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Associate Director
Certification
A certification program assessment (state-of-the-program report) has
been completed and will be posted to the website later this month.
The report looks at program history, goals and objectives, current
status, challenges, and recommendations for improvement. We are in
the process of initiating a number of new reports that will help us
better understand and communicate the value of the certification program
to the institutions that use it or are thinking of using it and will
keep those posted on the website as they become available. The latest
numbers for each category are as follows:
| Category |
Applied |
Awarded
as of December 31, 2004 |
Awarded
as of December 2003 |
Awarded
as of December 2002 |
| CIT |
397 |
175
(170 with CIG trainer status; 59 with CIH trainer status also) |
133 |
80 |
| CIM |
68 |
15 |
9 |
4 |
| CHI |
124 |
17 |
11 |
5 |
| CIP |
164 |
41 |
26 |
17 |
| CIG |
2528 |
2289 |
1344 |
720 |
| CIH |
190 |
179 |
56 |
0
(category did not exist) |
| Total |
3471 |
2373 |
1579 |
826 |
In January,
we completed a CIT course in Chicago that was booked full by Chicago
Wilderness (a consortium of museums, parks, nature
centers,
etc. in the Chicagoland area). This workshop gets the CIG program
into two dozen new venues in the Chicago area and they have asked
us to
return with a CIH Trainers workshop later this year. A CIH Trainers
workshop was held in Monterey, CA also in January. We are now attempting
to get workshops for all of the coming year on the website as early
as possible. Please be reminded that all board members and section
leaders can take a workshop at no charge (except certification fee
if certification is desired) during their tenure on the board. I’ve
been asked to clarify whether this means that a current board member
can register for a workshop that occurs after their term is up, as
long as they are on the board when they register. Technically, the
motion that created this opportunity does not specify when the workshop
must be attended, but the intent was to acquaint current board members
with the certification program, so I leave it to individual board
members’ discretion
and will honor registrations that occur while the board member is
still on the board regardless of the workshop date.
International
The international workshop will be held at Wyndham Condado hotel in
San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 13-17 2006. We are in the process of nailing
down program specifics and should have a call for papers up on the
website by the end of January. An advisory committee made up of 25
members and colleagues from around the world have been tapped as volunteer
advisors (communicating by e-mail), and an on-site committee of NAI
members in Puerto Rico is assisting with determining local opportunities
for off-site sessions, speakers, sponsors, and entertainment.
Board Reorganization
The transition task force selection has been completed. Led by Vern
Fish, the process will be conducted by Tom Mullin and Bruce Stebbins
as section reps, Lester Hodgins and Steve McCoy as region reps, and
myself as staff rep.
NIW
Deb Tewell will be reporting on NIW matters in her monthly staff report
from now on.
Contracts & Speaking Engagements
No new contracts or speaking engagements have been initiated in the
last month.
Respectfully submitted,
Lisa Brochu
Associate Director
866-326-4642
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