May, 2008

• Inter-American Division Executive Committee Training. Approximately one hundred delegates at the Inter-American Division mid-year session participated in a three-day training session on assessment conducted by Drs. Paul Brantley and Ella Simmons, May 19-21, in Miami, Florida. The workshop was conducted in Spanish, French, and English. Response was extremely positive and a formal action setting up assessment processes throughout the IAD was unanimously voted during the Division’s mid-year proceedings.
• A document page has been established on this website with practical tools and power-point slides designed to help trained leaders, such as the Inter-American participants above, introduce assessment concepts to their organizations.
• OAPE met with faculty and students at Andrews University recently regarding collaboration opportunities between the Church and the academic community. OAPE will be conducing similar caucuses with academic communities around the world to enlist their support toward a culture of evidence and excellence in the Church.