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Catch the Wave or Wipe Out: The Testing Director’s Dilemma

Catch the Wave or Wipe Out: The Testing Director’s Dilemma. Sherry Jones Georgia College & State University sherry.jones@gcsu.edu Sharon Long Clayton State University sharonlong@clayton.edu Francesca Taylor University of West Georgia ftaylor@westga.edu. Thought for the Day.

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Catch the Wave or Wipe Out: The Testing Director’s Dilemma

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  1. Catch the Wave or Wipe Out:The Testing Director’s Dilemma

  2. Sherry Jones Georgia College & State University sherry.jones@gcsu.edu Sharon Long Clayton State University sharonlong@clayton.edu Francesca Taylor University of West Georgia ftaylor@westga.edu

  3. Thought for the Day Only a fool tests the water with both feet.

  4. It’s All a Matter of Perception! • Creating ripples okay! • Making a splash okay! • Making waves not ok!

  5. Wave# 1 The function of the office

  6. TO DO LIST • Must do • Will do • Won’t do • Can’t do

  7. Staying Afloat • Expectations from faculty/departments • Assumption of more responsibility • How and when to say “no”

  8. Decide Where You Stand on the sinking sand of Make-Up Testing

  9. Make-Up Testing • Increases popularity • Shifts responsibility • Becomes classroom testing • Produces extra duties as assigned • Inspires cheating

  10. Wave #2 The Turf Battle: Yours or Mine?

  11. Testing vs. Housing • Who gets what and why? • Concept of feast vs. famine • Extreme Makeover: Office/Building Edition

  12. SOS: Save Our Site Who wants to move? Size does matter!

  13. Wave #3 Testing with Accommodations - Drowning in a Sea of Requests

  14. The Gentle Lapping Waves

  15. Standard Policies Reinforce on a regular basis who does what, when, where, and why! • Train the student • Train the faculty member • Train the office staff

  16. Rough Waters

  17. Office’s Limitations • Faculty Issues • Student Issues • Juggling space, time, and staff

  18. The Storm Makes Landfall

  19. Cheaters No control over outcome - me Lack of respect for opportunity - them

  20. Wave# 4 The Budget

  21. Departmental Perks • Equipment • Proctors • Facelift • Pay Equity

  22. Revenue Ebb and Flow • Unexpected Program Changes • Short-Term Opportunities • Test Revenue: High Tide to Low Tide

  23. Wave # 5 Office Environment

  24. Smooth Sailing/Calm Seas Who me? P. M. Forni’s Choosing Civility: The Twenty Five Rules of Considerate Conduct

  25. You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf!

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