Governing Council Minutes
Salt Lake City 2003
Thursday, October 9, 2003

Membership:

  1. The partnership involving the University of New Mexico and Albuquerque Public Schools was unanimously accepted as a member of the NNER.
  2. The partnership involving the University of Texas Arlington and Arlington Independent School District was unanimously accepted as a member of the NNER.
  3. Dick Clark reported that Brandon (Manitoba) Schools and Brandon University were showing active interest in membership as were Akron (Ohio) University and Akron Schools. Several others have expressed interest and there will be follow-up information in the future.

Report of Nominating Committee regarding Governing Council Chair

The committee reported nomination of Greg Bernhardt and Carol Wilson for chair of Governing Council.

Ratification of 2003-2004 Budget

The Council approved the budget for 2003-2004, and approved expenditures for 2002-2003.

Preliminary Selection of up to 6 Persons to Balance Membership

The Council decided to have the arts and science group and the school group select an additional member in order to increase balance of constituent groups on the Governing Council.

Saturday, October 11, 2003

Nick Michelli welcomed newly elected members to the Council including Vi Florez representing the University of New Mexico.

  1. Elect new Governing Council Chair

    2. Carol Wilson was elected as chair of the Governing Council. Greg Bernhardt and Ada Beth Cutler were elected as at-large members of the Executive Committee.

    The new Executive Committee consists of:

    • Carol Wilson, chair
    • John Anderson, arts and science tri-chair
    • Vernon Henshaw, schools tri-chair
    • Deborah Shanley, SCDE tri-chair
    • Ada Beth Cutler, at-large
    • Greg Bernhardt, at-large
    • Nick Michelli, past-chair
    • Ann Foster, executive director

    The new committee will meet for the first time on December 13-14, 2003, in Seattle.

  2. Receive and act on report from Tripartite Committee as a result of its work on October 9-10, 2003

    3. The attached report of the Tripartite Council meetings on October 9 and 10, 2003, was received. Settings will discuss this report and the Governing Council will act on policies at its meeting in February 2004.

  3. Receive preliminary report from Equity Committee

    4. The attached report of the Equity Study committee meeting on October 9, 2003, was received. Settings will discuss this report and submit their comments to the Equity Study committee which will prepare a revised draft by the time of the Executive Committee meeting on December 13-14, 2003. The committee will revise the report one more time as appropriate following that discussion, and submit it for approval by the Governing Council at its meeting in February 2004.

  4. Receive and act on report from Research Committee

    5. Nick Michelli reported on the first session of this committee and indicated that the members of the network would be receiving follow-up information regarding the recommendations from the group.

  5. Complete actions balancing membership as needed

    6. In addition to the elections by the constituent groups, several settings changed who will represent them on the council. A revised list of members of the council is attached.

  6. Report on Salt Lake Conference and Preview of St. Louis Conference

The Governing Council expressed strong appreciation to the many people from BYU who did an outstanding job of hosting the 2003 conference. Richard Young reported that 288 registrations were received. There was strong interest in obtaining the video and publications from the opening session and Young indicated that he would notify settings of how this could be accomplished within the next few weeks.

Mary Ellen Finch shared preliminary plans for St. Louis indicating that the theme will be "Strengthening the Agenda for Democracy in Uncertain Times" and she encouraged all to attend on October 21-23, 2004.

The meeting adjourned at 3:00 p.m. on October 11, 2003.

  Governing Council Contact Information

(As of 10/15/03)

SETTING

NOMINATION

ADDRESS

PHONE/FAX/EMAIL
California Bonnie Konopak Dean University Center for Teacher Education California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 805-756-7380 ph. bkonopak@calpoly.edu
Colorado Carol A. Wilson Executive Director Colorado Partnership for Educational Renewal 1380 Lawrence Street, Suite 650 Denver, CO 80204 303-556-6664 ph. 303-444-0682 cell cwilson387@earthlink.net
Connecticut     Tom Defranco Associate Professor Department of Mathematics Neag School of Education University of Connecticut 249 Glenbrook Road, Unit 2064 Storrs, CT 06269 860-486-0288 ph. 860-486-8366 fax defranco@uconnvm.uconn.edu
Georgia Lucindia Chance Dean College of Education Georgia Southern University PO Box 8013 Statesboro, GA 30460 912-681-5648 ph. 912-681-5093 fax lchance@gasou.edu
Hawaii     Randy Hitz Dean College of Education University of Hawaii at Manoa 1776 University Avenue, WA2-128 Honolulu, HI 96822

808-956-7703 ph.

808-956-3106 fax

hitz@hawaii.edu
Illinois Dianne Ashby Dean College of Education Illinois State University Campus Box 5300 Normal, IL 61790 309-438-5882 ph. 309-438-3813 fax deashby@ilstu.edu

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Maine     Betty Lou Whitford Dean College of Education and Human Development University of Southern Maine 117 Bailey Hall Gorham, ME 04038 207-228-8535 ph. 207-228-5315 fax whitford@usm.maine.edu
Minnesota   Nancy Bacharach Interim Associate Dean College of Education St. Cloud State University 720 Fourth Avenue South St. Cloud, MN 56301 320-255-3023 ph. nlbacharach@stcloudstate.edu
Missouri (St. Louis) Mary Ellen Finch Executive Director Metropolitan St. Louis Consortium for Educational Renewal 7516 Teasdale Avenue St. Louis, MO 63141 314-727-9535 ph. 314-727-3940 fax mef1933@aol.com
Missouri (MUPER)   Patricia Schumacher Associate Superintendent for Educational Programs Independence School District 218 North Pleasant Independence, MO 64050 816-521-2700 ph. 816-521-2999 fax pschumacher@indep.k12.mo.us
Nebraska Mike Moody Superintendent Wakefield Community School 802 Highland PO Box 330 Wakefield, NE 68784 402-287-2012 x254 ph. 402-287-2014 fax mmoody@esu1.org
New Jersey Ada Beth Cutler Dean College of Education and Human Services Montclair State University, Chapin 106 One Normal Avenue Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 973-655-5167 ph. 973-655-7638 fax cutler@mail.montclair.edu
New York Nicholas Michelli University Dean for Teacher Education Office of Academic Affairs The City University of New York 535 East 80th Street New York, NY 10021 212-794-5570 ph. 212-794-5706 fax nicholas.michelli@mail.cuny.edu
Ohio (Miami)   John Skillings Dean College of Arts and Science Miami University 143 Upham Hall Oxford, OH 45056 513 529 4432 ph 513 529 4931 fax skillijh@muohio.edu
Ohio (Wright State) Gregory Bernhardt Dean College of Education and Human Services Wright State University 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway Dayton, OH 45435 937-775-2822 ph. 937-775-4855 fax gregory.bernhardt@wright.edu

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ADDRESS

PHONE/FAX/EMAIL
South Carolina   Les Sternberg Chair, SC Network for Educational Renewal Dean, College of Education 201 Wardlaw Building University of Southern California Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-3075 ph. 803-777-3035 fax lstern@gwm.sc.edu
  Paul Chaplin Second Grade Teacher Hood Street School 5615 Hood Street Columbia, SC 29206 803-787-8266 ph. PGC1LMB2@aol.com
  George Johnson Associate Professor College of Science and Mathematics University of South Carolina Columbia, SC 29208 803-777-3781 ph. gwj@math.sc.edu
Texas   Josefina Tinajero Dean College of Education Education Building, Room 414 University of Texas at El Paso 500 West University Avenue El Paso, TX 79968 915-747-5552 ph. 915-747-5755 fax tinajero@utep.edu
Utah   Richard Young Dean McKay School of Education Brigham Young University 301 MCKB Provo, UT 84602 801-422-3694 ph. richard_young@byu.edu
Washington   Pat Wasley Dean College of Education University of Washington 222 Miller, Box 353600 Seattle, WA 98195 206-543-5390 ph. 206-685-1713 fax pwasley@u.washington.edu
Wyoming   Jim Lowham Superintendent Curriculum and Instruction Division Natrona County School District No. 1 970 North Glenn Road Casper, WY 82601 307-577-0253 ph. 307-577-4422 fax jim_lowham@ncsd.k12.wy.us
West Virginia Carl Friebel Superintendent Harrison County Schools South Water Street PO Box 1370 Clarksburg, WV 26302 304-624-3300 ph. 304-624-3361 fax cfriebel@access.k12.wv.us
NNER Ann Foster Executive Director, NNER Institute for Educational Inquiry 124 East Edgar Street Seattle, WA 98102 206-325-3010 ph. 206-325-3012 fax fosteraw@u.washington.edu
Tri-chair arts & science John Anderson Associate Professor Department of Political Science Founders Hall 2200 University of Nebraska at Kearney Kearney, NE 68849 308-865-8506 ph. 308-865-8567 fax andersonj@unk.edu

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Tri-chair schools Vernon Henshaw Superintendent Alpine School District 575 N. 100 E. American Fork, UT 84003 801-756-8420 ph. hens099@alpine.k12.ut.us
Tri-chair education Deborah Shanley Dean
School of Education
Brooklyn College
The City University of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210		 718-951-5214 ph.
718-951-4816 fax dshanley@brooklyn.edu

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