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Education Services Committee 

Mission Statement:

To provide the membership and the public with accurate information and top quality education materials about marine animals, the training community and career guidance.

 

Committee General Description:

The committee’s goal is to assist in the organizational goal of educating the membership and the general public. This will be accomplished through answering inquiry letters (student, career, and general information), completing career based interviews, creating tools & strategies to help educate members and general public, helping to maintain IMATA’s library, and any other tasks assigned to the committee.  The Education Committee has historically also assisted the 1st Vice President in sending postcards to surrounding schools where the annual conference is to take place. 

 

Committee Requirements:

Members of this committee must be from the Professional, Active, Associate, or Student levels of membership and in good standing. 

 

 

 

Committee Chair Description:

The Education Committee Chair is responsible for overseeing the activities of the Education Committee. The committee’s goal is to assist in the organizational goal of educating the membership and the general public. This will be accomplished through answering inquiry letters (student, career, and general information), completing career based interviews, creating tools & strategies to help educate members and general public, helping to maintain IMATA’s library, and any other tasks assigned to the committee.  The Education Committee has historically also assisted the 1st Vice President in sending postcards to surrounding schools where the annual conference is to take place. 
 

GENERAL INFORMATION
  • The Education Committee Chair is re-appointed annually by the current President with Board approval during the annual conference.
  • The Education Committee Chair is expected to attend the annual meeting and attendance is preferred at the mid-year meeting.
  • The Education Committee Chair will be expected to prepare a quarterly report as dictated by the President’s yearly calendar. Dates for these reports are usually Jan 31, Apr 30, Jul 31, & Oct 31. These reports will be submitted to the President and the Secretary using the form in the IMATA Policy Manual.
  • IMATA compensates its Education Committee Chair in the following ways: membership will be paid for each year served and conference registration fees are waived.

REQUIREMENTS
  • Be a professional or active member in good standing.

RESPONSIBILITIES
  • Answering Inquiries:
    • Career
      • General career inquiries and career based interviews
      • Career guidance is a main component!  This takes the form of answering questions of how to get into the field of animal training, and often completing interviews.  Interviews handled are of school project nature, where a student is required to interview a professional in the occupation they hope to obtain. 
    • General
    • Employment Application
  • The Education Committee should work closely with the Central Office. Working closely with the Central Office allows efficiency in dealing with inquiries, and membership issues like returned mail.
  • Quarterly Reports:
    • Prior to each quarterly report:
    • Review articles sent to Soundings Associate Editor for Education Forum.
    • Update Action Items and assignments from the board meetings.
    • Create a summary of correspondence activity for student letters, career questions and information requests. If applicable, contact designated committee member for number of letters received and answered, status of supplies, and any feedback for the Board of Directors 
    • Contact the Central Office for report on IMATA Library activity. Information obtained should include number of article request for current quarter, number of articles distributed, and amount of Income Received from article requests. Income must be reported to the Treasurer, as well. Check on status of supplies and Income/Expense Report envelopes.
  • Projects:
    • The Education Committee may also be asked to participate in tasks and projects in collaboration with other committees, such as Accreditation, Membership, Publications, and Website development.
  • The Education Chair will be responsible for updating the job description when she or he leaves the position, or at a minimum of every two years. The job description should contain the following information:
    • Position Title
    • Revision Date
    • Basic Job Description
    • Responsibilities
    • Annual Timeline/Flow Chart 

 

 

Committee Chair: MADELYNN HETTIGER
John G. Shedd Aquarium
educationservices@imata.org
Committee Openings: Members of appropriate level are invited to join this committee.
Contact Committee Chair for more information.

 


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