• Created 04/03
  • Reviewed 10/10

Chairperson

  • Open meetings
  • Call for minutes
  • Preside over meetings in accordance with “Robert’s Rules of Order”
  • Attend all committee meetings, Head Start functions and activities and/or delegate the responsibility to the co-chairperson
  • Establish meeting date and time for Center Meeting and attend monthly meeting
  • Serve as a moderator and only vote in case of a tie
  • Allow full discussion so that people are clear about the issues

Vice-Chairperson

  • Assume all Chairperson’s responsibilities during his/her absence
  • Works with Chairperson and Secretary on agenda
  • Attend monthly Center Meetings
  • Assist the Chairperson as needed

Secretary / Historian

  • Take minutes at all meetings and prepare for next meeting
  • Read and answer correspondence as directed by the group
  • Keep a set of minutes as a permanent record to be filed in the Head Start files and available to Head Start parents upon request
  • Work with Chairperson and Vice-Chairperson on agenda for regular business meeting
  • Attend monthly Center Meetings
  • Help the Chairperson follow agenda and write down and read motions when needed
  • Make three (3) copies of minutes: One each to Teacher, Advocate, and Chairperson
  • Clip and save newspaper articles and pictures

Contact Head Start

General Office

   (360) 442-2800
Fax (360) 442-2819
  headstart.info@lowercolumbia.edu

  Mindy Leasure, Director

  (360) 442-2801
  mleasure@lowercolumbia.edu

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