WNBN+Meeting+Topics

WNBN Board meeting agenda items:

Review of By laws Consider reducing the number of Board members in order to make the logistics of meeting more manageable.

Usual updates on support seminars, etc.

Summary of finances: not just our account, but how we are paying for Dare to Think retreats, workshops around the state. Do we have any plans to support NBCTs attending national convention? Will we do any solicitation of donations, application for grants?

Agenda format with follow-up from last year:

**WNBN Annual Meeting Minutes** ** August 7, 2009 ** ** 1:00 p.m. ** **Mount** **Mary College**

**Present:** Bonnie Scholz, Lynn Grimm, Tom Mulligan, Vicky Voelker, Maggie Fischer, Connie Wolf, Kristin Henningfeld, Julie Huss, Jo Christianson, Ron Jetty, Karen Corlyn, Mary Talske, Angela Hout, Deb Dosemagen, Linda Barrington, Wendy Sondrol, Brenda Martinez

President Bonnie Scholz called the meeting to order at 1:06 p.m. with everyone introducing themselves.

1. **Approval of Minutes—** Lynn Grimm moved to accept the minutes. Deb Dosemagen seconded. Minutes were approved.

2. **President’s Report**: Bonnie thanked Ron Jetty and Connie Wolf for all the help they gave her this past year. In Wisconsin 74 people received certification last November. Those at WEAC Winter Academy received a WNBN pin. A number of Wisconsin NBCTs attended the Atlanta NBPTS conference. We hope that next year we will be about to old a Wisconsin Hill Day in Madison with the legislature. We would also like to see more districts offer support for NBCTs and candidates.

Ron spoke about the improvements to the part of the WEAC website that provides information about National Board Certification. He also mentioned the WNBN groupsite that provides social networking for Wisconsin NBCTs. Kristen Henningfeld explained more about groupsite and its possibilities for us. Tom Mulligan brought up a concern that our website be identified as ours, and not as WEAC’s. The board had discussed this during the morning meeting and agreed that the WEAC website would be WNBN’s official website.

3. **Standing Committee Reports** · **Tax-Exempt** **status** - We received our tax-exempt status, so there is no longer a need for this committee. · **Promotional DVD** - Laura Lundy has a prototype which needs improvement. After today’s meeting Linda Barrington will videotape anyone who’d like to be filmed for the video. · **Writing Retreats** - Wendy Sondrol said that with the location of the WEAC Winter Academy changing each year, there are different challenges to contend with. For the future, the amount of bandwidth may become critical for interactive presentation. Bonnie said the January retreat also had a great group of candidates. We’ve improved over the past four years and now do a good job of managing time, providing materials, and providing options. The first one was in Jan. 2006. Jo Christianson will be in charge of the Jan. 22-24, 2010 retreat at the Country Springs Hotel in Waukesha. Wendy will again do the WEAC Winter Academy (Feb. 26-28, 2010) retreat in Madison. At the second Winter Academy at Wausau in March, newly certified NBCTs will receive their pins. · **Advanced Candidates** – Wendy Sondrol said that people have been very willing to take on advanced candidates. At Winter Retreats, hardly any advanced candidates showed up. Bonnie suggested that when she sends out the yearly letter to candidates just before they receive their notification from NBPTS, she’ll add Wendy Sondrol’s name to the letter and explain that she will provide assistance for those who decide to redo some areas of the certification process. Kristen Henningfeld suggested that candidates could be part of groupsite and we could create a subgroup just for advanced candidates. · **Speaker’s Bureau** - Meg Graham sent a report via Connie Wolf that there has been no activity. She suspects that individuals are speaking in their school districts on their own. Deb Dosemagen suggested that we be more pro-active in contacting school boards or other groups, asking to speak to them about NB Certification. Speaking to school administrators and school board members at their conventions may be a possibility. Tom Mulligan will pursue this.

4. **Old Business** · Review of by-laws - Bonnie Scholz reviewed the changes the board made to the by-laws, creating three-year terms for board members and making the vice-president the president-elect. The past president will be an ex-officio member. · Newsletter Report - Linda Barrington asked for volunteers for the profiles for the upcoming newsletters. · Atlanta Conference Report – Connie Wolf talked about the panel discussion (of which Andy Kuemmel was a part) on all the research that’s been done on National Board effectiveness. Connie provided a number of reports. Pearson testing sites will now be the official testing center for National Board certification in the future. In Wisconsin, testing sites will be Eau Claire, Kenosha, Brookfield and Madison. The next conference in 2011 will be in Chicago. Pre-conference workshops were outstanding. Connie said that Karen Corlyn’s collaborative presentation was hugely successful. Deb Dosemagen’s presentation also got good reviews. · Support workshops: General Overview – Candidate support is taking on a new look, Connie Wolf said. There are pockets of candidates is specific districts who want to do their own support workshops. We can help these people by putting on facilitator support workshops. It’s called Wi-Fi. Send to Connie Wolf and to Sheila Kohl for the website. There will be a 3-credit course for candidates through Cardinal Stritch located at Menomonee Falls. Alverno will offer a 1-credit course and Viterbo is offering a 3-credit class. Stritch may be offering a 1-credit Take One class. · **Region 1 (northwest Wisconsin)** – Cathy Anderson will be doing meetings in Eau Claire. · **Region 2 (northeast Wisconsin) –** Lynda Sullivan is meeting with the Rhinelander people. · **Region 3,** **(southwest Wisconsin) –** Waunakee will be doing its own workshop. · **Region 4,** **(southeast Wisconsin) –** Calendar for the year has been established with nine workshops at Tri-Wauk. Jefferson will be starting their workshops. MPS will be doing their own workshops with grants from WEAC. · **Region 5,** **(Madison area) –** Sun Prairie will be doing its own workshop. Ron Jetty will be doing more with Madison. · **Higher education** – At the March Higher Education meeting for Wisconsin, Deb Dosemagen spoke about National Board Certification. One of her goals was to identify the rigor of the program and to demonstrate the research component. · **NEA** has an online jump start program for pre-candidates. It’s appropriate for those who want supplementary work or who live in rural areas.

**5.** **New Business**
 * **New Network Pages –** Every WNBN member is a “manager” on the website to give them blogging access.
 * Brenda Martinez said that she has been appointed to the mayor's MPS Improvement and Advisory Council, and she is on the subcommittee that is making recommendations to the governor for the Race to the Top (ARRA) Grant for the state. In this capacity she is trying to get funding for National Board certification and attention for NBPTS in Wisconsin schools

**6.** **Visioning and Planning** **7. Election of New Officers –** The following three people were elected to the board (by the board) for a three-year term: Brenda Martinez, Tom Mulligan and Kristen Henningfeld.
 * **Expanded recruitment efforts for Certification** – We want to attract Kohls Fellows and Milliken Scholars.
 * **Expanded recruitment efforts for new WNBN members** – Karen Corlyn said that we can ask NBPTS for email addresses for all NBCTs in Wisconsin. She said that this is part of our network agreement with NBPTS.
 * **Grant Writing** – If anyone has ideas for grants or other funding, let Bonnie know.
 * **Hill Day** - Jo Christenson said that Matt Friedl knows who to contact. Bonnie will chair this committee.

** 8. Adjournment at 3 p.m. **

Respectfully submitted,

Linda Barrington WNBN Secretary

** WNBN Board Executive Session **

The board met in Executive Session to elect officers for next year: President Deb Dosemagen President-elect Vicky Voelker Treasurer Tom Mulligan Secretary Linda Barrington Bonnie Scholz is an ex-officio officer as past president.