BC sbcmte mtg nts, 16Feb05 (Fran Rudoff, Jim Carignan, Doug Dunbar, Susan Savell, Ann Luther, Bob Woodbury, Steve Bromage, Peter Taylor, Kathryn Hunt)

2 broad thrusts of project overall: (1) institutionalizing civic learning in schools (K-16) across Maine; (2) changing Maine culture

potential “products” of the BC sbcmte:

(1) a toolkit for communities that conveys the urgency of restoring the civic mission of schools, and that gives communities ideas (and refers them to resources) on how to support schools as well as provide opportunities for authentic youth-adult partnerships/youth involvement in the public life of their communities.

(2) coordination of a public relations campaign that has potentially 4 audiences (civic leaders, education/district leaders, policymakers, and youth); a core message or hook for engaging community leaders might be, “Who’s coming behind you?”

• BC would work closely with YVL on reaching youth with a different core message.

(3) build targeted partnerships esp. to gain high-level presence at conferences, annual meetings, and forums, e.g., a few key partners include State Board of Education, Maine School Management Association, Maine Principals Association, Maine Education Association, C4CY Advisory Council.

• step 1: informational lunches; step 2: suggest partnership to bring a high-level keynote to upcoming annual meeting/conference; step 3: partnering to give conference presentations/workshops; step 4: collaborative problem solving on how best to implement civic learning across all Maine schools.

• upcoming conferences include June 27-28 Kids Consortium conference and October 19 “More Reasons for Hope” conference (sponsored by C4CY).

(4) training on youth-adult partnerships.

Next Steps:

Pull together relevant, existing materials for toolkit (Kathy, Dara, Doug, Susan)

Begin to schedule informational lunches with some key partners (Fran, Jim)

Begin to flush out the public relations campaign (Ann, Peter, Steve)

(Awards program—next steps yet to be determined)

Next meeting date: March 7, 11-1 p.m.