Professional Development Committee, Co-Chair
Paul Kuntz
District Court Administrator
Office of the Court Administrator
Westmoreland County Courthouse
2 N. Main Street
Greensburg, PA 15601
E-Mail:  Paul Kuntz
 

Professional Development Committee, Co-Chair
Ellen Procida-Fisher
Training Coordinator
Superior County NJ, Atlantic/Cape May Vicinage
1201 Bacharach Blvd.
Atlantic City, NJ 08401
E-Mail:  Ellen Procida-Fisher 
 

Membership:

Richard Abbott, MD
Vicky Bartholomew, PA
Howard Beckford, NJ
Howard Berchtold, Jr., NJ
Meg Boice, NJ
Frank Carr, NJ
Kevin Cross, PA
Janet Fasy, PA
Norma Gates, VA
Elizabeth Guthridge, PA
Glenda Guzinski, MD
Granny Haney, DE
Don Heagy, PA
Marianne Kennedy, DE
Beverly Kirby, PA
Caroline Kirkpatrick Ph.D., VA
Thomas Lorito, NY
Renee Fleming Mills, VA
Michael Morrisey, NY
Sandee Nole, NJ
Rick Pierce, PA
Audrey Rigsbee, NJ
Mary Sammon, VA
Leslie Santora, NJ
John Saunders, NJ
David Seeman, MD
Jennifer Shultis, NJ
Myrtle Thomas, DE
Nina Thomas, NJ
Roberta Webb, PA

Charges:

This Committee is responsible for reviewing national and state literature from sources such as the National Center for State Courts, the Institute for Court Management, The National Judicial College, The American Judicature Society, the American Bar Association, the Justice Management Institute, etc., in an effort to see trends in court-related training topics.  The Association’s training needs should be assessed through surveys, interviews and collaboration with the staff trainers in all member states.  The following subcommittees have been organized to facilitate communication for the Professional Development Committee to fulfill the responsibilities delineated as follows:

• Work with Board to develop and coordinate educational goals and plans for mid-year conference;
• Develop educational curriculum for the mid-year subject to approval of the Board;
• Contact and procure speakers for conference and make all course arrangements; and
• Develop workshop requirements and descriptions and forward to the chair of the Conference Committee at least 45 days prior to the upcoming event.

• Work with Board to develop and coordinate educational goals and plans for annual educational conference;
• Prepare annual educational curriculum subject to the approval of the Board;
• Contact and procure speakers for conference and make all course arrangements;
• Develop workshop requirements and descriptions and forward to the Chair of the Conference Committee at least 45 days prior to the upcoming event.

The Chairs of the Professional Development Committee will:

• Prepare the Professional Development Committee’s Report for submittal to the Board one week prior to Board meetings;
• Write articles on the committee’s accomplishments for the spring, summer and winter issues of The BEACON; and
• Tabulate workshop evaluations and present results at the December Board meeting.

The following timelines have been developed to provide guidance in fulfilling the duties and responsibilities of the Professional Development Committee:

October:

• Discuss at post conference Board Meeting educational goals and plans for annual and mid-year conferences.

December:

• Professional Development Committee to meet the day before the December Board Meeting to discuss potential speakers and course topics for upcoming mid-year and annual conferences and report to the Board.
• Delegate tasks, including workshop liaisons, and hand out Initial Speaker Information Form to committee members with deadlines for completion.

January-February:

• Contact potential speakers and obtain commitments for mid-year and annual and gather information to complete the Initial Speaker Information Form.
• Develop educational grid for mid-year and annual conferences.

March:

• Provide completed Initial Speaker Information Forms to the Chair of the Conference Committee and Workshop Coordinator with pertinent information for speakers - name, address, telephone number, facsimile, e-mail address, course name and course description.  Prepare draft program for the Annual Conference.

April:

• Finalize mid-year conference and send announcement to Chair of Communications Committee and Website Coordinator to send to members through the ListServ.  Finalize the program for the Annual Conference and forward to Beacon as insert.

May:

• Make final preparations for mid-year conference.  Schedule telephone conference to discuss parameters. 

June-July:

• Tabulate mid-year conference evaluations for workshops and present results to the Board at the next Board Meeting.

August-October:

• Make final preparations for annual conference. Schedule telephone conferences to discuss parameters.
• Recruit committee members, if needed, to Host and/or Report for workshop sessions at the annual conference.
• Coordinate with Chair of the Conference Committee to ensure that speakers’ audiovisual needs have been met

November-December:

• Tabulate annual conference evaluations for workshops and present results to the Board at the December Board Meeting.