Post date: Jan 11, 2015 4:10:32 AM
It's Saturday, January 10th, 2015 and I'm home from the annual KASP Board "retreat". The retreat officially starts the new year for the KASP organization and also is a time for the Board to look back on the successes we have had in the previous year. We welcomed two new faces to the KASP Board, and a few of our current members took new roles within the Board. As for me, I am remaining your Southeast Kansas Regional Director, and I look forward to continuing to serve in this role.
I have taken a few moments to type of some unofficial notes from the meeting. I hope that you are able to review these notes and take pride in knowing that KASP is working hard to serve school psychologists and students in Kansas.
Fall 2014 Conference Review
Many attendees who used purchase orders have not paid. Currently about $5,600 still unpaid. Most of that money has been invoiced and payment should be coming soon.
Hotel costs were $12,000.
Overall conference rating was 4.43 (out of 5)
Common suggestions for future topics/presentations: autism identification training (AIT), assessment-specific training (such as new WISC-V training), tips for evaluating low SES or ESOL populations, neuropsychology, practical intervention ideas
Future Convention Locations, Dates, and Speakers of Note
Spring 2015 – May 15th
Fall 2015 – Kansas City – October 8th and 9th – Melisa Reeves and Stephen Brock
Fall 2016 – Manhattan – October 13th and 14th – Sam Ortiz
Fall 2017 – Lawrence – October 5th and 6th
Fall 2018 – Unconfirmed, but likely in Wichita
The updated constitution and board member duties aren’t online. They need to be available. Webmaster will correct this.
The Board should create a “new board member” packet of information. New board members really don’t get any information about their duties until January. They were elected in October. That’s a fair amount of time they could be serving KASP, but they don’t know the roles. New member packets will introduce board member to their roles prior to first board meeting.
New members met with their predecessors. I met with the other regional directors. We discussed the process of locating our constituents and the possible need to redraw the regional boundaries.
The Board needs to write a better description of the Executive Manager position.
The Board needs to get new board members access to social media accounts (if the Board member will need to post information on social media.)
Past President: Lead the Board in a presentation about “One Way and Two Way” information sharing.
NASP Delegate: wants to organize a “Kansas Night” for anyone attending NASP in Orlando this year. If you’re going, let her know so that she can tell you where to meet the Kansas delegation.
Regional Directors:
SEK – First regional meeting report. 43 attendees, which was 2x more than the goal. Most attendees were very pleased and encouraged by the meeting.
NEK – Lawrence will host a regional meeting.
Regional Directors again mentioned wanting to redraw the regional boundaries. SEK Director has already started this process. All Directors will collaborate via email to propose new divisions.
The Board reviewed progress on our strategic plans. We have accomplished the majority of our goals. Some yet to be accomplished by Spring 2016.
Several free trainings are available for regions or individual districts. Examples include: GLSEN, Autism Society of the Heartland, and the Down Syndrome Guild of Kansas City.