Roles+&+Responsibilities

The Discovery Educator Network Leadership Councils (DEN LC) play a critical role in supporting the state-level DEN communities through consistent and varied communications as well as organization and support of local activities and events.

Each DEN LC is comprised of current STAR Discovery Educators within a given state. At minimum, the DEN LC must have:
 * Chair
 * Blog Coordinator
 * Events Coordinator
 * One Blog Team Member
 * One Events Team Member


 * Roles and Responsibilities**

Chair
 * Serve as liaison between DEN LC and DEN Team
 * Monthly meetings with DEN point of contact
 * Maintain consistent communication with LC and state-level STAR DE community
 * Create and send monthly email updates to state-level STAR DE community
 * Organize and arrange LC team meetings
 * Meetings held a minimum of five times per year
 * Support LC members to ensure activity
 * Work with DEN point of contact on yearly review process
 * Chairs maintain activity report of LC members (meeting attendance, event support, etc.)

Blog Coordinator
 * Maintain an active LC blog
 * Average at least one post per week
 * Develop schedule for blog team
 * Attend online blogger training with Steve Dembo
 * Blogging guidelines
 * Consistency and customization
 * Meet with DEN point of contact as needed
 * Support members of LC Blog Team

Events Coordinator
 * Meet with DEN point of contact to develop year-long schedule of state LC events
 * Minimum of 4 events per year (should include Fall and Spring Virtual Conferences)
 * Take an active leadership role in planning and organizing at least 4 LC events per year based on input from your LC
 * Submit LC Event Request Form for all events
 * Work with DEN staff to provide support for regional and state events (e.g., DEN pre-conference events at state conferences)

Blog Team Members
 * Help Blog Coordinator maintain an active LC blog
 * Attend online blogger training
 * Blogging guidelines
 * Consistency and customization

Events Team Members
 * Take an active leadership role in planning and organizing at least 2 LC events per year
 * Work with Events Coordinator to prepare the LC Event Request Form (official request must come from or be approved by the Events Coordinator)
 * Work with DEN staff to provide support for regional and state events