Board Members and Chapter Presidents,

Now is the time to go into high gear with the membership drive as classes and staff return and it is close to payday!

Make sure you have application forms to hand to staff. Do a five minute presentation at your Back to School Meeting.
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Kathleen Porter has been kind enough to let me speak at Poway Adult School's Back to School Night on September 3rd, so I am excited about that. I will of course be doing a presentation at Escondido Adult School's meeting as well.

The simple message to get across is that CCAE is your professional association and helps keep the whole show on the road by being our voice in the corridors of power in Sacremento. We also do wonderful conferences, GED Academies and other workshops, Awards and Recognition. We are the voice of Adult Education and we make sure that voice is heard and Adult Education is not ignored, overlooked, or forgotten!

Let me know if you have any questions or concerns,

Your Southern Section President
 Brian Head

Board Members and Chapter Presidents,

Our awards chairperson Andrea is in the process of getting award forms to you for each chapter's nominations for Excellence in Teaching and Meritorious Service for classified staff. These should be returned to her by October 1st in preparation for our Awards and Installation Luncheon at Baileys, Temecular on October 25th.
Let me know if you have any questions or concerns.

Your Southern Section President
Brian Head

Many thanks to Heck Thomas at San Bernardino for arranging a fabulous guest speaker for our Awards and Installation Luncheon on October 25th at Bailey's, Front Street, Temecula.
Her name is Teresa Parra and she is a San Bernardino School Board member and an ex adult education student to boot! She is described as down to earth and engaging and we are really pleased that she is available to be our speaker for this important event.

Your Southern Section President
Brian Head

Board Members and Chapter Presidents,

Here are some important dates for us in the Southern Section for the 2008-09 year:

October 18th                                        State Board Meeting, Ontario Hilton

October 25th                 Section Meeting at Mexico Chiquitos, Temecula, 9:30am- 11:00am
                                                              followed by
                                     Section Awards & Installation Luncheon, 11:30am - 1:30pm
                                      Bailey's Bar & Grill, Front Street (at the far end), Temecula   
                   
November 20th -22nd                        Combined Fall Conference
                                                           Palm Springs Hilton

January 31st                              State Board Meeting, San Francisco Sheraton

February 7th                     Section Meeting, Mexico Chicquitos, Temecula, 9:30am -Noon

March   TBA                                                   Leg Day

April 30th -May 2nd                    State Conference, Pasedena Hilton Hotel

May 2nd                                    State Meeting following State Conference

May 9th                            Section Meeting, Mexico Chiquitos, Temecula, 9:30am - Noon

Note that there will be a slightly shortened section meeting on October 25th at Mexico Chiquitos and then we will go directly to Bailey's for the Awards & Installation Luncheon.

Best Regards
Your Southern Section President
Brian

                                  

Board Members and Chapter Presidents,

I am happy to confirm that we are all set to have our Awards and Installation Luncheon on Saturday, October 25th at Bailey's Bar and Grill, Front Street, Temecula.  This was a very successful event last year at the same location and this year promises to be the same. We have secured the larger room upstairs that can handle up to 50 people.

Apart from the official installation of officers, the recognition of outstanding classified and teacher CCAE members through the Meritorius Service Award and the CALCO Excellence in Teaching Award fulfills a core and important part of our mission.

It was decided at our section meeting on July 19th, that Chapter Presidents should organize their chapter nominations and let Andrea, our Section Awards Chairperson, know who their awardees are by a deadline of October 1st. Let me or Andrea know if you have any questions or nomination need forms.

I am looking forward very much to this important and fun event.

Your Southern Section President
Brian Head

 

At its quarterly meeting in October, 2007, the CCAE State Board voted for the first dues increase since 1990-91.
The increase will take effect for 2008-09 membership year which actually starts on October 1st, 2008.
The new fees are as follows:

                                                   Current Fee      2008-09 Fee        Payroll
                                                                                                          Deduction

Administrator - Full Time             $50                       $100                    $10.00
Administrator - Part Time            $30-40                   $85                      $8.50
Certificated - 21 Hours Plus        $50                        $75                      $7.50 
Certificated - 11-20 Hours          $40                        $60                      $6.00
Certificated - 10 hours or Less   $30                        $30                      $3.00

The Classified fees are unchanged:

Classified - Full Time                   $30                         $30                      $3.00
Classified - Part-Time                  $20                         $20                      $2.00


We in the Southern Section currently have a total active membership of 388. 
Given the overall large number of adult education administators, teachers, and classified staff in all the schools and programs in our geographic area, our "penetration rate" can and should be be much much higher.
Let's shoot for 600 this year! Southern Section Chapter Presidents should not be queasy about the dues increase when the big membership push goes on in August and September.
If someone asks you why they should join, the quick, short answer is that "CCAE helps you keep your job by being the voice of Adult Education!" Plus we have great conference, awards, and professional development too!

Best Regards
Brian Head
Southern Section President

Southern Section Board Members,

The next section meeting will be on Saturday, July 19th,  9:30am , at Mexico Chicquitos Restaurant, 41841 Monroe Road, Temecula.

Best Regards
Brian Head
Your Southern Section President 

Welcome to the Southern Section Boardmembers.

This is a new experience for me as I have just created this blog for us to use as a tool for communication between us for the 2008-09 year.  I am not entirely sure what I am doing, but it is a start!

I have just returned from the State Board Meeting in Sacramento and we were taken out to the Sacramento County Office for Eductation to view developments of the proposed new CCAE State website. It looks like it might be a while yet before it is up and running, so I thought it important that we in Southern Section have our very own blog that we can all access easily and where we can communicate and update ourselves on dates and developments in the Southern Section. I know we have had one before on the via the links on the state site to the Southern Section site managed by Teresa

Also, we can direct CCAE members here and perhaps create a Southern Section CCAE community.

For example, our next section meeting is in on Saturday, July 19th in Temecula at 9:30 at Mexico Chiquitos Restaurant, 41841 Monroe Road, Temecula, as usual. Now there, a useful piece of information!

I am anxious to post this and see how it all looks and works, so I will sign off now

Best Regards from your incoming Southern Section President

Brian Head