Pre-Summit Webinar:
Effective Policymaking for Member Action and Engagement Thursday, February 16, 2017 | 8:00 – 9:30 pm (ET)
Conference Number: 1-800-406-5345 | Participant Code: 6674858
National Education Association
Rebecca ‘Becky’ Pringle NEA Vice-President
Agenda • Princess Moss NEA Secretary-Treasurer and Chairperson of Committee on Program and Budget • Amanda Curtis Chairperson, NEA Board Strategic Committee on Legislation • Ralph Noble Chairperson, NEA Standing Committee on Resolutions
What is a Budget? A budget is an allocation of resources to advance a plan to reach specific goals by a certain time.
Plan & Budget Development: 4 BASIC RULES
Any plan & budget is only as good as the effort and information people put into it.
Good planning practices should foster collaboration and exchange of information among participants.
No plan is perfect because none of us can totally predict the future.
In order to reach the goals, plans & budget must be monitored and adjusted as time goes on.
PLANNING & BUDGETING CHARACTERISTICS
ONGOING PROCESS
THOUGHTFUL AND DELIBERATE
INCLUSIVE
An Overview of NEA Strategy & Plan Development
2017-2018 Strategic Framework GOALS G-1
G-2
Strong Affiliates for Educator Voice and Empowerment
Empowered Educators for Successful Students
CORE FUNCTIONS Research, Policy & Practice
Organizing
Advocacy and Outreach
Communications
Business Operations
Governance
NEA HIERARCHY of CHOICES For Planning
Our Task: Seek out Best Thinking
Achieving Our Mission & Vision: § What STRENGTHS might we leverage? § What WEAKNESSES might hinder us? § What OPPORTUNITIES might we seize? § What THREATS are most significant?
STRENGTHS
WEAKNESSES
OPPORTUNITIES
THREATS
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OUR FRAME FOR DECISION MAKING Invest in Opportunities that Will Grow & Transform the Union
Protect and Defend the Union
Build Local, State and National Capacity
We must have a coordinated way of moving forward to execute an OFFENSE
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Next Steps… Review progress for 1st period of 2017-18 Suggest course corrections and modifications based on governance engagements and operational reviews Review of 2017-2018 Modified Strategic Plan & Budget Present Balanced Budget to the 2017 Representative Assembly 17
Strategic Questions Advancing our priorities requires a laser-like focus on creating processes that amplify and strengthen educator voice on issues that affect their professions and their students.
• What would enable empowered educators to have a unified, strong voice? • What processes will enable educators to truly shape learning for all students?
Questions
By phone, press *1 to ask a question or *2 to be removed from the queue. By computer, click and type in your question in the Q&A box (far right), press the return key to submit your question 19
Amanda Curtis, Chairperson NEA Board Strategic Committee on Legislation
NEA Legislative Program —What is it? • • • •
Direction in a new political landscape. NEA’s positions on federal legislative issues. Guides NEA’s advocacy work on Capitol Hill. Vital tool in accomplishing NEA’s mission and vision for public education.
NEA Legislative Program in Action • Setting the stage for passage of ESSA. • Leading the way on Racial Justice in Education. • Recruiting and retaining early educators.
NEA Legislative Program - Process • Being specific, but not too specific. • The Program is a ‘living’ document. • Amended and approved by members from across the country.
Legislative Program and Other Policy Resources NEA Policy Resource Center on NEA.org • www.nea.org/policyresourcecenter • www.edadvocacy.nea.org
Questions
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Resolutions Report to NEA Representative Assembly (July 4)
Committee completes recommendations (July 1)
Open Hearing for NEA Delegates (June 30)
Document Review and Receipt of Proposed Amendments (Fall-Winter-Spring)
Resolutions Committee Winter Meeting (March 2-4)
Resolutions Committee Summer Meeting (June 29-July 1)
• B-30. Educational Programs in Support of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Students (2015) • B-66. Social Emotional Learning (2015) • C-8. Complex Trauma (2016) • C-10. Learning Through Play (2016) • H-7. Economic Fairness in a Democracy (2016) • I-16. Marriage Equality (2016)
A-14. Appointments by the President of the United States The National Education Association believes that the need for quality education demands that criteria for presidential appointments in the field of education shall include a commitment to public education and significant contributions to the education community. Education employees should be included in such appointments.
• Affirmative Action Policy for Ethnic Minorities and Women (1997) • Privatization and Subcontracting Programs (2000) • Charter Schools (2001) • Kindergarten and Prekindergarten (2003) • Teacher Evaluation and Accountability (2011) • Digital Learning (2013) • Discipline and the School-to-Prison Pipeline (2016)
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Policy Statement on Charter Schools Task Force (fall-winter)à Board of Directors (April) à Representative Assembly (July) • If/when adopted, then revise: • Legislative Program • Resolutions To align them with any revisions adopted in Policy Statement
NEA Policy Resource Center on NEA.org
www.nea.org/policyresourcecenter
Questions
By phone, press *1 to ask a question or *2 to be removed from the queue. By computer, click and type in your question in the Q&A box (far right), press the return key to submit your question 37
