NYSCEA Meetings
2008 Summer Seminar
Managing A Successful Association: A Professional Association Roundtable
July 10-11 2008, Turning Stone Resort & Convention Center
We are pleased to invite you and your colleagues to attend a seminar, on Managing A Successful Association, A Professional Association Roundtable sponsored by the New York State Council of Educational Associations. We have outstanding presenters from state and national levels who will provide us valuable information and tools to help us manage our associations, from conferences to grant writing.
Please send in your registration form by May 30!
2008-2009 Meeting Dates
NYSCEA Meeting dates for 2008-2009:
Friday October 3, 2008
Friday February 6, 2009
Friday May 15, 2009
Note to members wanting bring Resolutions to the Council. Please review the NYSCEA Guideline — Motion to Adopt Resolution.
Meeting Registration Form 2008
The NYSCEA meeting registration fee is $55.00 per meeting, per delegate plus a $10.00 handling fee if not paid in advance or on site. We are again offering each organization the opportunity to submit payment now for one or both of their delegates for each of the three NYSCEA meetings for 2008-2009.
Download registration form: MS Word 
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Meeting Minutes: 2008
Minutes and materials for the following meetings are available online in various formats.
May 2, 2008
SED Meeting Minutes: MS Word
Business Meeting Minutes: MS Word
Presentation from Candace Shyer, Bureau Chief, Test Development, NYS Education Department: Powerpoint
Presentation from Alysan Slighter, Title II A SEA Coordinator, NYS Education Department: Powerpoint
February 8, 2008
Presentation from James Viola, Executive Director NYS Education Department: Powerpoint
Students with Disabilities in the P-16 Framework: Outcomes and Improvement Strategies: Powerpoint
Information on New Regents Examinations in Mathematics Beginning June 2008 (Steven Katz, Director, Office of State Assessment): Powerpoint
Statewide Standards Review Initiative (Howard J. Goldsmith, Executive Coordinator, Office of Curriculum and Instructional Support): Powerpoint
Archives of previous meetings are available at the link below:
Motion to Adopt Resolution
NYSCEA does not in general adopt a motion that is of a single interest in nature. The use of this form is for motions that your organization would like to see accomplished. The resolution your organization would like to see must be submitted two weeks in advance of the meeting if it is to be placed on the agenda.
Resolutions submitted solely by individuals are not generally accepted. Resolutions should reflect the thinking of at least the executive committee or the board of directors of the organization.
Illustrations:
A. NYSCEA might support a resolution for use of technology but would not generally support a resolution that singled out technology technicians for special treatment.
B. NYSCEA would definitely support, and has gone on record in the past, the need for more time between temporary certification and permanent certification but we would not support a change in certification status that benefited only one member organization.
The format is to use the standard "Whereas" form followed by the "Be It Resolved" statement.
It may help to have a "Preamble" that explains the history of how this motion came into being. This preamble should be brief but should be thorough enough that other organizations can understand how events have moved to the point of having NYSCEA take action as opposed to an individual organization take action.
Whereas: In this part you state concisely the reasons for your motion. It helps to have details and figures that are pertinent to your wish for action. While there are no limits to the number of "Whereas" (can you make that plural?) that you may use, please consider the factors that you want delegates to take into account and do not include extraneous facts.
Be It Resolved: The final statement always must contain the actual motion that you want to pass. This should be a concise summation of the actions your organization would like to see accomplished. The motions should, in general, ask NYSCEA or a person (the President of NYSCEA) to perform a specific action (i.e. write a letter to a specific person, express an opinion to someone regarding the educational nature of a specific issue).