Region V Professional Development Council 
Minutes of the Tuesday, October 10th, Meeting 
Via Teleconference, Originating from Tallahassee


Attendance: Dennis Adams, John Andola, Melody Chaykin, Sandra Hannah, Carrie Mickey, Chair,
Marzeli Smith (for Sheila Long), Don Vega. Also participating: Connie Hicks-Evans, Pamela
Shrestha, Ike Gibson, Shahrokh Massoudi, Darlene Kostrub, Valerie Bryan, Douglas Smith 

Meeting convened at 10:03 am. 

1. Sandra Hannah was welcomed as the new representative for the area’s workforce development
   agencies. 

2. Today’s agenda approved (moved Cheykin, 2nd Marzeli). 

3. Approval of minutes of September 14, 2000. 
   3.1. Item 4.1.1.1.: Director Costen

4. Region V 1999-2000 PDC Leadership Activities. 
   4.1. Web Based Learning at the Grass Roots. No new report was necessary, as no additional
   activities since the Aug. 29th meeting needed to be conducted. Members were reminded that all the
   material from the programs conducted this year are on the web site for Region V,
   www.adulteducation.fau..edu/region5. 
   4.2. Planning and Budgeting Within a Performance Based Environment. No new report was
   necessary, as no additional activities since the Aug. 29th meeting needed to be conducted. 
   4.3. Adult Education Summits 1 & 2: No new report was necessary, as no additional activities
   since the Aug. 29th meeting needed to be conducted. The issues identified in Summit 1 will be sent
   to all participants and Council members shortly. 

5. Region V 2000-2001 PDC Leadership Staff Development Proposals 
   5.1. Status of $30,000 proposal (The initial allocation of $25,000 plus $5,000 to be earmarked for
   staff development for disabled adults.). 
   5.1.1. The emphasis of the initial allocation ($25,000) should be further staff development of
   teachers and teacher trainers on the general area of assessment. More specifically, the focus
   recommended was on checklists (the Florida Education Curriculum Checklist, testing, portfolios, and
   LCPs and OCPs). 
   5.1.2. Two proposed programs from the proposed activities for the $100,000 grant –
   Leadership Seminar on Testing and Leadership Workshop on LCP/OCP could be combined with
   5.1.1., providing additional funds from the $100K grant for other activities. 
   5.1.3. The “Bridges” program was proposed to be the emphasis for the staff development for
   disabled adults program. 
   5.2. Status of $100,000 proposal. 
   5.2.1. An email from Pam Shrestha listing nine possible activities were discussed. Following
   are the activities and proposed actions: 
   1. Grant Management Workshop ($5000). Needed because of many
   misunderstandings. Could be a teleconference session. 
   2. Grant Writing Workshop ($5000). Guidance for present and desired CBOs. 
   3. Policy Leadership Summit & White Paper. For administrators and policy makers;
   similar format of September Summits. 
   4. Web Based Leadership Training ($5000). Continuation of 2000 training, from FAU,
   with emphasis on maintenance and further development. 
   5. Planning, Budgeting and Data Collection Workshop (10,000). Further development
   of issues and practices identified in July 2000 workshop. 
   6. Leadership Seminar on Testing. Proposed moving this and #7 to $30K grant (see
   5.1.2. above). 
   7. Leadership Workshop on LCP/OCP. Proposed moving this and #6 to $30K grant
   (see 5.1.2. above). 
   8. Regional Adult Literacy Consortium. Not in this proposal, but should be included in
   any master staff development training calendar. 
   9. FutureNET. A region wide staff development workshop for all adult education
   teachers, administrators, staff. Format similar to Miami-Dade’s FutureNET, and Broward’s Focus
   on Broward. 
   5.2.2. Decisions about these activities will be made at the next meeting (Nov. 8th). 

6. Council membership. 
   6.1. The following four people were submitted for Council membership. All were approved. 
   
   Ms. Sandra J. Hannah, Workforce Dev. Specialist 
   Area Center for Educational Enhancement (ACEE) 
   Florida Atlantic University 
   College of Education 
   777 Glades Road 
   Boca Raton, Florida 33431 
   (561) 297-2531/Fax (561) 297-3794 
   Email: shannah@fau.edu 
   
   Ms. Miriam Kovacs, Commander of Education 
   Miami-Dade Department of Corrections 
   6501 N.W. 36th Street 
   Miami, Florida 33146 
   (305) 874-1077/Fax (305) 871-7168 
   Email: paps@miamidadecounty.org 
   
   Mr. Nelson Perez, Assoc. Supt. Bureau of Adult/ Vocational 
   Alternative and Dropout Prevention Programs 
   Miami-Dade County Public Schools 
   1450 N.E. 2nd Avenue, Suite 802 
   Miami, Florida 33132 
   (305) 995-7662/Fax (305) 995-2810 
   Email: ? 
   
   Ms. Linda Wilkins, Associate Executive Director 
   Area Agency on Aging 
   8895 N. Military Trail, Suite 201C 
   Palm Beach Gardens, Florida 33410 
   (561) 694-7601/ Fax (561) 624-6947 
   Email: wilkinsl@elderaffairs.org 
   

7. New Business: (none) 

8. Other Council items: [None] 

9. Next meeting of the Council: 
   9.1. On site in Broward County. Valerie will schedule a room in one of the Broward campuses. 

10. The meeting was adjourned at 11:43 am.