Student Advisory Committee March 2017 Report

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Brothers,

Below you will find an outline of what took place during the March Student Advisory Committee meeting on March 9, 2017. Si Si Ni of the WD took notes for the meeting. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to ask. You can reach me at zac@kkpsi.org or the whole committee at StudentAdvisory@kkpsi.org.

Keep Striving!
Zac

—March SAC – Minutes 3/9/2017—

  • Introduction/Attendance
    • Midwest: none
    • North Central: none
    • Northeast: Kylie Wolfe – President, Shanon Rubin – VP for Membership, Miranda Cook – Secretary/Treasurer, Helen Landers – Historian/Alumni Liaison
    • Southeast: Jerome Hall – Secretary/Treasurer, Evan Schlameuss – VP for Programs
    • Southwest: George Ishii – President, Arjun Jeetan – MAL
    • Western: Alyssa Mayer – Vice President Si Si Ni – Sec/Treas
    • National Leadership: Evan Thompson, Zac Humphrey, Ken Corbett(Curriculum Committee)
  • District Updates
    • Midwest
      • no update provided
    • North Central
      • no update provided
    • North East
      • Convention is next weekend!
      • People have the opportunity to record materials for NIB
      • Members will learn about the history of the convention site
      • There will be a talent show on Friday of convention
      • There will be a ceremony for the Brother we lost from Clarion
    • Southeast
      • Convention is 3 weeks away!
      • Road to SED
      • There will be descriptions about chapters in the SED
      • There will be guest presenters
      • The applications for District Officers have been sent out, but only 5 people have submitted packets so far
      • SED will have a student conductor for the reading band
      • Funds
        • Chapter Regalia Fund
        • SEDAA is offering scholarship funds
    • Southwest
      • no update provided
    • Western
      • Excited for WDC – 2 weeks from now
      • Offered 10 registration grants ($45 to each recipient)
      • Bro/Sis week leading up to WDC – shows appreciation between Brothers and Sisters. Includes themed days
      • There will be studios available to record for NIB
      • WDEC – Western District Ensemble Clinic
        • The district is inviting high school students to play in the reading band of Brothers and Sisters. This promotes KKPsi/TBS to the local high schools
      • Virtual 5K-fundraiser for National Convention
        • Each chapter is encouraged to set up their own website and have proceeds from registrations go towards the chapter travel fund to help members attend Natcon 2017 and future national convention
  • SAC Topic #1: Curriculum Development Update with Evan Thompson and Ken Corbett, members
    • National Curriculum
      • Comments from pilot chapters are helpful
      • At each district convention, there will be an opportunity to introduce the framework of the curriculum followed by a Q&A session
      • Looking at the new few weeks, the committee will organize pilot chapters to answer questions at convention
      • The committee will meet in April and June to review more feedback from students
      • All of the information will go to the Colonization and Membership Committee at National Convention
      • Some of the components of the new MEP includes:
        • Project-Based Learning (Portfolio)
          • The goal is to instill innovation and creativity among chapters
        • Rationale Document – purposes of KKPsi
      • Discussion on the National MEP
        • The WD only has one pilot chapter. What additional projects could chapters do with the new MEP?
          • Evan: There are guidelines for the interview process that are specific to the size of the chapter (i.e. more than / less than 30 members)
            • Candidate class interviews as a group
            • The national MEP provides the structure from the risk/liability standpoint
          • Zac:
            • Chapter identity is important, but we are Brothers of Kappa Kappa Psi
            • Encourage the membership committee to reach out to the National Curriculum Committee
          • Could lesson orders change?
            • When proposed at Natcon 2015, the committee recommended a specific order for 2 lessons:
              • Orientation have to be before initiation
              • Lesson 8 be given after 3rd Degree
            • The approach for the new MEP goes against the societal norms of being so focused on testing. WHY should we continue that in KKPsi? – which is why we are throwing that out
              • Focus on bringing quality members in the process and then help refine them as Brothers
              • The membership selection process should be the hardest part, not the education itself
              • It would be as rare as seeing Big Foot to not vote someone through
            • How can we gauge the success of the membership candidates?
              • Learning outcomes
                • The MC’s should be able to complete these. There are goals/expectations for what they should be able to get out of the lesson
                • They are at the beginning to explain to the candidates what they are going to learn
              • ED Moto – professional learning community for VPMs
                • The VPMs will automatically be on the roster for ED Moto after filling out the Chapter Summary Report
                • There are detailed lesson plans for how Nationals recommend your chapter teach each lesson
              • MC Reflection
                • Discussion with the membership class about what they learned
              • Initiate registration will be submitted before 1st
                • Should there be any changes, the president will be responsible for the revision of the document by removing the candidate name and providing reason(s) for the leaving of the candidate
                • This is helpful in case there is an incident on campus, nationals know exactly which members are membership candidates
              • It doesn’t have to be the VPM alone who is responsible for the education process. They should be the facilitator of the process. They will administer the high quality discussions of these candidates.
              • Brothers are there to model what being a Brother entails, not to think for the candidates.
  • National Council Updates
    • The VPSA page exists now with new and improved features!
      • It has a player built in to play podcasts
      • There’s a link to the page of all podcasts
      • RSS feed for council updates
      • RSS feed for SAC
      • Town Hall Buttons – help fuel conversations during town hall
      • FAQ section will be fully functional by National Convention
    • Service Conversation prior to convention
      • In April – soft launch for the Month of Service
        • Encourages chapters to take on/share an innovative project in the spring
        • There might be a competition aspect (awards involved)
          • Coverage of Delegate fees at National Convention
    • Survey feedback
      • Use data for 5-year leadership development plan and membership dues
      • Length of Survey
        • Some of the longer surveys might prevent people from completing the form
        • Increase the number of shorter surveys might increase participation, which also increases exposure for the topics
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