GOVERNANCE
TFA is led by a volunteer Board of Directors supported by Committees
composed of members. TFA engages in an bi-annual strategic planning
process designed to help outline the future direction of the association.
All members are invited to provide feedback through the strategic planning
process.
CURRENT TFA BOARD
OFFICERS (4)
Robert "Bud" Milner,
President
Term thru 2011
Adriel School
P.O. Box 188, 414 N. Detroit St.
West
Liberty,
OH 43357-0188
Phone: 937/465-0010
Fax: 937/465-8690 |
Andy
Altom, Treasurer
Term thru 2009
Methodist Family Health
5821 W. Charles Bussey Street
Little Rock, AR
Phone: 501/661-0720
Fax: 501/664-3702
Email:
aaltom@methodistfamily.org |
Diane
Jaeger, Secretary
Term thru 2009
Closer to Home Community
Services
3507A 17th Ave, SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 0B6
Phone: 403/543-0550
Fax: 403/246-6406
djaeger@closertohome.com |
Past President/President-Elect -- elected in 2008
Gary
Timbers, Past President
Term thru 2008
Appalachian Family Innovations
203 Avery Avenue
Morganton, NC
28655
Phone: 828/433-7176
Fax: 828/437-8329
E-mail: gdtimbers@verizon.net |
AT LARGE DIRECTORS (2)
Janette Thompson (Practitioner)
Utah Youth Village
1288 Whispering Horse Drive
Erda, UT 84074
Phone: 435/228-0084
Fax: 435/228-0081
Email:
jthompson@youthvillage.org
Christy
Schlientz
Innovative Teaching Systems
P.O. Box 822
Lexington, NE
68850
Phone: 937/597-8008
Fax:
Email:
cjamesits@mindspring.com |
CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE CHAIR
Karen
Olivier
Term thru 2009
Closer to Home Community Services
3507A 17th Ave, SW
Calgary,
Alberta, Canada T3E 0B6
Phone: 403/543-0550
Fax: 403/246-6406
kolivier@closertohome.com |
AGENCY DIRECTORS (5)
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Kay Wyse
Term thru 2010
Adriel School
P. O. Box 188,
414 N. Detroit
Street
West Liberty, OH 43357
Phone: 937/465-0010
Fax: 937/465-8690
E-mail:
kgingerich@adriel.org |
Karla Lanier
Term thru 2010
Appalachian Family Innovations
203 Avery Avenue
Morganton, NC
28655
Phone: 828/433-7176
Fax: 828/437-8329
Email:
karla.lanier@familyinnovations.org |
Steve Morse
Term thru 2010
Garfield Park Academy
P.O. Box 289
willingboro, NJ 08046
Phone: 609/877-4111 x208
Fax: 609/877-5551
Email:
smorse@garfieldparkacademy.org |
Keri Chavis
Term Through 2009
Thornwell Home & School for Children
P.O. Box 60
Clinton, SC 29325
Phone: 864/938-2100
Fax: 864/833-7721
Email:
kchavis@thornwell.org |
Chris Schultz
Term thru 2009
Virginia
Home
for Boys
8716 W. Broad Street
Richmond, VA 23294
Voice: 804/270-6566
Fax: 804/270-6574
Email:
cschultz@girlsandboyshome.org |
Peggy
McElgunn, Esq.
TFA Executive Director
TEACHING-FAMILY
ASSOCIATION
P.O. Box 2007
Midlothian, VA
23113
Phone: 804/632-0155
Fax: 804/639-9212
Email:
peggymcelgunn@comcast.net |
CURRENT TFA COMMITTEES
Publications & Communications Committee
OPEN
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Certification & Ethics Committee
Karen Olivier
Closer to Home Community Services
3507A 17th Ave, SW
Calgary, Alberta, Canada T3E 0B6
Phone: (403) 543-0550
Fax: (403) 246-6406
kolivier@closertohome.com |
Finance Committee
Andy Altom
Methodist Family Health
5821 W. Charles Bussey Street
Little Rock, AR
Phone: 501/661-0720
Fax: 501/664-3702
Email:
aaltom@methodistfamily.org
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Awards Committee
Marianne Dickson
Wild Rose Community Connections
PO Box 1409
Okotoks, Alberta, Canada
Phone: (403)601-2910
Fax: (403)601-2911
mtdickson@telus.net
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| TFA Committees are an important
component to reaching the goals and objectives established by the Board
of Directors developed through membership input and guidance. All
members are encouraged to participate on TFA committees. Committees
meet at both the Mid-Year meeting in April and again at the Annual
Conference in October. Telephone conference meetings are held
periodically as is necessary to accomplish the tasks outlined by the
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TFA 2008-2010 STRATEGIC PLAN
The mission of the Teaching-Family Association is to support its members
effectively and to promote the Teaching-Family Model.
OBJECTIVES & STRATEGIES
The Teaching-Family Association (TFA) –
1. BY 10/08, COMPLETE A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES
REQUIRED TO INSURE TFA VIABILITY.
a.)
The Board of
Directors and the Director will collaboratively:1)
Reconsider the
TFA dues structure.
2)
Increase TFA
membership through identified recommendations.
2. BY 10/08, COMPLETE A PRELIMINARY PLAN FOR IMPROVING CUSTOMER
SERVICE, INCLUSIVENESS AND RETURN-ON-INVESTMENT FOR MEMBERS.
a.)
The Board of
Directors will:
1.)
Assess
certification - the purpose of it, need for it, etc.
2.)
Clearly define
roles of governance and operations and then staff accordingly.
b.)
The Director
will:
1)
Develop a
marketing plan for the Association.
2)
Develop
communications plans for the Teaching-Family Model and the Teaching-Family
Association.
3)
Provide
information to the Board and TFA membership about grant opportunities.
c.)
The Board and
Director will collaboratively:
1)
Increase
professionalism of TFA materials, information/ communications.
2)
Develop corporate alliances.
The Teaching-Family Model (TFM)
1.
BY THE END OF 2010, EXPAND THE TEACHING-FAMILY MODEL BEYOND RESIDENTIAL
TREATMENT TO OTHER POPULATIONS (e.g., schools/education, home-based, foster
care).
a.)
Solicit agencies that are using the model in foster care,
school and in-home settings to share their policies and instruments
b.)
Facilitate round tables for each of these groups, with all
members who have programs in the designated areas present, or providing input,
at the next conference to provide a forum with a pre-planned agenda, to share
and brainstorm solutions to the common challenges that these groups are facing
in model implementation.
c.)
Present a proposal to C&E committee to allow flexibility to
agencies in how to implement the evaluation components by identifying specific,
designated, evaluated positions.
d.)
Start a
blog accessible through the website to communicate changes, share information,
dialogue on issues and to network for programs using TFM.
e.)
Add sections to the newsletter focused on school, foster
care, residential and in-home applications of the model.
a.
Members may
solicit questions that they would like to be addressed, and one question would
be the focus each newsletter, with member solutions to the posed questions
(similar to advice sections in magazines and newsletters) b.
Spotlight success stories in these settings
c.
Spotlight any research developments in these areas
f.)
Prepare
presentations for Teacher/Education conferences to inform teachers about TFM use
in the classroom setting
g.)
Spotlight other Teaching-Family Model Practitioners with
new award categories/sub categories, i.e. Residential, Foster Care, In-Home,
School, etc.
a.
Feature award winner
stories/nomination letters on the website
h.)
Commission a group to begin to look at other settings that would benefit from
TFM approach and solicit sites interested in venturing into these:
Consider Nursing homes, prisons, Rehab facilities, etc.
a.
Set outcomes to track and commission research upon
implementation so that effectiveness is tracked and identifiable from the
beginning
i.)
Spotlight the areas that member program are using the model on the website—i.e.
the agency name, and then list the populations worked with
2.
TFM PRODUCES MEASURABLE OUTCOMES
a)
Survey
agencies on what outcomes they are currently tracking
b)
Define what
outcomes we want to track and how they will be tracked
a.
Effectiveness of placement (change in presenting problems)
b.
Consumer Satisfaction
c.
Long Term Placement Success
c)
Create a tracking instrument with clear indicators and
prompts to ensure apple to apple comparisons and data.
d)
Define a process for collecting data with consistency and
accuracy
e)
Spotlight
success stories in the newsletter, other national papers
3. TFM DEMONSTRATES
COST-EFFECTIVENESS
a)
Identify Outcomes that demonstrate cost-effectiveness of
TFM implementation:
a.
These may include rates of staff turnover, increases in
referrals, fewer pre-mature discharges, maintaining desired populations of
youth/families, cost of maintaining facilities, increase in donations, ability
to qualify for special funding, support from universities and/or grants, etc
b)
Have agencies implementing the model prepare financial
reports that include outcomes demonstrating cost-effectiveness of TFM:
c)
Examine Site Development Process and find ways to reduce
expense to agencies, while maintaining model fidelity
a.
Consider individual developers over partnerships with
sponsor sites
d)
Propose to C&E a sliding scale for development so that
agencies with smaller resources can become more involved
e)
Create a library/clearinghouse for training materials via
the website
f)
Through the newsletter, or other
forums, provide a form for agencies to share the cost savings/improvements that
they have seen in using the model.
4.
DEFINIE TFM EVIDENCE-BASED OUTCOMES
a)
Hold
seminar/panel discussion (conference/med-year) inviting Dean, Gary, other TFM
researchers, others with info about TFM evidence base.
a.
Dialogue on the research/outcomes
b.
Identify what is most beneficial in achieving evidence
based label
c.
Learn what research is being done
d.
Find researchers/funding to expand current research
e.
Encourage agency participation in research projects
b)
From this forum, prepare materials and disseminate to
agencies and on the website to market our evidence base, a script so to speak,
of why we are evidence based and what to tout when working with consumers.
(Like a FAQ list)
Teaching-Family Model Certification
1. BY 2010 THE FEDERAL CENTER FOR
MEDICAID/MEDICARE SERVICES (CMS) WILL “DEEM” THE TEACHING-FAMILY MODEL, MAKING
AGENCIES CERTIFIED IN THE MODEL ELIGIBLE FOR MEDICAID REIMBURSEMENT.
a.)
The
Association director will develop a plan for securing the CMS designation.
b.)
The
Association director will implement the plan.
c.)
The
Association director will keep the membership abreast of progress through
quarterly emails.
d.)
The Board of
Directors will consider achievement of this objective as an outcome included in
the performance review of the TFA office/staff.
2. BY 12/09 IDENTIFY THE REASONS FOR THE HIGH NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS
AND STATUS CHANGES EMANATING FROM THE CERTIFICATION AND RECERTIFICATION
PROCESSES.
a.)
The C&E
Committee will contact agencies that have moved to supportive status regarding
the certification process and its effect on the agencies’ decisions to forego
certified status and will distribute its findings to all TFA members.
b.)
The C&E
Committee will examine the recommendations it has made over the last five years
and compile that information.
c.)
The C&E
Committee will develop a standardized satisfaction questionnaire to be routinely
completed by certified members.
d.)
The C&E
Committee, with Board approval, will establish a Trends Sub-Committee to analyze
the data gathered from above steps and to maintain an ongoing trends-analysis
process.
e.)
The C&E Committee will annually
review findings and develop, as needed, recommendations for modification and
clarification of the certification process.
3. BY 12/08 CLARIFY THE DIFFERENCES
IN ASSOCIATION MEMBERSHIP BENEFITS FOR CERTIFIED SITES AND SUPPORTIVE SITES.
a.)
The C&E
Committee will clearly define and document the current benefits for each
category of TFA membership.
b.)
The C&E
Committee will propose to the Board of Directors additional benefits for
Association’s certified members.
c.)
The TFA staff
will publicize the benefits of being a certified member to all current and
potential members of the Association.
d.)
As part of a
marketing plan, the C&E Committee and TFA Director will better “brand” the
certified Teaching-Family Model.
e.)
The C&E Committee and TFA staff
will work together to improve the Association’s website information about the
certification process and certified agencies.
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Members are invited to participate on committees, work on task
forces and become part of leadership. Please visit the MEMBERS ONLY area
for more information! |
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