ACEI President's Council



Awards & Grants Books, etc... Committees Conferences History & Purpose Journals & Newsletters Membership Speakers Bureau NCATE & Standards		ROLE OF THE PRESIDENTS' COUNCIL The Presidents' Council includes Presidents, Immediate Past Presidents and Presidents-Elect of International and State/Province Branches in good standing with ACEI. PURPOSES To provide opportunity for discussion of the cooperation of International, State/Province, and Local Branches of ACEI To receive recommendations and resolutions from the constituency of the Presidents' Council members To make recommendations and resolutions to the ACEI Executive Board To receive recommendations and communications from the ACEI Executive Board, Staff and Program Chairs To promote ACEI's mission, strategic goals, programs, and interests To aid in membership recruitment To aid in new and revitalizing branches To assist selected students attending ACEI's Annual International Conference GOALS The Presidents' Council's general goals are to: To promote ACEI To promote branches in general To promote international branches To aid student members of ACEI Specific goals 1. Promote and develop membership internationally by actively supporting Branch Development. Presidents' Council will designate a Country or State/Province President's Council member to make a personal contact by letter, phone, or E-mail to groups requesting Branch Start-Up Kits or expressing interest in ACEI membership world-wide. The purpose of contact will be to serve as a mentor or contact person. 2. Help promote the sharing of information world-wide and encourage active cooperation by opening Presidents' Council meetings at the Annual International Conference to representatives of Local/Student Branch representatives (President, President-Elect, Past President, and Student Branch Advisors) as well as Country and State/Province representatives. ELECTION The Presidents' Council Representative is an elected Executive Board position. Candidates are chosen for their philosophy of education, belief in the mission of ACEI and broad knowledge and awareness of issues facing the Association. The term of office for this elected position is 2 years. For more details about this Board position and applicable qualifications, download the Executive Board Responsibilities & Position Descriptions Manual. The Presidents' Council Representative (2008-2010) is: Loren Meinke 3030 Lynn Ave South St. Louis Park, MN 55416 acemeinke@comcast.net The Leadership Team is: Mary Jo Pollman 1573 S. Josephine St Denver, CO 80210 pollmanm@mscd.edu Roxanne M. Fillmore Dept of Curriculum & Instruction Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK 74464 fillmorr@nsuok.edu Rhoda Bierstedt 1777 Oak Springs Salt Lake City, UT 84108-3313 Rhoda@sisna.com MEMBERS (as of Spring 2008) Shanghai-China Hong Kong and Macau Korea Moscow Russia Colorado Florida Illinois Indiana Kansas Louisiana Minnesota Missouri New York Oklahoma Oregon Tennessee Texas Utah GENERAL Country and State/Province Branches are requested to pay $20.00 annually to the Presidents' Council to defray the cost of branch awards, student grants, communications and mailing costs. Members receive communications from the Presidents' Council throughout the year, including a newsletter. Non-members and other interested individuals may access the information on ACEI's web page - www.acei.org. Meetings are held at the ACEI Annual International Conference. Business matters may include: receiving branch reports discussing and making recommendations to the Executive Board approving awards interacting with members, the Director of Branch Development, the Director of Membership, Week of the Classroom Teacher and Program Chairs problem solving others as determined by members. Updated April 2008 Return to ACEI home page. This page is copyrighted by the Association for Childhood Education International. Please send any comments to Marilyn Gardner at webmaster@acei.org.