CONNECTICUT ASSOCIATION OF BOARDS OF EDUCATION

What an INCREDIBLE accomplishment for these students! 🙌 https://lnkd.in/g5JpnBiG

CREC held its annual Back to School event where 12,000 backpacks were distributed to students returning to the Hartford and CREC schools on August 14th! Seen here are some of CABE's Board of Directors, Meg Scata (Portland), Lydia Tedone (Simsbury), and Tyron Harris (East Hartford), along with Rep. Jeff Currie and CREC's Executive Director, Dr. Florio.

We ended yesterday's Summer New Board Member Orientation and Leadership Conference with an incredibly influential panel discussion with students Davinci Prado, Academy of Aerospace and Engineering, and Jessie Zheng, Amity Region #5. A special Thank You to Cherese Odukwe, Director of Student Activities, CT Association of Schools, for always connecting us with such bright young leaders.

Presenters Brian Flaherty, Vice President, Dan Tapper, Sr. Director, and Ashlyn Lower, Public Relations Associate, from Sullivan & LeShane Public Relations @CTLobby share strategies for a strong communications plan that boards of education should follow.

Patrice McCarthy, Executive Director and General Counsel and Nick Caruso, Associate Executive Director for Field Services and Technology, CABE, share the lessons learned through our Board Chair Mentor Program and Board Chair Check-Ins.

New Board Members get a crash course on The School Board’s Policy Role with CABE’s Sr. Staff Associate for Policy Services, Jody Goeler.

CABE’s Executive Director and General Counsel, Patrice McCarthy, Deputy General Counsel, Conrad Vahlsing, and Associate Executive Director for Government Relations, Sheila McKay talk Statutory Requirements, Legal Issues and Advocacy with new board members.

Panelists Leonard Lockhart, President, CABE (Windsor), Bryan Luizzi, Superintendent, New Canaan PS, Fran Rabinowitz, Executive Director, CAPSS, and Patrice McCarthy, Executive Director and General Counsel, CABE, have a discussion with participants on Roles and Responsibilities.

Andrew Ferguson, Co-CEO, Dalio Education speaks on getting young people back on track and shares a comprehensive study of Connecticut’s at-risk and disconnected youth.

What is YOUR why? There are 512,652 students in the state of Connecticut, and Every. Single. One. Matters. That is Commissioner of Education Charlene Russell-Tucker’s why. Dr. Russell-Tucker challenges everyone in the room to know their why. @EducateCT