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ICASE
Executive Committee Meeting
Executive
Committee Listserv< executive@icase.org>
DOE/DEL (Riley Room)
January 30, 2008
(These minutes are considered
a draft until approved at the next scheduled meeting.)
MEMBERS PRESENT:
Pam Wright
(President), Lynn Gosser (President-elect), Tom Adams
(Past-President), Vendetta Gutshall (Treasurer), Gary
Collings (Secretary), Larry Bass (SW),
Lucy
Witte (C), Cheryl Corning (SE), Jan Dunham (E), Mary
Custer (NE), Donna Krol (NW), Cheryl Harshman (NC),
Denise Bashore (Membership and Fiscal), Patti Kem
(Professional Development), Joan McCormick (Legislative
and Research)
MEMBERS ABSENT:
None
OTHERS PRESENT:
Bob Marra
I. APPROVALS
A.
Minutes – Pam Wright called the morning meeting to order
and requested a motion to approve the December
13, 2007 minutes. MOTION: Cheryl Harshman moved
to approve the minutes.
After a second by Connie Griffith, the motion carried.
Lynn Gosser abstained due to her absence from the
meeting.
B.
Treasurer's Report and Claim Docket – Vendetta Gutshall
distributed the financial report showing a remaining
balance of $160,434.31 in the $242,000 budget and a
docket of expenses in the amount of $7,910.54. MOTION:
Lynn Gosser moved to accept the financial report and
approve the docket as presented. After a second by
Tom Adams, the motion was approved. Vendetta
will do another follow-up with the four Fall
Conference registrants that have yet to pay for the
extra meal.
The Scholarship balance
on hand is $4,412.43 plus $8,200 held by CASE. The
total balance in the Roundtable Account for distribution
is $16,633.92.
Vendetta commented that
the Roundtable distributions are not provided until
June, however, the Central Roundtable held a retreat in
January and is faced with a shortfall of $414.42 after a
$2,500 sponsorship contribution from Pearson.
MOTION: Lynn Gosser moved to approve an early draw of
$414.42 for Central Roundtable to be reconciled in the
June distribution. After a second by Donna Krol,
the motion was approved.
II. DIVISION REPORT
A. 2007 Child Count Census - Bob Marra presented the
data indicating the overall increase of 0.38% is the
lowest to his recollection. LD and Mild Disability have
decreased, but Autism has increased 12.7%. Over half
(56.5%) of the early childhood census comes from Part C
programs.
His
question for the group was why Other Health Impairments
increased 10%? Members responded that the increase is
likely due to ADD/ADHD, a more desirable label than ED,
ineligible for LD due to RtI practices, and increasing
childhood medical conditions, e.g., diabetes, asthma,
etc. Bob announced the APC is about $5 million below
its appropriation level, so the APC formula will be
fully funded with no shortfall.
B. RtI Summit – Indiana’s core team has met once
since the December summit. The Indiana team currently
includes six DOE representatives, one superintendent and
one assistant superintendent, and a single
representative from AFT, NEA, IN*SOURCE, and the
IASPrincipals. The team will be expanded to include a
director. The team is now collecting models from other
states from which to prepare a guidance document for
distribution by May 2008 for professional development
purposes.
The
core team will also begin to look at alternative funding
approaches to APC and preschool services (guaranteed
amount, reimbursement for preventative services, census
and poverty, etc.) and will bring in various resource
persons to offer testimony. The team’s recommendations
would be prepared for next year’s (2009) General
Assembly.
C. Monitoring – Bob explained the OSEP citation
that has caused DEL staff to review data from 2005
through 2007. DEL is developing a four tier system
beginning with the 2005-06 data (graduation rates,
drop-outs, etc.). Next will be a performance review
process with a 60 day timeline to inquire why the
shortcomings occurred. There are nine (9) compliance
indicators (transition, three-year re-evaluations, etc.)
that will be the focus of the re-work and then the
remaining 11 indicators will follow. Nancy Zemaitis
will be the lead person for monitoring. Besides “desk”
audits, the DEL staff will do on-site verification
visits as needed. Substantial compliance will be
granted at the 95% level. Delayed funding would be the
ultimate sanction. The Minnesota Regional Resource
Center has review Indiana’s new monitoring plan and
provided encouraging feedback.
III. EXECUTIVE STANDING COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Legislative and Research Committee --At the
October 2007 meeting, Pam Wright’s recommendation for
Joan McCormick as chairperson of the Legislative and
Research Committee for 2007-08 was approved. A member
from each roundtable serves on the committee. The
President-elect and Past President are standing members.
1. Development of a Legislative Agenda – Joan
McCormick reported the committee is focused on outreach
with its SB 251 association partners of Urban Schools,
IAPSS, ISBA, IASP, and ISTA. She and Tom Adams met with
John Ellis and Frank Bush and had a productive
conversation. John Ellis has invited the two of them to
join him in a future meeting with Suellen Reed.
Joan
reported the ICASE Legislative Platform contains the
following three goals: (a) provide leadership to the
ICASE membership regarding the legislative process and
current issues; (b) increase collaboration with the lead
educational agencies, i.e., ISBA, IAPSS, and Urban
Schools Association; and (c) increase the involvement
and commitment to the legislative process on behalf of
the special needs children of Indiana and ICASE. Joan
requested permission to purchase logo name badges to
identify ICASE committee members when meeting with
legislators.
2. Evaluation of Lobbyist – Joan complimented
Kelli Waggoner on having set up meetings with
legislators on the first day of the session to help
ICASE establish a presence. KWK is now filtering the
health area bills by key words to catch any add-ons
relative to special education. Tom Adams reported he
has the KWK renewal contract with no changes. MOTION: Tom Adams moved to renew the KWK contract for
2008 with no changes. After a second by Patti Kem, the
motion was approved. Tom will forward the agreement
to Pam for her signature with a copy to be mailed to KWK
and Vendetta Gutshall.
3. Activities at State and National Levels – Joan
requested ICASE support members of the Legislative
Committee to attend the CASE Summer Institute at
Washington D. C. on July 13 – 16th. Senator
Becker continues to be interested in what needs to be
done to build SLP capacity at the university level.
B. Membership and Fiscal Management Committee – At
the November 2007 meeting,
Pam Wright’s recommendation for Denise Bashore as the
chairperson for Membership and Fiscal Management for 2007-2009 was approved. The
Secretary and Treasurer are standing members.
1. Plan development for long term fiscal
management – Denise Bashore reported she has acquired
sufficient background information to set-up subcommittee
meetings to include the following: (a.) Patron
Membership – Tammy Ummel, (b.) Porter Scholarship –
Cheryl Corning, (c.) Product Development – Mary Beth
Hamilton, (d.) Website – Tom Hermiz, and (e.) Newsletter
– Cheryl Corning. Vendetta Gutshall reported the
Newsletter subcommittee will be meeting next week for
training by Brady Smekens on the set-up.
C. Professional Development Committee – At the
December 2007 meeting, Pam Wright’s
recommendation for Patti Kem as chairperson of the
Professional Development
Committee for 2007-2010 was approved. Both the
President and Deputy Treasurer (yet
to be selected) are standing members.
1. Spring 2008 Conference: February 27-29, 2008
(Sheraton Downtown Indianapolis) - At the December
meeting, Patti Kem reported the former downtown Radisson
is now a Sheraton, which will be the site of the
February conference. The program and registration will
be posted to both the ICASE and ISEAS Listservs, as well
as printed in the February issue of the Cable.
Wednesday
(February 27) will be board meetings and the Past
Presidents’ dinner (6:00 PM). Thursday (February 28) AM
will include a motivational speaker (Tyler Green)
followed by a status report on Article 7 by Bob Marra.
Cathy Pratt will make a luncheon presentation. The
afternoon will include break-out sessions yet to be
determined. The evening will include a reception and
the annual Basket auction scholarship fund raiser.
Friday (February 29) will include the business meeting
and awards program, DEL report by Bob Marra, and a
business luncheon for members of both the ICASE
Executive Committee and ISEAS University Forum.
Dennis
Born has requested a vendor table. Members agreed his
table would be provided at no cost since he represents a
state agency and is not selling any products. Bose
McKinney and Evans is a conference sponsor. Baker &
Daniels will sponsor the keynote speaker. MOTION:
Vendetta Gutshall moved to grant Tyler Green a $1,000
honorarium plus expenses as the conference key note
speaker. After a second by Donna Krol, the motion was
approved.
MOTION:
Lynn Gosser moved to purchase 1,000 sticky note pocket
folders. After a second by Cheryl Harshman, the motion
was approved.
2. Fall 2008 Conference: September 17 – 19, 2008
(Fort Wayne Hilton/Grand Wayne Convention Center) –
At a previous meeting, Lynn Gosser noted current CASE
President, Dr. Christy Chambers, will be a featured
speaker. Patti Kem is accepting proposals for
breakout sessions.
3. Roundtable Topical Proposals:
a.
April 29, 2008 (Northwest) – At a prior meeting, Donna
Krol reported
Dr.
Rob March is to present on “Positive Behavior Supports”
at the IU North campus in Gary.
b.
June 4, 2008 (Southwest) – At the December meeting,
Larry Bass received approval for Southwest to host a
topical, which Larry reported has been realigned to
Differentiated Instruction to be presented by Sharon
Schultz at the Southern Indiana Career Center in
Evansville.
c.
Fall 2008 (East) - Jan Dunham previously reported they
are also considering a session by Dr. Rob March.
d.
Spring 2009 (Southeast) – At the December meeting,
Cheryl Corning said they are talking with IU Southeast
faculty about a seminar on assessment of ESL students as
well as a Spring 2009 topical at Clifty Falls State
Park.
IV. SPECIAL COMMITTEE REPORTS
A. Nominating -- Chairperson, Tom Adams as Immediate Past President,
reported a
unified member from each RT has been elected to serve
along with Lynn Gosser as President-elect.
Tom convened the committee on January 9, 2007 and
reviewed the constitutional revisions, discussed
desirable candidate attributes, and developed a
nomination form to be disseminated by Roundtable
representatives.
Members
met on January 29 to discuss whether the slate would be
single or multiple candidates for each office. The
majority of the members accepted the motion to limit the
slate to one candidate per office. A candidate for each
office was selected by confidential ballot.
MOTION:
Tom Adams moved the 2008-09 slate of officers include
Vendetta Gutshall for President-elect and Gary Collings
for Secretary. After a second by
Jan Dunham, the
motion was approved.
Both Vendetta Gutshall
and Gary Collings abstained from the vote. Members
complimented Tom on implementing the new nomination
process.
Tom
Adams recommended the Treasurer prepare a ballot with
the nominees and a space for write-in candidates for all
unified members to use at the business meeting. If
Vendetta is elected at the business meeting, she would
be required to resign her position as Treasurer for the
second year of her term. The Executive Committee would
appoint an interim treasurer for the duration of her
term through June 2009.
B. Recognition/Awards – Pam appointed the Past
President, Tom Adams, as chairperson at
the
October 2007 meeting. The June 30 retirement of both
Mary Kay Davis (JESSE) and Charis Snyder Gilbert (East
Noble) was presented. MOTION: Patti Kem moved to
grant honorary membership to both Mary Kay Davis and
Dr. Charis Snyder
Gilbert with an ICASE contribution to the Scholarship
Fund in recognition of their
retirement.
After a second by Cheryl Harshman , the motion was
approved.
Dr. Jan Rees requested her Honorary Membership be
postponed for a year in light of
her recent decision to extend her current employment
through June 2009.
V. SUPPORTING the MEMBERSHIP
A. Identifying and Addressing Membership Needs
1. Needs Assessment update – Lynn Gosser reported
this is being compiled.
2. SLP Task Force update – Pam Wright reported on
the January 24 SLP subcommittee meeting with six
university trainers. Emergency permits were a focus of
discussion and how trainers might better prepare the
bachelor’s level candidates, such as work with local
schools for clinical observations, identify master’s
level mentors for observations, connect with IHEs for
job fairs in the Fall, connect with ISHA student
chapters on each campus. All members agreed on the
need for a Speech consortium through a distance
education model. IUPUI will soon be starting a Speech
Therapy program and have employed a staff member for
planning purposes.
3. Article 7 Work Group update – Lynn Gosser
reported on the last State Advisory Committee meeting.
The work group is reviewing a draft of the ICASE
position to be presented at the Spring Conference.
Recognizing various opinions on different topics members
of the work group will include areas where agreement can
be reached and will take no position in the areas of
disagreement.
Bob
Marra commented his presentation of the Article 7 on
February 6 to the State Board of Education will be
available through a web broadcast. He will recommend
excluding the ESY guidelines from the regulations and
limit the points of parent consent to the eight (8)
required by federal regulations. The State Board will
post the article in the Indiana Register and schedule
public hearings in South Bend, Fort Wayne, Southeast and
Southwest regions, and Indianapolis on April 2 (9:00 AM)
with the full board. The State Board is expected to
take action on the article at its May meeting.
The
ICASE position paper will only be presented at the April
2 State Board meeting. Directors are encouraged to
attend the regional hearings and file his/her individual
opinions.
4. Support for New Directors – Pam Wright has made
e-mail contact to see if any need assistance.
5. Support for New Executive Committee members –
Tom Adams is available to assist new members. Lynn is
working with Patti Kem. Denise Bashore has met with Pam
and Gary for background information.
B. Improving/Facilitating Communication
1. Roundtable Reports – Mary Custer (NE)
said they are considering a topical; she commented they
have 35-40 in attendance at each meeting. Lucy Witte
(C) said they recently held a retreat with topical
presentations by directors and an
Article
7 session with Bob Marra. Connie Griffith (SE)
said they are planning for a summer training session of
paraprofessionals. Jan Dunham (E) said they had
both the Youth Law Team representatives and Dennis Born
at their last meeting. Larry Bass (SE) commented
on low attendance and how he might increase
participation.
2. Website/Listserv – Vendetta discussed the new
to review the ICASE web content and prepare updates for
the webmaster.
3. Electronic Newsletter – to be chaired by Cheryl
Corning
VI. PROMOTING/ADVANCING the ORGANIZATION
A. Examining Organizational Structure
1. Executive Director/Administrative Assistant
Task Force – Pam Wright commented these personnel
considerations were under the purview of the Fiscal
Management Committee
2. Roundtable Membership/Structure – Roundtable
Representatives are not currently aware of any directors
wishing to realign to another region.
B. Strengthening National Connections
1. CASE Executive Committee – Gary Collings,
chairperson of the CASE Research
Committee,
attended the Winter Institute and the January 18 – 19,
2008 CASE
Executive
Committee meeting at Miami Beach, with expenses paid by
CASE. He reported on his involvement as Research
Liaison with a national licensure study and a future
national study about factors influencing a career in
special education administration.
2. CASE Winter Institute (Miami Beach) – Patti
Kem, Donna Krol, and Larry Bass were sponsored by ICASE
to attend the CASE Winter Institute in
January
16 – 18, 2008. Pam Wright and Lynn Gosser also attended
with support from their districts.
3. CEC/CASE Meeting in Boston (April 2) – Pam
Wright, Tom Adams, and Patti
Kem will be in attendance
4. CASE Leadership Institute in Washington D.C.
(July 13 – 16) – Members discussed supporting the
attendance of the nine (9) members of the Legislative
Committee. In future years a rotation schedule may be
offered to limit the numbers. MOTION: Patti Kem
moved to support up to nine (9) members of the
Legislative Committee to attend the July 13-16 CASE
Leadership Institute in Washington D.C. for
registration, travel, lodging, and incidentals, with the
committee devising a plan for future committee attendees
to attend on a rotating basis. After a second by Cheryl
Harshman, the motion was approved.
C.
Promoting State Partnerships – No Reports.
1.
Liaisons – Members Designated by the President
a.
ASK/IN*SOURCE (Patti Kem)
b.
IAPSS/ISBA (Margie Labelle)
c.
IASPrincipals (Larry Bass)
d
IASPsychologists (Cheryl Corning)
e.
INCEC (Jan Dunham)
f.
ISHA (Mary Beth Hamilton)
g.
Medicaid (Tom Adams)
h.
University Forum (Cheryl Corning)
2. Appointees – Other Agencies/Associations
a.
ASK/IPIN (Jim Sands)
b.
Center for Evaluation and Education (Pam Wright)
c.
DOE Division of Professional Standards Committee (Mike
Horvath)
d.
FSSA/DDARS/DHHS Interpreters (Nancy Holsapple)
e.
ISBLIND (Cindy Pittman)
f.
ISDeaf (Patti Kem)
g.
State Advisory Council (Karol Farrell)
h.
State Improvement Grant (George Van Horn)
i.
Community Alternatives Grant – Mental Health Agency
(Mary Beth Hamilton)
VII. OTHER BUSINESS
– None
VIII. NEXT MEETING:
February 27, 2008 (11:00
AM) – Downtown Sheraton
*February 29 (12:00 Noon) Lunch and Dialogue Session
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