BOARD OF DIRECTORS, COMMITTEE, AND ACTIVITY REPORTS
ACCTA Annual Report 2010-2011
Annual Conference
Lake Geneva, WI
September 10-14, 2011
1. AWARDS AND CERTIFICATES
Submitted by Dr. Matt Zimmerman
The activities of the Awards and Certificates Chair for the 2010-2011 year:
(1) Sent calls for nominations for the 2011 Helen Roehlke Award.
(2) Compiled members’ nominations for the Board and ACCTA Officers to consider.
The President and the Awards Chair identified the recipient of the award.
(3) Produced plaques in collaboration with the President for the Helen Roehlke Award
recipient, departing ACCTA Officer.
(4) Produced certificates in collaboration with the President for the members recognized
by ACCTA for their contribution.
(5) Will transport the plaques and the certificates to the ACCTA Conference in
September 2011.
(6) Updated timelines for future Awards and Certificates Chairs.
2. ARCHIVES COMMITTEE
Submitted by: Dr. Salina Renninger
Archives/History
Dr. Salina Renninger served as Chair of the Archives Committee during the 2010-2011
year. Her goal (not realized due to personal reasons) was to organize the tasks of the
committee so that it would be an achievable task for a typical ACCTA member. For
many years Dr. Jeana Dressel served as the archivist/historian and collected and
maintained ACCTA history in a fashion that only she could. As the organization has
grown and the culture of ACCTA continues to evolve, this task has also evolved and
clearly needs new guidelines as it is clear that the expectations from the past are no
longer attainable. In 2008 ACCTA agreed that the organization should archive aspects of
its history at the Center for the History of Psychology. The center is in association with
the Smithsonian Institution and is housed at the University of Akron. Goals for this
committee include: 1) determine what has been archived at University of Akron and what
from the past still needs to be archived; 2) develop processes for what to collect and
archive annually from ACCTA conferences and other ACCTA business; 3) re-write
policies and procedures to match current expectations.
At present, Dr. Kathlyn Dailey has taken a key role in achieving goal number one. She
reports that all ACCTA albums, with the exception of 2007 and 2008 conferences have
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been digitized. There are a few pages that still need labeling and once those are received
from Dr. Dressel, Dr. Dailey will digitize the 2007-2008 conference albums. Once all
albums are digitized the plan is to contact the Archives and submit the albums.
Additionally, Dr. Dailey collected conference folders and t-shirts from the 2009 and 2010
conferences. The t-shirts have been added with shirts from previous years and Dr.
Dressel will ship these to University of Akron for archiving.
We are currently looking for an ACCTA member(s) to chair or co-chair the Archives and
History Committee and we welcome the assistance of anyone interested in preserving
ACCTA’s history.
3. CARE AND COMPASSION COMMITTEE
Submitted by: Dr. Terri Rhodes, Chair
The role of the Care and Compassion committee is to respond to ACCTA members with
cards and/or small gifts in response to health issues, deaths, or crisis experiences that
members might face on their campuses.
During the 2010-2011year: (1) cards were sent to ACCTA members who were having
health concerns; (2) a card and plant was sent to an ACCTA member who underwent
serious surgery. Thankfully, this past year did not include the need for acknowledgment
and support for any serious campus tragedies
There has been a wonderful response to these small, yet important acts of reaching out to
our fellow ACCTA members in times of need.
A description of the Care and Compassion role and link to Terri Rhodes email has been
added to the ACCTA website so that members can contact the committee when they
know of ACCTA members who are experiencing health concerns or other crises.
4.
ACCTA DIVERSITY MENTORSHIP SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE
Submitted by: Tim Paquette, Co-Chair
Co-Chair: Dr. Tawa Sina
The co-chairs volunteered for the responsibilities at the Standing Committee on Diversity
(SCD) Meeting at the 2010 ACCTA conference in Portland, OR.
The call for nominations was announced on the ACCTA listserv on February 7, 2011.
Instructions for the application process were specified in the listserv announcement given
that the ACCTA website was undergoing renovation and applications needed to be
submitted through e-mail this year. The deadline for nominations was April 1, 2011.
Drs. Sina and Paquette coordinated the application and review process through e-mail.
Seven applicants were nominated by current ACCTA members.
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Following ACCTA's procedures and protocol, the other designated reviewers of the
Diversity Scholarship applicants were Drs. Carmen Cruz, Brian Olowude, and Geneva
Reynaga-Abiko (SCD Tri-Chairs), Dr. Cecilia Sun (SCD liaison to the Board), Dr. Julie
Corkery (ACCTA Secretary), Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch (ACCTA Treasurer), Dr. Kathlyn
Dailey (ACCTA Past President), and Dr. Maureen Lafferty (ACCTA President). It
should be noted that Dr. Cruz decided to recuse herself from the application review
process given her connection to two of the Diversity Scholar applicants. The deadline for
reviewing application materials and completing ratings was May 5, 2011. Dr. Sina
calculated the reviewers’ average overall ratings for each applicant that had been received
through e-mail. During this process, it was realized that not all of the ratings had been
received for all applicants and the review committee members were informed of this. The
reviewers were then able to submit all the ratings that had not been initially received and
the results were re-calculated.
The updated rating results were sent to the review committee members on May 18, 2011.
The review committee discussed the close scores of the three highest rated applicants and
consensus was reached that Dr. Agnes Kwong (University of Washington) and Dr. Inge
Hansen (Stanford University) would be the 2011 Diversity Scholars to attend this year’s
conference in Lake Geneva, WI. Both were contacted by Dr. Sina by phone on May 25,
2011 and both accepted the Diversity Scholarship. The next highest rated nominee, Dr.
Joy Mutinda (University of Michigan), was identified as the alternate who would be
invited to the ACCTA conference in the event that one of the 2011 Diversity Scholars
could not attend. Dr. Paquette notified Dr. Mutinda by phone that she was the alternate
and on 5/27/11, he e-mailed the other applicants who were not selected for the Diversity
Scholarship. ACCTA membership was notified of the two Diversity Scholars through
the ACCTA listserv on June 1, 2011.
Over the summer months of 2011, Drs. Kwong and Hansen submitted the titles and
learning objectives for their presentations as well as copies of their curriculum vitas.
They were also contacted so they could specify the audio/visual needs for their
presentations. Drs. Sina and Paquette will provide ongoing follow-up contact and support
for the Diversity Scholars as they make final preparations for their presentations and
attendance at the ACCTA Conference in September 2011.
5. GRANTS COMMITTEE
Submitted by: Terri Rhodes, Ph.D.
ACCTA received notification of a grant award from the Board of Educational Affairs
(BEA) for a Block Grant in support of conferences and workshops. This grant was
submitted last year and completed by Drs. Terri Rhodes, Jod Taywaditep, and Tricia
Besett-Alesch and will provide support for our keynote speakers, Drs. Speight and Vera
at the conference at Lake Geneva this year.
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6. JOB BANK
Submitted by: Christina Carroll-Pavia, Ph.D., Job Bank Coordinator
The ACCTA job bank continued to serve as a means for members to both post and
receive information about national job listings pertaining to psychologists and associated
mental health professionals. Between September 1, 2010 and July 31, 2011, a total of
703 position announcements were received and forwarded by way of 72 messages. Of
the 703, 170 were specifically for post-doctoral positions. Advertisements included a
wide variety of types of positions and work settings, including: university counseling
centers (seeking staff psychologists, directors, associate/assistant directors,
directors/coordinators of training), other university campus agencies (women’s centers,
wellness centers, career centers), academia (seeking faculty, department chairs, deans,
researchers, lecturers), hospitals (state hospitals, VA hospitals, private hospitals), and
community-based or private agencies (seeking clinicians, psychometricians, researchers,
administrators). Positions offered were full-and part-time, permanent and temporary.
Although most listings specifically targeted psychologists, a small number also
advertised for MFTs, MSWs, and psychiatrists. A majority of positions were located
within the United States, but a small number of positions were international in nature
(e.g., China, Mexico).
Job postings were gathered through emails from the ACCTA membership, the PracNet
Listserv, the NewPsych Listserv, the Groups in Counseling Centers Listserv, the National
Latino Psychology Association (NLPA) Listserv, the Asian American Psychological
Association (AAPA) Listserv, and collaborations with members of AUCCCD and
CCAPS. Positions advertised by any of these entities were sent to all of them, with an
effort to avoid duplicating postings when feasible. Although the job bank did not expand
into new relationships with any additional entities this year, it did undergo a significant
transformation into a digest-like format. Beginning on October 6, 2010, job postings
were no longer distributed individually. Instead, individual job announcements were
culled together and distributed in one email on a weekly basis. Each weekly email
offered a numbered list of the recruiting organizations and types of positions available,
followed by more specific, cross-referenced information about each position. Based on
the feedback received from the recipients of the job bank emails, this format was much
more desirable. Proponents cited the significant reduction in job-related emails they
received (and they themselves had to forward to interested colleagues), as well as the
ease of reading the announcements as the primary benefits to this change. While this new
format resulted in more time and effort spent by the Job Bank Coordinator
(approximately 30 minutes per week), this seems to be outweighed by the benefits to
ACCTA members and our professional affiliates. ACCTA members were encouraged to
forward postings to the Job Bank Coordinator, but were also reminded that they can
continue to individually post position announcements to the listserv as well. Given the
ongoing turnover in the ACCTA membership, it is recommended that members are
reminded annually of the role of the Job Bank Coordinator in assisting them to advertise
their positions.
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7. LISTSERV MANAGER
Submitted by: Dr. Mollie Herman, List Manager
Since the 2010 ACCTA conference, the following listserv actions were taken:
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5 new subscribers were added from new member programs
1 new subscriber was added from a returning program
1 subscriber was returned to the list after resolving technical problems with their
campus computing center
11 changes were made due to training director changes at existing programs
3 subscribers experienced an email address change
1 program resigned membership
3 programs requested having multiple staff members on the listserv
simultaneously for a temporary period
New members signed up for the ACCTA listserv as part of their registration process on
the ACCTA website. Dr. Herman worked directly with Dr. Jay Zimmerman
(Webmaster), Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch (Treasurer), and Dr. Ellie Hakim (Membership
Chair) to coordinate subscription changes with membership records. We continue to
maintain our listserv through APA and share a positive relationship with them.
8. LISTSERV SURVEYS
Submitted by: Dr. Geneva Reynaga-Abiko, Listserv Survey Coordinator
From September 1, 2010 through July 15, 2011 four new surveys were initiated,
formally summarized by ACCTA members, and sent to the ACCTA website. All surveys
are included on the website.
Titles of the new surveys this year were:
ADHD assessment (11/2010)
Digital video options (7/2011)
Speakers on race and privilege (6/2011)
Staff-intern Relationships (1/2011)
Respectfully submitted,
Geneva Reynaga-Abiko, Psy.D.
University of California, Merced
gabiko@ucmerced.edu
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9. MEMBERSHIP
Submitted by: Dr. Ellie Hakim, Membership Chair
ACCTA currently has 159 members. There were a number of new member programs or
reactivated programs added during the year. The programs and current training directors
are reflected below:
NEW ACCTA MEMBERS
Baylor University
Florida Gulf Coast College
Grinnell College
San Diego State University
University of Kentucky
University of San Francisco
TRAINING DIRECTOR
Dr. Rod Hetzel
Dr. Laura Wright
Dr. Harriett Dickey-Chasins
Dr. Linda Smith
Dr. Diane Sobel
Dr. Nancy Glenn
Two additional programs have been approved for membership and are in the process of
paying membership dues.
Consistent with previous years, there have been a number of changes in leadership in
member programs. Below is a list of programs, with the new Training Director and
former Training Director(s) listed. Nine Training Director transfers were identified this
year:
TRANSFER TRAINING DIRECTOR LEADERSHIP
University Name
New TD
1. American University
Jeanne Piette
2. Bowling Green State University Denise Litterer
3. California State, Long Beach
Diane Hayashiro
4. California State UniversityJacqueline Voss
Health Network
5. Clemson University
Laura Haley Creel
6. Lake Forest College
Jennifer Jeziorski
7. University of Illinois at Chicago Teresa Bear
8. University of Minnesota
Anshan Moore Eckard
9. University of Wisconsin,
Lauren Everitt
La Crosse
Old TD
Traci Callandrillo
Elizabeth Yarris
Michael Johnston
Michael Maley
Hal Stevens
Cynthia McKinzie
Kelli Johnson
Salina Renninger
Bridgette Hensley
DISCONTINUED MEMBERSHIP
I. Roosevelt University
Seven individuals sought additional information regarding membership requirements for
ACCTA. Twenty programs were sent informational emails regarding ACCTA and the
potential benefits of membership.
Members are encouraged to continue thinking about colleges and university counseling
centers that are from their geographic area and invite them to join our great organization.
ACCTA’s continued growth helps support new programs in internship development.
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Additional Membership Activities
Other membership activities for the year included revising the new member application
and member update forms in preparation for the transition to the new website. The goal
of the new forms was to provide more useful and up-to-date member information.
Additionally, membership has been working with New Member programs to assist in the
development of a mentoring program within ACCTA.
10. NEW MEMBER PROGRAMS
A. CONNECTOR PROGRAM
Submitted by: Dr. Mary Ann Covey, Co-Chair
Co-chair: Dr. A. Glade Ellingson
The co-chairs of the Connector Program and New Membership Orientation programs
worked to conduct the following activities during the 2010-2011 year. The first task was
renaming the program from the formally known “Buddy Program” to the “Connector
Program.” The name change was made in an attempt to make the program appear more
professional. For the connector program, a list of buddy volunteers and first time
conference attendees was obtained. There were 19 training directors who volunteered for
the connector program. A total of 14 new training directors registered for the 2011
ACCTA conference. Connectors were paired with new training directors. Letters to the
new training directors and the connectors were sent out immediately following the last
day of registration for the ACCTA 2011 conference. Connectors were informed of their
responsibilities (i.e., contacting first time conference attendees, dining with new members
on first night of ACCTA conference, maintaining on-going contact with connectee during
the conference) in these letters. New members were informed of the New Member
Orientation Meeting as well as the expectations of the connector she/he was matched
with.
The New Member Orientation meeting agenda was developed for the fall 2011 ACCTA
conference. The purpose of this meeting is to: (a) introduce the new members to one
another, (b) provide a brief overview of ACCTA, and (c) offer a context/overview of the
conference.
B. MENTOR PROGRAM
Submitted by: Dr. Mary Ann Covey, Co-Chair
Co-Chair: Karen Hofmann
In 2011, ACCTA was pleased to offer a mentorship program for new training directors
that have joined ACCTA and would like support and guidance through the process.
Possible areas of interest include but are not limited to: starting an internship, self-study
process, diversity training, intern recruitment, pre-site visit, accreditation, and interns not
meeting performance standards. Eight experienced Training Directors volunteered to
serve as mentors. Seven new Training Directors were interested in the program and were
paired. Efforts will continue to increase the numbers of possible mentors in the future.
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11. SITE VISITOR LIST
Submitted by: Dr. Brooks Morse, Site Visitor List Coordinator
List of Site Visitor Names
As of August 21, 2011
A. SITE VISIT LIST
Site Visitors
Date of Visit
University /
Program Visited
Director of
Training
Rene Monteagudo
03/2011
University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
University of Maryland
03/2011
University of Iowa
Julie Corkery
04/2011
Charlene Patterson
Chair: Jane Clement
Other: Salina Renninger
Chair: Theresa Rhodes
Other: Kimberly Hayes
Chair: Arnie Abels
Other: Kim Gorman
Chair: Jane Clement
Other: Arnie Abels
Chair: Vicki Hays
Other: Jon Brandon
03/2011
Chair: Suzanne Molnar
Other: Chun-Chung Choi
Chair: Andy Smith
Other: Cecilia Sun
05/2011
University of the Pacific
(Initial)
Temple University
Tuttleman Counseling
Services
UMass/ Amherst/CPH
05/2011
CSU Long Beach
Diane Hayashiro
Chair: Wilma Busse
Other: Martha Kitzrow
Chair: Marolyn Wells
Other: Lauren Weitzman
Chair: Sherry Benton
Member: Mark Stevens
05/2011
Miami University
05/2011
Central Washington
University
Colorado State
University Health
Network
Maria CarrubbaWhetstine
Cindy Bruns
05/2011
06/ 2011
David Petersen
Marcy Chessler
Linda D. Scott
Jacqueline Voss
B. SITE VISIT CONSULTANT LIST
CONSULTANT (prior
to site visit)
Louise Douce
Date of Visit
3/2010
University/Program Director of
Visited
Training
Georgia Institute of
Mack Bowers
Technology
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12. SPECIAL EVENTS
Submitted by: Dr. Natasha Maynard-Pemba, Special Events Coordinator
In the role of the Special Events Coordinator, I worked on gathering ACCTA members at
two professional conferences.
a) The National Multicultural Conference & Summit in Seattle, January 27-28. Dr.
Brooks Morse indicated an interest in coordinating a social to gather ACCTA
members for a dinner while at the conference. Dr. Morse is familiar with the area.
There were a few ACCTA attendees who connected casually throughout the
conference.
b) APA’s 119th Annual Convention in Washington D.C., August 3-7. The Special
Events Coordinator used the ACCTA Listserv to survey the needs of ACCTA
members who would attend APA. Only one member responded and provided their
limited availability. I consulted with the president and we decided not to go further
with arranging a social. A message was sent to the board re: this decision
encouraging them to make connections on their own and or at the Division 17 Social.
13. STANDING COMMITTEE ON DIVERSITY
Submitted by: Brian Olowude, SCD Tri-chair
SCD Tri-Chairs: Carmen Cruz, Brian Olowude, Geneva Reynaga-Abiko
Board Representative: Cecilia Sun
The SCD met monthly this year to set and discuss the SCD agenda for the year. After
getting feedback from the conference, the SCD focused on the following items.
 Redefinition/Clarification of the SCD mission
 Community engagement project
 Nominations for SCD co-chair and SCD slate for Board (even if not
attending conference)
Redefinition/Clarification of the SCD mission
This has been the major aspect of our work guided by the Needs Assessment from 2010
as well as some of the discussion/energy during the last two conferences to redefine and
operationalize the SCD mission.
Are we doing what we say we do? What are the ACCTA activities that used to be run by
SCD and are now more whole ACCTA activities/programs.
 We have also had at least two phone meetings with our Board Liaison, Cecilia
Sun several times to discuss these ideas. Her feedback has been very helpful for
our process.
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Continuing of the Community engagement project
This project was started two years ago and will not be part of the Lake Geneva
conference. There is some discussion about how we only have 4 days together to review
general training issues, discuss diversity issues, and connect with each other. Thus,
adding one more project, such as this community project, has taken up a lot of extra time
from the SCD chairs during the conferences. We are proposing to the membership that
we discuss this at the upcoming SCD meeting at the conference.
Nominations for SCD co-chair and SCD slate on Board (even if not attending
conference)
The tri-chairs discussed the more consistent use of securing Nomination for SCD-chairs
as well as the Board SCD slate before and during the conference.
As part of the discussion the chairs also explored ideas as how to include committee
members more in general in the SCD.
14. STANDING COMMITTEE ON CONFERENCES (SCC)
Submitted by: Dr. Terri Rhodes, Co-Chair
Co-Chair: Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch
Committee Members: Dr. Terri Rhodes and Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch (co-chairs).
Members – Dr. Joan Mizrahi, Dr. Ellie Hakim, Dr. James Hennessey, Dr. Chris Hogan,
Dr. Salina Renninger, Dr. Hal Stevens, Dr. Joan Mizrahi, Dr. Fiona Vajk, Dr. Jane Braga,
Dr. Cecilia Sun, Dr. Debra Crisp, Dr. Andrew Shea, Dr. Meredith Shefferman, Dr.
Brooks Morse, Dr. Jod Taywaditep, Dr. Pam Miller, and Dr. Matt Zimmerman.
I.
CONFERENCE PLANNING ACTIVITIES
Hotel Locator Service & Conference Planning
1. ACCTA has begun working with a conference planner, Debbie Nolan, at
AMC Source. She was instrumental in finding the site of the 2012
ACCTA conference and in negotiating the hotel contract with the
Radisson Plaza Lord Baltimore Hotel in Baltimore Maryland. As has been
the practice in the past, area TD’s visited potential sites and provide
information about those hotels and area to the conference committee and
the ACCTA board so that a decision can be made about the hotel. Drs.
Kevin Bursley and Mollie Herman were the “site visitors” for ACCTA
this year. The dates of the 2012 ACCTA conference will be Sat. Sept 15Wed Sept 19, 2012.
2. ACCTA will continue to have a standing committee on conference to
support the conference hosts in their efforts to coordinate the annual
ACCTA conferences but will shift some of the primary conference
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coordination tasks to the conference planner, e.g. the conference planner
will be responsible for locating conference sites, negotiating with the hotel
on ACCTA’s behalf (conference space and costs), will coordinate A/V
needs, and they will coordinate conference registration and name tags.
The conference committee and hosts will continue to coordinate meals,
welcome and registration table, packet contents, socials, T-shirts, and will
be an additional liaison between the hotel sites and ACCTA.
III. 2011 Conference in Lake Geneva WI.
Conference registration was accessed on the ACCTA website and
coordinated by SCC member, Dr. Fiona Vajk
2. Key duties of the 2011 conference have been assumed by SCC
members and Board members:
 Conference Webpage-Matt Zimmerman
 Conference Food –Terri Rhodes
 Conference Excursion – Joan Mizrahi
 Conference T-shirt – Jod Taywaditep
 Conference Packet – Rene Monteagudo
 Conference Name Tags – Jane Barga & Debra Crisp
 Accommodations—Pam Miller
 Welcome Table & Registration—Brooks Morse
 Conference Connector Program – Mary Ann Covey & Jon
Brandon
 Conference Program – Kevin Bursley & Natasha MaynardPemba
 Continuing Education –Rene Monteagudo & Cecilia Sun
The Standing Committee on Conferences will meet in Lake Geneva and plan for the 2012
conference. New members are always welcome; please consider joining this committee and
adding your touch to the ACCTA conference experience.
15. STANDING COMMITTEE ON BYLAWS, POLICIES AND PROCEDURES
Submitted by: Dr. A. Glade Ellingson, Chair
Committee Members: Drs. Tricia Besett-Alesch, Kathlyn Dailey, Julie Corkery, Andrew
Shea, & Matt Zimmerman
The Standing Committee on Bylaws, Policies and Procedures has been active this year.
We began the 2010-2011 year with five members and were pleased when Dr. Andrew
Shea joined the committee in December.
In fall 2010 the committee concluded updating and revising ACCTA’s Policies &
Procedures Manual. This process had been begun by Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch and
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included input from many ACCTA committee chairs and project managers. The revised
Policies & Procedures Manual was endorsed by the Board of Directors in December
2010.
In May 2011 the Chair of the Committee initiated a Bylaws Review. Committee
members offered written comments and questions regarding the Bylaws. This feedback
was synthesized and discussed in two conference calls. Key proposals were forwarded to
the Executive Committee and to the Board of Directors for comment and discussion. The
result is five proposals to amend the Bylaws; each proposal is actually a package
containing a set of similar proposed amendments. These proposals will be presented at
the 2011 ACCTA Conference in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin and will be voted on after the
conference.
The first set of proposed revisions involves creating a new Standing Committee on
Website Management and designating a Board position to chair this new committee. In
accordance with current Bylaws, a vote to create this new standing committee will occur
at the next (2011) conference. If the new committee is approved, a proposal to amend the
bylaw regarding Election to the Board (Article IV.C.2.) will be voted on after the
conference to establish the mechanism for electing this designated Board position.
The second set of proposed revisions involves Technology & Practice Updates. This
would include updating references to mail and written ballots (e.g., Articles IV.A.2.c.,
IV.A.2.f., IV.A.2.h.) , defining a written request by membership (Article IV.A.2.a),
updating language regarding election results (Article IV.A.2.h.), updating board meeting
technology references (e.g., Article IV.C.3.), and clarifying Committee Chairs vs.
Liaisons writing annual reports (Article IV.F.2.b.).
The third set of proposed revisions involves Lengthening Succession Lines to the
presidency. This proposal specifies that in the absence of the President and the Pastpresident or President-elect, the presidency would fall to the Secretary (by amending
Article IV.B.4.) and then to the Treasurer (by amending Article IV.B.5.).
The fourth set of proposed revisions involves Updating Diversity Language (primarily in
Article II.C.). Input from the current SCD Tri-chairs was sought for this proposal.
The fifth set of proposed revisions involves Formatting Changes. This includes
standardizing the names of standing committees (Article IV.F.1.c.), standardizing
capitalization, correcting punctuation, and proposing similar grammatical and formatting
changes throughout the document.
The Standing Committee on Bylaws, Policies and Procedures continues to assist ACCTA
Officers and Board Members with Bylaws consultation and Policies & Procedures
revisions as requested. In addition to the activities above, new committee members will
be recruited during the 2011 Conference in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin.
16. STANDING COMMITTEE ON NOMINATIONS
Submitted by: Dr. Kathlyn Dailey, Past-President
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Members: Dr. Mary Ann Covey, Matt Zimmerman
Kathlyn Dailey, Past-President and Voting Coordinator, solicited online nominations
from the membership for the positions of President-Elect, Secretary and five (5) ACCTA
Board Members for 2011–2013. These nominations were accepted between July 29, 2011
and September 2, 2011 and nominees were contacted via email to determine if they
wanted to accept or decline the nomination. Conference attendees will be able to make
further nominations from the floor during the 2nd business meeting. All nominees will be
asked to make a brief statement at the conference and to submit a written statement and
photo following the conference to be posted on the ACCTA website. Elections will be
held online approximately two weeks after the fall conference.
17. STANDING COMMITTEE ON RESEARCH
Submitted by: Dr. Mollie Herman, Chair
Committee Members: Drs. Sarah Armstrong, Daniela Linnebach Burnworth, Kevin
Bursley (Board Liaison), Brigid Cahill, Rhandi Clow, Robyn Geelhoed, Tricia Hanley,
Kim Hays, Mollie Herman (Chair), Keith Magnus, Julia Phillips, Salina Renninger, Felix
Savino, Meredith Cohn Shefferman, Karen Taylor, Fiona Vajk
The committee developed, conducted, summarized, and shared results from the 2010
ACCTA conference evaluation and developed and conducted the 2011 ACCTA survey,
which will be presented at the 2011 ACCTA conference in Lake Geneva, WI. Drs.
Sarah Armstrong and Mollie Herman will also present some of the survey findings in
more detail at a breakout session during the 2011 conference. Additionally, the
committee, in consultation with the Standing committee on Diversity, continued work on
a study of past Diversity Scholars, their career paths and the ways in which the Diversity
Scholar program influenced them. This project is headed by Dr. Keith Magnus. The
committee arranged for continued association with Dr. Salina Renninger, who is
transitioning from her position as an internship training director to an academic position
and plans to stay integrally involved with the Diversity Scholars project as well as
possible future projects. Also, Dr. Kim Hays is heading up a project to look at training
directors’ experiences with the APA self-study which will continue into the upcoming
year.
18. STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRAINING RESOURCES
Submitted by: Dr. Ellie Hakim, Chair
Committee Members: Drs. Arnie Abels, Jon Brandon, Kevin Bursley, Mary Ann Covey,
Kathlyn Dailey, Ellie Hakim, Karen Hofmann, Phil Johnson, Keith Magnus, Pam Miller,
Andrew Shea, and Cecilia Sun.
The committee has been working on the goals established at last year’s conference. The
goals for the year included: 1) Restructuring the Training Resources section to enhance
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organization and usefulness of resources, and 2) Collecting additional resources including
self-studies, updated evaluations, AAPI resources, and diversity resources.
The committee worked diligently over the year addressing the first goal, the restructuring
of the Training Resources section. As ACCTA prepared for a transition to a new website,
committee members restructured the content of the Training Resources page to increase
organization and ease of finding relevant resources. The following categories were
created:
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Accreditation
Selection
Evaluation
Sample Schedules/Syllabi
Training for Specific Content Areas
Training Tasks and Creative Training Ideas
Supervision Support Materials
Training Manuals/Policies and Procedures Samples
Additional Resources
All sections were reviewed to ensure resources were current and reformatted to increase
usefulness. Archived sections were added for more dated materials. Recent submissions
were labeled with date of submission. Additionally, resources were separated into
individual documents to be a less cumbersome, more user-friendly format.
A number of new resources were also added over the course of the year.
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Five 2009-2010 APA Self-Studies were added.
There was a call for evaluation forms that had been recently created or revised in light
of the competency movement. Approximately 38 new evaluation forms were added,
including Intern Evaluation Forms, Supervisor Evaluation forms, and Evaluation
forms of the Internship.
Eight Intern Training Manuals were added.
Eight updated Due Process documents were added. Additionally, the APA
remediation plan template was added.
Several APPI resources were also added.
I want to express my appreciation to the committee for all of the work they did this year
revising and restructuring the training resources content. It was an extensive undertaking
that could not have been accomplished without all of the committee members’
contributions.
The committee would also like to express our appreciation to Dr. Jay Zimmerman for all
of the energy, time, and invaluable assistance he has provided our committee over the
years. Additionally, we would like to thank Dr. Matt Zimmerman for his guidance,
patience, and diligence during the transition to the new website.
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19. TECHNOLOGY EQUIPMENT
Submitted by: Dr. Jon Brandon, Technology Equipment Coordinator
During the 2010 Annual Conference in Portland, changes were implemented in the
scheduling process for the laptops and projectors. As recommended from the previous
year, an additional laptop was purchased, allowing the secretary to have greater flexibility
in access to a laptop. Laptop/projector units were labeled which allowed increased ease in
scheduling them. Furthermore, it was discovered that a team of four people is ideal for
implementing the laptop/projector schedule for the presentations at the conference.
Feedback from the 2010 conference was positive overall regarding the scheduling and
ease of use of the laptops and projectors. One need that was identified from the 2010
Annual Conference was for speakers for the laptops to allow audience members to better
hear audio content. Four speakers have been purchased for this purpose and will be
available for the 2011 Annual Conference. Finally, changes were implemented in the
information requested for conference proposals. Presenters were asked to identify
specific technological needs for their presentations, and these needs are reflected in the
scheduled rooms and scheduled equipment for conference presentations.
20. WEBSITE CONTENT COORDINATOR
Submitted by: Dr. Matt Zimmerman, Website Content Coordinator
As a result of the 2009-2010 website analysis by Matt Zimmerman, Jon Brandon and
Ellie Hakim, requested by then president Kathlyn Dailey, it was recommended by the
Board to ACCTA membership at the Annual Conference in Portland, Oregon (October 16, 2010) to move forward with a complete re-design of the ACCTA website. It was
further recommended that ACCTA contract with Clarity Ventures for the redesign, at an
estimated cost of $20,000 allocated from the budget for the project. ACCTA membership
voted in favor of the cost expenditure and consequent website redesign, and that redesign
was completed over the course of the 2010-2011 year. The primary goals of the website
redesign were as follows:
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To allow for quicker and easier access to content and functions that ACCTA
members use most frequently, including training resources, current and prior
ACCTA surveys, conference information and registration, member contact
information, voting, and activities in support of diversity.
To develop electronic systems for voting, annual dues payment and conference
registration that make such transactions simpler for members, and less time
consuming for officers, board members and other members who are responsible for
such functions.
To diversity responsibility for website content management, in order to reduce the
time commitment for any one individual member, but also to support predictable and
consistently effective management of website content in light of increased member
turnover.
To provide, through the multi-member management of the website, more
contemporary and useful sources of information as a result of frequent updates to
content.
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The newly designed website launched on June 28th, at a total cost of $20,250,
approximately $250 over the approved budget. Expected technical difficulties and
oversights occurred and have been regularly addressed by Clarity Ventures in
communication with board members Matt Zimmerman, Tricia Besett-Alesch, Jon
Brandon, and Maureen Lafferty. Additional support hours will likely be required over
the next several months. Initial feedback from members is that the site is meeting the
goals of quicker and easier access, and it is enabling functions such as electronic
conference registration. Further work is necessary to address the Member Dues and
Update function and to create a Change of Training Director form on the website.
Clarity Ventures has agreed, as requested by the ACCTA Board, to provide training to
members who will be involved in website content management, regarding their content
management system (CMS). It is hoped that in the 2011-2012 year, website managing
members will take primary responsibility for the content management, while using
Clarity for continued technical support and hosting.
21. CONTINUING EDUCATION (CE) COMMITTEE
Submitted by: Rene Monteagudo, CE Co-Chair
CE Co-chair: Cecilia Sun
The continuing education committee was quite busy this past year. Two major developments
occurred within the area. ACCTA was up for accreditation renewal as an APA CE sponsor. The
CE committee (Cecilia Sun and Rene Monteagudo) worked on submitting on ACCTA’s renewal
application in early 2011. This entailed updating the information that was submitted for renewal
back in 2005. The renewal application was electronically submitted on 02/23/2011. On
05/03/2011, we were notified by APA that our application was “Approved with Clarifications”
and given another 5 years of accreditation as CE sponsor. They noted to us that there were some
items that needed to be clarified and they would send us a report in the coming months. As of
the writing of this report, we have yet to receive this report from APA.
The second item has been the committee’s work in changing the manner in which conference
sessions are evaluated and CE certificates distributed. It was noted that going to an electronic
system would help reduce some of ACCTA’s costs and contribute to the organizations
aspirational goal of being more sustainable by reducing the amount of paper created for the
evaluations and CE certificates. In addition, another benefit noted was to have a system that was
more efficient in collating the feedback from each conference session. Under the encouragement
and supervision of the ACCTA board, the CE committee utilized the services of SurveyMonkey
to create conference sessions evaluations and link the completion of those surveys to distribution
of CE certificates. The CE committee will continue to distribute the session signup sheets and
use the information from the signup sheets to send attendees web links to the evaluations. Our
intended hope is to make this experience seamless and eliminate the sometimes unorganized
distribution of CE certificates at the end of conference sessions. Give the transition that is taking
place with ACCTA’s website, it was agreed to store the electronic copies of the 2011 conference
CE certificates on the University of Illinois Counseling Center’s webpage with the intended plan
of having the certificates be “housed” on ACCTA’s webpage next year.
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Corkery, Secretary; Dr. Tricia Besett-Alesch, Treasurer