Here is the latest from CEF. Mostly internal news. Thanks again to all of you for continuing to entrust me as your CEF representative — I was elected vice president this year, and as I said in my statement to the members, I’m really pleased and honored to represent adult ed on the CEF board. I’m also really pleased that Ron Painter from the National Association of Workforce Boards has been appointed to the board, so that workforce is now represented for the first time at the board level. I will have another email or two to send you before Christmas, but for all of you who are planning to shut down your email machine tomorrow to get a head start on the long weekend, happy holidays! Jeff > Begin forwarded message: > > From: Sheryl Cohen <cohen@cef.org> > Subject: CEF Update: 12.21.16 - message from CEF's new President > Date: December 21, 2016 at 4:52:52 PM EST > To: CEFMembersList <CEFMembersList@cef.org> > > > > > Wednesday, December 21, 2016 > > Dear CEF Members: > > I. Message from CEF’s new President, Jocelyn Bissonnette > > Dear CEF Community, > > It’s an honor to serve as CEF President this year. Below is the 2017 Board of Directors. The number of nominations this year was a high-water mark. This is a testament to the strength of our coalition, which is great. We’re going to need that strength in the coming year. I am finalizing committee chair appointments and will announce them in the new year. > > Over the last seven and a half years, I have watched this coalition evolve and participated in its growth – we have 35 more member organizations now than when I started. But we have a lot of work to do. We must educate the new Congress and the incoming Administration on the importance of federal education funding, broaden Hill support, lead the fight against sequestration and other funding cuts, and fine-tune a long-term strategy that ensures increased investments in the programs we all care about. Some of my internal priorities for CEF this year include growing the membership, updating our events to have more of a constituent face, improving on-boarding of new CEF members, and engaging current members to build the pipeline of future CEF leaders. > > This work all begins at the annual membership retreat. Please plan to attend on the morning of January 27. The retreat will be a forum to kick off our committee work for the year, and have a follow-up discussion on the exciting initiatives you heard from Sheryl at the annual meeting (messaging, website, gala format, etc.). We need your engagement now more than ever. > > As a final note, I want to encourage you to reach out directly to me, the officers, and the ACG team to offer suggestions or constructive feedback. I look forward to all the important work ahead of us in 2017. > > Officers > Past President: Makese Motley, American Association of State Colleges and Universities > President: Jocelyn Bissonnette, National Association of Federally Impacted Schools > Vice President: Jeff Carter, National Coalition for Literacy > Treasurer: Megan Wolfe, ASCD > > Board, 2-Year Slots > Ally Bernstein, International Society for Technology in Education > Luis Maldonado, Hispanic Association of Colleges and Universities > Joshua Westfall, National PTA > Corey Williams, National Education Association > > Board, 1-Year Slots > Sarah Cohen, American Federation of Teachers > Jim Gelb, The California State University > Myrna Mandlawitz, MRM Associates, LLC > Noelle Ellerson Ng, AASA The School Superintendents Association > > President’s Board Appointments > Kimberly Jones (1-year), Council for Opportunity in Education > Cyndy Littlefield (1-year), Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities > Ron Painter (2-year), National Association of Workforce Boards > Kuna Tavalin (2-year), Washington Partners > > Best, > > > <http://www.facebook.com/NAFISSchools> <http://www.twitter.com/NAFISSchools> > Jocelyn Bissonnette > Director of Government Affairs > National Association of Federally Impacted Schools > > (202) 624-3614 Direct > (202) 624-5468 Fax > > jocelyn@NAFISDC.org <mailto:jocelyn@NAFISDC.org> > www.NAFISDC.org <http://www.nafisdc.org/> > > > > II. Internal CEF Administration > > · 2017 CEF budget – I have attached the final 2017 budget approved by the full membership at Friday’s meeting. > > · Board Appointments – The CEF Board is composed of those voted in during Friday’s annual election and the 4 members appointed by the President (noted above). Per CEF’s bylaws, starting with the next CEF election all non-officer board members will have two-year terms, with half the spots open each year – four to be filled by the vote of CEF membership and two by appointment from the President. Officers will continue to selected by vote for one-year appointments. > > > III. Policy Intelligence and Education News > > · National PTA job opening – National PTA is seeking a Senior Manager of Advocacy to build the advocacy capacity and skills of parent volunteers and increase and support their engagement as key stakeholders in the implementation of the Every Student Succeeds Act at the federal, state and local levels. The job description is posted on Careers at National PTA <http://www.pta.org/about/content.cfm?ItemNumber=5083&navItemNumber=550>. Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume and salary requirements to hr@pta.org <mailto:hr@pta.org>. Please include “Senior Manager of Advocacy” in the subject line. > > · AERA Congressional Fellowship – AERA is now accepting applications for the 2017-2018 AERA Congressional Fellowship. The fellowship is a year-long opportunity, running from September 1st through August 31st, to use education research skills to inform public policy in a Congressional office in Washington, D.C. The deadline to apply is January 17, 2017. More information about the Fellowships is available online at: http://www.aera.net/Research-Policy-Advocacy/AERA-Congressional-Fellowship <http://www.aera.net/Research-Policy-Advocacy/AERA-Congressional-Fellowship> or email congressionalfellows@aera.net <mailto:congressionalfellows@aera.net>. To apply to the fellowship, click here <http://forms.logiforms.com/formdata/user_forms/7993_9562493/340126/page1.html?cachebust=163>. > > My best, > > Sheryl > > > Sheryl V. Cohen, Executive Director > > 1800 M Street, NW > Suite 500 South > Washington, DC 20036 > T: 202-327-8125 > cohen@cef.org <mailto:cohen@cef.org> > www.cef.org <http://www.cef.org/> >