Spring 2006 Executive Council Meeting Minutes
1. ASHA Board and Committee Reports
- Board of Division Coordinators
- Council for Clinical Certification
- Legislative Council
- Multicultural Issues Board
2. NSSLHA Committee Reports
- Group A: Rules and Procedures
- Group B: Special Affairs Committee
- Group C: Student and Professional Affairs Committee
- Group D: Public Affairs Committee
3. National office report
4. New Business
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1. ASHA Board and Committee Reports
- Board of Division Coordinators [PDF]
- Council for Clinical Certification [PDF]
- Legislative Council
- Multicultural Issues Board [PDF]
- CAPCSD-CAPCSD had not held its annual meeting by the time of the NSSLHA spring meeting. Report to be submitted with fall 2006 meeting materials.
- SPEB-SPEB had not held its annual meeting by the time of the NSSLHA spring meeting. Report to be submitted with the fall 2006 meeting materials.
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2. NSSLHA Committee Reports
- Group A Rules and Procedures:
Regional Council alternate application procedures - Applicants for RC alternate do not need to be filled out until the alternate is chosen and, that being the case, the application does not need to be up on the website.
National members serving on NSSLHA committees - The Council approved having national members serving on committees at the fall 2005 meeting and national office staff is working on the implementation plan for the Council to review at the fall 2006 meeting. Final decision for the dissemination of this information will be made during Spring meeting.
Students applying for RC positions outside of the region where there is a graduate program - An email was received from a student regarding RC positions for those who are not in a state where there are grad programs. Essentially the question was raised as to the limitations of school vs residence on which region a student could apply to. The committee resolved that provided a student has some connection to the region (originated from/planning on moving to, etc) then they will be eligible to apply. This considers those who are undergrads and may move to another state for grad school, or those who originate from a different state than the one they are attending school in.
Regional Councilor terms - The committee created a new clause to be added to the RC application information regarding the requirement of attendance in school for a minimum 2/3 of the RC term. A graduate student may then be ineligible to apply unless they are a conditional graduate student or are planning on entering a PhD/AuD program immediately following graduate school.
Regional conference calls - These are presently held each fall. It was determined that the number of calls per term could be reduced by pairing regions together for increased participation per call. The national office staff will promote 2 regional conference calls. The first call, scheduled for Wednesday, September 20 at 9:00 PM EST will cover Regions 1-5. The second call, scheduled for Thursday, September 21 at 9:00 PM EST will cover Regions 6-10.
RC's were also advised to email department chairs at the beginning of the year to establish linkeages and communicate the information about the upcoming conference calls.
Regional Councilor mentoring program - a checklist will be established during the spring meeting for review by the Executive Council. The committee will review this item and prepare a plan for the spring 2007 meeting.
Award Program for local chapters - Developed as a means of increasing participation by chapters in national programs and activities. It was also created to assist new chapter advisors and officers on how to take advantage of national benefits and resources. This award program was implemented during the fall 2006 promotional campaign to NSSLHA chapters.
- Group B NSSLHA Special Affairs:
NSSLHA Honors Program - The committee moved to consider the candidates brought forward by the committee and select one to receive NSSLHA Chapter Honors. The Chapter of the Year Honors were awarded to Bloomsburg University.
The committee moved to consider the candidates brought forward by the committee and select one to receive NSSLHA Advisor Honors. The Chapter Advisor of the Year Honors were awarded to Julie Burkheimer.
The committee moved to nominate individuals for consideration for NSSLHA Honors. The Honors of NSSLHA were awarded to Alex Johnson.
"NSSLHA Loves" Campaign - Donations to the NSSLHA Loves campaign are down and the committee is looking for alternatives for chapter fundraising. The committee moved to develop a NSSLHA product(s) to benefit the "NSSLHA Loves" Campaign. The Council approved the tentatively titled "Men of ASHA" calendar as a product for the fundraiser. National office staff was assigned to roll out a plan for the Calendar with both ideas being implemented during the ASHA Convention in Miami.
The committee also discussed the idea of send mailings to chapters concerning the "NSSLHA Loves" Campaign with the ASH Foundation. The ASH Foundation agreed to promote only the NSSLHA Scholarship fund in its mailings to local NSSLHA chapters. Additional fundraising ideas discussed included Oral Mech Kits; a tele-thon where a telephone appeal is made to each chapter; an appeal to the State Associations to donate $100; and Creating a flier for the NSSLHA luncheon that lists the amounts that are donated by the NSSLHA chapters toward the scholarship fund.
The NSSLHA Executive Council also voted to extend the NSSLHA Scholarship Fund as the "NSSLHA Loves" recipient for the 2006-2007 campaign year.
NSSLHA Grants - No McKinley Regional Project Grants submitted for consideration.
The committee moved to grant the University of Wisconsin and the University of Washington $500 each in a Community Service Grant.
NSSLHA Disaster Relief Funds - The committee moved to include Hurricane Katrina issues under the responsibilities of NSSLHA Special Affairs.
The committee requested that NSSLHA refer to assistance to Hurricane Katrina victims under a general title of "Disaster Relief". National office staff instructed to edit these changes on the NSSLHA Web site and in all national office materials.
- Group C Student and Professional Affairs:
NSSLHA's presence at the upcoming 2006 NBASLH Convention (April 20-22, 2006) in Memphis, Tennessee - Lauren Bland and Carlin Hageman will be attending the 2006 NBASLH Convention, and it was shared that either a luncheon activity or a convention session geared toward NSSLHA chapter advisors would be organized for the NBASLH Convention.
Establishing a relationship with Bilingual Therapies - NSSLHA vice-president, Sara Kochanski, has been in communication with Julie Leaderman at Bilingual Therapies about potential collaborations/sponsorships between NSSLHA and Bilingual Therapies to discuss the following ideas: 1) sponsorship (travel and registration fees) of a NSSLHA member to attend the annual Bilingual Therapies Symposium; 2) awarding three $7000 scholarships toward the last year of grad school for 3 bilingual NSSLHA members; 3) sending postcard mailings to NSSLHA members to announce any new collaborations/scholarships potentially established; and 4) the possibility of providing content/speakers for a multicultural focused NSSLHA Day session at the 2006 or 2007 ASHA Convention. The committee will continue to work with Bi-lingual Therapies on these ideas and report at future meetings.
Audiology and SLP Student Issues - NSSLHA will have its own table at the NAFDA Expo on Wednesday, April 5, 2006 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and Regional Councilors attending the Convention will volunteer at the NSSLHA table as their schedules permit. NSSLHA representatives attending the convention include: Carlin Hageman, Katie Quinlan, Kimberly Croteau, and Mollie Carson.
AuD Educational Summit - Katie Quinlan, NSSLHA president-elect, attended the AuD Educational Summit and had the opportunity to discuss/brainstorm with NAFDA's president-elect ways in which NSSLHA and NAFDA could collaborate: 1) NSSLHA and NAFDA participating in joint spring 2007 Capitol Hill visits. 2) Developing a questionnaire to identify data that can benefit and support NSSLHA members who are AuD students (i.e., What criteria do AuD students or their programs use to choose their 4th year placements? Do the students choose, or have input into their 4th year placements, or do their programs independently place them at a site?) 3) Creation of a "buddy system" that would pair a NSSLHA student and a NAFDA student from the same university 4) Developing two lists (SLP and AuD) of questions graduate student applicants should ask a university program (i.e., What is your radius for travel to off campus clinic sites?) 5) Publishing a joint NSSLHA/NAFDA report about the AuD Educational summit in CICSD and/or the NSSLHA NOW newsletter.
KASA information provided to students - The committee is working on a session idea for Friday morning of the ASHA convention. A session that will hopefully get at explaining the standards for students and how they can be met, the intent of them, and that each school is choosing to manage them in their own way.
Status of the online Praxis Review and EBP materials - The online Praxis review web site has been suspended. ASHA raised issues regarding 1. the representational quality of the questions, 2. it's not how the test is now, 3. the limited number of questions, 4. making the exam look dated.
The issue was sent back to the committee to review other ideas for communicating Praxis information to students (e.g. a regular column in the NSSLHA newsletter with test taking ideas facilitated by representatives from the Special Interest Divisions.
The council also reviewed the EBP Power Point presentation and agreed that it should be posted on the NSSLHA web site and made available to members as a primer on the subject. National office staff assigned to getting the materials posted on the NSSLHA web site.
Updating the NSSLHA Logo - Action: The idea was discussed and tabled by the council. While this could be something to look at long term it is very expensive given that there are so many products that would have to be changed. Also, if it was going to be more of a symbolic representation like ASHA's we were wondering about what the Trademark and Copyright restrictions would be.
NSSLHA Day 2006 at the ASHA Convention - The Council decided to have 3 (50-minute) sessions of morning programming during the convention. Topic ideas for those sessions include: Meeting the KASA/Certification/ethics Standards; Praxis; CF and 4th Year placements; and applying to/financing grad school. The NSSLHA Night activity idea "Salsa Night". The current and incoming Convention Consultants will work with ASHA staff to arrange these activities for the ASHA Convention.
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3. National Office Report
Revisions to the NSSLHA chapter handbook - National office staff will work with ASHA's web development team to create an online version of the handbook. This material will be restricted to members only.
Email messages to new NSSLHA members - National office staff is working with ASHA's IS department to develop a process that will provide new members with an email that contains their NSSLHA membership number and other pertinent new member information immediately upon joining/payment processing.
Mailing to inactive NSSLHA chapters - National office staff would like to conduct a mailing to the program directors of all inactive chapters altering them of their national affiliation status and providing them with information for corrective action.
Finance/Budget Report - The NSSLHA Council voted to increase the annual association dues by $15 starting with the 2007 membership year.
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4. New Business
Renew terms of the ED and Editor - The NSSLHA Council voted to extend the term of Carlin Hageman effective July 1, 2006 as the NSSLHA Executive Director. Dr. Hageman's new term will expire June 30, 2009.
The NSSLHA Council voted to extend the term of Dale Metz effective July 1, 2006 as the NSSLHA Editor. Dr. Metz's new term will expire June 30, 2009.
Regional Councilor selections - The NSSLHA Executive Council approved the appointment of the following memberes to postions as regional councilors and alternates:
Region 2: Danielle Lyons/ Debra Bengis (alternate)
Region 5: Kim Croteau / Aline Holler (alternate)
Region 7: Laura Gingrich / Jess Wolterstorff (alternate)
Region 8: Emily Lucas / Lauren Mueller (alternate)
Region 10: Kristina Celani / Erin Berkyota (alternate)
Restructured NSSLHA committee chair assignments - The NSSLHA Council selected Elisa Valdes, Region 9, Regional Councilor as chair of Group C: Student and Professional Affairs.
The NSSLHA Council selected Sarah Macris, Region 4, Regional Councilor as chair of Group D: Public Affairs.
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