Regional Parent Mentor

Meeting Minutes

Date: 12/11/2014

Parent Mentor’s in attendance: Jacqueline Howley, Elaine Hamilton, Lauri Kaplan ,Laura Glenn, Dee Marks, Heather Smith,Nancy Banks, Joe Farry SST Region 11, Brad Pritts, Amanda Chiles,Sam McMillan, Jennifer Sims,Marilyn VanGilder, Lee Ann Derugen OCECD, Jane Seaton OCECD,Carolynn Head OCECD

Parent Mentor’s absent:Fran Gardner,LeRae Nesbitt

______

District Representatives: None

Visitors: None

______

(If this meeting contained a presentation for professional development, please include a very brief narrative of the professional development):

Updates for PM Guidelines and reminders of upcoming deadlines for PDP, and Mid-Year Reportsalso Committee Reports.

______

Were certificates of participation given? No

Updates:

OCECD: The mid-year report being due at the end of January and if PDPs were complete to submit them at any time. Lee Ann let people know of some of the regional conferences that will go on after the first of the year and that our new web page is still in the works and she hopes to have it up and live soon.

SST Region 11: Joe Farry talked aboutthe parent series, and thatCarolynn Head presented Also explained the new comprehensive monitoring that OEC will be doing in the future. Gave information about the upcoming IEP Clinic/Resource fair on March 14, we will be reaching out to the Hispanic community for this event. The Regional Advisory Council will be meeting on January 7.

Council: 2 COPM will be coming off of council this fall we will need at least one person from COPM to fill that spot. The wording in our PM Guidelines needs to be changed from scope of work to project requirements so that we are aligned with ODE. We need to talk more about PM input on grant; we need to take a look at the language in the PM guidelines. If anything comes in regard to your grant have your DR contact Kelly or Mark at ODE.

Skills & Knowledge: Fall conference overview, issues at Cherry Valley Lodge. S&K looking for other places to have the conference next year

______

Old business:Fall Conference, Partnering for Progress, PM updates.

New business:Look at the language in the PM Guidelines need feedback from COPM, Spring Conference

Next meeting date/location:OSSB on February 12th. Sue Beck and Donna Owens will be presenting a 2 hour training onOhio's Employment First Initiativesand updates since our last training with Sue in Newark.

If local schools areclosed that day due to bad weather (i.e. Columbus City)please know that we won't meet, buthave a snow date plannedon March 12th.

______

Adjourned:1:00 pm