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Committees 2008-2009

The committee draws members from field participants and Council members.

Committees:

Committee Members

Chair: Jerri Wolfe

Membership: Jerri Wolfe

Nominations

Identifies terms for Council members and new Council members to rotate on and when to rotate off. Helps to identify candidates for officer positions.

Committee Members

Chairs: Carla Weir, Liz Pearce

Membership: Eve Sullivan, Nancy Tellett-Royce

Networking

Expanding the NPEN membership base and connecting effectively with the membership.

Committee Members

Chair: Betty Cooke

Membership: Pam Langer, Dana McDermott, Heidi Stolz, Jerri Wolfe, Arminta Jacobson, Glenn Palm

Professional Recognition

Determine NPEN role in credentialing. Gather information and compare to NPEN principles and core values, post on website and listserv. Identify issues, write position paper.

Ongoing work: Framework for Understanding Parenting Educator Professional Preparation

Committee Members

Chair: Ann Corwin

Membership: Carol Kaplan-Lyss, Michelle Gross, Eve Sullivan

Communication – Advocacy/Public Relations

(includes NPEN web support)

Identify or create documents and other forms of information that would be helpful when describing the field and its impact. Audiences for this work are legislatures, funders, other professionals and general audiences; users of this work are NPEN members and others in the field. (Advocacy Tool Kit)

Identify media events that suggest/invite a response from and about our field and relay better information to the sources.

(Not included: reviewing, recommending or facilitating development of NPEN position statements.)

Committee Members

Chair: Anne Robertson

Membership: Eve Sullivan, Carla Weir, James Rodriguez, Amr Ghaleb

Special Projects

  1. Developing international contacts/collaboration
  2. Annual meeting planning and collaboration with existing conferences
  3. NEPI Collaboration

Committee Members

Chairs: Nick Long

Membership: Linda Braun, Mary Kay Stranik, Anne Robertson

Financial Resource Development

Recruit, inform and consult with the panel on issues and history.

Committee Members

Chairs: Heidi Stolz, Nick Long, Anne Robertson

Evaluation

Evaluation of parenting education programs/curriculum.
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