Affiliate Leader's Checklist

Things to Do

On a regular basis | In the summer | In the fall | In the winter | In the spring

 Things to Do on a Regular Basis

• Read and respond to communications sent to members of the ASCD Leadership Council and participate in ASCD Leadership Council discussions, if applicable.
• Keep in regular contact with student chapters in your geographic region.
• Participate in online or print surveys and in affiliate regional, president, or executive director and secretary electronic mailing list discussions.
• Keeping in mind ASCD's Diversity Plan and the affiliate's diversity strengths and needs, compile a pool of possible nominees for affiliate and ASCD officer, Leadership Council, emerging leader, and committee positions.
• Keep in touch with your Constituent Services director.
• Register for and attend the monthly L2L Web Seminars. View the online recordings of Web seminars you were unable to attend.
• Visit the L2L Ning community and share information with your fellow ASCD leaders.
• Ensure Joint Dues reports are current and all Joint Dues checks are deposited.

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 Things to Do in the Summer

• Register for ASCD's LEAP Legislative Institute and confirm travel arrangements with Constituent Partnerships. If you are from the United States, make appointments with your congressional representative or senator or their staff for the Day on the Hill.
• By July 1, provide ASCD with the names of your affiliate's representatives to the ASCD Leadership Council for the coming year.
• Submit the Affiliate Data Profile to ASCD by July 31.
• Submit your proposal for an ASCD Influence Grant.
• Nominate someone for the Outstanding Young Educator Award Program.

• Hold a board retreat for planning; use the Affiliate Developmental Continuum (ADC) ( 113KB) as a reflection and planning tool.
• Design an orientation for new affiliate board members.
• Review and refine your strategic plan with the board.
• For executive directors, review the Affiliate Leadership Handbook.

• Consider inviting a participating author from the ASCD Author's Forum for a conference or workshop in the upcoming year.
• Decide if you will need the ASCD traveling exhibit, promotional materials, or Whole Child resources for upcoming conferences and submit your requests to Constituent Services.
• Decide to whom you will offer complimentary ASCD memberships and send the completed forms to Constituent Partnerships.
• Decide if your affiliate will submit an application for an Affiliate Overall Excellence or Individual Area of Excellence Award and begin to compile your presentation.
• Decide if your affiliate will initiate an activity at the ASCD Annual Conference for attendees from your geographic region. If it will, request a form to reserve meeting space at the event from Constituent Services.
  

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Things to Do in the Fall

• Register for ASCD's Annual Conference and make travel arrangements. Make your housing arrangements for the ASCD Annual Conference. Housing is first-come, first-served and the cutoff date is traditionally in January.
• Consider supporting the attendance of student chapter members in your geographic region to ASCD's Annual Conference by participating in the ASCD scholarship program.
• Attend the ASCD Leadership for Effective Advocacy and Practice Institute.
• Submit applications for for an Affiliate Overall Excellence or Individual Area of Excellence Award.
• Apply to host a reception or special meeting at ASCD's Annual Conference.
• Widely distribute ASCD candidacy recommendation information.
• Vote in the ASCD elections.
  

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 Things to Do in the Winter

• Register for ASCD's Annual Conference and make travel arrangements. Make your housing arrangements for the ASCD Annual Conference. Housing is first-come, first-served and the cutoff date is traditionally in January.
• RSVP to Constituent Services staff regarding the Affiliate Recognition Luncheon, held during the ASCD Annual Conference. Two members from each affiliate are invited to attend.
• Decide if your affiliate will initiate an activity at Annual Conference for attendees from your geographic region. If it will, request from Constituent Partnerships staff the addresses of those from your region who are registered to attend Annual Conference, or download the information via Affiliate Access.
• Make arrangements for the affiliate's summer board retreat.
• Submit nominees for ASCD's Emerging Leader Program.
• Submit nominations for consideration for ASCD officers, the Nominations Committee, and other committees and work groups.
• For executive directors, participate in agenda development for the Affiliate Executive Directors Meeting at the ASCD's Annual Conference.
  

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 Things to Do in the Spring

• Gather data and submit the Affiliate Data Profile to Constituent Partnerships by July 31.
• Attend the ASCD Annual Conference. If you are a member of the Leadership Council, attend Council meetings at conference. If you are an affiliate executive director or secretary, attend the Affiliate Executive Directors and Secretaries Meeting at the Conference.
• Submit a proposal for ASCD Annual Conference by the May 1 deadline.
• Register for ASCD's Leadership for Effective Advocacy and Practice Institute and confirm travel arrangements with Constituent Partnerships. If you are from the U.S., make appointments with your congressional Representative or Senator or their staff for the Day on the Hill.
• Invite ASCD Emerging Leaders to join your affiliate.
• If your summer board retreat did not include a shared review meeting with your Constituent Services director, schedule an audio or video shared review meeting with the director, including members of your executive team.
• Renew your affiliate library membership.
• Decide if your affiliate will apply for an ASCD influence grant. If so, begin researching and crafting your plan or the grant's activities and costs.
  

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