In this issue:

A Few Words from Our Servant Leader
Process Education Stories
PE/CoTL Conference 2019
IJPE Volume 10 Issue 1 (June 2019)
The Academy Gets Social
Recent Board Meetings (the highlights)
Website Changes Are On the Way!
The Academy is Now Accepting Donations
Winter Meeting: Will You Be There?
Annual Assessment Report for the Academy 2018-2019

The Academy of Process Educators is changing as it creates its long-term vision and develops its strategic plan for 2020-2025. This transformational change process will be ongoing and build on the unique strengths and values of the Academy. Our success depends upon the active support of the members as agents of change. A lot of people have worked diligently over the past decade to solidify the Academy's direction as a not for profit organization. Over the past year, the Academy expanded its appointed positions to support its growth over the next decade. We are at a pivotal point. Let's follow the advice of American architect Daniel Burnham who said,

"Make big plans; aim high in hope and work,
remembering that a noble, logical diagram
once recorded will never die."

Join us on this exciting journey as we build on the Academy's culture and deliberately design its future as a leader in the transformation of learning, growth, and self-growth. I am pleased to walk with you on this transformational journey.

Fellow Process Educators:

For decades, we have tried to bring people into process education with their heads. It's a hard sell. Now it's time to attempt to grab their HEARTS. We need stories. They could be YOUR stories or stories of your students. The audience is parents.

These stories must meet some of the following criteria

•    a strong why
•    vivid plot (what was ... what happened ... what is now)
•    an exciting climax
•    surprise
•    passionate, emotional language
•    clear and simple
•    engages the audience
•    big change in performance or attitude
•    conflict

Do you have such stories? Of course you have! You are a committed process educator and you’ve seen the transformations yourselves.
Please take a few minutes to share your BEST story with us.

The 2019 PE Conference / CoTL was a great experience for all who attended. Thankfully, the Innovation in Learning Center at USA was kind enough to share their photos documenting all the sharing, learning, and growth that took place. So take a moment to peruse the images and reflect on your time in Mobile (if you attended) or see what all the fuss is about (if you could not). We can't wait to make some more conference memories next year

Dear Process Educators,

It has been an exciting summer! I enjoyed meeting and catching up with many of you at the meeting we hosted at the University of South Alabama. I had some fun, learned a lot, and I hope you did too. As part of all the fun and learning, we decided that the Academy of Process Education was going to become a Deliberately Developmental Organization. That is a very exciting development, and one which will require a bit of effort on our (the members) parts. But the results could be extraordinary if we all get together.

To make getting together easier I’ve harmonized the social media accounts. Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram are all now the same name: AcOfProcEd. This was the easiest name that was available on all three platforms. You can go directly to each of them at the following addresses without having to log in here:

Easier still, if you use any of those social media platforms you can just like and follow the accounts. Then you’ll be able to keep in touch with all your friends and contacts who practice PE around the world. If you see yourself or someone you know in a picture, tag it! (Don’t tag people without their permission though.) Share things related to PE on the platform or platforms of your choice. Share interesting content with your friends outside the PE world and show them what we’re all about. There will be some content on all three sites Monday through Friday. And you are free to add your own content as well as comment on what’s already there. (If you can’t add something and want to share it, send it to me at thomasnelson@southalabama.edu and I’ll try to post it for you.)

Where possible I will post the same content to all three places. This is not always possible. Instagram must have an image, Twitter has a length limit. With your help we can build an expanding community of Process Educators online!

Did you know that the minutes of the Academy Board Meetings are available to ALL Academy members? In this article, we offer highlights of the most recent board meeting(s):

July 2019 Minutes     August 2019 Minutes (not yet approved)

New Academy Roles

We're growing! We have several brand new board positions that were filled during or immediately after this year's conference. We'd like to welcome the following roles and individuals aboard:

Academy Ambassador: Wade Ellis
Assessment Director: Mary Moore
DDO Director: Wendy Duncan
Grants Director: Chaya Jain
Mentoring Director: Al Rowe
Project Manager Mentor: Ahmd Azab
Sergent-at-Arms: Arlene King-Berry

Deliberately Developing

The Academy has decided to become a Deliberately Developmental Organization. Wendy Duncan, our DDO Director, is sharing her experience and expertise to help us make this cultural change. We have several readings on DDOs that are now part of the Academy Bookshelf and are happy to offer them to all Academy members:

- The Deliberately Developmental Organization
- How the Way We Talk Can Change the Way We Work
- Member Expectations

There are some big changes on the way for the Academy website! Lots of new features, increased ease of navigation, and more reasons for Academy members to visit (and share what they find)! For now, here's one of the new options:

The Academy Bookshelf

Simply click to open and (voila!), a fun way to take advantage of this aspect of your membership in the Academy.

The Academy of Process Educators is a registered non-profit organization [501(c)]. While some non-profits offer paying positions, we are a 100% volunteer organization.

Should you wish to contribute to our operations, beyond your yearly membership fee, we won't turn you down! We've made it as easy as possible to accept donations. Simply use the button below or visit the Academy Membership page.

The Academy of Process Educators invites those wishing to take on leadership roles in the Academy to our winter meeting Jan 2-5, 2020, in St. Louis, MO. We provide housing and food at no cost to you. Please plan to arrive on Wednesday, Jan 1, and leave after noon on Sunday, January 5. Here is the agenda:

Please indicate whether you are planning to attend, so we can arrange for hotel rooms.

Last year we developed the Academy of Process Educator’s first Annual Assessment Report. This document summarized the growth of the organization and was used to formulate the Operational Plan. This document is the assessment of the year that began after the summer conference of 2018 and ended at the summer conference of 2019.

The Annual Assessment Report will again document the accomplishments and potential of the Academy, but also demonstrate the improvement in the process itself. While this report is the work of but a few people, the Academy consists of numerous hard-working volunteers, coming together with a growth mindset to improve the lives of everyone around them.