Action Items:
- Homework How are you approaching the Homework discussion? Be as creative as your community needs. Try to include all interested parties ~parents, staff and students. Time? Place? Moderator /Recorder. If you plan a special meeting please pass details on to Betsy or Sara at ISD.
- Focus Day Thursday January 24th 9-1 Hope you can join together to give a loud voice for the children we represent. Who would like to charter a bus for a nominal fee? Think about it have a response for our next meeting together.
- Special Needs information from the handouts from Becky can be found HERE.
- Website Please click thru for ideas on passive fundraising documents on homework forms it’s all there for you including parent education, advocacy and special needs. If not contact us and we will do our best to get it there.
- Issaquah Community Network This valuable partner in our community is working on many topics related to our students and parent including the “Take Back Program for Medicines” find out more about them HERE.
- Thinking Habits and Skills this is inherent in the teaching of ISD Emilie Hard is the person to contact and the information can be found on the ISD website.
- ISD Scorecard Would you like to see a quick health check on our school district read all about it HERE.
- Exit Interviews for HS students. Issaquah High needs panelists on Nov. 14, 21 from 7am -9.45am. Ask at your High school if panelists are needed.
- Outreach the information that was shared at council can be found at the Issaquah food and clothing bank
New Information
- Reflections ~ like to make a suggestion about the theme? This is the competition for you the link brings you all the info you need.
- Fall Grant Opportunities
- Take Your Family to School Week: Safety at Home and at Play (February 18-22, 2013) info
- Urban Family Engagement network Application
- National PTA Phoebe Apperson Hearst Innovation in Family Engagement Award
- Chicks on Sticks just in case you want to get amongst the snowflakes CLICK HERE
- Vantiv the program was interesting and if you have further questions please do not hesitate to contact Dani Humpfrey to number crunch and see if it is the right service for your local unit.
Best Practice Moment
November
- Consider doing either a written survey or a Zoomerang survey of your membership. You might want to do this in early spring to get feedback on the year to date and to plan for the next year.
- Begin work on putting together your Nominating Committee that will be elected by the end of January. A Council led Nominating Committee training will be held in late January (date to be determined).
- Please bring a copy of your insurance to the December Council Meeting and give it to our treasurer.
- If you do not already have a system to pass on materials and information, start one now. Notebooks, evaluation forms, copies of flyers, disks of materials, etc. need to be included.
- Collection List for November(add to folder you started in September)
- copy of volunteer appreciation flyer or article in newsletter
- list of Board meeting dates
- copy of budget with line item for State Convention highlighted