NCTE Assembly Annual Report Survey 2017

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* 1. What is the name of your assembly (please spell out)?

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* 2. What is your full name?

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* 3. What is your role in the assembly?

Chair

Vice Chair

Executive Secretary

Other (please specify):

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* 4. Please review the mission of your assembly as listed on the NCTE website. If your mission has changed or if you'd like to revise the blurb listed, please write the new blurb below.

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* 5. Please list your assembly's digital networks:

Website:

Twitter:

Facebook:

Instagram:

Other (s):

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* 6. How many individual members do you have in your assembly?

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* 7. What tactics does your group use to recruit / retain members? Check all that apply.

Include membership in conference registration.

Use a list from NCTE of people interested in the focus of your assembly.

Use membership materials that show how the assembly helps educators with what's important to them (e.g., state standards or professional development credit).

Involve members in assembly activities (e.g., listservs, social media, convention meetings).

Provide teacher educators with membership fliers for their students.

Ask members to solicit new members through an "each-one/reach-one" campaign.

Discount membership for new teachers.

Discount membership for students.

Offer incentives for individuals to join (e.g., gift items, discounts).

Other (please specify)

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* 8. How do you communicate with your members?

Letter from the chair.

Newsletter - print only.

Newsletter - electronic.

Print newsletter posted on website.

Journal - print only.

Journal - electronic only.

Print journal posted on website.

Listserv.

Website.

Social network such as Ning, Twitter, Facebook.

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Does your assembly have tax-exempt status? Please check the appropriate answer below.

My assembly has its own 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status.

My assembly is a member of the NCTE 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Group.

My assembly does not have tax-exempt status.

I would like more information on how to be included in NCTE's 501(c)(3) Tax-Exempt Group.

Other (please specify)

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* 10. Our assembly has adopted the following policies required by the IRS for all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that file 990 tax forms and recommended for other nonprofit organizations as well. Please check all that apply.

Code of Ethics

Conflict of Interest Policy

Document Retention and Destruction Policy

Whistleblower Policy

Joint Venture Policy

Compensation Policy

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* 11. Please list date(s), topic(s), and average attendance of your assembly's convention session(s) this past year along with remarks on the success of the session(s).

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* 12. Please list date(s), theme(s), of any conferences your assembly had that were not part of an NCTE Convention along with remarks on the success of the conference(s).

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* 13. List up to three of your assembly's most outstanding accomplishments this past year and please describe one of these in more detail.

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* 14. Please rate all the operational challenges below as to how they apply to your group.

	most difficult	moderately difficult	satisfactory	with ease, but still improving system	this is not a challenge; we excel at this
filling vacancies on your board	filling vacancies on your board most difficult	filling vacancies on your board moderately difficult	filling vacancies on your board satisfactory	filling vacancies on your board with ease, but still improving system	filling vacancies on your board this is not a challenge; we excel at this
retaining members	retaining members most difficult	retaining members moderately difficult	retaining members satisfactory	retaining members with ease, but still improving system	retaining members this is not a challenge; we excel at this
recruiting new members	recruiting new members most difficult	recruiting new members moderately difficult	recruiting new members satisfactory	recruiting new members with ease, but still improving system	recruiting new members this is not a challenge; we excel at this
involvement of people of color	involvement of people of color most difficult	involvement of people of color moderately difficult	involvement of people of color satisfactory	involvement of people of color with ease, but still improving system	involvement of people of color this is not a challenge; we excel at this
getting members and non-members to attend your NCTE Annual Convention sessions	getting members and non-members to attend your NCTE Annual Convention sessions most difficult	getting members and non-members to attend your NCTE Annual Convention sessions moderately difficult	getting members and non-members to attend your NCTE Annual Convention sessions satisfactory	getting members and non-members to attend your NCTE Annual Convention sessions with ease, but still improving system	getting members and non-members to attend your NCTE Annual Convention sessions this is not a challenge; we excel at this
getting members and non-members to attend your conference sessions	getting members and non-members to attend your conference sessions most difficult	getting members and non-members to attend your conference sessions moderately difficult	getting members and non-members to attend your conference sessions satisfactory	getting members and non-members to attend your conference sessions with ease, but still improving system	getting members and non-members to attend your conference sessions this is not a challenge; we excel at this

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* 15. What is the most important educational issue for your assembly and how is your assembly dealing with this issue?

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* 16. If there is one operational area on which your assembly could use advice or help, please describe that need below.

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* 17. How often does your assembly send a voting representative(s) (NCTE Director) to the Board of Directors meeting at NCTE's Annual Convention? The meeting is held late Friday afternoon and credentials are collected for directors/representatives in attendance.

Every year

Every other year

Once every three years

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* 18. Please check all the items that you are sending today via email to affsec@ncte.org or snail mail to NCTE Affiliate Office, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd, Urbana, IL 61801. Note in the comment box what items will be sent later and by what date.

Roster of officers and NCTE Assembly Director Form, including position titles, street addresses, telephone numbers, and emails.

A statement verifying that all your officers are members of NCTE.

The assembly's budget / financial statement for the past year. Use your own form or this one.

The assembly's membership list in this designated format.

The assembly's most recent constitution.

The assembly's Policy on Involvement of People of Color. View NCTE's Policy as a model.

Minutes of all meetings the assembly has held this past year. FYI--if you add affsec@ncte.org to the roster of officers to receive minutes, we'll get them throughout the year.

The Information Exchange Agreement or the assembly's wish not to participate.

Copies of any assembly newsletters and journals. If you haven't already put NCTE Affiliate Office, 1111 W. Kenyon Rd., Urbana, IL 61801; affsec@ncte.org on your list of "members" to receive your publications, please do so now and we'll get your publications when your members do.

Please list here the items that will be sent later and the date we should expect them. (Note: The above question only allows 1 response. Please note any other items you have already sent to NCTE in the space below in addition to those you will send later.)

Thank you for participating in our survey. Your feedback is important as NCTE works to keep you informed of activities--at convention and elsewhere--and plans programming with you in mind.