CMENC Meeting 1/9/03 12-1pm, room 135 Lincoln Hall

 

Present:  Ruth, Nick, Elizabeth, James, Randy, Amber, Juliet

 

Instrument Repair presentation was scheduled today but is cancelled due to difficulty in getting it together.

 

1.     Northwest Conference

  1. February 14- 16, Fri.- Sun., at the Convention Center, off the Max line
  2. Registration due- $55, $5 for concerts, $85 per day for nonmembers, if you register the day of the conference, there will be a long line.

https://menc.org/connect/conf/nw2003/regform.html

  1. Preliminary conference schedule

http://www.menc.org/connect/conf/nw2003/nwschedule.cgi

  1. manning the PSU booth
  2. Hosting University of Oregon: a few students from U of O need a place to stay during the conference, Ruth, Elizabeth and Juliet volunteered to host a few people.  There is a youth hostel on SE 30th and Hawthorne that has cheap rates and is on a bus line.
  3. Nick’s information: reimbursement for attendance, Nick has met with people at Student Development, they have new staff that is being trained, they are going to call Nick about our status.  Nick thinks that we can get the entire $400 and that people who go to the conference will be reimbursed.  Up to 8 people can go and be reimbursed $50.  Everyone at the meeting said that they were going.  Randy is not a CMENC member.

 

2.     Follow up on GTEP

  1. Application deadline: Feb. 3rd for summer enrollment, apply in November ’03 for Spring ’03 enrollment
  2. Praxis test dates: test date 3/28 Registration 2/04, late registration is 2/11, test date 4/26, registration 3/25, late registration 4/1
  3. CBEST dates, test 2/8, registration 1/28, 2/4, test 4/12, registration 3/14, 4/1, 4/8, test 6/14, registration 5/16, 6/3, 6/10
  4. There are study books at the library for both the Praxis and CBEST tests
  5. The MSAT is not required for the GTEP program
  6. Willing counselor to talk to:  Emily de la Cruz, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, 503-725-4588, delacruz@pdx.edu

 

  1. Scheduling for 2003: our meetings are on Thursdays, from 12-1pm, in room 135 Lincoln Hall, Feb. 6, March 13, April 10 and May 8.  On Feb. 6th, the meeting will cover instrument repair or Kodaly.

 

  1. CMENC members contact information:  Juliet jleaslick@hotmail.com, Elizabeth ejoo@pdx.edu, 503-810-7739