Assembly Activities Report 2015

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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?

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

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

involve members in assembly activities (e.g., listservs, convention meetings)

provide teacher educators with membership fliers for their students

ask members to solicit new members through a "each one/reach one" campaign

discount membership for new teachers

discount membership for students

offer incentives (e.g. gift items, discounts) for member to join

other, please specify

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* 6. How do you involve your members in assembly activities and issues?

listserv

conferences

publications

small group meetings (e.g., book clubs, student groups)

board meetings

membership on assembly committees

mentors to new members

mentors to new teachers

website

social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter, Ning

other, please specify

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* 7. 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 in 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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* 8. Our assembly has adopted the following policies (http://www.ncte.org/affiliates/taxexemptpolicies) required by the IRS for all 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations that file 990 tax forms and recommended for other nonproft organizations as well. Please check all that apply.

Code of Ethics.

Conflict of Interest Policy.

Document Retention and Distruction Policy.

Whistleblower Policy.

Joint Venture Policy.

Compensation Policy.

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* 9. Please list dates, topics, and average attendance of your assembly's convention session(s) this past year.

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* 10. Please list the date(s), theme(s) of any conferences your assembly had that were not part of an NCTE Convention.

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

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

	most difficult	moderately difficult	satifactory	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 satifactory	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 satifactory	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 satifactory	recruiting new members with ease, but still improving system	recruiting new members This is not a challenge; we excel at this.
recruiting new teachers	recruiting new teachers most difficult	recruiting new teachers moderately difficult	recruiting new teachers satifactory	recruiting new teachers with ease, but still improving system	recruiting new teachers 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 satifactory	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 satifactory	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 satifactory	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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* 13. What is the most important issue for your assembly and how is your assembly is dealing with this issue.

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

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* 15. How often does your assembly send a voting respresentative(s) to the Board of Director's 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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* 16. We have sent our latest roster of officers to NCTE.

Yes