Day Two Objective: To examine the critical issues in education and healthcare and understand how both impact our
community’s economic development and quality of life.
Connect Class 15 – Day Two – Thursday, February 7, 2013
Special thanks to our program day sponsors.
Volunteers
Mike Fellows, C-10
Program Chair
Missile Defense Agency
Abby Guasti, C-8
Program Vice-Chair
Crestwood Medical Center
Cassie Watson Scott, C-9
Program Director
Leadership Huntsville/Mad. County
Pam Sparks, C-10
Day Chair
Huntsville Hospital
Markeeva Morgan, C-11
Day Co-Chair
NASA
Victoria Cumbow, C-14
Day Volunteer
HudsonAlpha Institute
Courtney Guasti, C-14
Day Volunteer
US ARMY
Nicholas Sharp, C-14
Day Volunteer
Clearview Cancer Institute
Important Information for Program Day:
Parking Instructions
Location of Program Day
Time Reservation
Meals
Preparedness
Attire
Please note that we will be going into
the public schools on this program day
– please leave all firearms, knives,
mace or anything else that could be
considered a weapon in your personal
vehicle for the duration of the day.
Availability to Outside People
Please park your vehicles at HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
601 Genome Way Huntsville, AL 35806 (Cummings Research Park)
Morning Meeting Place: HudsonAlpha (see above)
Bus transportation for the remainder of program day
6:15am - 5:30pm program day portion
5:30pm -7:30pm – Optional Meet-and-Greet and Networking Event
Breakfast – Lunchroom Breakfast with Students at Rolling Hills Elementary
Lunch – Catered by Buckhorn High School’s culinary program
Review the attached bios for our day speakers
Round Robin update during lunch about Community Impact Projects
Free-2-Teach – Seven Core Items are Due
Men - Smart casual for men includes dress trousers—this includes chinos[2]—a longsleeve dress shirt, crewneck tees or collared tees, (tie optional), leather loafers or
dressy slip-ons, dress socks, a belt, and, if appropriate, a sport coat or blazer. Some
interpretations allow for sweaters and knit pullovers paired with button-down shirts;
especially v-neck sweaters.
Women - For women, it consists of slacks or a skirt (long or short), a blouse or
turtleneck, a fashionable belt, a jacket, a vest, or a sweater coordinated to the outfit,
hosiery or socks with boots, flats (leather, suede, or fabric), high-heel or mid-heel
shoes.
Very limited availability to answer calls or respond to emails
Connect Program Objective: To empower emerging leaders to positively impact the community.
Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.
- Nelson Mandela
Connect Class 15 – Day Two – Thursday, February 7, 2013
Day Two Agenda
6:15am – 6:30am
Arrive and Park – Please take your Free-2-Teach items with you on the bus
6:30am
Bus Leaves
We will be on Madison County Board of Education School Buses
*Please see “bus buddy” attachment
6:30am – 7:00am
Travel to Rolling Hills Elementary School
2901 Hilltop Terrace NW
7:00am – 7:15am
Welcome and Introduction
Allen Malone – Principal at Rolling Hills Elementary
Objective: To understand the definition of a Title One school and what that means for the students
and educators for that school.
7:15am – 7:30am
Title One Discussion
Rena Anderson, L-21 – Huntsville City Schools
7:30am – 8:00am
Breakfast with Students
Please go to your assigned classrooms and eat breakfast with those students.
Be sure to take your Free-2-Teach items with you and deliver to that teacher.
8:00am – 8:15am
Bathroom Break and Load Bus
8:15am – 8:45am
Travel time to Buckhorn High School
8:45am – 9:00am
Welcome and Introduction at Buckhorn High School
Todd Markham, Principal at Buckhorn High School
April McCutcheon, Assistant Principal at Buckhorn High School
Jennifer West, School Sponsor for Ambassador Program
Sarah Fanning, Curriculum Director at Buckhorn High School
Connect Program Objective: To empower emerging leaders to positively impact the community.
Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.
- William Butler Yeats
Connect Class 15 – Day Two – Thursday, February 7, 2013
Objective: To gain a better understanding of what purpose the local school board serves and what
responsibilities does each school board member have. To understand that our community has three
different ways of operating a public school system.
9:00am – 10:00am
School Board Panel
Laurie McCaulley, L-19, I-2
Huntsville City Schools Board of Education, District 1
Dr. Terri Johnson
Madison City Schools Board of Education
Mary Louise Stowe
Madison County Schools Board of Education, District 3
10:00am – 10:15am
Break and Change Locations – Move to Library (2nd floor)
Objective: To hear first-hand what the issues, challenges, successes and needs are of those
individuals that are interacting with our youth on an everyday basis.
10:15am – 11:15am
On the Front Lines of Education
Round Robin Discussion – see handout for instructions
Tracey Adkins – Kindergarten Teacher, Valley Fellowship Christian Academy
Anthony Graham – 7th and 8th grade Math Teacher, Discovery Middle School
Jennifer West – Risk-to-Intervention and Learning Strategies Specialist,
Buckhorn High School
Nancy Wolfe – Counselor, Huntsville High School
Allen Ray – School Resource Officer, Huntsville City Police Department
Gregory Hicks – Principal, Columbia High School
Jerry Lee – President, Rise School of Huntsville
Chris Townsend – School Resource Officer, Madison City Police Department
11:15am – 12:30pm
Lunch and Project Updates
Lunch catered by the Culinary Students of Buckhorn High School
Project Updates will be done at the small group lunch table
One member of each project group will update their table on the progress
and progression of their Community Impact Project
12:30pm – 12:45pm
Bathroom Break and Load Bus
Connect Program Objective: To empower emerging leaders to positively impact the community.
[Decoding the human genome sequence] is the most significant undertaking that we have mounted so far in an organized way in all of science. I
believe that reading our blueprints, cataloguing our own instruction book, will be judged by history as more significant than even splitting the
atom or going to the moon.
– Francis S. Collins
12:45pm – 1:30pm
Connect Class 15 – Day Two – Thursday, February 7, 2013
Travel time – Arrive at HudsonAlpha
Location – 600 Genome Way – Huntsville (Cummings Research Park)
1:30pm – 1:45pm
Unload Bus – Find Seats – Return Phone Calls and Emails
Objective: To discuss and better understand some of the major concerns and issues facing our
Healthcare system.
1:45pm – 2:45pm
The “NEW” Healthcare: Responding to Challenges
Brian Roberts, MD – Huntsville Internal Medicine Associates
Fred Coffey, Jr. – Attorney at Law, Sirote and Permutt
Steven Werdehoff, MD – Emergency Medicine at HH and Medical Director of
HEALS
Objective: To understand how hospitals are responding to current challenges in healthcare.
2:45pm – 3:45pm
Issues In Healthcare: Our local hospitals’ perspectives
Dr. Pam Hudson, L-13 – CEO, Crestwood Medical Center
David Spillers, F-15 – CEO, Huntsville Hospital
Objective: To understand how HudsonAlpha is an integral part of the Huntsville/Madison County
community and why having this non-profit organization in our community, we bridge the gap
between Education and Healthcare.
3:45pm – 4:15pm
DNA Extraction
Neil Lamb, Ph.D. – Educational Outreach, HudsonAlpha
4:15pm – 4:30pm
Bathroom Break
4:30pm – 5:00pm
HudsonAlpha Briefing
Holly Ralston, L-25 – Communications Director, HudsonAlpha
Victoria Cumbow, C-14 – Communications Specialist, HudsonAlpha
Connect Program Objective: To empower emerging leaders to positively impact the community.
I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The ones among you who will be really happy are those who
have sought and found how to serve.
- Albert Schweitzer
Connect Class 15 – Day Two – Thursday, February 7, 2013
Objective: Come together as a class and reflect on the experiences from the program day.
5:00pm – 5:30pm
Debrief
Inspire a Shared Vision - Leaders passionately believe that they can make a
difference. They envision the future, creating an ideal and unique image of
what the organization can become. Through their magnetism and quiet
persuasion, leaders enlist others in their dreams. They breathe life into their
visions and get people to see exciting possibilities for the future.
5:30pm – 7:30pm
Networking Social Event
The Scene at Bridge Street – located inside of Monaco Pictures
Please remember that this event is optional and you can bring your friends,
family, co-workers, employer, recruits, volunteers or other graduates with
you.
Notes and Reminders:
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Connect Program Objective: To empower emerging leaders to positively impact the community.