Are you interested in becoming more involved with IASPA? Consider joining a committee! Below is the list of current IASPA Committees and a brief description of their primary focuses. If you are interested joining any committee, please click the Committee Involvement Form button below.
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Communications Committee
Chair: Chris Wolk
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Set the annual Social Media calendar
- Re-tweet, re-post IASPA & AASPA content
- Create content for IASPA social media outlets
Meeting Frequency: Quarterly meetings
Constitution & Governmental Relations
Chair: Ray Chung
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Meet to identity and discuss legislative changes and potential impact
- Create a quarterly update to the Board and IASPA membership
- Annually review the IASPA Constitution & Bylaws for recommended changes
- Annually review the IASPA Legislative Priorities for recommended changes
Meeting Frequency: 3-4 virtual meetings throughout school year; no summer meetings
Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
Chair: Natacia Campbell-Tominov
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Review the work/goals of other states’ EDI Committees
- Collect viable EDI plans/frameworks from Illinois school districts
- Develop an EDI outreach program
- Create an EDI resource library
Meeting Frequency: Quarterly meetings (Starting in September)
Mentor
Chair: Jeff Knapp
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Create a curriculum for training qualified mentors
- Recommend criteria for mentor eligibility
- Recommend criteria for mentee eligibility
- Create a curriculum for mentors to utilize with mentees
Meeting Frequency: Monthly meetings August - January; quarterly after that
Nominations
Chair: Ed Piotrowski
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Create a rubric to determine eligibility for Board positions
- Solicit candidates for Board positions
- Review & recommend changes to eligibility process
- Consider the use of digital interviews
- Consider requiring letters of recommendation
Meeting Frequency: 3-4 virtual meetings annually between August and December
***To ensure that there is no conflict of interest, the Nominations Committee is comprised of Past-Presidents and Retired Members. There is no option to volunteer for this committee.***
Recognitions
Chair: Kathleen Kelly Colgan
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Solicit nominees for IASPA awards
- Seek to diversity the nomination pool for IASPA awards (both personal characteristics & geographic area represented)
- Contact potential sources of nominations (other state associations, law firms, etc.)
- Review and make recommendations re: changes to award rubrics
- Review nominations for eligibility and to determine award winners
Meeting Frequency: 3-4 virtual meetings annually between September and December, approximately one hour of independent work in preparation for final meeting in December
Sponsorship
Chair: Briant Kelly
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Solicit additional Business & Law Firm Partners
- Who can Board Members recommend and connect Committee members with?
- Who can members recommend and connect Committee members with?
- Create a script/talking points for connecting with potential Business & Law Firm Partners
- Connect with potential Business & Law Firm Partners at annual AASPA Conference
- Visit all Partners at IASPA Annual Conference
Meeting Frequency: 3 virtual meetings: September, December, March
Website
Chair: Phil Georgia
Primary Focus:
- Create an annual calendar/review the annual calendar for Committee work
- Drive people to the IASPA website
- Encourage member use of IASPA Connect
- Review the IASPA & AASPA websites regularly; recommend updates for IASPA website
Meeting Frequency: 4 meetings per year: March, June, September, December