EDUCATION COMMITTEE REPORT

Post date: Mar 12, 2017 5:56:19 PM

MARCH 12, 2017 Education Committee Report

• • The 14 Education teams are progressing well in achieving respective goals

• • Two of the teams are progressing towards becoming committees

• • The Adaptations Team is writing an introductory pamphlet on “What is an Adaptation?” and will be presenting this pamphlet to participants at the Boston Gathering

• • The Adaptations Team is planning also to conduct a breakout session at the Gathering, which will launch it as a Committee

• • The Liaison with Inside Facilitators Team is recognizing the need for a Prison Coordinators Committee and also planning to use their breakout at Boston to invite Prison Coordinators to form a group; the Board will hear more about the progress and goals of this Team

• • The Education Committee is planning activities for the Boston Gathering— we will have a pre-conference one-day workshop on Diversity; an Education-Communication Room to showcase our resources and services; and will conduct four breakouts

• • Best Practices booklet (a collaborative product of AVP-I and AVP-USA) will be ready for presentation at the Boston Gathering

• • The Best Practices Team (AVP-I and AVP-USA) is reviewing feedback from facilitators on the Core Values document that was presented to facilitators on AVP-L; discussing ways to incorporate some of the valuable feedback from other facilitators