Leadership Council

 

Purpose:  To give all former fellows a continuing connection to BSWP, participation at a level comfortable for them, and a way to do significant work and provide important service. To promote Continuation, Service and In-Service opportunities for Idaho teachers, and programs to promote student and community literacy.

 

Practice: Every former fellow will either be assigned to the Leadership Council itself OR will be attached to a Leadership Group, whose coordinator will be on the Council.

 

The Council will meet four times annually:

1) late summer,

2) at the fall ICTE/BSWP meetings, 23 January, around the winter workshop, 

3) at the April orientation and reunion meetings.  Members should try to attend at least 3 of the meetings, and send a substitute and/or reports along to any meetings they cannot make. (We understand this may be a challenge for those from far-flung places in the state.)

 The Leadership Council members and their groups are charged with creating services or programs that create value for teachers and students in ways aligned with their designated area.   Each group will receive funding at their request to undertake such initiatives.  They are also charged with making the rest of the BSWP membership aware of programs, funding, possibilities for service in their designated area.

 Leadership Council Members will serve a three-year term (except for a few initial members who will be asked to serve four or five years so that we will have staggered terms).  During the last year of their term, they will apprentice a member of their leadership group to take over their slot.

 

Proposed Membership

All former fellows interested in Leadership positions, please contact Jeff or Jim.  Linked to each person's name is the current leadership report.

 

Director: Jeff Wilhelm, MDWP 89

Co-Director: Jim Frederickson, IWP

 

High School In-service Director:  Paula Uriarte BSWP 05

Middle School In-service Director: Yvonne Georgeson 05

 

ICTE Liaison:  Brandon Bolyard 09

 

IRA Liaison:  Shanna Liles, BSWP 06

 

Log Cabin Liaison: Sharon Hanson, BSWP 05

 

Democracy Project: Debra Smith, BSWP 07

 

PAC/Legislative: Nikki Matthews, BSWP 07

 

Monograph/Book Projects: Jerry Hendershot, BSWP 05

 

Financial Development: TBD

 

ELL-Liaise with ELL Network:  Hester Comstock, BSWP 05, Dorota Hendershot, BSWP 07, Cecilia Pattee, 09

 

Teacher Inquiry Communities – Renda Ware, BSWP 06

(also serve on South Regional Network, and help with Student Teaching Initiative/TIC project)

 

Southern Idaho Regional Network- Frank Dehoney, BSWP 06, Debbie Dehoney 06

 

Student Teaching/New Teacher Mentor Project- Yvonne Georgeson 05/Christine Baer 07

 

Rural Sites-Liaise with Rural Sites Network: Jeff Roper, BSWP 06

 

Technology: Dianne Ruxton, 08

 

Urban Sites Network-  Sonja Ozarslan, Anna Daley, 08