MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Location: file:///C:/9D28BA50/ExecutiveCommitteeMeeting11-10-10.htm Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Executive (KACC) Board Meeting

Executive (= KACC) Board Meeting

Thursday, N= ovember 10, 2010

8:30 a.m.

KACC Board = Room

Minutes

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Members Pre= sent

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Grant Park:      Mike Nichol= son, Chairperson     &n= bsp;       Bradley:          Michael Hogan, Vice Chair

Beecher:          Denise Brands&= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           Ce= ntral        &= nbsp;   :        &= nbsp;  Tonya Evans      &n= bsp;       

Herscher:         = Richard Bukowski      = ;            &n= bsp;           Kankakee:       Colle= en Legge      &n= bsp;     

Manteno:         = Dawn Russert      =                &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   Peotone:        &= nbsp; Donald McKinney     

St. Anne:         = John Palan, Secretary            =             &nb= sp; Reg. Office:    Greg Murph= y 

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The regular meeting of the Kankakee Area Career Center Executive Committee, Kankakee County, State of Illinois was called to order on Novemb= er 10, 2010 at 8:36 a.m.

 

PUBLIC CO= MMENT

1= -2.      =       Principal Goodale called everyone’s attention= to two letters included in their informational packets.  One letter was a statement of commendation and appreciation to Jan Krizik and the KACC students who participated in the recent Disaster Response Drill conducted by the Kankakee County ESDA.&nbs= p; Mr. Fay commented Fire/Rescue students and Mr. Heid also participate= d in this emergency drill.  The sec= ond letter came from a parent who has a son currently enrolled and another who = is a recent graduate of KACC.  Her = letter outlined the opportunities given to her children through KACC, and specific= ally lauded the instructors, curriculum options allowing students to be ready for the workplace and scholarship opportunities realized by students.  Mrs. Goodale encouraged everyone t= o take a few moments to read the letter.

 

CONSENT AGENDA

3, 4, 5. = A motion was made by Mr. Hogan, seconded by Mrs. Russert at 8:39 a.m. to approve the consent agenda, minutes of the October open and closed meetings, accounts payable and financial reports.  Motion carried with unanimous roll-call vote.

FINANCE COMMITTEE REPORT

  1. Annual Financial Audit of KACC/KARVES: Mr. Rick Blanchette from Russell Leigh= and Associates, our auditing firm, presented the results of the annual KACC and KARVES Audit.  Mr. Blanchette reviewed each entity separately.  KARVES had no findings.  For the Career Center<= /st1:PlaceType>, there was a finding of having income overstated by $88,000 due to a transfer being booked on the general ledger, but not having been finis= hed through the bank.  Mr. Blanchette explained how this would be hard to spot and the effect of making reconciliations look in balance.  Mr. Blanchette and Mr. Gesell developed new procedures for transferring payroll funds from KARVES to KACC for the future and informed the Finance Committee exactly where on the financial reports these numbers will now appear so it is very transparent and clear if the transfers are done and done in the right = amount.  Balancing procedures have als= o been changed to ensure both bank and inter-fund accounts on general ledger = are in balance.  Mr. Blanchet= te also indicated the software system did not carry forward the correct b= eginning balances from the previous fiscal year.  Mr. Blanchette stated those beginning balances have been adjusted.  Dr. Smith question whether the auditor made those changes or KACC staff, to which Mr. Blanchette repl= ied, he made the changes.  Mr. Blanchette complimented Mr. Gesell and the fact he is doing very well = in understanding the software and financial procedures for these two enti= ties and is very confident in his abilities to ensure everything remains in balance and the duties carried out in an acceptable fashion.  Also discussed in the Finance Committee Meeting was the potential for no longer applying a credit for CTEI funds which should be forthcoming from the State, as actual receipt of these funds is iffy at best.  Funds from last ye= ar have yet to be received.  It has been suggested the flat assessment invoicing be done for the full amounts the schools owe and then apply a credit following actual receipt of the CTEI dollars. 

 

DIRECTOR’S REPORT

  1.  Director’s Report:  Everyone in attendance receiv= ed a written report with their agendas.&nb= sp; Mr. Fay took a few minutes to highlight some meetings this past month.   Of signific= ance, Mr. Fay communicated on his Labor Relations Meetings which are now occurring once per month, new ISBE Transcript Code Project, Parent-Tea= cher Conference to be held November 23 and 24 and the time involved in his = role as IL State System Directors Leadership Council Chairman.
  2. Goals:  Mr. Fay spoke about his progr= ess being made toward achieving his goals as was approved by the Board.  Mr. Fay spoke to the challeng= es due to the lack of funding in our state and some of the volunteer opportunities currently being investigated in lieu of hiring staff as originally planned.  Mrs. Russert requested an explanation as to the difference between Bullzi a= nd Career Cruising.   B= ullzi is a self-contained program for the students to utilize in self-assess= ment process, and Career Cruising is a web-based program allowing assessmen= t, career information, and ability to maintain individual information suc= h as resumes, etc. permanently.   Mr. Fay spoke about the desire to incorporate green technology = into our current curriculum.  = Due to funding, the high-level skill sets necessary for many green technologi= es, and the lack of student interest expressed both at KACC and KCC.  Dr. Pangle questioned Mr. Fay’s intention with the PLAN and Explore test results.  Mr. Fay explained he will uti= lize these to assess trends in student interests and abilities to aide in t= he direction of planning curriculum in the future.  Dr. Pangle concurred this is = a good idea. 

 

DISCUSSION/ACTION ITEMS:

In relation to item 6 above, a motion was made by Dr. Bukowski, seconded by Dr. Smith at 9:05 a.m. to approve the annual KACC/KARVES financ= ial audit as presented.  Motion ca= rried by unanimous roll-call vote.  A discussion ensued concerning the upcoming budget process. Mrs. Russert indicated her willingness to serve on this committee.  In regard to the Negotiations Comm= ittee, Mrs. Evans indicated the Negotiations Committee had not established new membership at the end of last year.  Dr. Bukowski indicated his willingn= ess to serve on this committee.

  1. Policies and Procedures:
    1. Approval of Amendments by Press:  A motion was made by Mrs. Legge, seconded by Dr. Palan at 9:08 a.m. to approve the following policy amendments for the KARVES/KACC Board Pol= icy Manual which were presented for the first reading at the October Meet= ing:

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;           i.   &nb= sp;  Governing Bodies 2:100

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         ii.   &n= bsp;  Operational Services 4:30

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       iii.   &= nbsp;  Professional Personnel 5:100

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       iv.   &n= bsp;  Educational Support Personnel 5:290

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;         v.   &nb= sp;  Students 7:20

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;       vi.   &n= bsp;  Students 7:190

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;     vii.   &= nbsp;  Students 7:285

&nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;   viii.   =    Community Relations 8:30

INFORMATIONAL ITEMS:

  1. Principal’s Report:  Ms. Goodale pres= ented the following information:
    1. Due to several schools being out of session last Friday afternoon, Mrs. Goodale informed the members she took advantage of the situation and = held an afternoon teacher’s in-service to aide in staff development.=
    2. Mrs. Goodale distributed copies of Student Attendance Reports.  Average attendance remains a= t 95% for September. 
    3. Grades:  Mrs. Goodale called everyone’s attention to the 1st quarter grade report= in their packet.  Mrs. Good= ale explained there is not the typical bell-curve in looking at the distribution of grades.  Ms. Brands mentioned their school weights the student grades at KACC so t= he grade affects their overall GPA much more significantly. 
    4. Students of the Quarter:  Mrs. Go= odale noted the Student’s of the Quarter from the various schools and explained the selection criteria and Student of the Year process.  Student names were sent to l= ocal newspapers, their pictures in the hallway and on the TV monitor in the main hall.  Mrs. Goodale stated some students were talking to each other about learning how th= ey can earn the distinction of being a KACC Student of the Quarter.
  1. Special Populations Report:  Mr. = Kelley presented the following:
    1. ISBE CTE Summary Data:  Mr. K= elley presented these reports both on an individual school basis and on a regional basis.  The var= ious areas assessed were reviewed.  Mr. Kelley stated that as a region, we did very well.  The few areas where we did n= ot meet minimum levels were in areas which are harder to control, such as non-traditional enrollment levels.&n= bsp; Mr. Kelley spoke to the responsibility of KARVES responding to= the summary results with strategies to improve any areas of weakness noted.  Mr. Kelley will = need to work with the individual schools in order to accomplish this.  Dr. Bukowski questioned who = has seen these school reports, to which Mr. Kelley stated only this group= so far.  Mr. Kelley shared = his intention to distributing this information tonight to the full Administrative Council and then next week at the Principal’s Meeting.  Mr. Kelley sha= red the definitions of non-traditional and investor/explorer so everyone = has a better understanding of the report.
    2. NOCTI:  Pre-test results have been returned.  Instructors w= ill be reviewing the test results so they can steer their curriculum accordingly.  Mr. Kelley stated the post-tests will most likely be administered either the last week of April or first week of May, 2011.
    3. Internships:  Mr. Kelly spoke about the re= cent changes in requirements for a variety of internship areas.  IDPH requires fingerprint background checks as well as drug testing, several childcare sites require background checks and a couple the full fingerprint background checks, and there may be a requirement coming for fire/rescue interns= to have background checks.  Mrs. Goodale spoke about the additional cost to families, and the fact this can be difficult considering the economic climate. 

ADJOURN:

There being no further business, a motion to adjourn w= as made by, Dr. Pangle, seconded by Dr. Smith at 9:30 a.m. to adjourn.  Motion carried by unanimous voice = vote.

 

 

 

 

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   &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;            &= nbsp;           &nbs= p;          John Palan, Secretary