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NCACDSS Professional Capacity Committee
Meeting Minutes
January 12, 2005
Members present: Co-chair Larry Johnson, Laura O'Neal, Karen Hoyle , Sammy Haithcock, Neil Walters, Jack Rogers, Robert Sanchez-Langston Staff present: Donna Pygott and Keri McManus
Co-chair Larry Johnson called the meeting to order at 9:10 at the Albert Coates Building in Raleigh .
Jordan Institute for Families Activities
Dan Hudgins, Lane Cook and Gary Nelson with the Jordan Institute for Families presented updates on their projects to the Professional Capacity Committee. Updates included (1) Community Engagement for Older and Disabled Adults, (2) Cornerstone IV: Working with Others/Working with Outcomes, (3) Capstone Leadership Training Pilot for Directors, (4) Distance Learning.
The Jordan Institute for Families has begun a state-level training task force with the Division of Aging and Adult Services and the Division of Social Services to provide community engagement for older and disabled adults. Counties will be selected to begin the program in Spring 2005. The program will work to achieve a parallel experience report for older and disabled adults. A motion was made for the Professional Capacity to support this program by Laura O'Neal. Robert Sanchez-Langston seconded the motion.
The second topic for discussion with the Jordan Institute was part four of their cornerstone series. Cornerstone IV: Working with Others/Working with Outcomes will be a four-day, skill-based training session that will help child welfare supervisors work in a collaborative environment to effect meaningful change (by being involved with partners within their agency, with community, and with families) for families. Pilot trainings will be conducted in groups across NC in Spring 2005. Sessions will be held at the regional training centers and at County DSS agencies for clusters of county child welfare supervisors. The Jordan Institute would like to partner with NCACDSS and link the program to FamilyNet and related initiatives.
The Capstone leadership training pilot for directors with a link to MRS Cornerstone Series and FamilyNet will begin the pilot program in 2005-06.
The Jordan Institute is beginning a distance learning program for the future of public social services. They will develop a child development curriculum pilot for distance learning in the child welfare training system for the Family and Children's Resource Program. They are also beginning an off-campus MSW program at the Forsyth County DSS. Mr. Johnson has agreed to forward a letter from the Jordan Institute to the listserv for volunteers to work on the process of developing a distance learning program. A survey will be sent out in the spring to determine county readiness for distance learning. Eight Meth trainings/overviews will be conducted across the state before June 3 and a more comprehensive Meth training will begin next year.
Report on Conference
Fiscal, Personnel, & Technology Conference:
Ms McManus gave an update on the Fiscal, Personnel, & Technology Conference. There are approximately 350 in the database which includes registrants, exhibitors, sponsors, and speakers. Early Bird registration ended Friday, January 7, so the majority of registrations are expected to be already completed and returned. The conference is scheduled for February 16-18, 2005 at the Greensboro Marriott Downtown.
Regional Meetings:
The Central Region has decided to begin working with surrounding counties to create an agenda for the upcoming Central Region Meetings. Once the Central Region assigns dates and develops an agenda a notice will be sent on the director's listserv.
Mentor Assignments Updates
Ms. Pygott presented an up-to-date mentor assignment list for the committee's review. Ms McManus discussed distribution of the approved mentor evaluation form. It was decided that the form should be distributed annually during the week of the New Director Orientation and Training.
Professional Development Program
Information was distributed for the fiscal, leadership, personnel and media modules. The discussion ended with the committee agreeing that the co-chairs meet with IOG to request development support. Mr. Johnson will look into and report back to the committee in February.
Next Meeting
The next meeting will be held February 9 from 2:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. at the Albert Coates Building in Raleigh .
Adjourn
The meeting was adjourned at 10:45 am .
