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April, 2005 |
Advances in Education InitiativeSTC is working towards providing more education options than ever before. Members have asked for a variety of types of education and resources and we are responding to that request. Training ProgramThe STC Training Program will pilot on Oct. 20-21, 2005. Attendees will receive a certificate of completion for taking a course. After the pilot program, we will look at scheduling similar training programs at other locations.
The pilot program consists of the following two-day course offerings:
Registration fees, which include two breakfasts and two luncheons, are:
More information will be sent to members shortly and will appear on the STC web site. Stay tuned! Experts ListCommunity leaders are always looking for program speakers, authors for newsletter articles, seminar and training leaders, and so on. This list, which will be published on the STC web site, will provide a resource for meeting these needs.
The initial list will consist of the top-rated speakers at past STC Annual Conferences, along with their contact information and the topic on which they spoke. We are investigating including a second list of individuals who are certified to teach a particular tool or topic. More news about these lists will be sent to community leaders and will appear on the STC web site. Education PortalAnother initiative is to centralize all of STC’s educational offerings on the web site in one, easy-to-access portal. The web site currently includes a wealth of information. This initiative will leverage the existing content, provide new content (for example, the lists mentioned earlier), and provide a new framework for accessing it. Leadership TrainingEvery community leader has a slightly different set of experiences and skills when entering their STC “job.” And, there are surely skills and knowledge they wish they had as they serve in their leadership role. Leadership Day at the Annual Conference provides a wonderful opportunity for leaders to meet with each other, share experiences, and learn from veterans. But, it happens only once a year. And, it doesn’t cover everything that a leader might encounter.
Leadership Training will fill the gaps during the course of the year. We will survey leaders to determine what they wish they had known, how they would like to receive the training (webinars, phone seminars, and so on), and whether they would be willing to provide training and mentorship for others.
Some ideas for topics include:
Leaders, keep your eye out for that survey. Your input is critical in making this a success! Continuing Education Units (CEUs)We are researching the possibility of offering CEUs for attendance at Annual Conference sessions, post-conference sessions, and training program courses. We do not yet have the data on the logistics, requirements, and associated expenses (staff to monitor attendance, equipment to track attendance, and so on), so we do not know whether this is feasible, but we are looking into it.
In determining whether to go forward with this, we will survey STC members who identify themselves as managers to determine their perceived value of CEUs. For example, will a candidate having CEUs impact their decision to hire them? Would they be more likely to pay to send an employee to a conference or training program that offers CEUs as opposed to one that does not?
Once we have all of the information, including a budget of associated expenses, we will present it to the Board for consideration. Again, stay tuned! Your TurnThis is just the start of what STC can offer in education, but we need
to know what you want. Dream big. Send your ideas to Deborah Sauer, assistant
to the president for conferences, at dsauer@sauer-design.com.
Together, we can make a better STC.
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