VASFAA

BOARD - COMMISSIONER - COMMITTEE PLANS &

REPORT FORM

 

Committee: Training Committee

Commissioner/Board Position: Pat Kelly

Year (e.g., 2005-06): 2005-06

 

Committee Members:

Standard Goal 1:  Provide relevant training opportunities at conferences and workshops, representing all constituencies.

 

Objective 1 (HOW the committee plans to achieve the stated goal):

To identify training session and instructions for the spring VASFAA conference, bearing in mind the different sectors and different levels of expertise within the organization.

 

 

Status Reports of Objective 1 (Please report your progress toward achieving the stated

goals – this is where the committee provides updates to the Board, including any

suggestions or modifications to the goal and/or the Strategic Plan):

 

 

Date: 1/13/2006

Report: An outline of break-out sessions has been developed.  The committee is beginning to work on securing presenters for the sessions and assigning sessions time slots.  Each presenter will be asked what technical assistance they will need for their session, ie. laptop, projector, microphone, etc.

 

 

 

Objective 2 (HOW the committee plans to achieve the stated goal):

Provide a one-day drive to workshop to coincide with the Leadership Symposium.  The

workshop topic will be in parallel with NASFAA’s decentralized training regarding institutional compliance. 

Status Reports of Objective 2 (Please report your progress toward achieving the stated

goals – this is where the committee provides updates to the Board, including any

suggestions or modifications to the goal and/or the Strategic Plan):

 

 

Date: 8/19/05              

Report: I am working with the President to contact neighboring state association

presidents to see if they sent a member to the NASFAA training and if so attempt

to secure that person(s) for the training.

 

Date: 1/13/2006

Report:  This session was dropped and replaced by a new aid officer training in the fall.

 

Objective 3 (HOW the committee plans to achieve the stated goal): To provide a

one-day new aid officer training to coincide with the beginning of the spring

conference.  

 

Date:  1/13/2006

Report:  Nothing to report at this time.

 

Objective 4 (HOW the committee plans to achieve the stated goal):  Provide new officer training in the fall.

 

Date: 1/13/2006

 

Report:  The fall new aid officer training was held Dec 1 and 2 in Richmond Virginia.  The training was held over two half days – beginning at 1:00pm on the 1st and concluding around noon on the 2nd.  We had 34 attendees – two only attended the second day.  Of the 34 attendees, 20 were paid members and, of the 14 non-members, all but three paid membership fee instead of just registering for the training.  There were 20 different schools/lenders represented by the attendees with the average length of experience being 8 months (three participants had more than 10 years experience and are not included in the average).  We received 30 evaluation forms.

 

There were 8 sessions offered with 7 different presenters.  The sessions were:  The FAFSA, General Student Eligibility, EFC, Aid Programs, COA/SAP, Loans, Professional Judgment, and Overawards.  All of the sessions were well received with the second day sessions scoring just slightly higher.  On the evaluation form the participants were asked what they had hoped to get from the session but did not and what topics they would like more information on in the future.  These results have been shared with next year’s training chair.