CAN Coordinator Position

 

Division  for Early Childhood

Children’s Action Network (CAN) Coordinator

Position Description

DEC is recruiting for an energetic individual with a passion for policy!  The CAN Coordinator plays a pivotal role in advocating for children and families at the national level and serves as a liaison for state and provincial advocacy efforts.  This volunteer position requires an individual who is willing to serve DEC in a leadership capacity and who can work with the Executive Board and staff to accomplish the following:

• Carefully monitor current policy issues of interest to DEC members.
• Work with the Executive Director and Governmental Relations Consultant to disseminate policy updates to DEC members.
• Represent DEC at CAN meetings.  There are two—one in the summer and one at the Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) convention in the spring. DEC provides registration fees and full travel support for these meetings.
• Participate in DEC’s Rapid Response work group and assist in identifying and responding to urgent policy issues.
• Respond to CEC CAN Alerts and all relevant legislative material received.
• Assist in the development of DEC policy papers.
• Help to develop, support, and strengthen our Subdivision network of CAN Coordinators.  Our goal is to have a CAN Coordinator in every Subdivision.
• Host/facilitate CAN network conference calls/webinars for our Subdivision leaders.
• Submit regular reports to the Executive Board summarizing activities completed and identifying areas for further action. 

If you would like to be considered for this position, please submit a letter of interest via email to Sarah Mulligan no later than March 2, 2012.  If you have any questions, please email or call 406-543-0872.

Recommended Practices Survey - Searching for Member Input

Over the last few months DEC has begun to lay the groundwork to update and revise DEC's Recommended Practices. Our esteemed colleagues, Pat Snyder, Judy Carta and Kathy Hebbeler have been providing the DEC Board with the support and guidance to move this task to fruition. We are still in the first phase of this monumental task and at this point we need your input on a framework on which to hang the recommended practices. 

We would really appreciate it if you can take a few moments to respond to a short survey in order to help us develop a framework for DEC's Recommended Practices. If you can send us your thoughts and ideas of possible frameworks on or before February 20th, we would really appreciate it. 


PLEASE TAKE 5-10 MINUTES TO COMPLETE THE SURVEY BY CLICKING HERE.

There will be more opportunities within the next few months for additional input and participation as we proceed with the tasks. Please do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about the questionnaire and/or about the ongoing work on the DEC Recommended Practices.

If you have have questions or concerns, please contact Amy Santos (Past DEC President - rsantos@illinois.edu) or Kristie Pretti-Frontczak (Current DEC President - kprettif@kent.edu).

And don't forget about resources posted on DEC's website to help you learn more how to use and implement the recommended practices.