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Welcome

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FACTA Regional Meeting

FACTA Executive Committee Updates

2 nd 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 sessions New website announced 3 Exemplary Practices Presentations By-laws were ratified

Current FACTA Initiatives

  PERT Placement Survey ◦ Sent to ITA’s at each institution ◦ Information will be compiled and shared with all institutional members ◦ ◦ TABE Talk ◦ Held on April 6 th .

21 participants Another one will be held in the fall.

Upcoming FACTA Events

FACTA Council Meeting

October 6-7, 2011 Daytona State College’s Daytona Beach Campus

3 rd Annual Conference

February 8-10, 2011 Florida State College at Jacksonville’s South Campus

Committee Opportunities

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Events Planning

◦ ◦ Theresa Scott [email protected]

Communications

◦ ◦ B.J. Stasek [email protected]

Assessment

◦ Becky Piety ◦ [email protected]

By-laws

◦ Gay Withers ◦ [email protected]    

Exemplary Practices

◦ ◦ Michael Childs [email protected]

Membership

◦ ◦ Alisha Vitale [email protected]

Nominations

◦ Maria Kulick ◦ [email protected]

Public Relations

◦ Travis Spaulding ◦ [email protected]

2012 FACTA Council Nominations    Nominations 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-L

 FACTA-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 participating in FACTA-L!

individuals

FACTA-L Representation

      9 businesses 53 colleges and universities 2 NCTA members 2 emeriti Representatives from FLBOG and FLDOE 2 guests from other states trying to organize their own state testing organizations. (

AZACTA & MCTA)

FACTA Business Members in 2011   Diamond 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

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29 Schools – paid 2011 membership

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7 Businesses – paid 2011 membership

Recent Actions

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2011 tax reporting

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Getting quotes for general liability insurance for FACTA

2011 Dues for Current Members 28% Paid Unpaid 72%

Dues for 2011 by Region

12 10 8 6 4 2 0 Region I Region II Region III Region IV Region V Unpaid Paid

Membership Reach-Out

We need to reach out to Florida non members.

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Region I

 Florida A & M University  University of West Florida

Region II

    Edward Waters College Flagler College Santa Fe College University of North Florida

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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 v [email protected]

 Dr. Carla Jenkins Florida Community College at Jax [email protected]

 Nancy McGrotty Pasco Hernando Community College [email protected]

 Silvio Rodriguez Miami-Dade College [email protected]

 Mary Westgate Polk State College [email protected]

NCTA Updates

NCTA 12

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Annual Conference

San Diego, CA Town & Country Resort & Conference Center September 21 to September 24, 2011

Conference Registration

Early Bird Registration (May 18, 2011 through July 31, 2011) Member: $180.00

Non-Member: $230.00

NCTA Conference continued

Hotel Reservations: Town and Country Resort & Conference Center Hotel Registration Opens – May 18, 2011 Hotel room rate: $145.00 per night, plus applicable taxes

Check the NCTA website for more information!

NCTA Updates – NEW STATE CHAPTERS  Kentucky 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 Certification NCTA 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 continued Test 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.