This week’s tip: Black History Month
What is your school doing to commemorate Black History Month? Do teachers and students know its history and purpose?
“Black history in the United States has been a proving ground for America's ideals. A great test of these ideals came with the Civil War and the elimination of slavery. Another test came a century later, in the struggle for practical recognition of the rights already won in principle—the abolition of legalized segregation and second-class citizenship.
The foremost purpose of Black History Month is to make all Americans aware of this struggle for freedom and equal opportunity. It is also a time to celebrate the many achievements of blacks in every field, from science and the arts to politics and religion. It not only offers black Americans an occasion to explore their heritage, but it also offers all Americans an occasion and opportunity to gain a fuller perspective of the contributions of black Americans to our Nation. The American experience and character can never be fully grasped until the knowledge of black history assumes its rightful place in our schools and our scholarship.”
-President Ronald Reagan, Proclamation Establishing Black History Month, 1986
From Bert Hendee, President NSIP Board of Directors:
Your NSIP Board of Directors’ most recent meeting was held prior to our National Conference on Wednesday, January 15, 2025. We seated our newest board member Jennifer McCrystal. Jennifer is a Principal in Hillsborough County, FL and has been a practicing SAM principal since 2014. Her voice and experience will be a welcome and critical one on the board. Dave Sechler was voted in as Secretary for the board.
As we have shared with you before, the board of directors meets two times a year in person. One meeting is held in conjunction with the National Conference and one in the summer either June or July. Two other virtual meetings may be held each year as well. At each meeting we have updates from each member of the board and the executive director. Our vision, mission, bylaws, policies and procedures are reviewed at each meeting as well. An annual board self-evaluation is completed as well as a performance review for the executive director. We are all educators and are passionate about this work and always working towards improvements in our performance and support of NSIP.
If you have questions please feel free to reach out to any board member at any time. https://www.samprocess.com/team
Leading Successfully When Viewpoints Differ: A Set of 20-Minute Tools https://bit.ly/NSIP_Toolkit You are welcome to share the link with colleagues and friends.
If you’d like to pre-pay for SAM service, and/or the conference next year, use this link to request an invoice: https://bit.ly/40GtA33
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