BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING The meeting was called to order at 9:00 A.M. by President Anna Roseboro, and introductions were made. Other members in attendance included Member at Large Kathy Allen, GSDCTE Representative Phil Bowles, California Department of Education Representative Beth Breneman (Saturday only), CATE 2004 Chair Oscar Browne, Capitol Represntative Angus Dunstan, Member at Large Bob Chapman, Central Representative Charleen Delfino, Treasurer Anne Fristrom, Convention Coordinator Punky Fristrom, Upper Representative Teisha Hase, Secretary Carleen Hemric, CALIFORNIA ENGLISH Editor Carol Jago, Member at Large Cheryl Joseph, Resolutions Chair Jim Kliegl, Southland Representative, Catherine Linn, Membership Chair Chiyo Masuda, Policy/Legislative Chair Don Mayfield, Member at Large Liz McAninch, Member at Large Jo Anne Mitchell,Vice President Akiko Morimoto, California Writing Project Liasion Faith Nitschke, FACET Representative Jeannie Oppliger, Member at Large DeShea Rushing, Redwood Representative Cheryl Schachter, Past President Aaron Spain, TUCATE Representative Carol Surabian, Member at Large Joan Williams, Member at Large Bill Younglove, and leadership guests Jenny McBride and Cindy Shelton. Absent:Kern Representative Claudia Keith and CATE 2005 Chairs Michelle Berry and Linda Stockton. Hase moved and Mitchell seconded the approval of the September 6 and 7, 2003, minutes with corrections. MOTION PASSED. Younglove moved and Schachter seconded the approval of the agenda. MOTION PASSED. REPORTS OF OFFICERS PRESIDENT - Roseboro noted that as CATE President she had welcomed conventioneers to NCTE in San Francisco and did a presentation as a Featured Partner. With Liz McAninch’s planning we celebrated at a Connect with CATE reception and honored Kyoko Sato, newly elected NCTE vice president. At the Affiliate Leadership Breakfast, Jenny McBride was honored with the Prentice Hall Leadership Award. Carol Jago received an Honorable Mention as editor of CALIFORNIA ENGLISH as did Larry Jordan as webmaster of CATEWeb. Meredith Louria from Southland and Gary Thomas from Central received Classroom Excellence Awards. At the Scholastic Dinner Party, Californians Punky Fristrom, Jesse Perry, James Gray, Patricia McGrath, and Felix Galaviz received Distinguished Partners Awards for their leadership in education. Roseboro represented CATE at the Yosemite Conference, the CYRM awards dinner at the convention of the California School Librarians Association. The group was reminded that first year teachers may register at CATE for $50, the student teacher rate. This special offer will be sent to all superintendents, BTSA supervisors, and language arts coordinators whose addresses have been provided. Al and Cista Leonard have
agreed to chair the NCTE Student Literary Magazine Competition again. Morimoto read her introduction of Punky Fristrom for the Distinguished Partner Award at the Scholastic Dinner Party. Kermeen "Punky" Fristrom… Punky read his acceptance speech: Once upon a time, and a very good time it was, I was in graduate school. A professor told me that a good education was a student sitting on one end of a log and Socrates sitting on the other. But I have learned since that better education is two people sitting on a log, each teaching something to the other. Over the years what I have taught pales in comparison to what I have learned. So I say with Chaucer’s poor parson of a town, “Gladly will I learn and gladly teach.” But now I have learned that the best education is two people sitting on a log teaching each other, linked together by a bond of love. Love transforms good teaching into great teaching, and the love of teaching strengthens over time. Willie Shakespeare was right when he wrote, “Love’s not Time’s fool.” I know this is true because I love my wife, Anne, more deeply today than I did when I married her more than 49 years ago. And I know Love’s not Time’s fool because of my involvement in education for all the years of my life. Over these 70 years “I have been such a great lover.” I have loved dozens of my teachers, thousands of my students, and hundreds of my fellow teachers in schools and in CATE and NCTE. I have loved Sophocles and Shakespeare, James Joyce and Virginia Wolfe, Langston Hughes, and Sandra Cisneros. I have loved well styled sentences, the use of the exact word, vivid metaphors, and even tree diagrams and the deep structures of transformational grammar. I have discovered that teaching is the surest way to give us “world enough and time” to persist in our lives with love: love of what we teach, love of those we teach, and love of teaching itself. So I thank you for this award and the opportunity once again to profess my pride in saying, “I am a teacher.” VICE PRESIDENT - Morimoto noted that the CATE Advisory Committee had met by teleconference on November 16. She reminded the Board that the May meeting would be in the San Jose area. PAST PRESIDENT - Spain asked that Awards Nominations be turned in during this meeting. Election nomination forms should also be turned in. Williams and Spain have been in charge of soliciting nominations. Delfino reported that the attendance at NCTE was approximately 6500. Generally supportive opinions were expressed regarding the possible co-publication of a monograph on writing and the California state mandated tests with ACSD. Reservations and concerns were expressed. COUNCIL REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT - Schachter reported that the Presidents met Friday evening and discussed changes to Policy 2. SECRETARY - Hemric reminded Board members to submit directory updates. TREASURER’S REPORT - A. Fristrom reported a Checking Account balance of $13,106.22, a Savings Account 1 balance of $1,132.45, a Savings Account 2 balance of $41,780.83, a Memorial CD balance of $9,751.94, a Marilyn Kahl Memorial CD balance of $5,751.94, a Vanguard GNMA Portfolio of $125,807.22, a Vanguard Index Trust of $25,358.54. The tax forms were duly filed prior to November 15. MEMBERSHIP CHAIR - Masuda reported that current membership totals are Capitol -114, Central - 639, Fresno - 76, Kern - 33, Redwood - 31, San Diego - 267, Southland - 698, TUCATE - 21, Upper - 33, Libraries - 26, Out-of-state - 37, and Comps - 2 for a total of 1977. Current rosters and bad address lists have been distributed to council representatives at the meeting. Council sponsored conferences must have current membership lists as attendees are processed. A handbook for local conference chairs is planned. CATE had a membership booth
at the CRA Convention in San Diego with P. and A. Fristrom and Hemric
along with Masuda helping to staff the booth.
Five
memberships were sold ands 68 book pins for $834, and 26 “Read” and “Write” pins
for $379. We also earned $40 from the sale of Carol Jago’s books which
she had donated to CATE. Fourteen memberships (12 regular and 2 student teacher)
were sold at the NCTE Convention along with $682 worth of “Read” and “Write” pins. A breakfast is planned for council membership chairs at CATE 2004. CATE 2004 - Browne and P. Fristrom reported that major speakers may be viewed on CATEWeb. Pre-Convention logistics are being worked out by Karen Wroblewski and Jayne Marlink. Robin Luby has planned a great Friday night affair. 2000 flyers have been mailed to various county offices of education. Two hundred CATE 2004 flyers were distributed at NCTE. Bags are a concern. Great Source may be able to supply. Scholastic bags were also proposed. CONVENTION COORDINATORS - P. Fristrom and Hase thanked board member who have submitted housing forms for CATE 2004. Members were reminded to bring gifts for exhibitors and books for new teachers. REPORTS OF CATE COUNCILS CAPITOL - Dunstan reported that Capitol is working on the NAPA Conference scheduled for March 26 and 27 at the Embassy Suites in Napa. CENTRAL- Delfino reported that Central members chaired several committees and events at the NCTE Convention. A Mini-Conference, co-sponsored by the San Jose Area Writing Project and McDougall- Littell that will address the needs of preservice and new teachers and rejuvenate experienced teachers will be held at San Jose State University in the spring. CCTE will co-host the NAPA Conference and will host a brunch honoring students who are winners of the writing contest. Plans are underway for the September Asilomar Conference. FACET - Oppliger reported that FACET had co-sponsored the Yosemite Conference and held a new teacher reception. GREATER SAN DIEGO - Bowles reported that GSDCTE had sponsored a fall kickoff at the Oceanside Barnes and Noble. The 17th Annual Promising Practices was cancelled because of low enrollment. The evening event with le thi die thuy, a San Diego native and author of The Gangster We Are All Looking For, was successful with 75 guests in attendance. The Lake Arrowhead Retreat planned by Carole LeCren will be held March 26-27 at the UCLA Conference Center. REDWOOD - Membership is an ongoing priority with Redwood. Jenny McBride is coordinating the Writing Contest. Redwood cochaired the Affiliate Breakfast at NCTE and the redwood seedlings were a big hit. Redwood will bring Professor Jim Dodge from Humboldt State University to share his humor and expertise at the Napa Conference. KERN - No report. SOUTHLAND - Linn reported that Southland had sponsored nine Roundtable meetings in Thousand Oaks, Etiwanda, Long Beach, Los Angeles, and Palm Springs/Rancho Mirage. The Fall Conference was successful with 154 registrations. Everything is in place for the Conference of the Living Tree in January. A new location, the Hilton Ontario Airport, has been negotiated for Fall Conference, 2004. TUCATE - Surabian reported that Tucate continues to pursue new members through Teacher Afternoon Institutes. UPPER - Hase reported that Upper continues to be plagued by declining membership. REPORTS OF LIAISONS CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION REPORT - Breneman reported that the State Board of Education adopted the Curriculum Commission’s recommendations for foreign language materials grades K-8 at their meeting last week. These new materials are listed on the online price list and order form at http://www.cde.ca.gov/cfir/pl/index.asp. A CD-Rom with this price list should be distributed to each district, county office, charter school, and LRDC by early 2004, but all of the information is now available online. California’s Reading First Technical Assistance Plan requires the state to be the primary provider for technical assistance to LEAs for the first three years. The plan specifies that the CDE contract with the Sacramento County Department of Education to establish the California Technical Assistance Center (C-TAC) to provide coordination, development, and quality control functions for the state’s Regional Technical Assistance Centers. The work of C-TAC involves developing materials and assessments for training teachers, ensuring that professional development for teachers and instruction for pupils is consistent in quality and delivery, and providing assistance to LEA’s to start up R-TACs. The May 2003 Revise indicated that funding for Support for Secondary Schools in Reading (SSSR) has been cut. The following are the first five Demonstration Sites that will be posted on the Web site: Antioch High School, Antioch Unified; Newark Junior High School, Newark Unified; San Mateo Union High School District; Rudolph Rivera Middle School, Merced City Elementary School District; Hoover High School, San Diego Unified, and Preuss Model School at UCSD, San Diego Unified. Plans are underway to begin a low-cost process for expanding the Recommended Literature: Kindergarten through Grade Twelve List . It is anticipated that a subcommittee from the original working committee will be convened for the task. Title suggestions should be sent to Carol Jago or Carole LeCren. The fourth annual Secondary Literacy Summit is scheduled for March 23 and 24 at the Hilton Hotel Arden West in Sacramento. The 2003-2004 Library Act funding information went to districts, county offices, and charter schools in November and is available at www.cde.ca.gov/library which has links to back lists of CYRM titles as well as a host of other literature resource lists. The CDE Online School Library Survey runs from CDE and offers new features. The Laura Bush Foundation grant application is now open. Grants of amounts up to $5000 to school libraries may be requested to update, extend and diversify their book collections. The CDE released the aggregate CAHSEE results for the 2002-2003 school year for grades ten and eleven. Two new documents, An English Language Arts Study Guide and A Mathematics Study Guide were sent to all school districts for their tenth grade students. These can be downloaded at http://www.cde.ca.gov/statetests/cahsee. A disclosed test form of the CAHSEE, based on the original blueprint has been posted on the Educational Testing Service Web site. LEGISLATIVE REPORT - Mayfield highlighted some of the issues discussed in Zaragoza-Diaz’s report including proposed constitutional changes which would divert large increases in state revenue away from the General Fund to the new Budget Stabilization Fund resulting in limited increases in the education funding in strong economic years. The recall of Governor Davis has resulted in three vacancies on the Board of Education: Luis Rodriguez, Carol Katzman, and Curtis Washington. Terms expire for three other members, and there is an unfilled position, resulting in a seven vacancies that Governor Schwarzenegger can fill. Richard Riordan, newly appointed Secretary of Education, is exploring the possibility of becoming president of the State Board of Education. He has stated as his goal to streamline the bureaucracy and “empower the governor.” CALIFORNIA ENGLISH - Jago reported that CALIFORNIA ENGLISH has been approached by EBSCO Publishing Company to see if we would be interested in having the magazine included on their online databases. The chief advantages to CATE would be exposure of the organization in 90% of academic and public libraries across the country and internationally. They would offer CATE a modest royalty. Although advertising was down in November, it is hoped that Convention exhibitors will see the magazine and want to be seen in a nationally recognized publication. Jago will offer a workshop on Writing for Publication at CATE 2004. Future calls for manuscripts include February 2004 - Books for Boys (Deadline - December 1); April 2004 -How Do We Teach Poetry/ Let Me Count the Ways (deadline - February 15); June 2004 - Leaving No Child Behind (deadline - April 15). CYRM - Roseboro attended the California School Librarians Association Convention and heard Ben Michaelsen accept his CYRM award. CALIFORNIA READING AND LITERATURE PROJECT - Jago reported that the Literature Project continues to struggle in terms of funding. CALIFORNIA WRITING PROJECT - Nitschke reported that the Pre-Conference for CATE 2004 is in the final stage of planning and CWP is adding links for CATE 2004 on its website and has distributed registration flyers all over the state. CWP would be delighted to help co-author the ACSD document about writing if CATE chooses to proceed with that project. CATE WEBMASTER - Jordan noted that the listserv for the CATE general membership is now on CATEweb. Local councils should survey their memberships for those not on the list who want to be included. He will be taking pictures of convention events for posting on CATEWeb. CATENET - CATENet has facilitated discussion about a range of topics, mostly having to do with literacy. It continues to provide a forum for the profession and a means of informing the community about events, jobs, and new publications. CATENET has been less active than usual in terms of volume, but this is balanced by the regular contributors who spend such long hours writing their posts. CCCC - Spain reported that
he had attended the October 18, 2003, meeting of the California Curriculum
Coordinating Council in Sacramento for Kliegl.
Several
Board members expressed interest in attending the CCCC Summit meeting,
February 20-21. COMMITTEE REPORTS POLICY/CENSORSHIP (Mayfield,
chair; Chapman, Jago, Kliegl, McAninch, Spain, and Younglove) - Mayfield
reported that CommuniCATE is now available
electronically
on cateweb.org. Mayfield reported that NCTE’s resolutions at NCTE 2003 addressed the use of multimedia in language arts classes and that the SLATE Steering Committee of which he is chair will focus on making NCTE/CATE members more aware of SLATE, especially its presence on the new NCTE website. Our goals include increasing the presence and influence of CATE. Mayfield moved and Chapman seconded the creation of Board resolutions at every Board meeting on current policy and legislative issues. MOTION PASSED. Mayfield moved and Chapman seconded the exploration of the establishment of a “Write your legislator” akin to the feature on NCTE’s website on CATEweb. MOTION PASSED. Kliegl moved and Chapman seconded the following Board Resolution: Background: Governor Schwartzenegger will soon be appointing seven new members to the State Board of Education. The terms of three current members expire on January 15, 2004. Three other Davis nominees were never confirmed by the State Senate.The California Association of Teachers of English believes that the State Board of Education should include classroom teachers who are leaders in the field. Teachers’ voices need to be heard not only via testimony but also from the Board itself. A balanced board of diverse members will make the most thoughtful decisions. Reolution: Be it resolved that the California Association of Teachers of English (CATE) recommend that the governor appoint to the new State Board of Education active classroom teachers who are recognized leaders in the education community, and that CATE will provide recommendations for those appointments through President Anna Roseboro. MOTION PASSED. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT/LIAISONS - (Morimoto, Chair, Bowles, Brennan, Delfino, Dunstan, Hemric, Joseph, Masuda, Schachter, and Surabian) Morimoto moved and Dunstan seconded the approval of the Policies Introduction with typographical corrections. MOTION PASSED. TUCATE has conducted two Afternoon Institutes with no charge but expect to use in the spring some of the money they requested from the Memorial Fund. At the last meeting the Board voted to award the Virginia Reid Scholarship to Shelley Vizcarra from FACET. Joan Williams is chairing the Marilyn Kahl Scholarship this year. Last year’s winner is now enrolled in college and has been awarded her scholarship. Morimoto moved and Dunstan seconded approval of presenting a proposal to fund Jenny McBride’s attendance at the February Board meeting for leadership development to the Finance Committee. MOTION PASSED. Dunstan moved and Chapman seconded establishing a deadine of January 31, 2004, for submission of candidates for the spring Board election. MOTION PASSED. Allen moved and Surabian seconded that election results be reported to all candidates within a week of the ballots being counted. MOTION PASSED. CONVENTION COORDINATING - (P. Fristrom, chair; Allen, Browne, A. Fristrom, Hase, Linn, Mitchell, Roseboro, Stockton, and Williams).The committee discussed CATE 2003. The committee discussed CATE 2004 and decided to contract for seat bags. CATE 2005 was discussed as well as the site for 2009. Future convention sites include: 2005 - Santa Clara; 2006 - Anaheim; 2007 - Fresno, 2008 - Long Beach. Fristrom reported on the goals we had established at the last meeting. P. Fristrom has had responses to the Board Resolutions we have sent out. Le Cren is working on the handbook for new teachers. Sunday, December 7 The meeting was called to order at 8:30 A.M. by President Anna Roseboro. EXECUTIVE/FINANCE (Morimoto, chair, Bowles, Dunstan, A. Fristrom, P. Fristrom, Hase, Kliegl, Linn, Oppliger, Roseboro, Spain, Williams) With the use of the Costco Access line, the Advisory teleconference call was reduced from a high of $120 to $29. Morimoto moved and Browne seconded to change 1.1.2 to read In advance of the meeting all members must notify the Vice President (or Convention Coordinator for the convention meeting) of their intention to attend or not attend the board meeting. The Vice President shall inform the President of Board members not attending. MOTION PASSED. Morimoto moved and Browne seconded that 1.1.5 be changed to following the word attend with “and the council is not represented by any other attendee.” MOTION PASSED. Morimoto moved and Spain seconded that 1.3.4 be changed to replace delegates with members at. MOTION PASSED. Morimoto moved and Oppliger seconded that Treasurer Anne Fristrom secure a debit card account for CATE use. MOTION PASSED. Morimoto moved and Browne seconded that Jenny McBride and Cyndy Shelton be invited to the February Board Meeting and have Thursday’s lunch and dinner paid for by CATE. MOTION PASSED. Dunstan moved and Kliegl seconded that the motion be amended to include a night of accomodation. MOTION FAILED. Morimoto moved and Schachter seconded that the CATE Board remove Claudia Keith as council represenative for Kern County. MOTION PASSED. A Kern Council meeting will be called at the Convention to select a new represenative to represent Kern. PUBLICATIONS (Chapman, chair; Bowles, Delfino, Dunstan, Jago, Mayfield, McAninch, Surabian, and Younglove.) The committee reviewed a draft of the Creative Writing Contest flyer and did final revisions. Chapman will
oversee the “Membership Only” and
membership
listserve
on CATEWeb. Chapman moved and Dunstan seconded that 6.9 entitled Electronic Publishing Other Than CATENET and CATEWeb be added and 6.9.1 be written: “The publications chair or a CATE Board member as desigated by the Executive Board shall oversee all members-only electronic publications.” MOTION PASSED. Chapman moved and P. Fristrom seconded that 2.3.3a be changed to “consent of CATE Board of Directors and...” MOTION PASSED. Chapman moved and Delfino seconded to change 2.1.2 from $50 to $100. MOTION PASSED. Chapman moved and Dunstan seconded to change 2.3.1 from 75 teacher members to 50 teacher members. MOTION PASSED. All student winners have been published in CALIFORNIA ENGLISH, and copies of the magazine sent to them. An updated Board of Directors will be placed in the next magazine. The Professional Writing Contest will again be headed by Olga Kokino with Younglove as liaison. Flyers will be available at CATE 2004 and posted on CATENET and CATEWeb. Mayfield noted that CommuniCATE will not be members only on CATEWeb, which will remind people to read it. He will highlight Breneman’s reports. The Literary Map was presented electronicallyy at NCTE. Members are asked to continue to send author suggestions to Mayfield. Mayfield will explore a site similar to NCTE’s website but state oriented for writing letters to state legislators with the help of Zaragoza-Diaz. Issue would be announced on listserve and might include vote response to questions or topics. Organization would be by zip code for approriate legislators. A list of Board members talents would be helpful for determining which members could speak at council functions. MEMBERSHIP (Masuda, chair; Allen, Browne, Hase, Hemric, Joseph, Mitchell, Rushing, Schachter, and Surabian, Dunstan moved and McAnich that an additional 3.2.2 be added “A council committee president may authorize the use of that council committee’s mailing list.” MOTION PASSED. Allen moved and Spain seconded that 3.5.3c be written to say that “all money collected should be sent to the CATE treasurer. MOTION PASSED. Masuda moved and Spain seconded that 3.6.3 be written to include “...by mail, by telephone or electronic communication.” MOTION PASSED. The committee developed a list of sections for the Small Council Conference Handbook OLD BUSINESS Distinguished Service Award Committtee: Spain thanked committee members for their hard work. Spain moved and Dunstan seconded that Vince Piro be honored with the Distinguished Service Award. MOTION PASSED. Spain moved and Bowles seconded that Jim Gray receive the Career Achievement Award. MOTION PASSED. Dunstan moved and Morimoto
seconded that the Board authorize Capitol Council to nominate a middle
school teacher for the Classroom Excellence Award for 2004. MOTION
PASSED. Candidateswere nominated to fill the unexpired term of Lorraine Garcia, Member at Large Midde. Susan Karpowics was elected. Roseboro announced that current Members at Large would take on or continue the following leadership positions: Mitchell - editor of Presidents Handbook; Chapman - Publications Chair; Allen - CRA liaison; Williams - Nominations chair and Kahl Scholarship Chair; Younglove - NCTE Achhievement in Writing Awards coordinator and Endowment; Joseph - assistant to vice president in meeting planning. Younglove announced that current NCTE Achievement in Writing Awards judges will be asked to judge again. Linn and Bowles expressed interest in additional training for new council presidents at the September Board meeting and refer their request to the Leadership Committee. Chapman moved and Dunstan seconded to adjourn the meeting at 12:00 noon. Respectfully submitted,
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