Leadership Development

Empowering Member’s Ability to Advocate for Marginalized Populations

• Establish a Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Committee
• Identify priorities for the DEI committee
• Develop a strategy to implement the committee priorities

Mentor New Directors

• Host an annual new director orientation in July
• Identify & analyze current mentorship practices
• Research mentorship practices of other CASE units
• Develop & implement new mentorship practices
• Develop a two-year system of on-going support for new directors
• • Host quarterly connection points for mentors/mentees to maintain relationships and provide additional professional learning

Engage Members

• Develop a new/additional forum for members with similar needs & demographics to engage & network
• Develop a system for identifying and lifting up members via volunteer opportunities within the organization

Recognize & Honor Members

• Establish ICASE awards that align with CASE awards
• Develop a nomination and selection process for the annual awards recognition
• Submit ICASE award nominees to CASE by June 1st for consideration of national recognition.

Increase Membership

• Set a metric for membership growth
• State: Increase our number of members from charter schools
• State: Investigate a membership strategy to support coordinators, department heads, and case conference coordinators
• Nationally: Create an efficient, user-friendly system for members to manage dues & enrollment for ICASE, CASE, & CEC in one system
• Develop a system for onboarding new members

• Increase diverse population within our membership (ASELI)

Enhance the Sustainability of Our Professional Development

• Develop a plan for conferences with dates, locations,& keynotes 24 months in advance
• Develop a PD Committee logistics calendar
• Identify a strategy to differentiate professional development based on the needs of our members

Fiscal Sustainability

Finalize Fiscal Policies

• Board Member Expense Reimbursement
• Budget Process
• Investment Policy
• Reserves Policy

Increase Association Revenue

• Invest surplus funds into a new account to grow interest
• Investigate how other CASE Units generate revenue
• Investigate the option of fundraisers
• Identify grant opportunities
• Clarify the categories and benefits of vendors and sponsors
• Increase the number of vendors and sponsors who support ICASE
• Consider scholarship opportunities to grow membership
• Study membership dues
• • Collect data on if membership dues are district or personal expenses
  • Collect data on the membership dues of other CASE units

Implement a Revenue Source Solution for Roundtables

• Identify a sustainable method to generate annual revenue for roundtables
• Plan & implement webinars to provide professional development that is responsive to issues in the field and will generate revenue for Roundtables

Actively Engage Sponsors & Vendors

• Clearly articulate annual opportunities for vendors & sponsors to support ICASE
• Define the process to support our sponsors & vendors

Advocacy & Political Influence

Engage Member Voices

• Create an ongoing training for ICASE Members to increase comfort and frequency with advocacy
• Develop & implement a plan to proactively engage our members with legislators as a way to build relationships and capital. (High Five for Legislators)

• Create Google Form to collect responses from RT to gain feedback

Unify ICASE Voice

• Annually develop a platform as a tool for members to know and speak on our most important issues
• Study & share information on state & federal policies that impact our field
• Article 7 Workgroup - Maintain an active group of ICASE members who are willing to discuss and provide feedback on changes and enhancements to Article 7

KWK

Build & Maintain Relationships

• Indiana Department of Education
• • Engage the State Director of Special Education at Executive Committee Meetings
• IN*Source
• • Hold regular meetings with the IN Source Director
  • Identify one joint project
• Institutes of Higher Education (IHE)
• • Reignite the University Forum
• ICASE Liaisons
• • Define the expectations of the ICASE liaisons by developing written procedures for selecting, onboarding, and communicating with liaisons.
• Indiana CEC and CASE
• • Identify additional ways to connect with Indiana CEC
  • Identify additional ways to connect with CASE
    

Positively Promote the Profession & Address the Special Educator Personnel Shortage

Develop, share, & Implement solutions to address the shortage of special education personnel

• Collaborate with the Indiana Department of Education and maintain ongoing communication on strategies we can implement in the field that will be supported by the Department
• • Letter submission to State Superintendent outlining field concerns
• State approval of ASSET for attainment of special education licensure credentials of currently licensed educators to meet the emergency permit requirements
• Education As A Critical Infrastructure Conference: Attract, Prepare, Retain
• Evolution of ASSET to also:
• • serve as an ICASE PD product for teacher retention and development
  • coordinate & implement special education Grow Your Own Pathways
• Strategic messaging to bring awareness to the issues
• • Meeting with Dr. Jenner
  • Chalkbeat Reporter
  • ICASE Brief on these topics

Promote a positive perception of the profession

• CEC’s 100 stories
• Plan for 60th anniversary messaging
• Cultivate sense of belonging and connectivity 
  

Active Voice

Ensure our communications & actions align with our bylaws

• Put procedures in place to monitor term rotations
• Develop organizational procedures

Enhance ICASE platforms to engage communication among our membership

• Website
• • Meets the needs of our members
  • Provides an emotional connection & sense of belonging
  • Archives resources in an easily accessible manner
• Social media
• Email blasts (2x month)