Professional Capacity Committee Highlights - August 13, 2003

Professional Capacity Committee Highlights

August 13, 2003

 

• The committee reviewed feedback from the June New Director Orientation Sessions. All feedback was positive and it was determined that the agenda for future Orientation Sessions should remain the same. Some suggestions were made to increase the amount of time spent discussing certain issues (such as: personnel and budget), however, the committee determined that these issues would be addressed in more detail in other training throughout the year…such as at the Institute.

 

• Due to additional new Directors and necessary changes, the committee completed additional work on the assignment of mentors and agreed to draft some guidelines for mentors. This info. should be out soon.

 

• The committee discussed some plans for the upcoming full-day training at the Institute. This training will again be open to other ‘upper level’ management and will be given a different title than ‘New Director Training’.

 

• The committee discussed developing mtgs. for upper level mgmt – to be held at existing Regional Mtgs. or independently throughout the year.

 

• In response to a request from mgmt. staff such as Asst. Directors, etc., the committee agreed to assist them in implementing an appropriate listserv through which they could network with their counterparts throughout the state and this could create an avenue through which meetings could be coordinated (similar to Fiscal staff).

 

• The committee agreed to conduct a meeting with all Team Representatives sometime in September for the purpose of revisiting their roles and engaging them in Prof. Cap. Activities.

Note: the Committee welcomed additional members this month but needs more.