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The FRYSC program is built upon the foundation of collaboration.
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The Advisory Council is the
catalyst for bringing all
stakeholders to the table.
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Brainstorming
What attributes make an
ideal Advisory Council?
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An Effective Council
• Engaged council• Diverse council• Council chair IS the chair• Understanding of roles/authority• Well-trained council• Advocacy• Creative
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Role of Advisory Council
• To provide a broad-based support for the center.
• Assist the coordinator in developing programs and activities based on needs assessment.
• Assist the coordinator in evaluating programs
• Serve as a catalyst to link home, school, and community
• Assist with the development of Advisory Council by-laws
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Supporting the FRYSC
• Hands-on involvement in center activities
• Promote center public relations
• Advocate for center in school and community
• Assist with center fundraising
• Assist in recruitment for center volunteers
Providing the Providing the Leadership:Leadership:
Envision a More Effective CouncilEnvision a More Effective Council
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It’s up to you…
The very essence of
leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain
trumpet.
--Theodore M. Hesburgh
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Set the Tone for Effectiveness
Changes in attitude, changes in latitude…
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From the beginning…
Talk the talk!
• What do potential members hear when you talk to them about joining the Council?
1. About the importance of the Council
2. About their value as a team member
3. About their role as a “partner”
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Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it.
Dwight Eisenhower
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Walk the walk!
• Look for diversity …. In thinking! • Build a council of “Partners” • Use your advisory council• Build ownership
The advisory council keeps the Center “community-centered” instead of
“coordinator-centered” or “school-centered”.
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Building OwnershipOrient
Provide comprehensive training to new members
CommunicateKeep council informed of center activities Keep administrators and community informed of council
activities
EmpowerTurn over some control Give opportunities for council to express ideas
DelegateChairperson – Is KEY
*Confident? *Informed? *Empowered? Other officers; other roles; assigned tasks
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What’s in it for ME?
The Downside…
With an empowered, engaged advisory council:
►It takes a little more effort ►It’s hard to give up some of that control
►They may discover the limits to their authority
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The Upside…
An empowered, engaged, and energized advisory council:
♥ Attends and participates in council meetings ♥ Lightens your load
♥ Supports the center
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Recruitment
Have a diverse council.Consider the school population
►Socio-economic (people who use your services)
►Gender
►Cultural
►Ethnicity
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Recruitment
Finding your members
►Parents
►Community
►School Staff
►Students
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Training
YEARLY (First meeting after new contract year starts)
►Overview of council’s role ►PowerPoint►Notebook►Officers’ roles►By-laws
ONGOING►Formal or informal►New members
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Maintaining an Effective Council
• Introductions
• Agendas/Minutes
• Name tags
• Providing food
• Making members feel welcome and needed
• Networking time (meet and greet)
• Ask opinions
• Value all opinions
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• Make sure pencils and paper are available
• Notebooks or folders for each member • Council input on meeting dates/times• Publicize meeting dates several months
in advance• End of year celebration• Certificates
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Use member strengths and give them a role:
1. Recruitment2. Organization3. Solicitation4. Creativity5. Fundraising6. Public Relations