Committee Chairs Job Descriptions
(These descriptions are also included in the By-Laws section under the Constitution section)
Children's Services - The Children's Services Committee shall identify issues, develop positions, and advocate for improved services for children.
Legislative - The Legislative Committee shall keep the Executive Board informed of pending state and federal legislation which may affect the profession of school psychology. The Legislative Committee's chairperson may also serve at the direction of the Executive Board as a spokesperson for the Association on legislative matters.
Membership - The Membership Committee evaluates applications and re-applications for membership and makes recommendations concerning applications to the Executive Board. The chairperson advises the Board concerning non-members working as school psychologists and tries to interest qualified persons in becoming members.
NASP Delegate - The NASP Delegate from SCASP represents SCASP at National and Regional meetings. He or she conveys information gained from these meeting with the SCASP Board and the membership at-large through newsletter articles.
Newletter Editor - This committee is chaired by the Editor, who is responsible for production and distribution of School Psych Scene in a timely fashion.
Nominations - The Nominations Committee shall request from each regional group a list of members to be placed in consideration for nomination of office and shall also request names to be considered for awards. The Nominations Committee shall also collect the biographical summaries, etc., of those people who are being considered for nomination and awards and shall make recommendations to the Executive Board.
Planning - The Long Range Planning Committee provides the means to facilitate planning and the vehicle for monitoring action plans developed by committees. The committee will collect, type, and distribute annual action plans for each committee, monitor current activities in light of the Long Range Plan, assist the Executive Board in developing additional action plans for long range goals, and organize an annual planning retreat in the spring for current and new Executive Board members and committee chairs. This committee should submit articles to the newsletter to inform membership of activities. This committee is currently chaired by the President-Elect.
Professional Standards - The Professional Standards Committee is responsible for addressing issues relating to the establishment, maintenance, periodic revision and interpretation of the adopted standards for the provision of school psychological services which pertain to the SCASP position on the provision of quality school psychological services. In addition, this committee is charged with the responsibility of addressing those issues which relate to the ethical conduct of members. In this regard, the committee will investigate all complaints of ethical violations appropriately referred in compliance with Section III, Part 4.A.
Program - The Program Committee shall make arrangements for each Association meeting throughout the year. The Program Committee shall be chaired by an appointee of the Executive Board who shall serve a two-year term. The Program Committee shall be responsible for encouraging and facilitating the continuing professional development of school psychologists.
PR/PI - The Public Relation/Public Information Committee shall inform the public of the Association's activities and concerns and shall work to increase public awareness of the services offered by school psychologists.
Research - The Research Committee shall be composed if professionals in the Association capable of and willing to direct and give advice to researchers in the field, to coordinate research paper presentation, and to conduct research as directed by the Executive Board.
Technology - The Technology Committee works at the direction of the Executive Director and the President of SCASP. It is the responsibility of this person to handle computer problems as they arise. This committee also maintains the SCASP Website. The chairperson of this committee coordinates all website information with Executive