Horace Mann League Summer Board Meeting

Friday, June 23^rd, Dinner 7:15 pm, Saturday, June 24, 2017, 8:30 am,

Marriott O’Hare, Chicago, 8535 West Higgins Road Chicago Illinois 60631

Planning to attend:  Martha Bruckner, Carol Choye, Eric King, Carol Choye, David Berliner, Lisa Parady, Jim Harvey, and Kevin Riley.

Table of Contents – Agenda

Roll call……………………. 2

Winter Board Minutes……………. 2

Annual Meeting Minutes……….. 2

Financial Report………………… 2

Bank reconciliation

Balance relative to previous two years…………………………………. 2

Corporate Partnerships………………… 3

Membership and Recruitment……….. 3

Membership………………………………. 3

Membership by State………… 4

New Members…………………….. 5

Legal Compliance Report……. 5

IRS Compliance………………………… 5

State Compliance………………………. 5

Communications Report……. 5

HML Post…………………… 5

HML website…………………….. 5

HML Social media…………… 5

Discussion Agenda…………………. 6

Communications Committee Report……………. 6

Video Conference. 6

What are other professional associations doing?……………….. 6

Alliance for the Promotion of Public Education…………………………… 8

Proficiency Project……………………. 9

100 Year Anniversary Project…………… 9

Corporate Partnership………………………… 9

Recruitment Plan……………………….. 9

Travel Expenses…………………………………. 9

Nominations………………………………………….. 10

Officers and Directors……………………… 10

Director Term…………………………….. 11

Awards for 2018…………………………… 12

Outstanding Friend of Public Education…………… 12

Outstanding Public Educator…………………………. 12

Outstanding Friend of the HML……………………………….. 13

Future Meetings……………………………….. 13

2018 Winter Board Meeting.

2018 HML Annual Meeting………………. 13

Attachment # 1 Minutes of the Winter Board Meeting –  New Orleans………………………………………………………… 13

Attachment #2 Minutes of the 97^th Annual Meeting, March 3, 2017, New Orleans………………………………………… 16

Attachment #3 Public vs. Charter School Check List-Draft……………………………………………………………………….. 17

Attachment #4 HML Goals and Metrics (Strategic Plan)…………………………………………………………………………… 18

Roll call

1. Martha Bruckner, Supt. of Schools, Council Bluffs, IA – July 5^th, Metropolitan Omaha Educational Consortium (MOEC)
2. Carol Choye, Retired Supt. of Schools, Scotch Plains, NJ,
3. Eric King, Retired Supt. Schools, Muncie, IN
4. Carol Choye, Retired Supt. of Schools, Scotch Plains, NJ
5. David Berliner, Professor Emeritus, Arizona State University
6. Lisa Parady, Executive Dir. Alaska Association of School Administrators
7. Jim Harvey, Executive Dir. National Superintendents Roundtable
8. Kevin Riley, Supt. of Schools, Gretna, NE
9. Jack McKay, Executive Director, HML, Port Ludlow, WA

Winter Board Minutes

March 2, 2017 (attachment #1

 

Annual Meeting Minutes
March 3, 2017 (attachment #2)

 

Financial Report

Bank reconciliation

 

2017	Start Bal.	Revenue	Expenses	Ending Bal.
January	$3,464.81	$5,698.99	$1,629.84	$7,533.96
February	$7,533.96	$3,871.88	$4,080.44	$7,325.40
March	$7,325.40	$7,687.70	$6,257.21	$8,755.89
April	$8,755.89	$9,788.00	$8,836.53	$9,707.36
May	$9,707.36	$2,711.96	$3,158.89	$9,260.43
June	$9,260.43
July
August
September
October
November
December
Totals

Balance relative to previous two years.

 

Balance as of June 1, 2017
June ‘15	June ’16	Apr ’17
$3,345.90	$4,704.47	$9,707.36

 

 

A certificate of deposit is with US Bank (72^nd and Dodge, Omaha) for term of term of 15 months with automatic renewal.  The value of the certificate is $11,198.20.

 

Corporate Partnerships

 

The “Invitation to Support Public Schools” brochure was created to inform potential corporate partners about the League, levels of support, past awardees, and the list of officers and board members. (included in packet)

There are three Corporate Sponsors, as of May 6^th.
Discovery Education – Platinum (Andy Schafer)
Horace Mann Insurance – Platinum (Jim Yale)
School Leadership – Silver (Charles Fowler)
Silverback Learning Solutions – pending (Stan Olson)

 

 

Membership and Recruitment

 

Membership

As of May 6, 2017

 

 

Membership by State

State	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17
Alaska	10	5	5	6	6	7	7	5	7	7	6	7	7	8
Alabama	5	4	4	3	3	2	4	4	2	3	4	4	3	3
Arizona	28	12	15	16	16	15	13	13	11	12	12	11	12	12
Arkansas	10	6	6	5	5	5	5	3	2	2	2	2	2	2
California	40	23	25	24	24	27	22	23	19	20	21	20	20	19
Colorado	20	8	10	10	12	13	14	9	6	6	4	4	5	5
CT	19	9	9	9	9	10	10	9	9	8	13	10	13	12
Delaware	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	0	0
DC	5	2	2	2	4	3	3	4	4	4	4	4	3	3
Florida	18	20	20	19	17	16	16	17	13	10	9	9	10	9
Georgia	14	9	9	9	9	9	10	7	7	10	13	12	12	12
Hawaii	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	12	1
Idaho	6	4	4	4	4	5	5	4	4	4	5	4	4	4
Illinois	136	123	124	123	122	121	124	134	125	118	135	121	115	115
Indiana	6	8	8	7	5	5	5	6	3	3	2	1	3	3
Iowa	26	14	15	15	15	16	15	16	13	11	11	15	12	12
Kansas	4	3	4	4	4	4	3	2	2	2	2	3	2	2
Kentucky	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	3	1	2	2	2	2	2
Louisiana	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	2	1	1	1
Maine	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	1	1
Maryland	16	14	14	14	14	13	14	24	22	20	18	17	11	9
MA	10	15	21	23	18	31	28	14	13	13	14	14	14	11
Michigan	10	9	9	9	9	7	9	9	7	9	18	16	16	14
Minnesota	13	8	8	8	9	9	8	5	5	5	5	4	5	5
MS	6	2	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	1
Missouri	14	7	10	14	15	15	14	7	6	7	7	6	7	6
Montana	4	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	5	10	9
Nebraska	50	39	42	44	47	48	49	34	33	31	32	28	26	27
Nevada	6	4	3	4	5	6	5	5	3	4	4	4	4	4
NH	2	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	2	3	4	4	4	4
NJ	25	19	20	21	21	21	25	20	18	16	18	15	11	11
NM	4	2	2	4	4	5	5	2	2	2		2	0	0
New York	35	35	36	35	36	38	35	43	35	30	31	32	37	38
NC	26	33	30	26	25	19	28	44	38	38	37	27	19	21
N. Dakota	2	1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0
Ohio	16	11	12	12	11	10	12	11	10	10	11	11	9	9
Oklahoma	3	2	2	2	2	2	1	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Oregon	6	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	0	1	1	1	1	1
PA	18	8	12	13	14	14	12	9	6	5	6	5	6	5
PR													0	0
RI													0	0
SC	8	6	8		8	9	10	5	4	4	4	3	2	2
SD	4	4	3	3	2	2	4	3	2	2	2	2	2	1
TN	8	6	5	5	5	4	4	5	3	3	2	3	4	3
Texas	14	22	25	28	29	30	40	24	18	17	19	18	14	14
Utah	4	7	6	6	6	5	5	6	5	4	5	5	4	4
Vermont	4	0	2	2	2	3	3	0			0		0	0
Virginia	40	30	30	30	30	31	32	33	28	25	25	24	21	21
WA	55	54	50	55	54	53	49	51	44	41	46	39	40	42
WV	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0
WI	9	9	9	9	9	11	12	9	9	8	12	12	15	14
Wyoming		2	2		2	2	2	2	0		1	1	2	1
Totals	770	618	644	641	650	664	681	644	553	533	583	537	526	505

 

 

Officers and Board members were asked to provide five names of potential new members.

 

New Members

2017

Dr.	Pamela	Lloyd	AK		Parady, Lisa
Mr.	Ty	Mase	AK		Parady, Lisa
Dr.	Matthew	Barbini	IL		Thompson, Scott
	Joshua	Stafford	IL		Trover, Marlies
Dr.	Heather	Phipps	NE		Bruckner, Martha
Mr.	Scott	Brittain	WA		Charbonneau , Jeff
Mr.	Henry	Strom	WA		Chase and McKay
Mr.	Lance	Goodpaster	WA		Hewins, Frank
Mr.	Jeff	Chamberlin	WA		Hewins, Frank

Dr.             Rex                 Anderson             NE                  Riley, Kevin

Dr.            Carrie             Holmberg             CA                  David Berliner

Legal Compliance Report

IRS Compliance

All required paper has been provided in a timely manner.  IRS payments are made on a quarterly basis.

State Compliance

All required paper work has been provided in a timely manner.  Payments for state unemployment and workers’ compensation have been made.

 

Communications Report

HML Post
The readership has been consistent at 44 percent.  This is the percent who open and read the HML Post, published weekly via email.  The application used is Constant Contact.

HML website

The HML website is updated with photos of the 2017 Annual meeting.  Updates were also made for the minutes of the Winter Board Meeting, the Annual Meeting, officers and directors, the past presidents, and the awardees for the Outstanding Public Educator, the Outstanding Friend of Public Education and the Friend of the Horace Mann League.

HML Social media

The weekly issues of the HML Post are posted on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.

 

 

Discussion Agenda

Communications with the public education audiences

Communications Committee Report

 

Video Conference.

 

10:00 am on GoToMeeting.

Rich Bagin will be joining us via GoToMeeting.  At that time, we will be discussing with Rich how we might go about developing strategies and projects to improve communications with our members, other professional associations, and with other public school advocates.

 

HML Communications 
Sat, Jun 24, 2017 7:00 AM – 2:00 AM Pacific DT

(9:00 am Chicago Time)

Please join my meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone. 
https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/552672645 

You can also dial in using your phone. 
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Access Code: 552-672-645 

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What are other professional associations doing?

 

During this discussion and between 10:00 and noon, Rich Bagin will join our meeting via video (GoToMeeting) to discussion ideas and strategies for improving communications with our members, other educators and the public.

 

NSBA

http://www.nsba.org/advocacy/public-engagement

For NSBA to lead the charge to turn back escalating pressures on public education and assert an ever-greater role in education policymaking, it is important that we “get the word out” in new and more visible ways. Using a lean-forward approach, we are working with our members—the state school boards associations—along with the general public, key education groups, and influential education advocates to support America’s public schools.

By creating a sense of public urgency about our key issues—unlawful expansion of executive authority; opposition to privatization, including vouchers, tuition tax credits, and charter schools not approved by local school boards; and Common Core standards—our focus centers on implementing targeted public engagement campaigns and capitalizing on the power of traditional, digital, and social media.

In our national campaign, “Stand Up 4 Public Schools,” we are widening the aperture to create a sense of public urgency about the issues we promote. To achieve our goal of becoming the leading advocate for public education, a strong external relations strategy is essential.

 

Reflecting our vision, mission, and values in our programs, services, and products.

Clarifying how and in what ways the key work of local school boards reflects grassroots democracy in action.

Emphasizing the clear focus of America’s school boards on advancing student achievement through strong local governance.

Establishing how America’s public schools benefit our wider society and prepare students for college and career readiness.

 

NSPRA
https://www.nspra.org/resourcesarticles
The role of school public relations is to maintain mutually beneficial relationships between the school district and the many publics it serves. Each school district has its own unique way of carrying out this role, but there is one common element of all successful public relations programs: they are planned.

A well-thought-out public relations plan will help ensure that a school district carries out its mission and meets its goals with the support of its staff and community. But where do you start? This tip sheet, developed from the resource files of the National School Public Relations Association, provides a basic framework process for developing a district public relations plan.

The four-step public relations process

Exemplary public relations programs follow this basic four-step process:

Research – up front analysis on where the district stands in regard to all publics it wishes to reach

Action plan – developing public relations goals, objectives and strategies that go hand-in-hand with the district’s overall mission and goals

Communicate/Implement – carrying out the tactics necessary to meet the objectives and goals

Evaluate – looking back at actions taken to determine their effectiveness and what changes are needed in the future

Keeping these four basic public relations tenets in mind, you can follow this step-by-step process in developing a public relations plan for your school district.

 

NEA

http://www.nea.org/home/raiseyourhand.html
The National Education Association has issued a renewed call to action—Raise Your Hand—a national initiative to mobilize educators, parents, and community leaders who share our commitment to ensuring the success of all our students. By tapping into their commitment and leadership to serve America’s students, we are uniting our members with parents, community leaders and elected officials across the country, to fulfill the promise of public education and prepare every student to succeed.

 

NPE

The Network For Public Education   https://networkforpubliceducation.org/9121-2/

According to NPE Executive Director, Carol Burris, “The enormous initial response to our campaign reinforced what we at NPE have always believed—Americans love their community public schools. They respect their school boards, nearly all of whom are unpaid public servants elected by their community. De Vos’s Michigan system is a disaster caused by profiteers swooping into an unregulated school “market.” Americans want their community schools, not K-12 versions of Trump University, on the corner.”

 

AASA
Superintendent’s Advocacy Programs   http://aasa.org/content.aspx?id=40831#February
Highlight your programs that are excelling (After school? English Learner support? Early education? Credit Recovery?). Give examples where you could do more with better federal support (High class room sizes? Teacher shortages? Limited opportunity for CTE?). Facilitate a community conversation with stakeholders about ESSA (or education technology, or school nutrition, or rural education….).

Introduce yourself, and your district. Enrollment, free/reduced lunch rate, community type, etc….

Introduce your state association, and their role in helping facilitate/convene conference calls and round table conversations with member superintendents.

Introduce AASA as the national organization for school superintendents (and feel free to copy one of us on your outreach!)

Extend the invitation for the visit, and ask who you should coordinate with to set it up.

Extend the opportunity for them to reach out to you as they have questions and consider various policies in Congress; let them know that you’d be happy to tell them what it would look like in your district and for specific things to consider.

Indicate that you will be reaching out over the course of the year on federal advocacy priorities, and that you look forward to working with them.

 

NASSP

https://www.nassp.org/advocacy
As the nation’s leading advocate on behalf of school leaders, it is NASSP’s duty to bring the issues of the principalship to the halls of Congress, the U.S. Department of Education, the White House, and the national news media.
NASSP gives school leaders the information and resources they need to become effective advocates for their schools, their staff, and their students.
Together, NASSP and school leaders nationwide play a vital role in crafting federal, state, and district policies that support the achievement and success of every student. It is critical that these decisions are informed by the experience and expertise of the nation’s school leaders.

 

For the Horace Mann League

What are they doing to promote the importance of quality public education?

After finding out what others are doing, what do we like that they are doing?

What resources do these other association have that we can use?

 

 

Alliance for the Promotion of Public Education

 

What might be the message(s) that we could provide?

Trump and DoVos and their Lies

False Statements and Lies about Public Education

The myths and facts about our Public Schools

The 50 Myths and Lies that Threat America’s Public Schools by Berliner and Glass

 

Following up on Bagin’s presentation, it starts at the local level with the local school.

The teacher is the best presenter of how good their school is.

Instead of grading papers, maybe it would be better to attend the local service club and refute the myths and lies.

 

Next meeting: (in about a month)

What are the other professional associations doing?

What are they doing that we like?

What can we do together with them and what can we do as the HML?

What might the products be that we provide others?  suggested practices, fact sheets, videos,  letters to the editor, etc.

 

 

Proficiency Project

James Harvey

Emre Gonulates (Michigan State) and I are working on a draft report but it’s not ready for sharing. We had a complete draft, but then events overtook those findings and we had to regroup.

 

AASA, NSBA, NEA, and AFT are very interested in this study and want to be able to endorse it. I think we will have good backing on this. Tom Gentzel from NSBA is this year’s president of the Learning First Alliance and he wants to bring it to LFA also. You will recall that we shared the “Iceberg Effect” report with LFA last year.

 

Timing is an issue with all these things. I had hoped to have a report to release after the election, but during the summer thought it better to release the report in January for the new administration, which I had assumed would be a new Clinton administration. Complicating the timing is that TIMSS and PISA data just appeared — so those findings need to be taken into account, along with a new study from AIR linking the NAEP Proficiency benchmark to the PARCC and SBAC  benchmarks.  Emre is making the new PARCC/SBAC calculations starting this week, so we don’t have them yet. It’s remarkably complicated statistical material and we have to get it right, because there’s going to be a lot of pushback to our findings and a statistical hole in the analysis will just sink the entire thing.

 

Just this past week, I met in DC with people from NEA and AFT (separately). They are extremely interested, but like everyone else need to see the product before climbing on board. They believe (and I agree) that we will be better off postponing release of the report until about April — giving the new administration and committees on Capitol Hill time to get themselves organized. So, a lot is up in the air.

 

We will go when we are ready to go and may have to share the document in confidence with the HML officers prior to or after the board meeting.

 

100 Year Anniversary Project

Laura Barron and James Harvey

 

Corporate Partnership

One per board member – Each officer and Board member was asked to provide at least one potential corporate sponsor at the Winter Board meeting.

 

Recruitment Plan

Five nominees per board member – Each officer and Board member was asked to provide at least five names of potential HML members.

 

Travel Expenses

Partial Compensation for Travel Expenses to Attend Summer Board Meetings.  Past practice had been to compensate travelers to the summer board meeting up to $250.  This practice was discontinued due the limited budget.  In the past, the League also covered one night for lodging.  This was also discontinued due to the budget.

Nominations

Officers and Directors

Past practice has been to nominate those HML members who have attended the Annual Meeting, expressed an interest in serving, has the potential to recruit, can provide a unique role in leadership in the strengthening of the HML.

 

Past practice has been to promote the current officers to new positions.  This practice would imply that the officers for the 2018-2019 term would be:

President – Eric King
President-elect – Laurie Barron
Vice President – to be selected from current board members. (Past preference was to select current board members who are currently superintendents.)
Current board members are:  Ruben Alejandro, David Berliner, Evelyn Holman, Jeff Charbonneau, Carol Choye, Brent Clark, Ember Conley, Linda Darling Hammond, James Harvey, Steven Ladd, Stan Olson, Lisa Parady and Kevin Riley.
Past President – Martha Bruckner

 

Director Terms

 

2016	2017	2018
Christine Johns-Haines	Martha Bruckner
`	Eric King
Eric King	Laura Barron
Charles Fowler	Christine Johns-Haines
Jack McKay	Jack McKay
2016	2017	2018
Laurie Barron (3)	David Berliner (1)	David Berliner (2)
Jeff Charbonneau (2)	Jeff Charbonneau (3)
Steve Webb (3)	Lisa Parada (1)	Lisa Parada (2)
Carol Choye (1)	Carol Choye (2)	Carol Choye (3)
Steve Ladd (1)	Steve Ladd (2)	Steve Ladd (3)
Ember Conley (1)	Ember Conley (2)	Ember Conley (3)
Linda Darling Hammond (2)	Linda Darling Hammond (3)
Evelyn Blose Holman (2)	Evelyn Blose Holman (3)
James Harvey (1)	James Harvey (2)	James Harvey (3)
Brent Clark (3)	Kevin Rilery (1)	Kevin Rilery (2)
Stan Olson (2)	Stan Olson (3)
Ruben Alejandro (1)	Ruben Alejandro (2)	Ruben Alejandro (3)

Past practice has been to nominate current members of the League.  Possible criteria might be: (a) attended HML luncheon, a minimum of four years as a member of the League, etc

Awards for 2018

Outstanding Friend of Public Education

2017 Mr. Rich Bagin, Exec. Director NSPRA
2016 Dr. Andy Hargreaves, Boston College
2015 Dr. Pedro Noguera, New York University
2014 Ms. Marian Wright Edelman, Children’s Defense Fund
2013 Senator Mark Warner, State of Virginia
2102 Mr. Jack Jennings, Founder, Center for Public Policy
2011 Dr. Diane Ravitch, New York University

2010 Dr. Phil Schlechty, Education Consultant
2009 Dr. John Goodlad, University of Washington
2008 Ms. Wendy Puriefoy, President, Public Education Network
2007 Dr. Thomas Sobol, Commission of Education, New York
2006 Dr. Jonathan Kozol, Author and Research
2005 Joyce and Larry Stupski, Stupski Foundation
2004 Mr. Frosty Troy, Publisher, Oklahoma Observer
2003 Dr. Mary Ellen Fitsgerald, The Wallace Reader’s Digest
2002 Mr. Richard Rothstein, Columnist, New York Times
2001 Mr. Al Dietzel, Vice President, The Limited Inc.
2000 Dr. Barry Lynn, Executive Director, Americans United
1999 Dr. Lew Salmon, The Milken Foundation
1998 Governor James Hunt, North Carolina
1996 Mr. Richard Riley, US Secretary of Education

 

Outstanding Public Educator

2017 Dr. Yong Zhao, University of Kansas
2016 Dr. Gene Glass, University of Colorado
2015 Dr. Gene Carter, Executive Director, ASCD
2014 Dr. Larry Cuban, Professor, Stanford University
2013 Dr. Thomas Pyzant, Professor, Harvard University
2012 Dr. Ken Bird, CEO Avenue Scholars
2011 Dr. Michael Kirst, Professor, Stanford University
2009 Dr. Harry Wong, Author and Presenter
2008 Dr. Carrol Johnson, Teachers College
2007 Dr. Linton Deck, Professor Peabody College
2006 Dr. Gerald Tirozzi, Executive Director, NASSP
2005 Dr. Linda Darling Hammond, Stanford University
2004 Dr. Julie Underwood, Chief Council, NSBA
2003 Dr. Ted Sanders, Pres., Education Commission of the States
2002 Dr. Gerald Bracey, Author and Presenter
2001 Dr. Paul Houston, Executive Director, AASA
2000 Dr. Jane Hammond, Superintendent, Jefferson Co.
1999 Dr. Bob Slavin, Professor, John Hopkins University
1998 Dr. David Berliner, Professor and Author
1997 Dr. Gordon Cawelti, Exec., Alliance for Curriculum
1996 Dr. Larry Lezotte, VP, Effective Schools

 

Outstanding Friend of the HML

2017 Charles Fowler, Exeter, NH
2016 Gary Marx, Vienna VA
2015 Mark Edwards, Mooresville, NC
2014 Julie Underwood, Madison, WI
2012 Spike Jorgensen, Tok, AK
2009 Ken Underwood, Fort Pierce, FL
2006 Art Stellar, Hingham, MA
2005 Jack McKay, Port Ludlow, WA
2004 Terry Grier, Houston, TX
2003 Ken Bird, Omaha, NE
2002 Chad Wooley, Dallas, TX

 

Future Meetings

2018 Winter Board Meeting

Friday, HML Board Meeting, Thursday, February 16, 2018, 2:00 to 5:00 pm
Tentative Agenda

2018 HML Annual Meeting

Friday, Feb. 18, 2018, 11:45 am to 1:30 pm

Tentative Agenda

Attachment # 1 Minutes of the Winter Board Meeting –  New Orleans

The Horace Mann League of the USA

Winter Board meeting, March 2, 2017

New Orleans

Meeting called to order by Christine Johns-Haines, President

Members Present:  Christine Johns Haines, Martha Bruckner, Eric King, Charles Fowler, Ruben Alejandro, Laurie Barron, Ember Conley, Evelyn Holman,  Stan Olson, David Berliner, Lisa Parady, and Jack McKay

 

Approval of the Consent Agenda

Motion by Stan Olson, seconded by Charles Fowler, that the Consent Agenda be approved.  Passed

 

Media Project:

Evelyn Holman reviewed the New York Times ad.

 

Communications:

Motion by Charles Fowler, seconded Evelyn Holman that a “communications plan” be created to presented at the HML summer meeting.  Members of the special committee are Lisa Parady, David Berliner, Laurie Barron and Stan Olson.  Passed

 

Suggested:

• Develop a marketing plan directed at the value of public schools.
• Encourage teachers to write articles for local new media about what is happening in their classrooms.
• Seek the assistance of Rick Bagin and Gary Marx about communications strategies.
• Find ways to use social media to increase the importance of public education.

 

 

Nominations and Corporate Partners:

Approved the request that officers and directors provide five potential new members and one corporate partner.

 

Suggested:

• Encourage readers of the HML Post to make a donation.
• Send two or three issues of the HML Post to non members with a follow-up to join the League or make a donation to the League.
• Importance of the personal relationship when considering corporate partners and nominating new members. The letter is just one part of the process.
• What are the three to five reasons to donate to the League and/or join the League as a member?

 

 

Adoption of the 2017 proposed budget:

Motion by Laurie Barron, seconded by Stan Olson, that the 2017 budget of revenues of $48,965 and expenditures of $48,400 be approved.  Passed

 

Executive Director’s Agreement for 2017:

Motion by Ruben Alejandro, seconded by Eric King to approve the agreement with Jack McKay to be the Executive Director for the 2017 year.  Passed.

 

Summer Meeting:

Approved that Martha Bruckner be charged with finalizing the date and location of the summer board meeting.

 

Suggested:

Date – June 24-25, 2017.

Locations ranged from Chicago, Omaha, to Boise.

Tentative agenda:

 

Meeting adjourned by Christine Johns-Haines.

Attachments:

2017
Winter Meeting Agenda

Consent Agenda for Summer Board Meeting

 

1. Roll call

 

2. Winter Board Minutes – March 2, 2017
3. Annual Meeting Minutes – March 3, 2017
4. Financial Report
   1. Update
   2. Corporate Partnerships
5. Membership and Recruitment Report
   1. Progress Report
   2. New Members
6. Legal Compliance Report
   1. IRS Compliance
   2. State Compliance
7. Communications Report
   1. HML Post
   2. HML website
   3. HML social media

 

Discussion Agenda

1. Proficiency Project – James Harvey
2. 100 Year Anniversary Project – Laura Barron and James Harvey
3. Corporate Partnership – One per board member –
4. Recruitment Plan – Five nominees per board member –
5. Nominations Committee Report
   1. Officers
   2. Directors
6. Awards for 2018
   1. Outstanding Friend of Public Education
   2. Outstanding Public Educator
   3. Outstanding Friend of the HML

 

The Horace Mann League of the USA

Attachment #2 Minutes of the 97^th Annual Meeting, March 3, 2017, New Orleans

 

Meeting opened by Laurie Barron.  Approximately 75 members and guests

Introductions of Past Presidents by Martha Bruckner: Don Thomas, Gary Marx, Charles Fowler, Art Stellar, and Spike Jorgensen.

 

Invocation by Stan Olson

 

Nominations Committee Report by Christine Johns Haines.

New Directors: Kevin Riley, Gretna, NE; Lisa Parady, Juneau, AK; and David Berliner, Tempe, AZ.

New Officers: President: Martha Bruckner, Council Bluff, IA; President-elect, Eric King, Muncie, IN; Laurie Barron, Kalispell, MT; and Christine Johns Haines, Sterling Heights, MI.

 

Ambassador Awards by Ruben Alejandro

Brent Clark, IN; Christine John Haines, MI; James Harvey, WA; Laurie Barron, MT;

 

Outstanding Friend of Public Education by Martha Bruckner, presented to Rich Bagin, Executive Director of the National School Public Relations Association.  “School Communications is a local responsibility.”  “Develop a check sheet comparing the services of the public school with the private or charter school.

 

Outstanding Public Educator by Christine Johns Haines, presented to Yong Zhao of the University of Kansas.  “Don’t get into the trap of test scores.”

 

Past President’s award presented by Martha Bruckner to Christine Johns Haines

 

Meeting adjourned by Martha Bruckner, President of the Horace Mann League.

 

 

Attachment #3 Public vs. Charter School Check List-Draft

Criteria (Yes or No)	Public Schools	Private / Charter / Voucher School	Notes
Publically elected Governance (School Board)
Adopted and Published Board Policies
Employee “Due Process” Rights
State Certificated Teachers and Administrators
Trained, Screened and Qualified Support Staff
Subject Offerings to meet State Curriculum Standards
Policies and Practices Against Discrimination
Remedial and Gifted Programs Available to all
Drama and Music offerings
Student Afterschool Clubs
Individual and Team Sports
Transportation Services
Breakfast and Lunch Services for “In-Need”
Professional and Staff Development Programs
Public Reporting of Testing Results
Science and Technology in all grades
Appropriate Class Size, based on Age, and Subject
Organized and Published Curriculum
Counseling and Guidance Services
Prohibition of Religious or Political Persuasion
Acceptance of All Students who Enter the School Door.
Student Discipline and Suspensions based on Written Policies and Rules
Teacher’s Salary based on Collective Bargaining Agreement

 

Attachment #4 HML Goals and Metrics (Strategic Plan)

 

The Horace Mann League of the USA

Strategic Plan and Guiding Principles

2017 Summer Meeting Draft

 

Vision: We will be a significant force in promoting the public schools of America as the cornerstone of our democracy

 

Mission: We, as an honorary professional association, are committed to the importance of publicly supported education, should be free, classless, non-sectarian, and open to all of the children and youth for effective citizenship in our democracy.

 

Advance knowledge and information about the importance of public education.

1. Advocating for a progressive, dynamic, responsive, strong system of public education that is free, classless, non-sectarian, and open to all children,
2. Advocating for appropriate financial support at the local, state, and federal levels,

Values

1. Integrity: Trust, and Respect: We are committed to an environment that is built on trust, respect, honesty, and professional integrity,
2. Diversity: We are committed to fostering critical perspectives about social justice and diversity.
3. Quality and Excellence: We are committed to providing quality and excellence in all of our activities and services,
4. Stewardship and Accountability: We are committed to serving as ethical and responsible stewards of our resources. We own our goals and fulfill our commitments, as well as take responsibility for our actions and results, and
5. Representation: Representing the value and reality of public education to executive, legislative, and judicial bodies.

 

Strategic Priorities

1. Global Perspective: We are committed to developing cultural competence and understanding perspectives other than our own through respectful communications
2. Research: We are committed to conducting quality research and publish those results in appropriate media.
3. Leadership: We are committed to developing our officers, directors and members to be effective and responsible leaders in public education.
4. Funding of Public Schools: Oppose the diversion of public funds to non-public education,
5. Defending the Constitution: Protection of separation of church and state as it relates to public education,
6. Communication: Developing a network of individuals who actively support the ideals of Horace Mann,
7. Issues: Identifying and confronting issues that are detrimental to public education,
8. Recruiting: Recruiting and recognizing those who advance public education.

 

 

 

League Goals and Metrics (Key Indicators)

 

Theme 1: Membership, Recruitment and Retention

 

Goals	Potential Initiatives and Tactics	Quantitative Metrics	Notes
Retain Membership of the League
Recruit New Members into the League		Between 80 and 100 new members per year
Officers and Directors role in nominating new members	Officers and Directors view recruitment as a key role and responsibility.	Officers and Directors provide a minimum of five (5) perspective members per year.
Members role nominating new members		Members sponsor one new member per year
Inviting Nominees to become members	Timely follow-up with nominees about the League and dues.

 

 

Theme 2: Communications

 

Goals	Potential Initiatives and Tactics	Quantitative Metrics	Notes
Improve Communications with the HML Members	Regular and sustained communications with the membership on research and editorials relating to public education.	Weekly publication of the HML Post
Improve feedback efforts with the HML Members
Improve the usefulness of Social Media		Weekly post of links to the HML Post on Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.
Timely surveys of the membership about public education issues.

 

 

Theme 3. Coalition of People and Organizations

Goals	Potential Initiatives and Tactics	Quantitative Metrics	Notes
Develop affiliations with other like-minded professional associations.
Develop collaborative efforts with individuals and organizations that believe in the purpose of public education.

 

Theme 4. Funding of the League

Goals	Potential Initiatives and Tactics	Quantitative Metrics	Notes
Reasonable dues for the membership
Develop long-term relationships with corporate partners for sustain funding.
Provide membership classifications to ensure a broader membership