Please submit your next “off to a good start” updates by Friday, Oct 5th at noon to gwyn.stetler@homeportohio.org
Welcome 4 Community Organizers and 16 AmeriCorps!
All Community Life Leadership Institute Training
DRAFT Schedule, Click here: CL Leadership Institute.staff.members
Note: Oct 3rd location changed from Fieldstone to Elim Manor
Homeport Community Life Department serves as a supportive service team for residents living in our affordable rental communities and scattered site housing. Centered on sustainability and stability, we provide multi-generational service coordination, out-of-school-time, leadership development programs, linkages and resources via AmeriCorps members, interns, volunteers, staff and community partners.
Scheduled Homeport Community Leadership Institutes: (teens and adults welcome!)
- Pheasant Run Community Leadership Institute – Oct 9, 6 pm
- Emerald Glen Community Leadership Institute – Nov 7, 6 pm
- Renaissance Community Leadership Institute – Nov 14, 3-5
- Marsh Run Community Leadership Institute – October (TBD)
- Framingham Community Leadership Institute – November (TBD)
- Scattered Site Housing @ Homeport – November (TBD)
- Parkmead Community Leadership Institute – November (TBD)
- Elim and Fieldstone Community Leadership Institutes – December
Community Life Leadership Institute: all Community Life Department Training Immersion, Oct 1 - Oct 12
For collaboration with your calendars, please see highlights, below
send “Off to a Good Start” submissions to gwyn.stetler@homeportohio.org or 545.4877 by Friday at noon.
Weekly Community Life Departmental Calendar, as provided
Diversities Training Moment: Religious Diversity Holiday Calendar, www.interfaithcalendar.org
Community Life Leadership Institute for staff and AmeriCorps members
October 1, 2012-October 12, 2012
Dream the Possible: Learn.Lead.Change.
First Day of Service: Monday, October 1, 2012
Location: Columbus State Community College, Center for Workforce Development building (315 N. Cleveland Ave) in Room WD-315. Parking Passes will be available. Please park in student lot with parking pass.
9:00-9:30am: Welcome (Gwyn Stetler, Director of Community Life)
9:30-Noon: Member Contract, Payroll, AmeriCorps Prohibited Activities, Health Coverage, Homeport Policies Paperwork, Grievance Procedures, Drug Free Policy, Parking Passes, Justice Talking books
CL Staff—Please arrive by 11:45
Noon-1:30pm: All CL Lunch—catered by Freshbox
2:00pm:-3:30pm: Welcome to Community Life: Community Development – Community Leadership Institutes. Community Organizing, and Community Collaboration Model: partnerships and collaborative leadership & Mission & Focus (Gwyn Stetler, Director of Community Life)
3:30-4:45pm: Breaking Boundaries (Annie Crane, Program Specialist)
4:45: Closing (Gwyn Stetler)
Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Location: Framingham Village (3333 Deserette Lane Columbus, Ohio)
9:00 am: Director’s Meeting
9:00am-9:30am:Volunteer Motivations Survey (Annie Crane)
9:30am-11:00am: AmeriCorps Handbook (Timesheets, Education Award & Forbearance, Request for Leave, Reporting in On Corps—Great Stories, Out-of-School Time Procedures) (Annie Crane)
11:00am-11:15: Childcare Forms and Benefit (Annie Crane)
11:15am-12:45: Position Descriptions, Service Plans, Goal-Setting (Annie & Gwyn)
12:45-1:30: Brown Bag Lunch, Leg Stretch
1:30pm-2:30pm: Performance Measures, On-Time Course Completion Forms, School Interaction, Registration for Fall Programming (Annie & Gwyn)
2:30-3:15: Newsletter and Monthly Report Training (Annie Crane)
3:15-3:30pm: Break
3:30pm-5:00pm: Service Coordination: Prevention, Referrals, and Crisis Intervention (Service Coordination Team: Alex Romstedt, Arnisha Gainer, & Deqa Mahammed)
4 pm Action Meeting with Finance/Accounting
Wednesday, October 3, 2012
Location: Homeport Training Room 562 East Main Street; Morning
9:00am-11:am: Homeport All Staff Meeting
11:00am-Noon: Day in the Life of Homeport Panel (Maude Hill, VP of Community & Government Relations; Morgen Wade, Grants Manager; Netta Whitman, Program Manager Pre-Purchase; Abigail Mack, Director of Homeownership; Myron Liebschutz, HR Manager, Craig Murphy, VP of Homeport Programs)
Noon-1:00pm: Lunch on Your Own
Location: Fieldstone Court (2850 Alum Creek Dr. Columbus, Ohio)
1:00pm-2:00pm: Community Life Service Plans (Gwyn Stetler)
2:00pm-3:00pm: Best Practices in Serving Seniors (Kim Lawson, African American Alzheimer’s and Wellness Association)
3:00pm-4:00pm: TBD
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Location: Far East Pride Center 2500 Park Crescent Dr., Columbus, Ohio 43232 (Near Pheasant Run)
9:00am-12:30: Children’s Hunger Alliance Meal Program (Robyn Watkins & Alison Beck, Children’s Hunger Alliance)
noon: Community Center Expansion Meeting, Homeport Main Office
12:30-1:30: Debrief and Case Review
12:30-1:30pm: Lunch on your own
Location: At Sites
1:30-4:00pm: Head out to sites to complete orientation checklist and meet property manager; meeting times are below:
o Emerald Glen: 1:30-2:30 with Debbie Champ (Property Manager), Laurie Moody (Columbus State ESL After-school Program Coordinator), and Deqa Mahammed (Service Coordinator)
o Bending Brook: 2:45-3:45 with Shawn Moss and Kathy Battle (Property Managers), Deqa Mahammed (Service Coordinator), Sarah Gange & Sebastian Ossa (Current AmeriCorps members)
o George’s Creek: 1:30-2:30 with Dionne (Property Manager), Annie Crane, & Arnisha Gainer (Service Coordinator)
o Pheasant Run: 3:00-4:00 with Miss Belynda Melton (Property Manager), Annie Crane & Arnisha Gainer (Service Coordinator)
o Marsh Run: 1:30-2:15 with Tami Jacobs (Property Manager) and Gwyn Stetler
o Renaissance Village: 2:30-3:15 with Miss Brown (Property Manager) and Gwyn Stetler
o Framingham Village: 3:30-4:14 with Lori Oglesbee (Property Manager) and Gwyn Stetler
o Parent Engagement & Volunteerism: 1:30-2:30 Lynn LaCour (Pride Center) to discuss office space; 3:00-4:00 with Rachel Arnold (Volunteer Coordinator) to discuss Parent Volunteer Engagement and Winter Wishes opportunities
o Elim/Fieldstone: 2:00-3:00 with Alex Romstedt (Supportive Services Manager) and Michelle Roberts (Property Manager) for a tour of Elim Manor. You can head to Fieldstone prior or after tour to view office space if you choose.
o Scattered Sites: next week
Friday, October 5, 2012
Location: Homeport Training Room; 9-4pm
9:00am-10:00am: Take-Home Grocery aka Backpack Program, Mobile Markets, Shop Thru, and Produce Distributions (Terry Mangano, Mid-Ohio Food Bank and Annie Crane)
10:00am-10:30am: Intro to Homeport E-mail (IT Department: Ben Douglass and Chris Hogue)
10:30am-11:00am: Mileage Reimbursement and Pay Stubs (Sherri Clark, Accountant)
11:00am-Noon: Volunteer Program & Winter Wishes Program (Rachel Arnold, Volunteer Coordinator & Annie Crane)
Noon-1:00pm: Brown Bag Lunch
1:00pm-1:30pm: Words from Sara Neikirk, Homeport Board Member and Community Life Advisory Council President
1:30-2:30: Community Life Grants and Compliance (Joe Powell, Director of Finance and Grants)
2:30-3:30pm: Resource Development and Event Planning (Lauren Ashe & Adam Proehl), Resource Development
Week 2: Community Life Leadership Institute begins Oct 8, 9 am
( by Robert Rhoads in Community Service and Higher Learning: Explorations of the Caring Self, 1997)
