Governance and Finance
The Committee for Governance and Finance has been working on a number of issues to support the strength and growth of TAICEP. These include:
Bylaws – At the annual conference the membership approved bylaws changes that will clarify leadership succession. We have identified a few more areas where we can improve elections and will be drafting changes for submission to members next year.
Budget – The Committee is currently finalizing the budget for the coming year. This is in direct support of one of the association’s strategic initiatives to further strengthen our financial position.
Margit Schatzman, Educational Credential Evaluators
Standards Committee
The Standards Committee is delighted to announce that we have strengthened our committee with a new member: Diana Stevens. She is Associate Director, International Admissions and Student Relations at the Australian Catholic University. With her on board, the committee members now span three continents: Australia, Europe and North America. It is especially valuable for the committee and our work that we now have a member that can bring in the institutional perspective as all the other members represents agencies.
Together with the Executive Board we are now planning our priorities for the year to come.
Stay tuned – we hope to have more exciting news for next newsletter!
Rolf Lofstad, Norwegian Agency for Quality Assurance in Education (NOKUT)
Resources for Members
One more TAICEP successful year is coming to an end! This is the time for transition in the leadership, for new ideas to blossom, for TAICEP members’ energy to be revitalized! In this transition, we congratulate LesLee Clauson Eicher, AACRAO, a long time committee member, for her election as TAICEP President, and we welcome Chris Adams, Indiana University, as the new Chair for the Resources for Members Committee for the upcoming year!
The accomplishments of the Resources for Members Committee have been notable! Our newsletter, TAICEP Talk, has been systematically praised, offering the TAICEP membership and other potential members updates on a variety of topics on credential evaluations. Our Verification Sources for Educational Documents has been greatly praised as well, and our Recommended Publications and Available Resources Online, both free and paid resources, have been a reliable source of information for the membership.
As the new year of activities approaches, the committee will continue to invest in and improve the existing resources and new features will come about! We are looking for a year of great deeds with the active contribution and participation of TAICEP members. Let us know of your needs and suggestions, and we will work to incorporate them in our discussions for committee action. We count on you! If you wish to be part of our dynamic committee, please contact the current chair at drloununes@gmail.com or the upcoming chair at adamschr@iu.edu.
As the Chair of the Resources for Members Committee, before leaving office, I would like to recognize the amazing committee members with whom I had the opportunity to work with throughout this past year, namely, Peggy Hendrickson (Transcript Research), LesLee Eicher (AACRAO), Annetta Stroud (AACRAO), Anu Soin (International Credential Assessment Service of Canada), Rebecca Chamula (Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators), and Lile Jandreska Gjorcheska (WES). Thank you all for your dedication to TAICEP!
Lou Nunes, Academic Evaluation Services
Marketing and Communications
Please welcome Elizabeth Tyrie, a recent TAICEP member, to the Marketing and Communications committee. Our committee is responsible for the branding and messaging of TAICEP by collaborating with other TAICEP committees on design and production of TAICEP marketing; developing relationships with international education organizations and higher education media; managing communications for the organization, including the TAICEP Talk Newsletter and marketing the annual conference; and developing a communications calendar of activities. If you are interested in assisting with these goals, please contact me for more information at Shereen.Mir-Jabbar@alliancept.org
Follow TAICEP on our various social media platforms, including Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn to stay current with the latest TAICEP events and important news relevant to our industry!
Shereen Mir-Jabbar, Canadian Alliance of Physiotherapy Regulators
Professional Development and Training Committee:
The Professional Development Committee just organized TAICEP’s fourth webinar this year on “Using the Internet for Verification of Academic Documents”, which was given by Peggy Bell Hendrickson and Annetta Stroud. The webinar was well-attended and a recording of it is available to TAICEP members on the website.
Since the Rome conference, 2 new members have joined our committee: Ildiko Bors of SpanTran and Amy Arcario of St. John’s University.
The PDC is working hard on the call for proposals for the 2018 conference, and hopes to publish it before the end of the year, if not sooner. We encourage everyone to start thinking about topics for pre-conference workshops and sessions so you’ll be ready to submit your proposals by the time the call is announced!
We are hoping to offer one more webinar this year if time and availability permit. Stay tuned!
Jessica Stannard, NUFFIC
Inside this edition:
President’s Welcome: November 2017 Newsletter
Education and Licensure of Health Care Professionals in the USA: November 2017 Newsletter
International Secondary Schools: Whose Education System Is it, Anyway? November 2017 Newsletter
Memoriam to Sandy Gault: November 2017 Newsletter
TAICEP Elections: November 2017 Newsletter
TAICEP Strategic Plan: November 2017 Newsletter
TAICEP News: November 2017 Newsletter
Add to Your Library: November 2017 Newsletter
Recent TAICEP Events: November 2017 Newsletter
Upcoming TAICEP Events: November 2017 Newsletter