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2022 VIRTUAL VSBA
SPRING NETWORKING
FORUM
SOUTHERN REGION
MARCH 8TH, 2022
5:30 PM,
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER
AMHERST COUNTY HALIFAX COUNTY
APPOMATTOX COUNTY LYNCHBURG CITY
BEDFORD COUNTY LUNENBURG COUNTY
CAMPBELL COUNTY MECKLENBURG COUNTY
CHARLOTTE COUNTY PITTSYLVANIA COUNTY
DANVILLE CITY PRINCE EDWARD COUNTY
TABLE OF CONTENTS REGIONAL MEETING AGENDA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 MEET YOUR VSBA REGIONAL OFFICERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 KAJEET BROADBAND GRANT INFORMATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 ZOOM HOW TO AND TIPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
VSBA REGIONAL SPRING
NETWORKING FORUM AGENDA
VSBA SOUTHERN REGION,
MARCH 8, 2022, 5:30 PM
WELCOME & INTRODUCTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMY MCCLURE
VSBA SOUTHERN REGION CHAIR
GREETINGS FROM BPA. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . DR. JIM BLEVINS
GREETINGS FROM VSBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .GINA PATTERSON
VSBA ART CONTEST ANNOUNCEMENTS VSBA EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
GREETINGS FROM VSBA PRESIDENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . TEDDY D. MARTIN II
VSBA PRESIDENT
LEGISLATIVE UPDATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . J.T. KESSLER
VSBA GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST
PROGRAM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . SPEAKERS
DEEP DIVE ON THE VIRGINIA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
J.T. KESSLER, VSBA GOVERNMENT RELATIONS SPECIALIST
CLOSING REMARKS AND ADJOURNMENT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . AMY MCCLURE
VSBA SOUTHERN REGION CHAIR
THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSOR!
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MEET YOUR VSBA SOUTHERN
REGION OFFICERS
Amy McClure, Board member at Lunenburg County Public Schools, is a lifelong
resident of Lunenburg County and a 1997 graduate of Central of Lunenburg. Mrs.
McClure earned her bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Longwood University in
Educational Leadership. In recent years she taught advanced mathematics courses
at the Governor’s School of Southside Virginia and served as an adjunct faculty
member at Southside Virginia Community College, teaching the Teachers for
Tomorrow course as well as additional math classes. Additionally, she is currently
the Coordinator of Federal Programs for Prince Edward County Public Schools.
The reason why Amy ran for the school board is she enjoys serving the public
AMY MCCLURE, VSBA SOUTHSIDE school system. When making decisions I look through a variety of lenses: parent
REGION CHAIR
lens, teacher lens, and school division administrator.When Amy is not working she
enjoys spending time with her husband Corey and their two daughters, Aubrey and Ally.
Lucy B. Carson is a retired teacher, assistant principal, and principal of Prince Edward
County Middle School in Farmville, Virginia. She presently works part time as the
Program Coordinator of the Longwood Center for the Visual Arts at Longwood University
in Farmville, Virginia.Mrs. Carson completed one four year term as school board member,
in the group of first time elected school board members in Prince Edward County. She
was elected chairperson of the Prince Edward County School Board in January of 2021. In
November of 2021, Mrs. Carson was re-elected to the Prince Edward County School
Board. Now she has been elected as Vice-chair of the Southern Region.
LUCY B. CARSON, VSBA
Mrs. Carson is from Martinsville Virginia, a graduate of Martinsville High School. She
SOUTHSIDE REGION VICE CHAIR
received her Bachelor’s degree in Elementary Education from North Carolina Central
University in Durham North Carolina. Her Masters in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Virginia, and her
endorsement in Educational Leadership from Longwood University.
Mrs. Carson is married to Donald Carson, who is also retired Special Education teacher. The Carson’s have one son and they
reside in Farmville.
3Virginia Education
Broadband Grant
In honor of VSBA’s 115th Anniversary,
Kajeet is proud to announce the
Virginia Education Broadband Grant.
In total, Kajeet will award over $250,000
in broadband services to Virginia school
boards to solve the digital divide and
ensure that all students have access
to learn, anytime, anywhere.
Kajeet will award 9 winners (one per
VSBA region). Awards will be announced Each grant recipient will receive up
at VSBA Regional meetings this Spring. to $30,000 worth of Kajeet Education
Broadband solutions. This includes our
unlimited student data plans, access to
our Sentinel platform, and the devices of
Let’s work together to close their choice, including any combination of:
the Homework Gap in Virginia. • WiFi Hotspots
• School Bus WiFi
The application window is now • LTE-embedded laptops and tablets
open. Apply for the Virginia • Routers for homes and buildings
Education Broadband Grant by
All solutions include modern firewall
February 18, 2022. protection and robust filters, including
Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA)
get.kajeet.net/vsba-grant
" compliant filters to ensure devices are
secure and students safe and on-task.
About Kajeet | Founded by a group of parents in 2003, Kajeet is a Virginia-based
company, committed to ensuring that all children can safely learn online. Kajeet
partners with 80 Virginia school divisions and public libraries to close the digital divide
for students across the Commonwealth and more than 2,500 K-12 districts nationwide.HOW TO AND TIPS
JOINING THE MEETING
Join a meeting by clicking on the Zoom link sent from Zoom after you registered for the meeting. You must register first. The link sent by VSBA is
only for registration and will NOT give you access to the meeting.
If this is your first Zoom meeting on your device, click download and run Zoom. The Zoom.exe file will download, and you will need to open the file.
Please note this only needs to be done once for any device on which you use Zoom for the first time. If you have already participated in a Zoom
meeting, you do not have to download it again.
Note: You do not need a Zoom account to participate in Zoom meetings hosted by VSBA.
CHOOSE VIDEO LAYOUT
At the upper right of your screen you can switch between Speaker View and Gallery View. You can also enter/exit full screen by clicking icon to right
of Gallery/Speaker View. Speaker view will only show the active speaker. Gallery view will show all attendees in smaller boxes. When there is a large
number of attendees, there may be an arrow to scroll through the pages of attendees.
ZOOM CONTROL BAR
Hover over the bottom of your active Zoom meeting window for the control bar to see your controls:
MUTE
You can Mute/Unmute your microphone by clicking the microphone icon.
START VIDEO
If your device has a camera, you can turn it on/off by clicking the Start Video icon .
PARTICIPANTS
If you click on Participants, you can see who is currently in the meeting. The participants list also gives you the option to rename yourself.
Rename - hover over your name to change it as it is seen in the participants list & video window
CHAT
Use this feature to ask questions during the meeting. You can send a question or statement to everyone or privately to a VSBA staff member. It will
be monitored by VSBA staff.
LEAVE MEETING
You can leave the meeting at any time by clicking on Leave Meeting button.
ETIQUETTE TIPS:
Prior to the meeting:
Dress to impress: It’s easy to give in to the temptation to wear sweatpants and an old t-shirt because you’re working from home. Dress for your
video conference the way you would for an in-person meeting.
During your meeting:
Mute your microphone when necessary: Zoom has a “Mute Microphone” option that cuts down on ambient feedback for the audience.
Use Zoom’s chat function: You can send a question or statement to everyone or privately to a VSBA staff member.
Think about your actions on camera: Always remember that everyone can see you. Someone is watching as you take a big, wide-mouth yawn,
stretch, or wander around the room. These exaggerated movements are distracting to the audience and can be disruptive to the speaker. Try to
stay still and be attentive!
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