Schedule PDF - Christian Child and Family Services Association

Christian Child and Family Services Association 63rd Annual Conference Sunday, April 10, 2016 3:00 – 5:00 pm Registration Big Spring Foyer 6:00 – 9:00 pm Opening Banquet and Keynote 1 Now is the Time to Speak Up (Prov. 31:8) – Dr. Harold Shank Big Spring B/C/D Monday, April 11, 2016 7:30 – 8:00 am Registration for Late and Day One Participants Big Spring Foyer Big Spring C/D 8:00 – 8:25 am Morning Devotional The Prayer of Two Mothers – Mark Maybrey and Lee Milam 8:30 – 9:30 am Plenary 1 Hot Button Topics for Faith-­‐Based Employers in 2016 and Beyond – Matt Stiles Big Spring C/D New overtime regs, minimum wage changes, and mandatory sick leave. Looking ahead, what’s next? Welcome to the Rocket City Embassy Suites and Spa Huntsville, Alabama April 10 – 13, 2016 9:30 – 9:45 am Coffee and Tea Break Big Spring Foyer 9:45 – 10:30 am Breakout 1 The Alpha of Employment Law: Best Practices Big Spring D In Hiring for Faith-­‐Based Non-­‐Profits, Part 1 – Matt Stiles As you try to find the best employees for your agency, there are things you can say and do… and there are things you can’t. Do you know the difference? Self-­‐Care in Social Work: Instituting a Proactive Plan to Prevent Compassion Fatigue – Dr. Hazel Arthur and Amy Crossland Caring for others – even helping them care for 1:15 – 2:00 pm Breakout 3 The Omega of Employment Law: Best Practices In Firing for Faith-­‐Based Non-­‐Profits, Part 1 – Matt Stiles Termination is no longer an event; instead it’s a themselves – can be hard work. What can you do to prevent compassion fatigue – burnout – before it sets in? Business Continuity and Disaster Planning: From Natural Disasters… Part 1 – Brad Huffines Wherever you live, natural disasters are bound to Big Spring C Big Spring B happen. From the tornadoes of the Southeast to the droughts of California, from the blizzards of the northeast to the tropical storms of the Gulf, what do you need to know and do to keep your operation running smoothly? 10:45 – 11:30 am Breakout 2 The Alpha of Employment Law: Best Practices In Hiring for Faith-­‐Based Non-­‐Profits, Part 2 – Matt Stiles Big Spring D Give and Take: The Dynamic Relationship Big Spring C Between Social Work Education and Employment – Dr. Hazel Arthur, Kim Baker-­‐Abrams, and Cayce Watson What do you, as a future employer, need from our Schools of Social Work? And what do our Schools of Social Work need from you, as a provider of field placements and internships? This is your chance to share with people who can make a difference. A GPS Faith: Helping Adolescents Navigate Big Spring C Technology Successfully, Part 1 – Dr. Walter Suracki These sessions will explore how technology impacts Business Continuity and Succession Planning: Big Spring B Planning Your Own Goodbyes – Dr. Jim Wright If given the opportunity, each of us will at some point process that begins well before the day of separation. What do you need to know, do and say to protect yourself from a messy lawsuit and/or a damaged reputation? adolescents’ social world and world view. They will provide valuable information about the internet, social media, and other forms of technology regularly consumed by today’s teens. decide that it’s time to step aside and allow someone else to lead the agency we’ve invested ourselves in. Rather than allowing this process to happen TO US, this session will offer perspective on helping it to happen THROUGH US. (A great session for your Board member guests, too!) 2:15 – 3:00 pm Breakout 4 The Omega of Employment Law: Best Practices In Firing for Faith-­‐Based Non-­‐Profits, Part 2 – Matt Stiles A GPS Faith: Helping Adolescents Navigate Technology Successfully, Part 2 – Dr. Walter Suracki Business Continuity and Promoting From Within: Successfully Transitioning from Buddy to Boss – Leah Norton While it’s true that the best supervisors were Business Continuity and Disaster Planning: Big Spring B … to Pandemics , Part 2 – Vicki Rhodes Unfortunately, we live in a world where all threats aren’t natural; some are manmade. From pandemics to the failure of a power grid, are there things that you can do to prepare for those “It’ll never happen” scenarios before they do? 11:30 am – 1:15 pm Lunch On Your Own Big Spring D Big Spring D Big Spring C Big Spring B once great employees, it’s also true that promoting an individual to become the supervisor of his/her former peers can create some interesting challenges to say the least. From a voice of experience, you may learn some things that work… and some things that don’t. 3:00 – 7:30 pm Visiting Huntsville and North Alabama and Dinner On Your Own •
Huntsville Museum of Art (Downtown – 6 min. walk) – www.hsvmuseum.org •
Historic Twickenham District Walking Tour (Downtown – 10 min. walk) – www.alabama.travel/ places-­‐to-­‐go/twickenham-­‐historic-­‐district-­‐
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Huntsville Botanical Garden (West Huntsville – 9 min. drive) – www.hsvbg.org •
U.S. Space and Rocket Center (West Huntsville – 10 min. drive) – www.rocketcenter.com •
Bridge Street Town Centre/Cabella’s (West Huntsville – 11 min. drive) – www.bridgestreethuntsville.com and www.cabelas.com •
Green Mountain Nature Trail (South Huntsville – 19 min. drive) – www.madisoncountyal.gov/services/naturetrail.shtml •
Unclaimed Baggage (Scottsboro, AL – 50 minute drive) -­‐-­‐ www.unclaimedbaggage.com Tuesday, April 12, 2016 6:45 – 7:45 am CARE Breakfast for Adoption Workers/Agencies International Adoption and CCFSA Agencies: Is There a Place at the Table for Us? – Jimmy Dobbs and Megan Malinoski Big Spring A1 With international adoptions hitting a 30-­‐year low in 2014 (6,441 compared to nearly 23,000 in 2004), one has to wonder, “What accounts for this downturn? What's happening in the countries of origin? What does the future hold for international adoption?” 7:30 – 8:00 am Registration for Day Two Participants Big Spring Foyer Big Spring C/D 8:00 – 8:25 am Morning Devotional Every Cloud a Silver Lining – Andrew Lamica and Lee Milam 8:30 – 9:15 am Plenary 2 Big Spring C/D Boomers and Xers and Ys, Oh My! Managing a Multigenerational Workforce – Jeff Bormaster In today’s workplace, it’s not unusual to find a team 7:30 – 8:30 pm Roundtables A Roundtable for Executive Directors – Dr. Harold Shank A Roundtable for Program Directors – David Asbill A Roundtable for the Wives of Agency Leaders – Sally Shank Big Spring D Big Spring C Big Spring B with members from three – maybe even four – different generations working side by side. Not surprisingly, there are some significant differences between those generations. This session will address some of the things you need to know about managing a multi-­‐generational staff. 9:15 – 9:30 am Coffee and Tea Break Big Spring Foyer 9:30 – 10:30 am Breakout 5 Recruiting and Retaining a Gen Y Workforce, Big Spring D Part 1 – Jeff Bormaster Many non-­‐profits are spending increasing amounts of time and agency resources on hiring staff. These sessions will teach strategies for how to spend less time on the hiring process while producing better hiring decisions. Strategies will be presented in the context of understanding our incoming Gen Y workforce. Healthful Personal and Professional Boundaries for Those in the Helping Professions – Dr. Terry Casey Big Spring C 1:30 – 2:30 pm Breakout 7 Not Everyone Gets a Prize… or Do They? Job Big Spring D Descriptions, Supervision and Performance Reviews – Jeff Bormaster The ability to set and maintain appropriate boundaries is a necessity for individuals in helping professions, whether you’re dealing with friends, family, colleagues or clients. This session will help you know how to live out the Robert Frost saying, “Good fences make good neighbors.” Transitioning Our Fundraising Efforts from Traditionalists and Baby Boomers to Generations X and Y – Debbie Joyner Big Spring B Albert Einstein defined insanity as “doing the same old things and expecting different results.” So how do you define fundraising insanity? Exactly the opposite: doing the same things and expecting the same results…. Simply put, what motivates Traditionalists and Boomers probably won’t work at all with Gens X and Y… but, if not that, what will? 10:45 – 11:45 am Breakout 6 Recruiting and Retaining a Gen Y Workforce, Big Spring D Part 2 – Jeff Bormaster Social Media and Boundaries for Your Agency, Big Spring C Staff and the Foster/House Parents You Work With – Dr. Terry Casey The development of Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and other social media platforms has created a whole new set of boundary-­‐related questions for child care agencies, staffs, and foster/house parents… not to mention the children in your care. In this arena, an ounce of prevention can be worth a pound of cure: PROACT, don’t REACT. Big Dollars and Small Change: Five Fundraising Takeaways for Agencies with Limited Development Staffs – Debbie Joyner Big Spring B How many times have you left a meeting thinking, “They just don’t get what it’s like to be a fundraising staff of one?” Not this time. No, this session is designed with you in mind. One hour. Five suggestions you could take home and implement tomorrow. Small changes that could mean big dollars. 11:45 am – 1:30 pm Lunch On Your Own Active Shooter Onsite! Real-­‐Life Answers for Big Spring C Child-­‐Focused Agencies, Campuses and Homes – Jeff Poe and Johnny Hollingsworth, Huntsville Police Department In 1964, Bob Dylan told us, “The Times They Are A-­‐Changin’. In 2016, Jeff Bormaster will tell you the same thing in terms of the workplace. What worked with Boomer employees yesterday may not work with Gen X and Y employees today – therefore, as employees change, so must items and concepts like job descriptions, supervision and performance reviews. A primer on preparing for and, if need be, responding during and after an “active shooter” situation at your office complex, residential campus, or foster homes. 2:30 – 2:45 pm Coffee, Tea and Cookie Break Big Spring Foyer 2:45 – 3:45 pm Breakout 8 The Politics of Politics: Harold Shank, Unplugged with Executive Directors – Dr. Harold Shank Have We Really Overcome? Addressing Racism in Child and Family Care Today – S. McEachin “Mac” Otts From insights gained on his travels as the President of OVU, Harold will share certain “hot buttons” with CCFSA Executive Directors that may affect our church relations and fundraising efforts in 2016 and beyond. NOTE: This session will not be audio taped. Big Spring C Mac Otts, author of Better Than Them, The Unmaking of an Alabama Racist, shares his story of being raised in the Deep South during the racially-­‐charged ‘50s and ‘60s. Mac’s own journey THROUGH racism closely reflects that of our nation’s and yet, in light of the issues that we are facing today, the question begs answering again, “Have we really overcome?” 4:00 – 5:00 pm CCFSA Membership Meeting Big Spring D Big Spring D 6:00 – 8:00 pm CCFSA “Dinner with the Family” West Huntsville Catering by Sheriff Blake Dorning Church of Christ Entertainment by Representative Mike Ball Fellowship with Families from CCFSA and AGAPE of North Alabama For GPS and/or mapping: •
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Exit Embassy Suites, turning right on Monroe Street SW (roundabout exit #2) for .35 miles. Turn right onto Governors Drive/US-­‐431 N/AL-­‐1 for 1.85 miles. Merge onto I-­‐565 W/US-­‐72 Alt W/AL-­‐20 W via the ramp on the left toward I-­‐65/Decatur for 2.7 miles. Merge left onto AL-­‐255 N via Exit 14B for 3.1 miles. Take the ramp on the right toward Oakwood Drive. Turn left on Oakwood Drive NW for .4 miles. Turn left onto Johns Road NW for .2 miles. The West Huntsville Church of Christ is located on the right, just past Old Dry Creek Road NW. Driving Instructions (allow 15 minutes): •
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Wednesday, April 13, 2016 6:45 – 7:45 am CCFSA Board Meeting and Breakfast Big Spring A1 7:30 – 8:00 am Registration for Day Three Participants Big Spring Foyer 8:00 – 8:25 am Morning Devotional The Story of Three Boys – Doug VanDyke and Lee Milam Big Spring C/D 8:30 – 9:15 am Plenary 3 The Spiritual Side of Your Millennial Staff, Foster/House Parents and Volunteers – Brandon Pressnell Big Spring C/D Millennials have been characterized by some as “a generation without religion.” The description “spiritual, but not religious” may be more accurate. Either way, it’s clear that this group – regardless of whether you’re talking about commitment to a job or their “time over money” giving patterns – is different from any group who has come before them. What does that mean to those of us from the faith-­‐based and non-­‐profit world? 9:30 – 10:15 am Breakout 9 Look Before You Leap: Things to Consider Before Seeking National Accreditation – Gayle Watts and Jeff Bormaster The Future is NOW: Learning Disabilities and Home-­‐Based Accommodations for Helping Professionals, Part 1 – Marcia Ramsey and Amy Holmes Before you as an agency leader decide to pursue national accreditation (e.g., COA), you need to know several things: (1) what accreditation will best serve your agency, (2) what will your agency gain by accreditation, and (3) what will accreditation cost your agency in terms of startup AND maintenance. Big Spring C Rather than waiting for our schools to diagnose and then “fix” the children in our homes who struggle with educational concepts like reading, wouldn’t it be nice for our foster and house parents – even our frontline staff members – to be equipped to help them too? Marcia and Amy will provide “hands-­‐on” training that can be taken home and applied tomorrow, not to replace our schools or counselors but to supplement and support them. 10:30 – 11:30 am Breakout 10 The Impact of Obergfell: Same-­‐Sex Marriage and Faith-­‐Based Agencies/Institutions – Matt Vega Big Spring D Big Spring D Not since Roe v. Wade (1973) has a Supreme Court decision divided our nation and impacted faith-­‐ based organizations like Obergfell v. Hodges (2015). From the way we deal with employees to the way we work with potential clients to an agency’s policies and bylaws, the legitimization of same-­‐sex marriage continues to challenge faith-­‐based entities everywhere. The Future is NOW: Learning Disabilities and Home-­‐Based Accommodations for Helping Professionals, Part 2 – Marcia Ramsey and Amy Holmes 11:30 am Hotel Checkout – Hard Deadline 12:00 – 1:30 pm Closing Luncheon and Keynote 2 Now It Dwells in You (2 Tim. 1:5, 3:15) – Dr. Harold Shank Big Spring C Big Spring A1/A2/B