Angie Myer

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Angie Myer has twenty years experience as a teacher and administrator in public schools and higher education. She is currently serving as a Content Accreditation Specialist and Curriculum Consultant for the Commission on Massage Therapy Accreditation (COMTA). In this position she works with massage and aesthetics schools in the accreditation process, providing guidance, reviewing self study reports, and preparing analyses for the Commission. Prior to holding this position, Angie worked as Director of Operations at the International School of Professional Bodywork and Dean of Education at Mueller College of Holistic Studies where she was integral in their COMTA accreditation.

Angie holds a Masters degree in Curriculum & Instruction and specializes in competency-based curriculum design. She is also a certified Holistic Health Practitioner and has worked as a massage therapist in private practice, clinical, and resort spa settings. Prior to her work in the holistic health industry, Angie was Associate Professor of Teacher Education at the Community College of Denver after teaching elementary school.

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Generating Effective Feedback

Ann, Thank you for providing your first-hand experience and success with this type of survey technology. Since the response rate is as important in establishing placement rates, it is essential to make it as easy as possible to respond to the school's request. In addition, we recommend that schools make the survey itself as short as possible, and not combining satisfaction questions with employment data questions so graduates are more likely to complete and return it. It sounds like you've made it work well. So we can be a fair promoter of products, would anyone like to recommend another online… >>>

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Research Literacy

Christine, It is important that you mentioned peer-reviewed because that is really the key for this competency that many existing curriculum is missing. As evidence-informed practice becomes more important in the profession, this competency becomes more and more important. The practices you mentioned are good ways to ensure that it is taught and assessed. Thank you, Angie Myer

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Degree Programs

Christine, Thank you for sharing your perspective. As always, it seems that maintaining "balance" is the key, isn't it? Thanks, Angie Myer

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Student Recruitment

Hi Christine, You bring up a good issue, but this is also something that schools must be very careful about. The federal government is getting very concerned with the high debt and low employment rates that recent graduates have. Massage has not always considered itself a "vocational" program, but more students are coming in with the expectation that this won't just be "personal growth" or "something on the side" but a real career. (And if they are strapped with debt "making good money" is a legitmate concern.) Proper advising during the admission process is essential so prospective students understand the… >>>

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Faculty Professional Development

Hi Christine, Welcome to the forum, and thank you for your input. You have touched on exactly the purpose of this standard and the Commission's rationale for the requirement to have exactly such a class. That is one of the things that reviewers will look for: evidence that instructors are teaching to a variety of learners and that they are taking ongoing training to learn new skills in this area. Best, Angie Myer

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SSR Challenges & Successes

Hi Gail , Thanks for sharing. The SSR can be daunting but at some larger schools more accomstomed to bureacuracy, it's not as high of as a learning curve. I want to mention, however, that it is not COMTA's intention that one person know all about each issue. If you don't know about student records (which I wouldn't blame you as program director), that is okay as long as someone at your college does and ensures they are in line with COMTA Standards. That's why we encourage a group effort! Good luck! Angie Myer

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Faculty Professional Development

Hi Kimberly, Can you explain what you mean by a "right-to-try" school and how that impacts faculty members and how learning-centered instruction has helped? I think that information would be valuable for participants. Best, Angie Myer

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Faculty Professional Development

Gail , Excellent point. How do you make sure that your instructors all get this information? Do you offer in-house trainings? Are they mandatory for all instructors? Is it part of your orientation process in order to be hired, or part of an ong-going faculty development policy? Thanks, Angie Myer

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Generating Effective Feedback

Kimberly, Thanks for that simple--but profound--reminder. Often it's not a more complicated form; it's a simpler one. We have found that open-ended questions work best when they are also written with specific language to generate more meaningful answers. Thanks you for participating in the forum! Best, Angie Myer

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Completion, Placement, Licensure

Ann, Welcome to the forum. Thank you for sharing your experience and success with Survey Monkey. We encourage schools to start using these user-friendly, fast forms to increase response rates. We are also reminding schools to ensure that all data gathered can be verified. Thanks, Angie Myer

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