PROVIDING FEEDBACK or ASKING QUESTIONS
The CAHPERD Governance
and Structure Committee is interested in receiving
feedback (positive or negative) or questions that
you may have regarding restructuring.
Send your comments or questions to the Chair of
the Governance and Structure Committee, Dr. Robin
Reese, via e-mail: reeserd@csus.edu.
Be sure to include your name, email address, and
phone number.
Questions / Answers
and Comments will be posted to this page.
Thank you!
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QUESTIONS and ANSWERS
Question: Who
would determine the need for a council?
Answer: Most
likely the Past VP/VP/VP-Elect of a current CAHPERD Division
or a Past Chair/Chair/Chair-Elect of a current CAHPERD
Section. However, any CAHPERD member could take the initiative
to contact the aforementioned leaders and begin the discussion.
Question: How
would the councils get started?
Answer: There
are probably many ways. Robin Reese has taken the initiative
to work with current and past elementary leaders to begin
the creation of a “Council on Physical Education
for Children,” modeled after the State Council on
Adapted Physical Education (SCAPE) which exists in the
current CAHPERD structure. Below is a summary of the steps
Robin has taken so far:
- Procured a list of all the members with
e-mail addresses who checked “elementary” on
their CAHPERD membership form as their employment area
or interest area.
- Received 600+ names - about 140 without
e-mail addresses. Created a distribution list.
- Contacted the group, asking those who
no longer had elementary as an employment or interest
area to go to the CAHPERD website and update their member
profile and to let me know so I could remove their names.
This was well received.
- First problem – a myriad of e-mails
were returned (many from School Districts whose server
treated it as SPAM). Will need to get all section member’s
e-mail addresses – this will be time-consuming.
- Asked the large group (those who received
the initial e-mail) for volunteers to be on a working
group to develop the council. Received affirmative responses
from 38 enthusiastic members.
- Developed a roster, complete with name/CAHPERD
District/e-mail/phone numbers and sent it out for inspection
and completion.
- Developed a proposed operating code,
using the SCAPE code as a model.
- As soon as the working group is complete,
the proposed operating code will be sent out for review
and discussion.
- Operating code will be finalized via
electronic communication, except for controversial issues
that need to be resolved in person.
- Once the operating code is approved
by the working group, it will be sent through CAHPERD
channels for approval.
- An all-day meeting date and location
will be set for the working group. At this meeting, a
strategic plan for the 2008-2009 school year will be
developed and the first council members will be selected.
Workshop dates, locations and host/hostess will be determined.
A webmaster will be appointed. A Teacher and Program
of the Year Ad-Hoc Committee will be formed. The Council
and ad-hoc committees will then begin meeting as stipulated
in the approved operating codes.
- A budget proposal will be submitted
by the Section Chair to the CAHPERD Administrative Committee
to defray start-up and first-year expenses.
- A Grant Proposal will be submitted to
the CAHPERD Foundation and the Vera Johnston Trust to
defray first year expenses. The goal is for the council
to become self-supporting.
Question: How
would members be selected?
Answer: That
would be up to the members of each working group in accordance
with their approved operating codes. Current elected leaders
would certainly be involved and serve on the first council,
if willing.
