Quad
Coloring Night went very well!
Middle Grades and Secondary Education

CHAMPS: Students seem interested and hopefully more attendance

next semester
Adopt-a-Block and Brunch
o Went well, everyone enjoyed good food and had fun
o The block is open for all SPSEA so if anyone wants to use the
block or coordinate a big SPSEA adopt a block its available
Dean Street
Talk, walk & clean
Helpful to have trash bags and gloves in the budget to be
added by Alexa
Spring Semester goals
o Book drive
Middle & high school
o Interview skills special event proposal
Partner with Twadarski
o Relay for life April, proposal to come after winter break
SPSEA to have a table
Special Education SIG Executive Board Meeting Agenda (Sent 11/15)

SIG Chat postponed: Waiting until after Thanksgiving. I am hoping for

refreshed attitudes which will lead to a better outcome in numbers for
the event.
o Raffle off related books at meetings
o Narrow topics and advertise
o Hold off until Spring Semester
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Spring Brook Farm fall event: very successful
o Contacted the supervisor for applications for our members to
commit to weekly one-on-one sessions at Spring Brook- an email
was sent out with the application attached. Will be sending out a
google doc in order to keep track of who will actually be
committing to the opportunity in order to have numbers for
APEX.
o They are always accepting donations for the barn, going to fill
out an event form to make an official donation drive for their
organization. The donations would consist of a variety of
supplies; from the barn, to their office, to animal food.
Kaylee to organize
Tempo! Music Therapy: There is one member who is interested in
attending their facility every Saturday for a therapeutic drumming
session with a group of young boys who have a variety of disabilities. I
am waiting to hear back from the advisor of this program to obtain
more information.
Kennett Area YMCA Adapted Programs: looking for weekly
commitments for a variety of different times throughout the week
including art, fitness, and swimming. Going to contact them to see how
many volunteers they need and will notify our members as soon as I
get an answer
(Update 11/30)-Three people signed up to volunteer at Spring Brook
Farm as a weekly commitment in the Spring.
o -Still have not started the SIG chats due to low amount of
responses.
-Looking for suggestions on this.
3. Survey
a. Send back to Sara & Kathleen within 48 hours
4. Exec Proper
President
o Spring Involvement Fair
February, smaller than fall
In Sykes
Few members at the table
o Ashley Rowe, Director of Professional Education,
Certification & Compliance- December 12th 9:30 am
Speak to our members about certification process
President Elect
o Special Event Proposal Guidelines (future reference)

if you need 3+ people to plan for it

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if it blocks off time

chunk of budget

Questions email Sara & Kathleen

Secretary
o Current member count: 204 members!
o Orgsync: 240 people
Remember to add your events! (see checklist)
o Weekly updates:
Only two more
Feedback?
Change day, Monday mornings are a popular
email time
Pictures at the beginning of the email
Headings for organization
o Proposal of event attendance etiquette
Professional Commitment
To speak about it at first meeting of Spring
Semester
Treasurer
o Budget proposal
To be signed by Dr. Bell
o Current budget
SGA looks at our transactions be smart! Keep it
cheap.
o T-shirt update
10 people have not picked up yet
o Fundraising
10 restaurant options December through February
Top Picks
o Kildares
o Timothys
o Boxcar
Look into Wawa Shortie coupons
Historian
o APEX
To do Weebly
Use SPSEA Gmail
Last years website submissions on Live Binder
on PSEA website.
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PACE

5. Special Event Proposal Reports

a. Beyond the Book Book Fair SPSEA Southeast Region Exec
Board Tabled until December 7th
i. WCU chapter has chosen 5th grade.
1. Will find a book that can be purchased for under $2
to give to all 5th graders
2. Come up with an activity to correlate with the book
ii. Transportation will be needed = university forms
iii. Looking at 20 members from WCU chapter
iv. Looking for Region board to help coordinate
b. Chocolate Fundraiser SPSEA Southeast Region Exec Board
approved
i. Looking to raise $1,000 dollars for 350 books
ii. Sarah Goncharoff to organize region
iii. Need to be sold by first week of February
iv. Chocolates to be sold at December meeting
v. $2 per bar really good
c. Day of Play Maddie Conte approved
i. Look into HSA Games and Activities committee
ii. Beach ball petition
iii. Look into Chester County Hospital for promotional Frisbees
iv. Reach out to kinesiology groups
v. Outdoor Zumba and outdoor yoga
vi. Must reserve that Academic Quad
vii. Sell pretzels
viii. Adjust budget to $400
d. Insights from Kristen Green Kathleen Calvin approved
i. Involve OMCA and SAC
ii. Looking to bring exposure to SPSEA
iii. Other organizations are attending, they should contribute
iv. Prequel dinner for an intimate experience
1. Look into the Foundation Center
v. Need to talk to Green about tax ramifications
vi. Maximum budget depending on funding sources other
organizations, Sykes, College of Ed.
e. Interview Skills Siena Catanzaro approved
i. Interactive and individualized
ii. Flexible time period
iii. Already polled to see interest
iv. Open to all education majors
v. New hires (like Amanda, Kayla, Amanda Gilbert- horror
story), and administrator
vi. Two-day event: Result certificate of completion
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1. Resume-building
2. Interview Skills
f. Literacy Night at the Melton Center Julia Cooperstein
approved
i. Inquire about having literacy night in replacement of
homework time
ii. Clearances must be on file
iii. Intended for station leaders to bring their own materials
iv. Pencil giveaways for all no raffle
v. Looking at post-conference
*No huge events during finals week

*Canva.com for making fliers

*Dr. Bells quick things

Bulletin boards update!

o Book recommendations
Weebly
West Chester Holiday Parade this Friday!
December GA Meeting
o Holiday cards
Sara to check locker, Isabella to grab needed supplies, Dr.
Bell to bring scissors
Breakfast with Santa
o Friday, 12/9 set-up, 4:30 pm
o Saturday 12/10 day, 8 am
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January 25, 2017

Present: Executive Board and SIG Chairs
o Sara Nyholm, President
o Kathleen Calvin, Vice President
o Isabella Montalvo, Secretary
o Alexa Temparali, Treasurer
o Julia Cooperstein, Historian/APEX
o Ali Chapman, PACE
o Siena Catanzaro, MGP/BSed SIG
o Maddie Conte, Play SIG
o Melissa Heiseler, EGP SIG
o Nicole Schiff, SpEd SIG
Next , 7:30pm (GA)
meeting:

1. Dates for the year Check-ins to continue for everyone; GA meetings

to alternative between Wednesday and Thursday
a. Wednesday, January 25: Executive Board
b. Wednesday, February 1: General Assembly + Certification
Jeopardy
c. Wednesday February 8: Check In
d. Wednesday, February 22: Executive Board
e. Thursday, March 2: General Assembly
f. Wednesday March 8: Check In: Reschedule to as available during
the week
g. Wednesday March 8: Kristin Green Speaker event
h. Monday March 13- Friday March 17: Spring Break
i. Wednesday, March 22: Exec
j. Wednesday, March 29: General Assembly
i. Pre-conference
ii. Elections
k. Thursday, March 30- Saturday April 1- SPSEA State Conference
i. Time logistics to follow
1. Looking at leaving Thursday day and coming back
Saturday night
2. Waiting to hear from Dr. Clayton
ii. Transportation already arranged with COESC
iii. Registration should be $75 + $25 hotel fee ($100 in total)
1. $2700 to be approved by Alexa
iv. Hoping to bring 45 members
l. Wednesday April 12: Check In
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m. Wednesday April 26: Executive Board
n. Thursday, May 4: General Assembly
o. Sunday, May 7: End of Year Celebration?

2. Recruitment
a. Handbill- more copies
i. Alexa to send to Sara; Dr. Bell to print
b. Involvement Fair confirmed
i. To be Wednesday, February 1st
ii. Google doc for volunteer sign-up to follow from Sara
3. General Assembly meetings
a. Continue to spring?
i. Information sheet
1. Need information on the Sunday before the general
assembly meeting to Sara and Isabella by 6:00pm
ii. Slideshow: Pictures from last months events compiled by
Julia
iii. Special announcements
1. Three good things SPSEA did in the last month
2. Conference
iv. Member of the Month
v. Raffle
1. Valentines Day Theme be on the lookout ($15 limit)
a. Chocolate
b. Movie
c. Fake boyfriend pillow?
d. Emoji pillow
vi. Meeting events:
1. February 1: Certification jeopardy
a. Talking about how to get our certification
(Ashley Roe)
vii. SIG breakouts to continue (per survey majority); however,
whole group announcements from SIG chairs and co-chairs
and welcomed!
viii. PIZZA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

4. SIG Chairs
a. EGP/Lit
i. Upcoming Events (through February)
Continuing with Play Sessions at the WCPL every Friday
morning and Lego Nights the fourth Monday each
month
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Valentines Day Social
- February 8th or 9th
- Making Valentines Day cards for the children and
families being helped at the Friends Association (waiting
for the OK)

Girl Rising Documentary

- February 15th or 16th
- Location depends on interest
Waiting to hear from/will talk to soon, Dr. Fiorenza for a professional
development opportunity sometime this semester Bullying presentation

Ronald McDonald scheduled for later in March

b. Play
i. Day of Play event input
1. Committees to be in charge of different activities,
food, advertising, social media
2. Maddie to send out survey
3. Looking for a balance in number of members in each
committee
4. To be opened up to everyone
5. Date to be determined
a. Working around Banana Day
ii. Lego Night at WCPL to be continued
c. MGP & BSED
i. Professional development resume workshop: March 21st &
28th
1. Food through university
2. Sykes Ballroom
3. Committee and interested SPSEA members to be in
charge of something different
4. Interview portion: Interview Ready
5. To be opened up to all education majors (invite KDP
and AUA)
6. Sign up on OrgSync
a. Have a sign up deadline
7. Facilitators?
a. Alumni
b. Interviewees vs. interviewer
i. Dr. Flannigan?
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ii. Dr. Bowen
iii. Dr. Ilaria
8. Collaborative activities
ii. Book drive Katie
1. Fundraisers
iii. Relay for life
1. Cameron to make special proposal
iv. Planning a February SIG Meeting
v. Adopt-a-Block to continue
d. Special Education
i. Springbrook farm
1. 3 members to be volunteering one-on-one
5. Exec Proper
a. President
i. Conference updates: Bus & $
1. (see dates)
ii. Email from Kayla Kishbaugh
1. Working with high school students with special needs
(DCIU) who need prom dates
2. More information to be sent to Nicole
iii. Special event schedule Julias Melton Center date to
follow
1. February: SE Region Event (February 25)
2. March: Kristin Green event (March 8), Resume
Workshop (March 21)& Interview (March 28)
3. April: State Conference (March 30-April 1)
4. May:
iv. Check in sign ups: Location- library still? Yes!
1. 7:15-7:30
2. 7:30-7:45
3. 7:45-8:00
4. 8:00-8:15
5. 8:15-8:30
b. President- Elect
i. Author Visit Kristin Green Something Must Be Done about
Prince Edward County
1. March 8th, 7-8pm Sykes Theater
a. Light refreshments and book signing
2. First come first serve?
3. Sponsors
a. Organizations willing but need to check their
budgets
b. Kathleen to keep Alexa updated
c. Kathleen to fill out form from SGA
4. Advertising Ideas
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a. Post fliers throughout town
b. OrgSync
c. WCPL
5. To look into public safety
ii. Check In sign ups
1. Google Doc
c. Secretary
i. Registered member count as of December: 204

ii. OrgSync member count as of January 24: 244

iii. Event Checklist

1. Questions? Suggestions?

iv. Weekly updates

1. To be sent out Monday evening

2. Please have your items to me by Sunday evening at

6pm.

d. Treasurer
i. Current Budget - $13,963.07
ii. Kildaires and Boxcar Fundraiser
1. Boxcar, no luck
2. Kildaires: Thursday, February 16th, need to RSVP by
February 13th
a. Advertised on OrgSync, social media, email
iii. T-shirt sales
iv. KDP Conference February 18th
1. Advertise to our members as a professional
development opportunity
v. Classroom Crew
1. Transportation form?
vi. Chocolate Bar Fundraising
1. Sold at next meeting
2. Alexa to set up a table
e. PACE
i. 2-part documentary series
1. Working with Dr. Solic
2. Made about Philadelphias charter schools
ii. Focusing on state and region
iii. Teacher education round-table discussion
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1. What is going well about the education we have?
What are we struggling with?
2. 30 minutes on EGP, 30 minutes on MGP/BSEd
iv. PBS video series on school drop-out, segregation in
schools, and college affordability
f. APEX
i. Input for website
1. Julia to get membership demographics
2. SIG Chairs to send pictures to Julia
3. Organize events by date
4. Add number of people who participated to each
event
ii. Julia to update board
6. Elections
a. Be looking for and encourage members interested in taking a
position in SPSEA next year
b. Elections to take place before conference (March 29)
i. Applications due Monday March 20th
7. Mr. Bonner video
a. Let Sara know if you would like to utilize it in your events

February 22, 2017

Attendance:
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Dr. Bell, Faculty Advisor present
Sara Nyholm, President present
Kathleen Calvin, Vice President/President-Elect present
Isabella Montalvo, Secretary present
Alexa Temparali, Treasurer present
Julia Cooperstein, Historian/APEX present
Ali Chapman, PACE Chair present
Melissa Heiseler, EGP SIG Chair present
Siena Catanzaro, MGP/BSEd SIG Chair present
Nicole Schiff, Special Ed SIG Chair present
Maddie Conte, Play SIG Chair absent

1. Dates for the year

b. Wednesday, February 22: Executive Board

c. Thursday, March 2: General Assembly
i. Isabella will emphasize that the GA meeting is on THURSDAY (not
Wednesday) in the next weekly update.
d. Wednesday March 8: Check In: Reschedule to as available during the week
e. Wednesday March 8: Kristin Green Speaker event
f. Monday March 13- Friday March 17: Spring Break
g. Wednesday, March 22: Exec
h. Wednesday, March 29: General Assembly
i. Thursday, March 30- Saturday April 1- SPSEA State Conference
j. Wednesday April 12: Check In
k. Wednesday April 26: Executive Board
l. Thursday, May 4: General Assembly
m. Sunday, May 7: End of Year Celebration?

2. Conference recruitment

n. Current count: 28, 18 less than we need

o. What to do?
i. If we have less than 35 members, we will have to cancel the bus and
extra hotel rooms. We will contact Dr. Clayton for transportation.
ii. We need to keep recruiting and reaching out!
iii. Tell members struggling to meet costs (desire financial need) requires to
contact Dr. Bell.
iv. Keep in mind that we may have 10% of our members not show up.
v. We will be talking about the conference again at the next GA.

3.SIG Chairs

p. EGP/Lit
Valentines Day Social
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o EGP SIG was able to make all cards and help with addressing the
envelopes.
Girl Rising Documentary
o We currently have 6 people signed up to attend.
o Thursday, 2/23

(Possibly) Helping Friends Association hand out flyers in town for a

Spring Benefit
o Sometime later this week or this weekend, looking for a few members.

Lego Night at the WCPL

o Monday, 2/27

AUA Glen Acres Literacy Fair

o Thursday, 3/2

Ronald McDonald House Lunch Prep

o Friday, 3/24
o EGP SIG will start advertising soon.
1-2-3 Play With Me Sessions struggling to get volunteers any
suggestions?

o Melissa to make fliers to be distributed in EGP 209 classes and to

include Lego Night.
Melissa will reach out to EGP SIG for conference.
q. Play
i. Yoga- date change due to no available rooms, in communication with
Lauren
1. Look into:
a. Ehringer Gym
b. Rec Center
ii. Request to reserve academic quad for Day of Play, waiting approval
r. MGP & BSED
Adopt-A-Block (Feb 26, 10 a.m.): Gloves and Trash Bags - where are
they? Open to all SPSEA

Partnering with Kappa Delta

Leaves time for classroom crew to go

CHAMPS: Two people now going to CHAMPS weekly!!!

One person on Tuesdays, one person on Thursday

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Can have two people per day
Relay for Life (April 29)

Meredith Miller has come up with a special proposal form for our
participation in this event!
Interview Ready (March 21st & March 28th, 7-8 p.m.)

Hand out flyers

Post on the Instagram and Facebook

Facilitators Include: Matthew Cruice (Assistant Principal at Pierce Middle School),

WCU Professor Brian Bowen, possibly Amanda Gilbert (waiting on her confirmation),
Amanda (Twardowski Center), and then Amanda (Twardowski Center) is contacting
two professionals she knows

o Facilitator gifts

To contact Kathleen about what we did last year

Siena to look at the budget

o Resume workshop (3/21):

Amanda from Twardowski center to run the workshop

She will speak first, and then there will be time to work (on
laptops)

o Interview ready (3/28):

Introduce facilitators, have pamphlets

3-4 questions to go through in small groups

End with feedback

Limited it to 60 people for interview part, but 100 limit for resume workshop

Digital Signage started on Monday so look out for that

Alexa, did Amanda contact you about the food?

o They will pay for resume night, and we pay for interview night

o For interview night, Dr. Bell to donate:

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Water bottles

Prepackaged snacks

ADVERTISE ADVERTISE ADVERTISE

o Open to all education majors

s. Special Education
i. CCIU: Tuesday 2/21
1. 2 people attended
2. 2 more dates (6-8pm)
a. March 21
b. April 8?
ii. Quest Therapy
1. Needing volunteers, to be sent out to members
iii. Spring Brook Farm: Coming up in early March
iv. SIG Chat/ Ice cream social, March 9th 7-8pm
1. Room booked in Recitation
2. Topic: Inclusion
v. Ed Camp: Lancaster, PA. April 22nd
1. Un-conference
2. Attendees make the conference
3. Free attendance
4. Look into having one on WCU campus
vi. 2017 FACES 4 Autism Conference, March 10th , Lindwood, NJ
1. Speakers; Kerry Margo & Michael McCreary
2. $29.00 per person
vii. Single Mothers Conference
1. Relevant to education and our classrooms
2. Looking for volunteers
3. On April 22nd
4. Need clearances
viii. Choir School of Delaware
1. Work with youth 3-6PM

5. Exec Proper
a. President
i. Special event proposals
1. LGBTQA 101/Trans 101/Ally Training, Rachel Lockley
tentatively approved under the following conditions:
a. To talk to Rachel about incorporating being an educator
LGBTQA In Schools
b. To send out an interest survey
2. Relay for Life at West Chester University, Meredith Miller
tentatively approved under the following conditions:
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a. SPSEA cannot provide any money. All members
participating must provide the money
b. Counts as membership development, not community
service
c. Wait to advertise under after March 6 (after conference
deadline)
d. Committee to look into fundraising at Chipotle
ii. Anything for GA? NY Times article?
1. Informational
a. About conference
b. Distribute NY Times article
c. Julia to make a conference video
d. Talk about region and state positions
i. Networking and collaborating across the state
iii. State Conference
1. Social media plan
a. Hashtags, etc.
2. Information to go to members attending
a. Dates, times, etc.
iv. Delegates to conference for region
1. See secretary notes
v. Leadership transition
1. Reflect on what you have done so far
vi. Keep April 12 open
vii. NEA Northeast Region Conference
1. March 4th in Massachusetts
b. President- Elect
i. Meeting with Paul Whalen (Community Service Ambassadors
Program)
1. Paul Whalen would like to know if we would have a panel with
them.
2. The CSAP goal is to have first-year students involved with
community service as soon as possible.
3. This would be about of Region Conference
ii. - Regional Conference (Fall 2016)
iii. - should we start now?
iv. Campus Wide Leadership Awards
1. Should we have a letter-writing night?
2. Kathleen to contact Amanda Reichert and ask what she did?
v. Advertising for Kristen Green
1. email class lists
2. ask professors to make an announcement and pass out mini
flyers

c. Secretary
i. Current registered member count: 215 members

11 new members since December 2016

Current student count on OrgSync: 249

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Keep posting all events on OrgSync! - The calendar is looking great.

Creating a news post

Can send to entire campus

Student PSEA State Conference & Convention Delegates

List of 13 non-exec. board members based on

recommendations and member points (8+)

Elizabeth Brunnquell

Courtney Enyedy

Anna Maria Faragalli-Melone

Katie Flint

Meredith Iervoline

Kelsey Jensen

Rachel Lockley

Nicholas Marcil

Meredith Miller

Katalina Nguyen

Amanda Sesher

Kelila Slomowitz

Sean Shields

Brenna Waters

We still need 5 more delegates. Would any executive board members

like to be delegates?

d. Treasurer
i. Current budget
1. $13,273.07 after pending transactions process
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ii. Chocolate bar fundraising for Beyond the Books
1. Raised $100+
2. To keep selling after the event
iii. Volunteering with Amanda
1. Needs help with working with 3rd-5th graders from 3:30-5:30
Tuesdays and Thursday
a. Doing robotics
b. Do not have to volunteer every week, members can
pick which days they want to go
c. SIG Chairs to send out to members
iv. PD opportunities from Amanda
1. Ed-camps
a. February 25 8:30-2:30
i. Cardinal OHara
ii. Edcampop.weebly.com
b. April 22 8:15-1pm
i. Lancaster, PA
ii. Edcampplac.weebly.com
c. May 20 8-3:30pm
i. Philadelphia, PA
v. Interview Ready- Food Budget
vi. T-shirts
1. 10 people still dont have them
2. Need for conference
e. PACE
i. Leadership Conference
1. Making a plan to change the world to merge with integrating
activism in the classroom
ii. HSA collaboration
1. Writing letters for public education
2. March for public education March 3rd
a. Present opportunity at GA Meeting
f. APEX
i. Board in Recitation
1. Work on a Friday afternoon
2. Need fliers for events
3. Need professional development book recommendations
*SIG Chairs to send Dr. Bell list of events that