AGENDA

MONTANA QUALITY EDUCATION COALTION

BOARD MEETING

 

February 25, 2010,  9:30 AM-1:00 PM

MTSBA Conference Room

Helena, MT

                                                                                                                            

                                          

ITEMS FOR BUSINESS

 

9:30-10:30            Mountain States Transmission Intertie – John Fitzpatrick, NorthWestern Energy (description of project benefits for Montana schools-discussion)         

10:30-11:00          (tentative) Dan Villa, Governor’s Education Policy Advisor – discussion of Montana budget situation                               

11:00-11:30          Otter Creek coal development (discussion of recent Land Board decision and potential impacts on Montana schools)

 11:30-12:00          Discuss comments from General Membership Meeting; invitation from MREA to have informal meeting of two organizations at March MASS conference

 12:00-12:30          Executive Director’s Report; plans for replacement for Harry Cheff’s position on the Board

 12:30-1:00             Set MQEC dues for 2011.

                                    Closing comments - adjournment 

 

 

Dear Advocates for Quality Education:

Hello from Helena! My name is Mark Lambrecht and I was recently hired as the new Executive Director of the Montana Quality Education Coalition (MQEC). I’m thrilled to be chosen for the position and I’m anxious to get started building the coalition and working for the interests of Montana’s K-12 public education system.

The MQEC is embarking on a new strategic plan that seeks to work with Montana communities to build grassroots support to make sure the proper funding and systems are in place to support quality education for all students, retain and recruit teachers and develop students’ educational competitiveness. I’m going to hold community meetings throughout Montana to give educators, administrators, students, businesses, elected officials and others an opportunity to provide input on the strategic plan and help implement it.

Obviously, this is a critical period for public schools as Montana faces tax revenue shortfalls and reduced budgets for many programs. I want to work with communities to help schools continue to provide quality education for students and maintain their facilities in these challenging times.

The draft strategic plan is available below for your review and comments. It was developed during a two-day facilitated process last summer. The document includes a “statement of the problem,” some tentative positions and a commitment to gain input from education advocates in refining those positions into a new strategy for MQEC.

Also included for your review is a discussion draft of a proposed remedy brief for Montana’s public schools. The draft represents the collective work of a group of educators and state association representatives from throughout Montana. The group focused their efforts on assessing the unmet needs of public school children addresses the funding challenges facing Montana's public schools.

Please send your suggestions and comments to me at the following address:

Mark Lambrecht
Executive Director
MT Quality Education Coalition
1082 Crestwood Lane
Helena, MT 59602
(406) 594-2955
marklambrecht@bresnan.net

Click here to download the final report and strategic plan.

RemedyBrief.aspx

StrategicPlan.aspx