Information Services
Publications
Chair: Lisa Bartilotta
bartilotta@hotmail.com
Roles and Responsibilities:
The Publications Chairperson has the following responsibilities as a member of the Information Services program area:
- Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
- Must follow the Advertising Policies and Procedures when considering advertisements for the newsletter.
- Must develop 3 newsletters a year that will be distributed to all active/current members and any states that request them.
- Must participate in NASP online discussions through the state newsletter editors’ listserv operated through NASP.
- Receive submissions for the newsletter and other correspondence.
- Must gather submissions from anyone who wants to submit an article and/or
- Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
- Assist in maintaining the member list on the website.
- Update the membership application form as needed.
- Process membership applications per designated procedures.
- Assist members with any membership questions or concerns.
- Actively recruit new members.
Membership
Chair: Beth May
bmay.cssp@gmail.com
Roles and Responsibilities:
The Membership Chairperson has the following responsibilities as a member of the Information Services program area:
- Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
- Assist in maintaining the member list on the website.
- Update the membership application form as needed.
- Process membership applications per designated procedures.
- Assist members with any membership questions or concerns.
- Actively recruit new members.
Research
Chair: Shayna Whitehouse
sbwhitehouse@gmail.com
Roles and Responsibilities:
The Research Chairperson has the following responsibilities as a member of the Information Services program area:
- Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
- Review proposals requesting access to membership for participation in research studies.
- Work with the Conference Committee and the Professional Relations Committee to select the research award recipient and to sponsor a poster session at the annual convention in order to encourage the presentation of research by Colorado students, trainers, and practitioners.
- Use the procedures to determine the research award recipient as described in the CSSP Policy and Procedures Manual.
Technology
Chair: Franci Crepeau-Hobson
franci.cssp@gmail.com
Roles and Responsibilities:
The Technology Chairperson has the following responsibilities as a member of the Information Services program area:
- Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
- Facilitate communication with members and the public through the website, listservs and real-time technology.
- Develop/maintain a communication plan that includes a state of the art website, listservs, video conferencing and real-time communication technologies.
- Consult with the president in the contracting with a webmaster.
- Will arrange for the hosting of the CSSP website, list servers, and
other related technologies. - Consult with conference committee to ensure that appropriate technology is available for speakers at the conference (i.e., wireless internet connections, etc.).
- Develop a plan to increase the media equipment owned by CSSP (i.e., LCD projector) and develop a plan for maintenance of equipment.
Media Relations
Chair: Jenny Shell
media.relations.cssp@gmail.com
Roles and Responsibilities:
The Media Relations Chairperson has the following responsibilities as a member of the Information Services program area:
- Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
- Responsible for representing and promoting the Society’s professional interests to members, other professional organizations, educators, and to the public at large.
- Work with conference committee chair to conduct nominations and arrangements for presentation of School Psychologist of the Year.
- Coordinate information distribution with the newsletter editor.
- Coordinate release of information and activities with the President.
- Represent and promote CSSP’s professional interests to members, other professional organizations, educators, and the public at large.
- Create a written document outlining qualifications for awards candidates and nomination procedures.
- Provide above document to the Publications Chairperson for dissemination in all appropriate newsletters.
- Work with NASP Chairperson to establish nominations deadlines and award presentations for the Colorado School Psychologist of the Year and other awards presented by CSSP.
- Develop press releases for the above mentioned activities.
- Prepare information and materials to be distributed at the fall conference.
- Create a list of organizations with email contact information that would assist in promoting the field of school psychology if provided information about the field, its activities, etc.
- Provide above list to Technology Chairperson and/or webmaster for creation of a listserv.
