FACILITATOR AGENDA ED FORUM: Where the Mountains Meet the Rivers August 3-5, 2016 Morganton Community House, 120 N. King St., Morganton, NC 28655

The ED Forum will provide Smart Start Executive Directors with opportunities to: --Be inspired --Learn new things that are meaningful to them and to their partnerships --Exchange and apply energizing ideas --Connect with fellow state-wide leaders

Agenda

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Day 1 – Wednesday, August 3, 2016

12:00-1:00 Registration (on-site) Nadine Tucker, Design Team Member and Vickie Deal, Burke County Smart Start 1:00-1:30 Welcome, Icebreakers and Forum Mike Linker, Kathy Smith, Marta overview Koesling, Pam Dowdy, Design Team Members

Conversation guidelines  Step up--Take risks, and bring your experiences and  Stay engaged--Staying engaged is a refusal to let wisdom to the “table.” (Speak so that all can hear & use your mind “check out” of the conversation while microphone leaving your body in place. It’s a personal commitment each person makes, regardless of the engagement of others.

 Make room--While it’s important for each of us to use  Make your assumptions transparent--Let others our voice, it’s also imperative that we make room for know what's going on behind your thinking and everyone’s voice. Thus this norm is not only about ask others to do so as well ("What leads you to making space, but also about listening to what others conclude that?”) say. Think about what it will take to make room to really hear other people.

 Maintain confidentiality--To support each other in our risk-taking we agree to keep our conversations here. In other words, “what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas.” (Respect the boundaries of others by not posting pictures on Facebook without their permission).

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1:30-2:15 NCPC Conversations Cindy Watkins, President and Updates, information and NCPC Staff discussion Topics include: Updates on the Accountability Plan, Brand Implementation and deadlines, Legislative Updates, Standard Outcomes (and connection to Pathways work), NCPC Goals in 2016-17 and current organizational chart 2:15-2:30 Break

2:30-4:00 NCPC Conversations… See above continued 4:00-4:15 Brags, evaluations and closing Facilitators remarks

5:00 Reception/BBQ hosted by Burke County Smart Start at Catawba Brewing http://catawbabrewing.com/loca tion

Evening. On your own

Day 2 –Thursday, August 4, 2016

9:00 – 9:30 Networking and Welcome Facilitators

9:30-11:00 New Changes to the Fair Labor Standards Kenny Colbert, SPHR, SHRM-SCP, Act/Overtime Rules: How President, The Employer’s It Will Affect Your Partnership Association

11:00-11:15 Break

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11:15 –12:30 Coaching for Performance vs. Kenny Colbert, see above Termination

12:30 – 1:30 Lunch

1:30-2:15 NC Pathways for Michelle Hughes, President Grade Level Reading NC Child

2:15-2:3o Break

2:30-4:00 NC Pathways Continued and Panel Michelle Hughes, see above Presentation Panel: Amy Barry, ED Buncombe Partnership for Children, Charles Ivey, ED Partnership for Children of Wayne County

4:00-4:30 Closing Comments, Picture Facilitators Activity and Evaluation

Dinner on Your Own Day 3 – Friday, August 5, 2016

9:00– 9:15 Welcome and Agenda Facilitators Overview 9:15-10:30 NCPC Cost Principles and Match James Dodson, Chief Operating Requirements Officer and Matt Gross, Policy Director, NCPC 10:30-10:45 Break 10:45-11:30 DCDEE Updates/Q&A Dr. Pamela Shue, DCDEE Director

11:30-Noon The BIG Brag & Evaluation Facilitators

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