welcome to the 1 st facta regional meeting. facta executive committee updates

Welcome to the

1st FACTA Regional Meeting

FACTA Executive Committee Updates

2nd Annual Conference Highlights

93 Attended (107 Registered)First FACTA White Paper presented,

“Examination Security and Ethics for the Florida College Test Administrator” ◦A panel discussion followed which

addressed questions about the white paper.First FACTA event with concurrent

sessionsNew website announced3 Exemplary Practices PresentationsBy-laws were ratified

Current FACTA InitiativesPERT Placement Survey

◦Sent to ITA’s at each institution◦Information will be compiled and

shared with all institutional membersTABE Talk

◦Held on April 6th.◦21 participants◦Another one will be held in the fall.

Upcoming FACTA Events

FACTA Council MeetingOctober 6-7, 2011

Daytona State College’s Daytona Beach Campus

3rd Annual ConferenceFebruary 8-10, 2011

Florida State College at Jacksonville’s South Campus

Committee OpportunitiesEvents Planning

◦ Theresa Scott◦ tscott24@fau.edu

Communications◦ B.J. Stasek◦ bstasek@admin.usf.ed

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◦ Becky Piety◦ rpiety@mail.ucf.edu

By-laws◦ Gay Withers◦ withersg@brevardcc.e

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Exemplary Practices◦ Michael Childs◦ mchilds2@HCCFL.EDU

Membership◦ Alisha Vitale◦ vitale.alisha@spcollege.edu

Nominations◦ Maria Kulick◦ kulickm@FIU.EDU

Public Relations◦ Travis Spaulding◦ SpauldiT@SEMINOLESTATE.

EDU

2012 FACTA Council NominationsNominations for several council

seats as well as president-elect will begin within the next month or so.

If you are interested in serving on the council, please consider being nominated.

Please note that all council members must be involved with one of the committees either as a member or chairperson.

FACTA Treasurer’s and Membership Report

May 2011

FACTA-LFACTA-L now serves double duty

as our primary membership database. ◦Membership dues are only per

institution or business. No more individual memberships.

◦Any individual associated with a paid institution or business may join FACTA-L!

There are currently 242 individuals participating in FACTA-L!

FACTA-L Representation9 businesses53 colleges and universities2 NCTA members2 emeritiRepresentatives from FLBOG and

FLDOE2 guests from other states trying

to organize their own state testing organizations. (AZACTA & MCTA)

FACTA Business Members in 2011Diamond Members ($1000 to $1499)

◦Assessment Technologies Institute (ATI)◦McCann Associates Holdings

Bronze Members ($500)◦A+dvancer Division of American Education

Corporation◦ACT/COMPASS◦College Board: CLEP and Accuplacer◦CSPlacement LLC◦McGraw-Hill Companies: CTB and

Contemporary

2011 Members - as of April 20, 2011

29 Schools – paid 2011 membership

7 Businesses – paid 2011 membership

Recent Actions

2011 tax reporting Getting quotes for general liability insurance for FACTA

2011 Dues for Current Members

73%

28%

PaidUnpaid

Dues for 2011 by Region

Region I Region II

Region III

Region IV

Region V

0

2

4

6

8

10

12

UnpaidPaid

Membership Reach-OutWe need to reach out to Florida non

members.

◦ Region I Florida A & M University University of West Florida

◦ Region II Edward Waters College Flagler College Santa Fe College University of North Florida

◦ Region III Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Florida College Florida Institute of Technology Rollins College Stetson University

◦ Region IV Beacon College Clearwater Christian College Eckerd College

◦ Region V Barry University Lynn University Palm Beach Atlantic University University of Miami

WELCOME ABOARD!

Nova Southeastern University

AND

Florida College of Health Sciences

2011 Membership Committee Contacts

Alisha Vitale (Chair) St. Petersburg College

vitale.alisha@spcollege.edu

Dr. Carla Jenkins Florida Community College at Jax

cjenkins@fscj.edu

Nancy McGrotty Pasco Hernando Community College

mcgrotn@phcc.edu

Silvio Rodriguez Miami-Dade College

Silvio.rodriguez@mdc.com

Mary Westgate Polk State College

mwestgate@polk.edu   

NCTA Updates

NCTA 12th Annual Conference

San Diego, CA Town & Country Resort & Conference

CenterSeptember 21 to September 24, 2011

Conference RegistrationEarly Bird Registration

(May 18, 2011 through July 31, 2011)

Member: $180.00Non-Member: $230.00

NCTA Conference continued

Hotel Reservations:Town and Country Resort & Conference

CenterHotel Registration Opens – May 18, 2011Hotel room rate: $145.00 per night, plus

applicable taxes

Check the NCTA website for more information!

NCTA Updates – NEW STATE CHAPTERSKentucky hosted first Chapter

formation meeting on March 2, 2011

Arizona held its first organizational meeting on April 22, 2011. Silvio Rodriguez, NCTA State Liaison Coordinator, attended the meeting to help guide their formation. Their name is AZACTA!

NCTA Updates – Test Center CertificationNCTA Governing Board announced

awarding the NCTA Test Center Certification to the following institutions:

Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, FL

Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI

Pellissippi State Technical Community College, Knoxville, TN

Washtenau Community College, Ann Arbor, MI

NCTA Update – Test Center Certification continuedTest Center Certification

Committee continuing work on pilot phase of certification project.

More schools should be added to list by San Diego conference

Committee will present NCTA membership plans for making certification process operational.

Thank you for attending the First FACTA Regional

Meeting!This information was compiled for the FACTA 2011 Regional Meetings by FACTA Treasurer, Steven Daniello, FACTA Membership Chair, Alisha Vitale, FACTA Communications Chair, B.J. Stasek, FACTA President, Marc Webb, FACTA Past-President, Silvio Rodriguez, and FACTA President-Elect, Judy Jones-Liptrot.