Angie Myer

About me

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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Self-Study Report Challenges

Dear Elizabeth, On behalf of all the staff and volunteer reviewers, all I can say to that is "AMEN!" :) Thanks for sharing, Angie Myer

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Completion, Placement, Licensure

Elizabeth, Yes, having a high-functioning database like Campus Vue can save the day with automating so many of these functions. But you are right that it is so much more than that. It's so important for us to recognize that these numbers are not generated in a vacuum at the end. In order to have high completion, placement, and licensure rates, there must be a total culture of support and encouragement from the very beginning--particularly with under-served poplulations. So glad you brought that into the conversation! Thanks, Angie Myer

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Best Practices for a Self-Study Report

Best Practices for completing self study report

If it isn’t documented, it doesn’t exist.
Answer every question completely.
Explain yes/no answers.
Ask questions. The accreditation staff is ready and eager to provide assistance if you have questions regarding the process. Please give us a call!
Make the Self-Study Report user friendly. Remember the reader has no idea of your school.
Date everything. Documents used as exhibits should have dates that relate to when they were developed or occurred.
Meet deadlines.
Quality, not quantity. Be thorough, but not exhaustive.
Have a good reason for what you are doing.
Document –

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Self-Study Report Challenges

Kimberly, It is always great to get an outside perspective on curriculum and the competencies. If the chart makes sense to a non-curriculum administrator, the school should be in great shape. One of the biggest challenge for outside reviewers (even with curriculum experience) is making sense of some Competency Charts. So often what is clear to the school culture is foreign to others. Glad to hear that yours is clear and thorough! Best, Angie Myer

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Distance Education Communication

Kimberly, Thank you for sharing. This standard is just about distance education, however, so translating the casual verbal and non-verbal cues that happen in-class to a virtual environment are so important. You're right--the best way to do so is emails and discussion boards. It's so vital for online students to know that the instructor is "there" with them. Best, Angie Myer

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Student Recruitment

Kimberly, Work study can be a good option, but it is technically part of financial aid funding and schools must be approved to offer it. For schools without such federal approval, they cannot call it "work study." Also, we'd like to remind schools that students are not allowed to be paid to work in the clinic. Even though we want to help students as much as possible, there is only so much a school can do and remain in compliance (without crossing the lines into pay-to-attend). It sounds like a complete enrollment process that Kimberly describes is one of the… >>>

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Clinic

Kimberly, Thank you for sharing that clinic experience. It appears that it is a very complete learning and evaluative opportunity with both faculty and client input. How many times do students work on members of the public? Best, Angie Myer

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Generating Effective Feedback

Kimberly, I'm glad that you may have found a new idea that works for your school. I'm not sure of the prices, but I know that "basic membership" is not too much--especially compared to printing and postage. And these days it seems that people are more likely to complete an online survey than a card. The best part of online survey services like this is that they provide automatic data analysis--an amazing time saver for busy schools! Good luck! Best, Angie Myer

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Degree Programs

Mallik, I agree. In the massage field this has often not been seen as quite as important in other fields, but I believe this is changing. The challenge is for schools to develop programs/courses which deliver on the "well rounded education" and not just "extra courses." It sounds like your institution has the right idea. Thank you for sharing. Best, Angie Myer

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Generating Effective Feedback

Hi Mallik, I'm glad to see that schools have been finding this tool helpful; we use it as well for the Commission surveys and calls for comment. The data analysis is a great feature. Have you found that it increases your return rate? I know that is something that concerns schools, particularly for employers. Thanks for sharing your ideas. Best, Angie Myer Facilitator

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