COLUMBIA UNION CONFERENCE

School Administrators Council (CUSAC)- Fall 2016

  1. Welcome
  1. Devotional and Prayer
  • Wednesday: Chantal Klingbiel – Ellen G. White Estate
  • Thursday: Tiffany Brown – REACH Columbia Union Urban Evangelism School
  1. Introductions and Reintroductions

PRESENTATIONS:

PRESENTER / TOPIC / DAY AND TIME
Chantal Klingbeil, Associate Director, E.G. White Estate / Devotion and EGW Estate / Wednesday at 9:00 am
Larry Blackmer, Vice President for Education, NAD / Financial Dashboard, etc. / Wednesday at 10:00 am
Elden Ramirez, Director of Volunteer Ministries, NAD / Short Term Mission Trips / Wednesday at 1:00 pm
Wally Carson, Vice President and General Counsel, CUC / Transgender Issues etc. / Thursday at 9:30 am

CONSENT AGENDA

  1. Approval of Agenda
  1. Minutes
  2. CUSACFebruary, 2016
  3. CUBOEMarch, 2016
  4. Union Directors of Education Council (UDOEC)
  5. May, 2016
  6. September,2016
  7. Adventist Learning Community
  8. North American Division Curriculum Committee
  9. ECEC- May, 2016
  10. Elementary- May, 2016
  11. Secondary- May, 2015
  12. NAD Assessment Committee
  1. Higher EducationReports
  • Kettering CollegeVictor Brown
  • Washington Adventist University Dr. Weymouth Spence and Dr. Jeanette Bryson
  1. Wage Scale2017

CUSAC AGENDA:

  1. 2016 Columbia Union Code
  2. CUSAC
  3. CPR First Aid
  1. CUOE Calendar Review
  1. Columbia Union CODE
  2. Select Code Revision Committee (2 superintendents, 2 principals)
  3. CUOE (Evelyn, Ileana, Jacqueline, Donovan)
  4. Superintendent
  5. Superintendent
  6. Secondary Principal
  7. Elementary Principal
  1. 2017-18 Overseas Travel Requests

SCHOOL / TRIP / DATE / LOCATION / CONFERENCE VOTE
Blue Mountain / Music Tour / April 6 – 16, 2017 / London, England / Sept. 19, 2016
Blue Mountain / Educational Tour / April 6 – 16, 2017 / England, France, Italy / Sept. 19, 2016
Highland View / Mission Trip / April 20 – 30, 2017 / Panama / March 13, 2016
Lake Nelson / Mission Trip / Summer 2017 / TBD / Oct. 20, 2016
Meadow View / Educational Tour / June 26 – 30, 2017 / Quebec, Canada / Oct. 20, 2016
Pine Forge / Music Tour / April 12 – 17, 2017 / Jamaica / ????
Pine Forge / Mission Trip / May 19 -24, 2017** / Jamaica / **
Shenandoah Valley / Mission Trip / March 16 – 27, 2017 / Guatemala / Sept. 22, 2016
Shenandoah Valley / Music Tour / Apr 25 – May 1, 2017 / Costa Rica / Sept. 22, 2016
Spencerville / Music Tour / Dec 27, 2016 – Jan 1, 2017 / Puerto Rico / Sept. 20, 2016
Spring Valley / Educational Tour / March 14 – 27, 2017 / Greece / Sept. 19, 2016
Spring Valley / Educational Tour / June 1 -14, 2017 / Greece / Sept. 19, 2016
Takoma / Educational Tour / March 15 – 26, 2017 / South Africa / Sept. 22, 2016

** CUBOE approved, March 2016

  1. Doctoral Assistance
  1. Doctoral Study- Request to conduct survey
  1. NAD National Educators Convention
  1. Teacher Certification Jacqueline Messenger
  2. CEU and other new guidelines
  1. School Accreditation Messenger/Ross
  2. Team size, make-up and report
  3. Membership: minimum educator certification- Standard
  4. CU Interim & Revisit Report Template
  5. All reports are due in the CUOE by April 27, 2017
  1. MSA Representative Training- January 23, 2017 Jacqueline Messenger
  1. New Standards Evaluation Instrument
  2. Training
  3. Progress Report
  4. Columbia Union Marketing Standard
  1. CUBOE, CUSAC, CUCC and CUEA
  1. Fall 2016 Small Schools WorkshopReport Ileana Espinosa
  1. Encounter Update
  2. Secondary Jacqueline Messenger
  3. Elementary Ileana Espinosa
  1. Differentiated Instruction Report Ileana Espinosa
  1. New NAD Gymnastics Manual
  1. Lake Nelson: Application for Senior Academy Status
  1. Columbia Union Early Childhood Advisory Report EvelynSullivan
  1. New NAD Standards
  2. Teacher Standards – DRAFT
  3. Administrator Standards- DRAFT
  1. United States Department of Labor Final Rule

FOR YOUR INFORMATION:

  1. Superintendents’ Council: Wednesday,October 26 at 3:00 pm
  2. Principals’ Council Wednesday,October 26 at 3:00 pm
  3. CUBOE Fall 2016
  4. November 15, 2016
  5. CUCC Spring 2017
  6. February 27-28, 2017
  7. CUSAC Spring 2017
  8. March 1-2, 2017
  9. CUBOESpring 2017
  10. May 9, 2017