Box Folder 26 11 Steering Committee. 15 August 1996. Meeting Book
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MS-831: Jack, Joseph and Morton Mandel Foundation Records, 1980–2008. Series C: Council for Initiatives in Jewish Education (CIJE). 1988–2003. Subseries 1: Meetings, 1990–1998. Box Folder 26 11 Steering committee. 15 August 1996. Meeting book, August 1996. For more information on this collection, please see the finding aid on the American Jewish Archives website. 3101 Clifton Ave, Cincinnati, Ohio 45220 513.487.3000 AmericanJewishArchives.org From: Alano. Ronmann CUE Fu : 212~::2M6 vole 1 . 212:c:J.Z-ZJtiU COUNC IL FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION • STEERING COMMITTEE New York, August 15th, 1996 CHAIR1'1AN'S NOTES MORT, OUR MORNING IS PRETTY TIGITT AS WE HAVE TO BE AT ITEM VON AGENDA BY 11.45 AT THE LATEST. PROF. SUSAN STODOLSKY CA.."NNOT STAY PAST LUNCH. 9.30-9.40 WELCOME I UNDERSTAND THAT ESTHER LEAH IS PLA1'mING TO BE AT OUR MEETING. YOTj MAY WANT TO SAY SOME WORDS OF WELCOME AND · MENTION HER BEING THE :MOST RECENT RECIPIENT OF THE JCCA BUILDERS AWARD - MOVING OCCASION. KAREN BARTH HAS JOINED CIJE AS OF AUGUST 1ST AS SENIOR • CONSULTANT A.'ID THIS IS HER FIRST STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING. ALL MEMBERS OF THE STEERING COMMITEE HAVE MET HER (WITH THE EXCEPTION OF LEE HENDLER), AS HAVE ALL THE STAFF. KAREN BRINGS A VERY RICH BACKGROUND FROM THE WORLD OF CHA.l~GE MANAGEMENT AND CONSULTING IN FOR-PROFIT AND NOT-FOR-PROFIT SETif.\GS, AND HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN SOME IMPORTANT WORK IN SYNAGOGUE TRANSFORMATION. W1SH HER EVERY SUCCESS AS WEANTJCIFATE HER "EVOLVING ROLE" WITH CIJE. 9.40 GO T HROUGH BOOKS 9.45 !\ilASTER SCHEDULE CONTROL ( I ON AGENDA) THIS IS AN IMPORT~~TTOPIC AS WE ARE PRESENTING NEW DATES FOR ALL OF 1997. (MORT, YOU AND I HAD SCHEDULED A STEERING COMMITTEE FOR OCTOBER I 997 WHICH FALLS Oc. THE LAST TWO HOLIDAY DAYS OF SUCCOT. JOSIE HAS THEREFORE NOT INSERTED THAT DAY - OCT 23, 1997 - ON THE MASTER SCHEDULE • CONTROL. Frcnn: Alan O.Holfmonn CUE Fax: :l12-63"2-2!l46 Valeo: 212-632-2360 Pago 3of6 Wodnud,ry,Augus tl4, 1996 7:5 11:21 AM 2 ON THE OTHER HAND., I WOULD NOT LIKE TO LOSE THE • OCTOBER 1997 STEER1NG COMMITTEE, SO COULD YOU AND I LOOK FORAN ALTER.NATIVE DATE AFEW MINUTES BEFORE THE MEETING?) 9. 55 -10.45 MINUTES AND ASSIGNMENTS ( II AND III ON AGENDA) JOSIE WILL READ THROUGH THE MINUTES AND THEN WE NEED TO GO THROUGH THE ASSIGNMENT SHEET. 10.45 -11. 45 1997 WORK.PLAN - STRATEGIC THRUSTS (TV ON AGENDA) MENTION THAT THE STAFF COMPLETED A RETREAT YESTERDAY TO DO A FIRST TIERATION OF THE 1997 WORKPLAN. CALL ON ADH TO REPORT AND FOCUS ON SOME CENTRAL ISSUES FOR DISCUSSION. 11.45-12.30 THE PROFESSORS: SUMMER 1996 AND BEYOND (VON AGENDA IN OUR PREVIOUS MEETINGS WE HAVE HEARD A GREAT DEAL ABOUT THE PLANS FOR THE SUMMER SEMINAR FOR PROFESSORS OF GENERAL EDUCATION. TODAY WE HA VE WITit US PROFESSOR SUSAl'i STODOLSKY OF THE lJNIVERSITY • OF CHICAGO. SUSAN STODOLSKY rs PROFESSOR OF EDUCATION A.1''D PSYCHOLOGY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. HER CURRENT INTERESTS ARE IN THE AREA OF THE VA.R.IOUS SUBJECT MATTERS OF EDUCATION AND THEIR IMPACT ON TEACHING AND TEACHERS' AJ\:D STUDENTS' BELIEFS. SHE DOES OBSERVATIONAL A1\fD SURVEY RESEARCH A.i'\fD TEACHES PROGRAM EVALUATION At'ID OTHER RESEARCH METHODS. SUSAN DIRECTS THE PROGRAi\1 IN MEASUREMENT, EVALUATION, AND STATISTICAL ANALYSIS. SHEW AS ELLEN GOLDRING'S TEACHER AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO. BARRY HOLTZ W ILL GIVE US SOME CONTEXT FOR THE PROFESSORS SEMINAR AND WILL THEN CA.LL ON PROF. STODOLSKY. 12.30 - 1.30 LUNCH - 11'-IVITE SUSAl\T TO STAY. • rN THE AFTERNOON WE WILL i3E JOINED BY RABBI DA.i"\INY ~. 3 LEHMAN, A PARTICIPANT IN THE GOALS SEMINAR rN JULY. • HE MAY ALSO JOIN US FOR LUNCH. 1.30 - 1.45 BOARD REDESIGN (MLM) VI ON AGENDA RECOGNIZE RABBI DANNY LEHMAN - YOU WILL INTRODUCE HlM A LITTLE LATER. SINCE OUR MEETING IN JUNE WE HAVE ALL HAD AN TIME TO MULL OVER THE ISSUES WHICH WERE RAISED. JOSIE REFRESHED OUR MEMORIES THROUGH THE MINUTES WHlCH WE HEARD THIS MORNING. ALAN, IN HIS REVIEW OF THE STAFF RETREAT, HAS ARGUED THAT OUR ULTIMATE STRATEGY FOR USING OUR OWN INSTITUTIONS FOR COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION MUST DEPEND ON THE BROADEST STRATEGIC VISION FOR CUE. I (MLM) WOULD LIKE TO SUGGEST THAT WE HAVE DEVELOPED, OVER THE PAST MONTHS OF DISCUSSION, A CONSENSUS ABOUT THE NEED TO EXP AND THIS STEERING COM11ITTEE TO AROUND 20 LAY MEMBERS AND OFFICIALLY CONSTITUTE THIS GROUP AS THE TRUE GOVERNING BOARD • OFTHECIJE. CAN WE GET TO CONSENSUS ABOUT THIS SO THAT WE CA.t~ PROCEED WHILE LEAVING THE "BOARD SEMINAR" AND TdE "CUE BrENNIAL" DISCUSSION UNTIL THE POINT WHERE WE HAVE A CLEARER SENSE OF THE LONG-TERM DIRECTION? 1.45 - 2.00 EARLY CHILDHOOD - UPOATE (VII ON AGENDA) GAIL WILL GIVE US A SHORT UPDATE ON THIS TOPIC BEARING IN MIND THAT SINCE OUR JUNE STEERING MEETING THE ENTIRE STAFF HAS SPEND JULY IN ISRAEL WITH THE TWO CIJE SEMINARS A1"JD THE JEWISH EDUCATiON RESEARCH CONFERENCE fN THE FIRST DAYS OF AUGUST. • rrcm-: Aranu.nU111n-w,-n-,,,....,c,-•:a, o1.,-a"""""'~... ~-··------------ --------------- 4 • 2.00 - 3.00 JULY GOALS SEMINAR (VIII ON AGENDA) INTRODUCE RABBI DANNY LEHMAN: RABBI DANIEL LEIDviANN IS THE FOUNDING HEADMASTER OF THE NEW JEWISH IIlGH SCHOOL OF GREATER BOSTON, A COMl\1UNITY JEWISH DAY HIGH SCHOOL. MOST RECENTLY HE SERVED AS THE UPPER SCHOOL PRINCIPAL AT THE BETH TEFILLA COMMUNITY SCHOOL IN BALTIMORE. HE rs A GRADUATE OF YESH1V AL UNIVERSITY AND ITS RABBINICAL SCHOOL. DURJNG THE 1993-94 YEAR HEWAS A WEXNER FELLOW AT CLAL AND TAUGHT LAY AND PROFESSIONAL LEADERS OF THE NEW YORK FEDERATION. HE EDITS "VISIONS AND VOICES" A COLLECTION OF CONTEMPORARYCOMMENTARIESONTHEHAFTORA DAN' PEKARSKY WILL PROVIDE THE CONTEXT FOR THE CIJE GOALS SEMINAR, HELD IN JERUSALEM IN THE SECOND HALF OF JULY. HE WILL CALL ON DANNY LEHMA..'-f • DISCUSSION REMINDER: NEXT :v!EETING IS ON OCTOBER 16TH, FOLLOWED BY BOARD MEETING ON OCTOBER 17TH. YOU MAY WA..'fT TO WISH ALL A SHANA TOVA. • 2: -i:i:,, ':) C/l ~ 1-j -3 rn 0 ::0 ) ... en n ::c t?1 0 c:: r m MASTER SCHEDULE CONTROL COUNCIL FOR INITIATIVES IN JEWISH EDUCATION - - - 1996 - - - - - - - - - - - - I - ________________ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Date Prepared: 8/9/96 -- - - 1997 --------------------- ----------- ELEMENT OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 1. Steering Committee N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. N.Y 9:30 AM - 4:00 PM 10/16 12/5 2/6 4/9 6/26 8/7 12/3 2. Executive Committee N.Y. N.Y. 6:00 - 7:30 PM 10/16 4/9 3. Board of Directors N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. 7:45-10:00 PM; 10/16 4/9 - 12/3 - 9:30 AM - 3:30 PM - 17 10 4 4. Sub-Committees: A. Building the Profession N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. 10/17 4/10 12/4 8. Community Mobilization N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. 10/17 4/10 12/4 C. Content & Program N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. 10/17 4/10 12/4 D. Research & Evaluation N.Y. N.Y. N.Y. 10/17 4/10 12/4 -- C·\CIJE\MASTSCHE. WPD MINUTES: CUE STEERING COMMITTEE • DATE OF MEETING: June 26, 1996 DA TE MINUTES ISSUED: August 7, 1996 PARTICIPANTS: Morton L. Mandel (Chair), Sheila Allenick, Dan Bader, John Colman, Gail Dorph, Adam Gamoran, Lee Hendler, Stephen Hoffman, Alan Hoffmann, Barry Holtz, Virginia Levi, Josie Mowlem (sec'y), Nessa Rapoport, Charles Ratner COPY TO: Seymour Fox, Ellen Goldring, Annette Hochstein, Lester Pollack, Dalia Pollack, William Robinson, Henry Zucker I. Master Schedule Control The master schedule control was reviewed. The December Steering Committee meeting will be held on December 5th, not 12th, in New York. The 1997 meeting dates will be available at the next meeting. II. Minutes and Assignments The minutes and assignments of May 1 were reviewed. m. Announcements Mr. Mandel warmly welcomed two new members of the Steering Committee: Dan Bader and Lee Hendler, both of whom were attending their first meeting. He announced the appointment of Karen Barth as Senior Consultant effective August • 1, 1996, initially on a part-time basis, leading to full-time by 1997. Until recently, Karen has been a Senior Engagement Manager with McK.insey and Co. and has specialized in helping organizations through change processes. IV. Luncheon Seminar The Luncheon Seminar, a forum for academics to come together, was held by CUE five times in the past year. The list of invitees was circulated. It was suggested that we might consider bringing in other organizations as co-sponsors. Assignment A copy of Professor Art Green's paper to the Board Seminar in November 1995 will be included in the invitation to the next Seminar which will be held in the Fall. V. Board Redesign Alan Hoffmann reviewed the previous discussion on Board structure. He noted the plan to expand the Steering Committee by 8 - 12 members, a process which has begun. This group, which would become the 'real' Board of CIJE, would continue to meet six times per year. The officers would be "folded" in to join the Steering Committee. Our aim is to keep leaders who have a serious commitment to Jewish education connected to our work. A CIJE "Board Seminar", held twice • c:\cije\minutes\steer626.96 2 a year for a day and a half, would take the place of the present Board meeting.