Improving the Quality of Your Certification Program: A Learning and Planning Retreat and Follow Up Feature

New for 2010 and 2011 - The Best of Cheryl Wild's Workshops in a retreat environment, at places, dates and prices our clients requested.

Is this for you?

I’m very pleased to present a new workshop that has been developed with the help of my clients to bring a small group certification professionals together to enjoy a shorter version, more interactive, more dynamic of the consulting that my clients were having individually in their offices.

• This workshop is more interactive.
• This workshop is more dynamic.
• This workshop appeals to do-it-yourselfers and organizations with limited budgets.
• Reap the benefits of my consulting and collaborate with other certification professionals.

Based on conversations with participants at the NOCA national conference, everyone was interested in a beautiful retreat location for fast track learning and achieving their own plans. That's why I set this up in two lovely resort areas – one series of worship in the fall at Avon-by-the-Sea, New Jersey and the other series of workshops in the winter in Long-Boat-Key, Florida. Both locations are easy to reach and conveniently priced.

Is this for you? Fill out the form at the bottom of this page and we will talk to see if you are ready for this outcomes-specific experience.

There's a good reason to enroll now!

You will get a lot out of this workshop when you prepare for it.  Planning includes pre-reading, collecting some information about your organization, and thinking about whom you would like to have participate in your workshop. If you were one of the many who said they love the practical aspects and needed to put this in your budget for next fiscal year, you can get started now by enrolling for 2010 or 2011 workshops. 

Which one is for you? 

• September or October 2010 at Avon-by-the-Sea?
• January, February, or March 2011 in Long Boat Key?

Learn to deal effectively with specific challenges facing YOUR program!

This unique 1 ½ day retreat AND follow-up with an experienced certification professional mentor will help you deal effectively with the specific challenges you are facing in your program OR identify ways to further improve your highly functional program.

You learn effective tools to deal with quality issues in:

• Governance
• Accreditation
• Security
• Psychometrics
• Test development
• Renewal
• Test administration
• and More!

You learn the tools and determine where they apply in your organization.

This is not a hypothetical or theoretical learning experience. Bring YOUR issues and you will receive focused learning and guidance from a certification professional, psychometrician, and quality expert. During the retreat and for the three months after the retreat, you will develop a plan for how you are going to apply your learning in your organization. You will develop your plan within your budget and timeframe.

Why is this an Absolutely Do Not Miss Opportunity?

• Participants: This is a program designed specifically for those responsible for all or part of a certification program. Small groups of 3 to 6 will allow for customization to participants needs.
  
  
• Content: This is an introduction to the process tools and techniques to create and maintain a best practice, high quality certification program. It is an opportunity to consider and plan how these techniques might be used in your organization.
  
  This is NOT a program that talks about psychometrics – how to conduct a job analysis, how to develop test specifications, how to write test questions, how to assemble a test, how to develop cut scores, or how to equate test scores.
  
  You can learn psychometrics at NOCA, ATP, at your state college or university, etc. This program helps you understand how leadership, standards, planning and design, and monitoring and improvement work together to create quality for your customer.
  
  
• Support: After leaving a retreat or training session it is easy to get distracted, overcome with daily responsibilities, and/or stumped by an issue that is beyond what you learned in the session. Participants have a coach and colleagues and a structure to help you over these common follow-up problems

Experience and Expertise of the Leader: Dr. Cheryl Wild, designer and program leader, has worked in the testing field for 35 years. Her book, Improving Testing, is the only book that takes quality tools and applies them to the testing industry. Dr. Wild will lead participants through highlights of the book and facilitate the development of a plan for each participant to further explore quality concepts in certification.

Are you interested in learning more? If you are interested in exploring the possibility of participating in the three month adventure of learning how to improve certification and planning how to incorporate these ideas in your organization, please e-mail me at cheryl@wildand associates.com to schedule an individual call to discuss your needs.

Cordially,

Cheryl L. Wild, PhD
President
Wild & Associates, Inc.
www.wildandassociates.com

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