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Anne McGintis
Title: Parent,
School, and Community Involvement Coordinator
Agency: Hamilton
County School System
Family History:
Married
to Jimmy McGintis
Daughter—Jennifer
Elizabeth McGintis, age 16
Church
affiliation—Baptist
Organizations:
Delta Sigma Theta
Sorority, Inc.
Junior League
of Chattanooga
Delta
Kappa Gamma Teaching Sorority
Ballet
Tennessee of Chattanooga
Family
Resource Center Coalition
Chattanooga
Health Department Community Board
Memorial
Hospital Healthy Communities Initiative Advisory Council
University
of Tennessee at Chattanooga Chancellor's Roundtable
National
Coalition of 100 Black Women-Chattanooga Chapter
The Links
Incorporated-Chattanooga Chapter
YMCA Board
of Directors – Chattanooga, Tennessee
Make-A-Wish
Foundation Board
Chattanooga
Choral Society for the Preservation
Of African American
Songs
Chattanooga
Urban League Board of Directors
Hobbies:
Planning
family activities
Singing
Shopping
Educational
Background:
B.S.
American History/Sociology/Psychology—1971 Lane College
MA.Ed.
Adult Education—1976 Tennessee State University
Advanced
Studies/Guidance and Counseling/School Administration
Awards:
- National
JC Penney's Ambassador for Afterschool Programs
- Tennessee
Community Education Association Outstanding Organization Award
- U. S. Department
of Education Leadership and Commitment Award for Success Express
and Destination Education Fall, 1999
- Southside
Chamber of Commerce Educator of the Year
- Parent Teacher
Association (PTA) Lifetime Membership
- Junior League
Community Leadership Award
Career Highlights:
- Delegate at U.S.-Brazil Educational Summit, as a presenter,
Mrs. McGintis spoke on expanding learning opportunities through
her after-school Program,
Lights On Project that keeps neighborhoods safe
by keeping
- Schools open
after school hours and during the summer months.
- Chief Coordinator
of the Chattanooga site for the U. S. Department of Education's
Southeast America Goes Back To School Bus Tour
- Featured
in Southern Living Magazine (September, 1999 edition),
"Mining Chattanooga's Hidden Resources," coverage on Family Resource
Centers
- Presenter
for the National Center for Community Education—Flint, Michigan
- Presenter
and Facilitator for Bidders Conferences—Washington, DC/Flint,
MI
- Presenter
for National Juvenile Court Judges Conferences—Key Largo and Orlando,
Florida
- Consultant
for Junior League of Beaumont, Texas, for Family Resource Centers
- Director
of first Family Resource Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee
- Invited to
sit on the planning team of the 1996 Family Re-Union Conference
hosted by Vice President Al Gore
- Recognized
by the Governor of Tennessee in the Governor's State of the State
message for local and statewide involvement with children and
families in Tennessee
- Invited to
participate on a national panel with President Bill Clinton and
Vice President Al Gore for the Family Re-Union Conference 6: Family
Involves Community and Schools
- Invited by
the Tennessee 23rd Legislative Retreat Task Force Team
on Education to formulate a learning session on Parental Involvement
and Family Resource Centers
- Invited by
National Education Association to be trained in Family Involvement
and Community Empowerment
- Invited by
the panelists for the enterprise Community Empowerment Zone Conference—St.
Louis, Missouri, on designing and implementation of Family Resource
Centers
- Interviewed
by Child Magazine on Parental Involvement and Family Resource
Centers
- InFocus Magazine
– Charles Mott Foundation Afterschool Program
- Invited by
the Vanderbilt Policy Making Institute to sit on panel concerning
policies for families in Tennessee
- Invited by
the Tennessee Valley Authority Weekend Academy to conduct workshop
for parents of students enrolled in the TVA Learning Academy
- Invited to
testify before the Tennessee Select Committee on Children and
Youth on the Empowerment of Family Resource Centers in Tennessee
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