Professional Development

Program Mangers:

Natalie Koncz & Elly Baker (nkoncz@gmail.com, elly.m.baker@gmail.com)

The Professional Development Area includes the following branches:

Conference

Chair:  Julie Stonis
julie.stonis@gmail.com

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Conference Chairperson has the following responsibilities as a member of the Professional Development program area:

• Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
• Implement conference planning procedures as specified in the CSSP Policy and Procedures Manual.

Courage to Risk

Chair: Lois Christiansen
christiansenl@RE1Valleyschools.org

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Courage to Risk Liaison has the following responsibilities as a member of the Professional Development program area:

• Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
• Attend monthly meetings with other organizational sponsors.
• Select the CSSP sponsored speaker and make all arrangements regarding topic, travel, etc.
• Recruit and make arrangements for conference volunteers.
• Assist with “stuffing packets” and arrange for other volunteers.
• Write an article regarding the conference for the CSSP newsletter.

Students/New Practitioner Representatives

Chair: Alison Hargarten
alisonhargarten@gmail.com

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Student/New Practitioner Representative has the following responsibilities as a voting member of the Executive Council:

• Attend and participate in their program area and board meeting
• Serve as monitor and contact person for school psychology students and practitioners who have <3 years of experience in the field of school psychology.
• Add new names to the email list/ listserv (via communication with the Technology Chairperson or Webmaster) as needed.
• Serve as the scholarship silent auction chair, coordinate the auction, and manage student representatives as part of the auction team.
• Work closely with membership chair in recruiting new members.
• Develop and maintain a communication system with members

Student Representatives

DU:
Shannon Hayes: Shannon.Hayes@du.edu
Nicole Weiss: nicole.weiss@du.edu

UNC:
Angelica Coumanova Kim: coum8321@bears.unco.edu

UCD:
Wynne Bosik: sara.bosik@ucdenver.edu
Molly Baird: mary.baird@ucdenver.edu

Roles and Responsibilities: Student Representatives have the following responsibilities as members of the Professional Development program area:

• Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
• Act as a liaison between students in their training program and CSSP for the purpose of receiving support, identifying issues and integrating into the profession of school psychology.
• Create a list (with contact information including email addresses) of all students in their school psychology training program.
• Provide above list to Technology Chairperson and/or webmaster for creation of a listserv.
• Monitor the listserv regularly and bring forward issues identified by individuals on the listserv.
• Assist as a volunteer at CSSP’s fall conference.
• Serve on the scholarship silent auction team which is chaired by the Student/New Practitioner Representative, and work as support staff for all areas needed for the auction (raffle tickets, set up, etc.).

Professional Relations

Chairs: Natalie Koncz & Elly Baker
nkoncz@gmail.com;  elly.m.baker@gmail.com

Roles and Responsibilities:

The Professional Relations Chairperson has the following responsibilities as a member of the Professional Development program area:

• Attend and participate in their program area and board meetings.
• Create a written document outlining the opportunities and process for nominating and electing CSSP’s officers.
• Provide the above document to the Publications Chairperson for inclusion in newsletter prior to elections.
• Select committee members to assist in carrying out the necessary tasks of the committee.
• Announce nomination procedures at the annual conference, publish them in the newsletter immediately preceding the nominations/elections deadlines, list them on the association website and email members.
• Collect statements created by the candidates related to their qualifications and backgrounds.
• Work with the Publications chairperson to coordinate the dissemination of information about the candidate if publication deadlines coincide with nomination and election deadlines.
• A secured online voting system will be designated as the primary system with direct mail serving as an alternative ballot mode should conditions necessitate.
• Open ballots with the president-elect (or appointee) after the deadline.
• Call candidates directly to inform them of election results prior to informing the Council/membership
• Present the proposed slate of officers to the Executive Council via email.
• Announce the results of elections to the membership via listserv and website.
• Coordinate all activities related to the Declaration of School Psychology Week.
• Solicit nominations for and facilitate selection of Colorado School Psychologist of the Year and other awards presented by CSSP.
• Coordinate submission of School Psychologist of Year candidate paperwork for NASP School Psychologist of the Year.
• Work with conference committee regarding public relations information and/or items to be distributed at conference as well as the presentation of the School Psychologist of the Year award.