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Reumors December 2020

HAPPY HOLIDAYS FROM THE

NAWD BOARD OF DIRECTORS!

Each of us on the NAWD Board of Directors wishes you a very joyous and memorable holiday season.

We look forward to 2021 with online Zoom discussions and programs and are planning for our 49th annual NCSA from December 3 to 5, 2021 in Boston, Massachusetts as health and safety protocols permit.

We hope that 2021 is a year filled with wonder and great success in your professional lives and activities and great times and good health for you and your family. Please stay safe as the battle over Covid-19 continues.

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KRISTIN GRIMM HONORED WITH NATIONAL EARL REUM AWARD

At the 48th annual National Conference on Student Activities, held virtually, the 2020 National Dr. Earl Reum Award was presented to Kristin Grimm of Nevada by Lori Kiblinger the 2019 National Dr. Earl Reum Award winner.

Kristin is the Director of Student Activities for the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada. She teaches and supports high school and middle school advisors of student activities while organizing district-wide conferences, tournaments, and academic competitions.

Prior to working in the Office of Student Activities, Kristin was a high school and middle school technology coordinator and special education teacher while always advising student clubs and activities. Kristin has been a frequent workshop presenter at NCSA as well as for the NAWD sponsored National Activity Advisors Clinic in Las Vegas (2019), at CADA and at NatStuCo. She served on the host committee for NASC/NatStuCo Conferences in both 2004 and 2017. Kristin also volunteers as a middle level counselor for the Prudential Spirit of Community Awards Program in Washington, D.C.

The Earl Reum Award was established in 1991 and honors the founder of our organization, Dr. Earl Reum. It is the goal of the award to recognize one individual in each of the eight regions in the nation for their role in leadership education and involvement in training advisors within the arena of student activities.

The NAWD organization is appreciative of the Jostens Corporation for providing plaques to each of the 2020 Regional Earl Reum Award winners and a plaque and specially designed ring to the National Awardee.

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NCSA 2020 OVERVIEW

The twists and turns created by Covid-19 have been a challenge for every individual and every school in our nation since March.

Up until the closures of mid-March, the NAWD BOD and our anticipated hosts in Massachusetts were busily planning on a great conference at the Westin Boston Waterfront Hotel. Those efforts were put on hold as we all monitored the situation in the nation while still working on workshop and Focus Group topics. By June, we began to seriously consider other alternatives as other conference like Vision and NatStuCo went virtual. We began conversations with our Boston 2020 and San Francisco 2021 hosts and their hotels. The decision was made in July that NCSA 2020 would be virtual and that the conference host planning committee would be the NAWD Board of Directors.

The NAWD BOD created five sub-committees and rapidly went work, looking at a schedule suitable for an online experience, identifying potential speakers. and revising and posting a new application for the Call of Presenters with an expanded range in that we would not be limited by the number of hotel breakout rooms, thus 35 workshops, 29 Focus Groups divided into two sessions, and 24 Meet the Pros roundtables were eventually offered. Lastly, we wanted to make sure that the Spirit of NAWD was included in this conference and thus 3 virtually social networking time blocks were create before or after the main program. Sometimes people just did not want to leave as the virtual games and activities were just so much fun.

One the major decisions that was made was to create a two tier-registration option allowing for those who wanted to view each of the keynote speakers and all of the 88 breakout sessions from mid-December through mid-June 2021. The “Enhanced” option became very popular for an additional $10. The second major initiative was to use the virtual format to encourage individual schools to take advantage of reduced registration fees based on 3-8 registrants allowing the enhance registration to be as low as $47.50. Twenty-three schools chose that options with attendances ranging from 3-22. Total NCSA registrations reached 330.

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Overall reaction to NCSA 2020 has been extremely positive. Even as we look to return in 2021 to an onsite experience in Boston, the 2020 experience opened our minds to additional ways to serve and expand our membership with virtually programs. We anticipate offering some additional Zoom one-hour discussions again in the new year for targeted topics or targeted audiences as we look to meet the needs of a more diversified group of activity advisors and those who work in schools to build a positive school culture particular as many schools continue to teach in virtual, hybrid, or modified onsite settings.

Please share with us at [email protected] your ideas and suggestions for NAWD in 2021 and beyond!

BREAKING NEWS: Leadership is NOT Cancelled!

“The NAWD Squad’, as the Board of Directors was renamed by a participant, incorporated the newscast format theme from the early news, to anchors, breaking news stories, weather to the final credits at the end of Sunday’s telecast. Great thanks go to the creative technological guru, David Brame and Dynamx Digital for flawless technology, easy clicks in and out of sessions, many graphics and creative programming.

The conference NEWS theme led to four major curriculum strands that were carried throughout the conference:

Networking and Resources Equity and Inclusion Wellness and the New Learning Environment Skills for Advising Leaders

Early News started with 30 minutes of welcome and interactive virtual icebreakers on Friday night. The Opening General Session began with a “Brady Bunch” introduction of the NAWD BOD. The session was keynoted by the renowned Mark Scharenbroich of Minnesota (see page 4). The evening session ended with the annual presentation of the regional and national Dr. Earl Reum Awards (see page 8).

After the session ended, there was more as Sandy Ginger and Terry D’Imperio created an additional hour of virtual fun activities where many attendees joined to renew old friendships and make new ones!

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Saturday morning began with a short “News Report” by NAWD President (and conference anchorwoman) Terry D’Imperio, followed immediately with attendees heading into one of 15 Focus Group information and resource sharing and discussion sessions. With a click, participations moved into the first of two back-to-back breakout workshops with 12 different options in each.

Depending on where NAWD members lived a break for Breakfast-Lunch-Snack followed.

The Second General session was opened with the second of three Parade of Ideas opportunities as several pre-recorded ideas were shown and participants were encouraged to pre-record more to be shared on Sunday morning.

A profound moment within the program followed with a video tribute to former NAWD Vice President Harry Bettencourt and the presentation of the first Harry Bettencourt Legacy Award to Andy Costanzo of Pennsylvania (see page 7).

The keynote of the session was presented by Erin Jones of Washington State who share her personal experience and related them to the times in which we now live while providing encouragement for the future.


The Saturday program continued with virtually presented Meet the Pros roundtable sessions. Twelve options were presented in the first two rotations, followed by 12 new options presented in the final two rotation. Thus, attendees were able to experience four different topics.

New for this year were Meet the Pros presentations by several organizations supporting scholarships or charitable causes. A Vimeo link to each of their Meet the Pros presentations is provided below:

Horatio Alger Scholarships https://vimeo.com/user7197157/review/490959633/fde29fd34c

US Senate Youth Scholarship Program https://vimeo.com/user7197157/review/491270927/b4d0903da8

Prudential Spirit of Community Awards, https://vimeo.com/user7197157/review/491268659/f494205959

Congressional Medal of Honor Society https://vimeo.com/user7197157/review/491270927/b4d0903da8

Four Diamonds Juvenile Cancer Mini-Thon Fund Raising Charity https://vimeo.com/user7197157/review/490960032/047a4ef26a

The session handouts for each of these five Meet the Pros presentations can be accessed through the Resources Library on the NAWD website (see page 9).

An enjoyable highlight of our Saturday program was NAWD weather girl Katie Keyes – it rained IDEAS!

Finally, Sandy Ginger and Terry D’Imperio created and hosted additional hour of virtual fun through social networking that captured the true spirit of the NCSA. Sunday morning again began with a short NEWS REPORT followed immediately with attendees heading into one of 14 new Focus Group sessions. With a click, participations moved into the third and final breakout workshops with 11 different options. A 30-minute breakfast or snack break followed.

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The final Parade of Ideas were shown, and Abdi Guled of Oregon presented the “Keeper of the Flame Award” to Ann Postlewaite, Lead Student Experience Director for NASSP. (see Page 7)

Blended throughout the three-day program were short and varied video vignettes pre-recorded by former students (ages 19-40) sharing their appreciation of the value of student activities in their lives and careers.

To cap off this conference feature the short but powerful video entitled “Let X = Student Activities” was shown documenting the impact that student activities have on individual students, their schools, and their communities. We appreciate the Alliance for Student Activities’ support in allowing it to be shown.

The Closing General Session was keynoted by Alvin Law of Canada. Alvin’s superb story-telling and his inspiration message provided the perfect ending to the NCSA-2020 experience. (see page 5)

In conclusion delegates were asked to react online to each of the following prompts:

I am…. I will… I learned…


AMAZING KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

CONNECT WITH NCSA DELEGATES

MARK SCHARENBROICH

By Terry D’Imperio

The NCSA kicked off the conference with a keynote from the great Mark Scharenbroich. Mark had us laughing, crying, and connecting with his message. The message included the six keys of an amazing school:

1. A Great Leader (Administrator) 2. Active staff collaboration that asks “what if” 3. High standards and expectations 4. A STRONG ACTIVITY ADVISOR 5. Symbols, Celebrations, and Traditions 6. Culture and Connections

Mark also reminded us with the story of the great Minnesota tradition of a meat raffle to “Buy a Ticket” and that you must be present to win. He also explained that the best schools are those which “Build a Culture of Caring” by connecting the dots. The question we should be asking is, “Who do we serve”?

The NCSA planning committee is grateful for Mark’s message that resonates with us all. Nice Bike, Mark!

ERIN JONES

By James Layman

Erin Jones, from Washington State, discussed the power and science of gratitude in our lives. Erin also reminded us all that self-care is a radical and imperative act of love for ourselves, and one that we all need to be more intentional with. She challenged us by

Reumors – December 2020 page 5 asking: “What are you doing to cleanse your spirit, mind and body’? Erin also asked that we ask ourselves, "What's in your hands?" It is important to go into the world with the gifts that we have and create something magical with them.

As educators, Erin prompted us to consider: “Who are young people in your school who need a nudge”?

Finally, in a year of turmoil, reflection, and increased awareness, Erin reminded that we needed to focus on the humanity, humility, and history of those around us.

ALVIN LAW

Combined reflections of attendees

Alvin Law is an outstanding storyteller, and his closing keynote combined the story of the challenges and successes of his life and lessons each of the attendees can take and learn from it. Through that lens he discussed and challenged us to believe in the impossible. He used the quote, "Some of the most significant moments of your life happen without you even knowing it." As NCSA participants shared with us, they recalled the power of his "Yes I Can" attitude and numerous personal examples of its importance that will not soon be forgotten.

The following are other attendee reflections of Alvin’s message:

"Alvin role modeled that is ok to bring up hard but needed conversations."

Another reflection said in terms of Alvin's speech: "Failure is the beginning of success. Sometimes it's the very people nobody can imagine who do the things that nobody can imagine."

Another was touched by Alvin’s reminder that "The job of leadership is to bring people together, not drive them apart."

In his thank you remarks to Alvin, NAWD Executive Director, Jim Finnemeyer said, “Alvin we thank you for those lessons of truth, reality, challenge, unbelievable inspiration, gratitude and hope.”


THANK YOU TO OUR

NCSA 2020 SPONSORS!

In order for NAWD to keep our conference registration as low as possible we reached out for sponsors more than we have in past years.

We greatly appreciate the following sponsors for their critical support of our 2020 National Conference on Student Activities:

GOLD LEVEL

Dynamx Digital

Jostens

Character Strong

The Beanstalk Project

Congressional Medal of Honor Society

CoolSpeak

BRONZE LEVEL

Spearity

The Possibility Company


TRADITIONAL NAWD SPIRIT

PROMOTED BY VIRTUAL SOCIAL NETWORKING

By Terry D’Imperio and Sandy Ginger

“The NCSA has always provided amazing speakers, informative Meet the Pros sessions and engaging workshops, but I think many would agree that the added benefit to attending this conference is the connections we make and the networking that happens when the day is done. This year was no different… well, maybe a little different. the committee started with two goals in mind:

1. To provide different types of easily accessible online methods for icebreakers

2. To meet and enjoy the company of like-minded professionals

Over the three-day conference, participants had the opportunity to meet up on 3 different occasions for social networking. During these times, we implemented activities such as a Kahoot Trivia game, Peardeck, zoom polls, Mentimeter (see above), Name that Tune, a riddle-based scavenger hunt, a Google


Forms based escape room, and an exploration of Google arts and culture activities. Random breakout rooms for different activities allowed attendees to work with a variety of people each day.

Another activity that really got folks involved was the team challenge. Teams of 8-9 people were randomly selected and were given certain challenges while filling out a Google slide deck over the course of the three days. Some challenges included sharing personal info, book recommendations, and pictures of who has the oldest car to number of grandkids! The Google slide deck was a nice “take away” for those who participated and many commented that they really got to know the members in their group even in a virtual environment.

The conference also brought out the fashion sense in all of NAWD Nation by having people bring out their best hats, crazy glasses, and awesome virtual backgrounds. You could nominate anyone using a Google Form.

The prizes included the new book by Houston Kraft (best hat – Roberta Bittel, NY) the new book by Dr. Michelle McGrath (best glasses – Lisa Graczyk, NC) and training programs from Ed Gerety (best background – Bruce Small, IL).

We would like to thank all those who participated!

CERTIFICATES OF CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE STILL AVAILABLE

Participants in NCSA-2020 who need or desire a certificate of attendance should contact the NAWD Registrar at [email protected].

Please allow a few business days for your request to be processed. Thank you!


MIKE ROLAND RETIRES AS SOUTHERN

REGION BOARD MEMBER – THANK YOU!

Mike Roland has served on the NAWD Board of Directors representing the Eastern and Southern regions since 2015.

Mike is a retired Student Council advisor at Plantation HS (22 years) and Coordinator of Student Activities and Athletic Director for the Broward County School District in Florida (29 years). He served as the Executive Director of the Florida Association of Student Councils for 12 years and created and directed the South Florida Leadership Training Camp. Mike has attended 43 of the 48 NAWD/NCSA conferences and hosted the NCSA in 2009 in Fort Lauderdale.

We thank Mike for his sage wisdom in board discussions, his counsel on the needs of advisors, and his help in always remembering the goals and philosophy of NAWD founder, Dr. Earl Reum. No one in the NAWD organization has been more of a champion of the Parade of Ideas during NCSAs and having those ideas posted on the NAWD website than Mike. We thank him for his contributions to advisor training and development, and for raising the banner of student leadership development and student activities for the past 50 years.

MELISSA SOHN ELECTED TO WESTERN

REGION SEAT

We are pleased to announce the selection of Dr. Melissa Sohn as a new member of the NAWD Board of Directors for the Southern Region.

Mel will begin her three-year term on January 1. She is the Student Council advisor at Lake Placid HS in south central Florida. Since 2016, she has been the Executive Director of the Florida Association of Student Councils and since 2007 the Curriculum Director of the South Florida Leadership Training Camp.

In July 2020, her proposal to grant honors credit for 2nd -3rd and 4th year students taking leadership class was adopted by the Florida Department of Education. Her Doctoral Dissertation was on the Impact and Benefits


of High School Student Activities. The NAWD Board of Directors is delighted to have this woman of great knowledge, commitment, and passion for student leadership development and the value of Student Activities join their ranks. Melissa welcome to this exciting new role with NAWD

SANDY GINGER RE-ELECTED TO WESTERN REGION BOARD SEAT

Sandy became a member of the Board of Directors in 2017. Following the death of Harry Bettencourt, Sandy took on the role of Vice President of the Board.

She now begins her second 3-year term as a Western Region Director. Sandy has attended the NAWD/NCSA conference since 1994 in New Orleans. In 2019, she was the host of the NAWD National Activity Advisors Clinic held in Las Vegas.

Sandy recently retired from the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, Nevada where she worked since 1987, mostly recently as CCSD Director of Student Activities. Sandy has also been an Executive Director of the Nevada Association of Student Councils since 1993 and hosted the NASC national conference in 2004 and 2013. An active member in the California Association of Directors of Activities (CADA), Sandy is a member of CADA’s Hall of Fame and was the Area H 2017 Bob Burton Spirit Award Winner. In 2007 Sandy was honored with the National Earl Reum Award.

NAWD BOARD OF DIRECTORS – 2021

Eastern Region: Terry D’Imperio [email protected] Lou Miller [email protected]

Southern Region: Katie Keyes [email protected] Melissa Sohn [email protected]

Central Region: Trisha Bemboom [email protected] Tom Heethuis [email protected]

Western Region: Sandy Ginger [email protected] James Layman [email protected]

Member at Large: Sandy Hillman [email protected]

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ANDY COSTANZO HONORED WITH FIRST HARRY BETTENCOURT LEGACY AWARD

On April 1, 2020 the National Association of Workshop Directors lost one of their greatest leaders and Western Regional Board of Director and BOD Vice President, Harry Bettencourt to Covid-19. Soon after Harry’s passing the NAWD BOD decided to honor him with a new award to be created and presented at the annual national conference. On Saturday, December 5th the Harry Bettencourt Legacy Award was presented virtually at NCSA-2020 to Andy Costanzo of Pennsylvania in recognition for longtime involvement in and promotion of, student activities, active participation in NAWD and NCSA, reflecting an indispensable kindness and welcoming spirit to others, and a strong commitment to lifelong learning, all traits that Harry exemplified throughout his life. Andy Costanzo has attended NAWD/NCSA conferences for 38 years. He has been a frequent presenter since 1982, emceed the NCSA Parade of Ideas since 2010, hosted the Newcomers sessions since they began in 2015, and been a Focus Group facilitator. Throughout his long career in education and student activities he has played numerous roles. Andy remains a member of the Pennsylvania Association of Student Councils (PASC) Executive Board since 1983 and has been a camp director for 38 years with a strong background in leadership curriculum. He was being honored by the Interboro School District in March for 50 years as Student Council advisor and Director of Student Activities and continues in that role, now in his 51st year.

Andy has been a consultant and has presented both student and advisor workshops in 35 states and China. In 1997 he was honored by NAWD with the Dr. Earl Reum Workshop Director of the Year Award and in 2003 by the National Association of Student Councils’ with the Warren E. Shull Award. Andy was the first person selected to present the Dr. Earl Reum Legacy speaker presentation at NASC in 2011. He has been working with NASSP the last four years with the new NHS Summit programs in several states. Andy Costanzo is the perfect choice for this first Harry Bettencourt Legacy Award. The NAWD organization is grateful for this opportunity to express its deepest appreciation to Andy for his outstanding involvement and leadership in student activities and leadership development and for his welcoming and caring personality that endears so many NAWD members to him.

ANN POSTLEWAITE RECOGNIZED WITH THE “KEEPER OF THE FLAME” AWARD On Sunday, December 6th, in a pre-recorded presentation 2019 Keeper of the Flame Recipient, Abdiaziz Guled of Oregon, surprised Ann Postlewaite, Lead Student Experience Director for NASSP, with the 2020 “Keeper of the Flame Award”. Ann, a former student council advisor at Roseville HS (Minnesota), a summer leadership camp director, and former Executive Director of the Minnesota Association of Student Councils has been an active member and presenter at NAWD/NCSA for 25 years. She was the host of NAWD/NCSA in 2007. Ann’s long-time leadership and advocacy for student activities and the training of advisors mirrors those traits of Earl Reum, her humor, laugh, smile and unique and constantly changing of funny hats exemplifies the joy that Earl brought to every gathering.

Ann received an original copy of the 1948 “Life Magazine” which featured high school senior, Earl Reum, of Denver, Colorado recognizing him for his passion and dedication to student activities and student leadership. Earl later went on to become the most noted speaker on the power of activities, their impact on both individuals and groups, and their impact on schools and communities. Earl, a prolific writer of leadership and inspiration materials, founded the National Association of Workshop Directors (NAWD) in 1973 with the sole purpose of using it for the training of educators in the field of leadership education. Earl passed away in December 2010 and again was written of in a national magazine when his obituary appeared in “Time Magazine”. The Keeper of the Flame Award began in Florida in 2009 when Bob Tryanski was organizing his thoughts for a keynote presentation. He recognized a central theme that ran through Earl Reum’s life and work. Earl showed us how to bring out the best in others in a myriad of ways. Earl showed us how to lift people up, to honor their achievements, and to personalize the way in which we recognize their contributions. In ending his presentation, Bob presented a copy of the 1948 issue of “Life Magazine” to Sarah Jones, the former Executive Director of the Connecticut Association of Student Councils. She turned this into an amazing idea in 2010 by presenting the magazine to another NAWD member, thus creating the “Keepers of the Flame Society”. Congratulations to Ann Postlewaite on joining this distinguished group of individuals who value and promote student leadership development!

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HOW TO ACCESS THE NAWD WEBSITE RESOURCE LIBRARY INCLUDING PRESENTATION HANDOUTS FROM NCSA 2020

Now that NCSA 2020 is in the books, it is a good time to review how to access the NAWD website Resource Library in general, and in particular the handouts from Breakout Workshops, Meet the Pros, and Focus Groups from not only our most recent NCSA but those over the last few years.

The first step is to visit our website at https://nawd.com, which was redesigned this past summer to be more user (and mobile device) friendly. Hover over the “What we Do” item on the top menu and select “Resource Library”, this will take you to our landing page to access the resources.

Scroll down and you’ll see six categories of Resources, each with a Google Drive icon. This will give you an idea of all the good stuff we already have…and will be building upon (with your help) in the coming years to create the definitive resource destination for Student Activity professionals!

Select “Workshop Handouts” (just click the Google Drive icon above it) and you’ll be taken to our shared Google Drive with subfolders for each NCSA since 2016. Then select the 2020 folder and you will see subfolders for Breakout Workshops, Focus Groups, and Meet the Pros along with a combined session list.

Please note that we are still gathering handouts from our over 80 presenters at NCSA 2020; at this time not all of them have provided one to us.

An important part of our Strategic Plan (yes…that’s in there, too!) is to not only establish this Resource Library, but to build upon it in the next two years. Part of this is the creation of a repository for the writings and works of our founder, Dr. Earl Reum. If you have anything that can contribute to this, please contact NAWD Board member Tom Heethuis at [email protected].

While you’re at our Resource Library, be sure to check out some of the many other resources offered in our Resource Library…including past issues of Reumors!

ENHANCED REGISTRATION: HOW TO ACCESS NCSA 2020 SESSION VIDEOS THROUGH JUNE 15, 2021

More than half of those who attended NCSA 2020 selected “Enhanced Registration”, which not only entitled them to be part of our Virtual NCSA but also to access the recorded video of General Sessions, Breakout Workshops, Meet the Pros, and Focus Groups directly through the conference site until June 15, 2021.

Accessing this is easy! We have placed a direct link to the conference site on the home page of our website at https://nawd.com under “What’s Happening Right Now”. Just click on that link, enter your username and password (same as for the Virtual NCSA) and you’ll be in the conference site with access to everything you missed…or already saw but just want to see again!

If you did not get Enhanced Registration originally but changed your mind and would like access to it, contact Lou Miller at [email protected] – for only $10 you can upgrade your registration!

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