TEA Advocacy Conference

Submitted by rudy on Thu, 06/30/2011 - 1:03pm

 

The Advocacy Conference is an exciting event held each fall with many opportunities to enhance skills and increase knowledge of collective action. Challenges exist from changes generated through the Tennessee First to the Top/Race to the Top participation, budget constraints due to limited revenue on the state and local level government, revamping the Evaluation System and local issues.

 

 


 

Conference Details
Who: 

Attendance is by invitation only. Registration must come through the local association president. 

Sessions: 

Participants will rotate through 4 presentations Saturday:

  1. Organizing local action committees is essential  to providing structure for involvement in political organizing, creating local political action committees and reinvigorating existing political action committees.
  2. This session will assist local associations in creating a road map for success through campaign planning, getting out the vote, making every vote count and recruiting and utilizing volunteers.
  3. Knowledge of different types of member-to-member communications and knowledge of message development in creating messages for internal and external use will enhance advocacy at all levels.  Participants will learn to differentiate the message for the various audiences and assess its effectiveness.
  4. Participants will learn basic tenets of organizing and review the impact of these on member-to-member organizing and campaigns.   Participants will explore concepts and practices involved in advocating the Association’s issues.

Participants will rotate through 3 presentations Sunday:

  1. Participants will discuss key educational issues and review the voting records of legislators on these key educational issues.
  2. Knowledge is power in advocating for members. Participants will learn the available resources from TEA and how to use them effectively.
  3.  Advocating in instructional issues; participants will review results of TELL TN in advocating for improving teaching/learning conditions for Tennessee teachers and students. 
When: 
Sat, 10/29/2011 - 8:00am - Sun, 10/30/2011 - 12:30pm
Where: 

Embassy Suites Hotel
Murfreesboro, TN

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