welcome to the 1 st facta regional meeting. facta executive committee updates
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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◦ [email protected]
Communications◦ B.J. Stasek◦ [email protected]
u Assessment
◦ Becky Piety◦ [email protected]
By-laws◦ Gay Withers◦ [email protected]
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Exemplary Practices◦ Michael Childs◦ [email protected]
Membership◦ Alisha Vitale◦ [email protected]
Nominations◦ Maria Kulick◦ [email protected]
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
Dr. Carla Jenkins Florida Community College at Jax
Nancy McGrotty Pasco Hernando Community College
Silvio Rodriguez Miami-Dade College
Mary Westgate Polk State College
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.