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Cultivating High-Performance Teams Have you ever watched a highperformance team work? We have plenty of opportunities through the American Association of Susan Shockey, CFCS, President Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS). In October, I participated with an impressive group of leaders as they worked together addressing the breadth of our association and discussing program outcomes and impactful messages. This group of leaders was our affiliate presidents and other leaders who were fully engaged in the Leadership Conference in Indianapolis.

each team member knows his/her role while supporting the other parts in fulfilling their roles. These comments came as a result of successful whole team performance while understanding that each member of the team is accountable to others.

Take a moment to imagine the high rate of return on our projects if we were to invest in cultivating high-performance teams. Successful projects result when individuals understand the importance of being part of highperformance teams. They understand that even though the ability to achieve effective results begins with the individual; the zenith of excellence lies in interdependence. True success comes from collaborating and working effectively with others.

Below are some personal observations of high-performance team characteristics:

In another recent experience with a family and consumer sciences honorary group consisting of high-performance team members, one member referred to her work as a “well-oiled machine.” This is a scenario where

My focus this year as the 2011-12 AAFCS president has been to encourage us to move forward together collectively as family and consumer sciences professionals. Approaches can be different to building capacity and cultivating high-performance teams, but cultivating high-performance teams is an important consideration of all, including our student units, affiliates, committees, communities, and related organizations.

1. Each team member recognizes the value of others.

2. Each member understands the goal, knows his/her role, and holds each member accountable to fulfilling his/her commitments.

3. The distribution of work through delegation is a priority.

4. Transparency and trustworthiness are paramount.

5. Brave and passionate attitude is evident.

6. The practice of Mahatma Gandhi’s philosophy, “We must become the change we want to see” is embraced.

Gandhi’s philosophy and practice led the Indian people to independence from British rule in 1947. It is an inspiring quote for us all as we consider the change we want to see. This quote will help us to not only develop personally, but also to be brave and passionate when we go about our individual lives and work collectively as family and consumer sciences professionals.

I look forward to working together to “cultivate high-performance teams” and create positive outcomes for AAFCS and the field of family and consumer sciences!

Featured Items in this Issue AAFCS Community Corner AAFCS 2012 Election Small Steps to Health and Wealth Encyclopedia of Consumer Safety AAFCS 2012 Awrds, Grants, Fellowships, and Scholarships

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AAFCS Community Corner ESAE Curriculum Showcase The application to participate in the Community of Elementary, Secondary, & Adult Education (ESAE) Curriculum Showcase at the AAFCS 103rd Annual Conference & Expo is posted online at www.aafcs.org/ res/12_AC/ESAE_CFP_12.doc. This is a marvelous way to share the best and brightest curriculum ideas with other educators. Please share your curriculum updates and successes.

To be listed in the program book, submit your application by March 15.

Teacher of the Year Award Each affiliate organization can submit one name to AAFCS to be considered for the Teacher of the Year Award. Yes, the paperwork is somewhat time consuming, but the rewards far exceed the work. Please allow your affiliate to submit your name for national consideration.

Information about the award will be posted online in December at www. aafcs.org/Recognition. We would like to have a TOY affiliate winner from every state!

ESAE Membership Incentive for College Juniors/Seniors and First or Second-Year Teachers ESAE is offering a one-year FREE AAFCS MEMBERSHIP to five people in each category. The easy, threepart application is online here: www. aafcs.org/res/communities/2012_ Incentive_application.doc. Spread the word among your network and help build our membership!

Applications are due by March 1, 2012.

Affiliate Representatives Needed: ESAE is looking for an AAFCS member from each affiliate who would be designated to become your official representative to the ESAE Community. Nominate, appoint, elect, or coerce a member to represent your affiliate. Send your affiliate representative’s name to an ESAE Co-Leader: jane.steiner@ southmont.k12.in.us or sbaillie@ burgettstown.k12.pa.us.

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The AAFCS Nominating Committee is actively seeking members who wish to serve on the Board of Directors or on the Nominating Committee. The positions for the January 2013 election are:

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AAFCS would like to thank Beverley F. Hammond of the Tennessee Affiliate for updating the supplementary fields of her member profile; by doing so, she was an entrant and the lucky winner in our latest drawing for an Amazon Kindle™!

Beverley, a licensed dietician, retired in August. Most recently, she’d worked as a consumer scientist in the household appliance industry.

An AAFCS member since 1971, she is a graduate of the University of Illinois, the University of Texas at Austin, and the University of Tennessee.

In addition to AAFCS, Beverley is most involved with these organizations: Kappa Omicron Nu, the American Dietetic Association, and the Association of Home Equipment Educators.

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If you would like to be a candidate, please contact Nominating Committee Chair Janet Valente at jvalente@uga.edu or AAFCS Governance Manager Roxana Marissa Ayona at RAyona@aafcs.org or 703-706-4608.

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Thank you, Beverley, for updating your profile and allowing AAFCS to learn more about our members!

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Nominate Your Peers for AAFCS Leadership!

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Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ Online Challenge Just in time to rescue failed New Year’s resolutions to improve health and personal finances, the Cooperative Extension system is launching an online Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ (SSHW) Challenge called “Winter 2012 SSHW Challenge.” This free six-week program, open to anyone who enrolls online, will be held from Sunday, January 15, through Saturday, February 25, 2012. Prizes will be awarded for participants who report the highest point totals.

To sign up for the SSHW Challenge, follow the “Challenges” link on the Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ website at http://njaes. rutgers.edu/sshw/. Set up a user name and password and download a simple one-page user’s guide with instructions about how to proceed. Enroll in the challenge titled, “Winter 2012 SSHW Challenge.”

The SSHW Challenge is part of Small Steps to Health and Wealth™, a national Cooperative Extension program developed to motivate Americans to take action to simultaneously improve their health and personal finances.

SSHW was built around a framework of 25 research-based behavior change strategies. The Challenge was originally developed in a “paper and pencil” format with printed worksheets and is now available online.

It has been well documented that, when people monitor their behav-

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ior and measure their how they’re doing, they are often inspired to do better and achieve positive results.

Participants in a SSHW Challenge are “on their honor” to report their activities accurately. If they “cheat” on reporting their points, they are only cheating themselves by not following the recommended daily practices.

The SSHW Challenge is based on the performance of ten recommended practices on a daily basis: five that involve health and nutrition and five that involve financial management. Ten points are given for performing each one for a maximum of 700 points

per week and 4,200 points for the entire challenge. “The Challenge is a great way to convert ambitious New Year’s resolutions, like losing weight and saving money, into daily action steps,” notes Dr. Barbara O’Neill, Extension specialist in financial resource management for Rutgers Cooperative Extension.

The five daily health and nutrition practices are: eat at least 4 cups of fruits and vegetables; get at least 30 minutes of physical activity; drink water or unsweetened beverages instead of sugar-sweetened beverages; eat at least two servings of whole grain foods; and learn something new about health and nutrition.

The five daily financial management practices included in the SSHW Challenge are: save a

$1 bill (or more) and/or pocket change; invest $5 or more per day (including automated retirement savings plan deposits); track money spent throughout the day; eat lunch prepared at home; and learn something new about personal finance. The latter activity, for both health and personal finances, can be accomplished by visiting websites, attending seminars, or by reading, listening to, or viewing media reports.

Winter 2012 SSHW Challenge participants will have an opportunity to replace one daily health activity and one daily personal finance activity with unique daily personal challenges of their own.

“Providing some adaptation of the traditional SSHW Challenge format will make the Challenge more “personal” for participants and give them an opportunity to practice new behaviors if they are already doing all of the 10 pre-selected activities,” explained Dr. O’Neill.

As participants enter their personal data, they will see their point totals for each day of the week and for each of the ten activities described above. They’ll also see a bar graph that compares their personal progress to the average scores of everyone else participating in the Challenge. Daily motivational messages will also be provided to participants. Paper tracking forms can be downloaded to keep track of daily activities until they are entered online.

Doing even one of the ten recommended daily practices is a great way to get started on the path to better health and improved financial security. The more SSHW Challenge activities that are performed by participants, the better. To sign up for “Winter 2012 SSHW Challenge” visit http://njaes. rutgers.edu/sshw/.

Parliamentary Pointers: Review of Bylaws

By Janice Strand, Past Chair, AAFCS Bylaws and Policy and Procedure Committee, Professional Registered Parliamentarian All AAFCS affiliates have been advised to review their affiliate bylaws and make amendments or revisions as needed. Robert’s Rules of Order Newly Revised, 10th Edition lists the following articles to be included in bylaws: • Article I, Name • Article II, Object or Purpose • Article III, Members (this is the article that would be changed to include the new category) • Article IV, Officers (includes officers and duties, nomination procedure, election time and procedures, term of office, and office holding limitations) • Article V, Meetings (includes regular, annual, special meetings, and quorum) • Article VI, Executive Board or Committee (includes board composition, duties and powers, and meetings) • Article VII, Committees (lists standing committees with the composition and duties of each, and special committees to be appointed) • Article VIII, Parliamentary Authority (the latest edition of Robert’s Rules, for most nonprofit organizations) • Article IX, Amendment of Bylaws Other articles may be added to serve the needs of each organization. Care should be taken to see that the bylaws include information

that is not easily changed. Bylaws are usually amended with a twothirds vote after notice has been given.

In preparation for the Nominations and Elections Workshop offered in June at the AAFCS Conference, a review was made of affiliate bylaws that were on affiliate websites. It was found that some affiliate bylaws did not address the nomination procedure clearly…..or the election procedure. If an affiliate would like assistance with this or any other section of the bylaws, feel free to contact the AAFCS Bylaws and Policy and Procedure Committee.

If there is a topic that you would like to have covered in this column, please email Jan at jan_str@msn.com or Gregg McCullough, BPPC chair, at betspetcfcs@yahoo.com.

Encyclopedia of Consumer Safety - Confirm Your Participation by Dec. 15!

ABC-CLIO, one of the top, awardwinning reference publishers, is looking for editors of a new Encyclopedia of Consumer Safety.

It will be a 2-volume set of over 330,000 words and will comprise A-Z entries on nationally relevant consumer-related topics, current events, case studies, organizations, coalitions, key persons, and more. This encyclopedia is the first of its kind in the field and will provide greater exposure of consumer safety and protection to its

intended audience, including reference librarians, researchers, and high-school and college students nationwide. It will be available in both hard copy and as an e-book.

Recognition • Recognition for your contribution includes the following: • Your name in the contribution list • Your name associated with your entry • Your name among a select group of other experts and distinguished leaders and scholars in the field Compensation You will be compensated for your time and effort via a complimentary two-volume set of the printed version of the encyclopedia.

Timeframe We would need to confim your participation by December 15, 2011, and your entries would be due on or before March, 31, 2012.

If you are interested, please contact Wendy Reiboldt, reiboldt@csulb.edu, or Melanie Horn Mallers, mhornmallers@fullerton. edu, and we will send you the submission guidelines and more details about the entries that fall under your purview. This will include a list of headwords and suggested word counts. After receiving the list of topics, if you know of related topics not listed and would like to suggest them as additions, please let us know.

Thank you for your time and consideration.

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Announcements Teachers—Record Your Stories Through StoryCorps StoryCorps announced the National Teacher Initiative on September 19, 2011, at the White House. This national oral history project wants to celebrate at least 625 public school teachers and give attention and honor to teachers. The interviews are to be conservations between two people—teacher and student (past or present), two teachers, teacher and family member, etc.

Let’s represent family and consumer sciences (FCS) teachers and share experiences from the past to the present including students preparing to teach FCS. Interview questions for guidance can be found at http://storycorps. org/initiatives/national-teachersinitiative/question-list/. Interviews can be scheduled at StoryBooth locations (http://storycorps.org/ your-community/storybooth/) or at the MobileBooth when in your area (http://storycorps.org/recordyour-story/locations/) or call 800850-4406. Interview your favorite FCS teacher, FCS colleague, your daughter or niece—let’s include the FCS story in this oral history project.

Free Healthy Eating and Nutrition Resource Educators are encouraged to check out Teens Eat Right program, developed by the SCAN Dietetic Practice Group (Sports, Cardiovascular and Wellness Nutrition) of the American Dietetic Association. It is a free lesson plan on healthy eating and nutrition.

Visit www.scandpg.org to download and feel free to share the link with other educators!

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Call for 2012 Jurors!

Interested in being a juror for an award, grant, fellowship, or scholarship? A juror must be a current AAFCS member and be available to read nominations/applications and participate in conference call(s)—if necessary—in January, February, March, and May. Contact Leigh Southward, CFCS, Awards and Recognition Committee chair, at csouthwa@uark.edu or Roxana Marissa Ayona at RAyona@aafcs. org for information. The deadline is December 15, 2011.

“Taking It to the Streets” Update The “Taking It to the Streets” campaign needs your help! This year’s focus: the impact of obesity on various areas of life, especially those related to family and consumer sciences.

A matrix is being developed to include websites, related research, key findings, implications for family and consumer sciences, and suggested activities and lessons on the topics below. Please let us know ASAP if you have information to share or would be willing to assist in finding this information. Criteria for submission will be provided.

Our current topic list includes: Health Issues, Personal, Mental Health (e.g., self perception, stress), Family Relationships (e.g., affect on family dynamic, strain on family), Social Relationships, Childhood Obesity and/or Teenage Obesity (e.g., physical, emotional, social, mental), Availability of Food Resources, School Menus, Clothing, and Appearance (e.g., finding and choosing suitable clothing, adaptations, image, cost implications), Housing Issues, Financial Impact of Obesity, Employment Issues (e.g., discrimination),

Travel Issues, Impact of Media on Obesity (e.g., ads, biggest loser), Resources and Support Groups (for obese people of all ages).

In addition, please feel free to suggest topic areas we may have omitted!

Please send the information requested to Team Leaders Marilyn Swierk (msinnovate@aol.com) and Mary Behrendt (bkehece@sd6. k12.mt.us) as soon as possible.

Also, let us know if you would like to be part of or assist our leadership team!

Thanks so much for your assistance and continued participation in taking take family and consumer sciences skills and expertise “to the streets.”

2011-12 Student Unit Service Project The Student Unit Service Project for the 2011-12 year is here! Since 2001, the Pajama Program, a 501(c)(3) charity, has been providing new pajamas to needy children across the country. The program serves children living in group homes and shelters. Most have never enjoyed the simple comfort of having a parent tuck them in at bedtime with warm, clean, pajamas. Explains Pajama Program founder Genevieve Piturro, “Emotionally, pajamas are a hug for children who feel lost and alone.”

The Student Unit will hold a PJ drive at the 103rd Annual Conference & Expo in Indianapolis next June, so watch for more details on the specifics via email and on the Student Unit Facebook page.

And, visit www.pajamaprogram. org for more information about the program and how you can help in your community!

Call for Public Policy Award Nominations

By Ida Marie Snorteland, AAFCS Public Policy Committee Member Through public policy awards, we recognize those who are helping to address important family and community issues. As you plan your year-end giving, please keep in mind the three AAFCS public policy awards: • Chalkley-Fenn Public Visiting Scholar Award • 21st Century Community Champion Award • Friend of the Family Award All of these awards need additional funds in order to be selfsufficient. Now is the time to continue the awards program for AAFCS. Your gift will advance AAFCS’s civic engagement efforts.

Mail your gift to the Chalkley-Fenn Fund, c/o AAFCS, PO Box 79377, Baltimore, MD 21279 or donate online and designate the fund of your choice in the comments section (www.aafcs.org/Membership/ Donate.asp). .

Nominations for the awards are due in January 2012. Visit www.aafcs.org/Advocacy/Awards. asp for more information and updates!

Welcome, New AAFCS Members!

AAFCS is excited to welcome new members who joined September 1- October 31. Connect with members nationwide by using the online Membership Directory at www.aafcs.org/Membership/FindMember.asp.

ARKANSAS Rebekah Lindsey, Student

LOUISIANA Amy Moeller Yates, Active

ALABAMA Marjorie Nyree Dawn Harper, Student

MAINE Victoria Lee, Active

CALIFORNIA Laura Marie Kuras, Student GEORGIA Marie M. Botkin, Active Joan Koonce, Active IDAHO Rosemary Bullough, Active Katie Hibbard, Student Sandra Lynn Lewis, Student ILLINOIS Nicole Ackerman, Student Kaylea Megan Chomko, Student Amy Lynn Dee, Student Michon R. Dersien, Active Solomohn Nallshi EnnisKlyczek, Student Carla S. Honselman, Active Erica Jenkins, Student Dani Martin, Student Antonia Nyamba Ofosu, Student Sarah Peek, Student Katie Lynn Steelman, Student Jill Welsh, Active INDIANA Michelle Anthony, Student Kaitlin Aubrey, Student Cassia Gass, Student Jessica Kerns, Student Leila Lemcharfi, Student Riley Lerch, Student Kristen Linenberg, Student Maren Lyngso, Student Ellie M. Mobley, Student Michelle E. Rexing, Student Amanda Salomon, Student Pam Stigall, Active Danielle Stine Jillian Yanos, Student

MARYLAND Natasha Leak, Student Ann F. Price-Davis, Active MINNESOTA Jackie Getting, Active Jonathon Heischberg, Student Katherine Marie Mondry, Student Nicole Sikkema, Student MISSISSIPPI Michael E. Newman, Active Virgie Prichett, Active MISSOURI Mary Beth Ohlms, Active NEBRASKA Patricia Kassmeier, Active NEW MEXICO Melisa Danho, Student NEW YORK Joyce I. Weinberg, Active NORTH DAKOTA Nicki Pedeliski, Student OHIO Cheryl Chapman, Active OKLAHOMA Brooke Kusch, Active Micheal Rowley, Student Donna Smith, Active Victoria Stewart, Student Susan Thompson, Active OREGON Briana Dannen, Active Micki Vanderberg, Active

PENNSYLVANIA Sarah Michelle Keenan, Student Elizabeth Sheerer, Active PUERTO RICO Irma Figueroa, Active Maria C. Orta Serrano, Active SOUTH CAROLINA Katrina Evette Copeland, Active Alvin Carl Lumpkin, Student Alanna C. Lumpkin, Student Angel Noel Nolan, Student TENNESSEE Brittany Chambers, Student Syndey East, Student Emmy Winfree, Student Nicole Wright, Student TEXAS Mary R. Elliott, Active Gwendolyn Hustvedt, Active Cynthia Diane Kier, Student Donna Kirkwood, Active Krystina Frances Lout, Student VERMONT Ellen B. Tomlinson, Active VIRGINIA Debra Benoit, Active Michelle Rapcavage Collins, Active Anne Fleet Dillard Elkins, Active WASHINGTON Kathleen Brown, Student Aileen Edelen, Student Linsey Haywood, Student Charmaine Rae Mendenhall, Student WEST VIRGINIA Kristina Marie Phillips, Student WYOMING Kati Stoll, Student

2012 AAFCS Award, Fellowship, Scholarship, and Grant Opportunities • Excellence in Extension Award • Ruth O’Brien Project Grant • Centennial Scholars Research Grant • Graduate Fellowships

• National Undergraduate Scholarship • National Teacher of the Year Award Leaders Award • New Achievers Award

For updates, please visit www.aafcs.org/Recognition!

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AAFCS Calendar of Events

Mid-January 2012

Nominations due for AAFCS public policy awards

January 15, 2012

Small Steps to Health and Wealth™ Online Challenge begins

Mid-January 2012

Registration opens for AAFCS 103rd Annual Conference www.aafcs.org/meetings/12

February 1, 2012

AAFCS Student Unit Video Competition submissions due

The American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS) is the only professional association that provides leadership and support to family and consumer sciences students and professionals from both multiple practice settings and content areas.

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Call for Papers for Journal of Sustainability Education www.jsedimensions.org

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January 1, 2012

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Email confirmation of participation in Encyclopedia of Consumer Safety

family & Consumer Sciences

December 15, 2011

Editor Gwynn Mason gmason@aafcs.org

Alexandria, VA 22314

Applications due for jurors for AAFCS awards, grants, fellowships, and scholarships

Suite 202

December 15, 2011

The FACS is the monthly newsletter for members of AAFCS. Photos and articles from and about members are welcome.

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AAFCS Webinar: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs): Separating Fact from Fiction

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