October 2018

Fall 2018 Newsletter

Board of Directors

Cindy Landry

ATA College

Jan Gordon

Sullivan University

Chris Ernst

Sullivan University

Brett Weber

ATA College

Brittany Cottoner

Caris College

Joel Musgrove

University of Fairfax

Jay Marr

Sullivan University

Brenda Evans

College for Technical

Education

Robin Boughey

MedQuest College

Tom Cropper

MedQuest College

Jeffrey Zutaut

Lexington Healing Arts

Academy

Karen McFadyen

Pearson

Katie Mahan

McGraw-Hill Education

Stuart Grinell

Ambassador Education

Services

Inside this issue:

President’s Corner 2

Legislative Update 2

New Board Members 3

KACCS Service 4

Save the Date

Online Training

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Registration Details 5

Membership 6

KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF

CAREER COLLEGES AND

SCHOOLS

KACCS 2018 Award Honorees

KACCS was pleased to have the opportunity to recognize several final-ists and our annual award winners at the 2018 Annual Meeting and Educational Confer-ence August 24th. Award winners this year included: 2018 Legisla-tor of the Year recipi-ent, Representative Daniel Elliott, Instructor of the Year winner Jill Ferrari, and Ambassa-dor of the Year, Dr. Ter-ry Kibiloski. Representative Daniel Elliott of Danville, is vice chairman of the House Economic Devel-opment and Workforce Investment Committee.

During the 2018 Ken-tucky General Assembly, he sponsored two pieces of legislation what would allow Physician Assistants (PA) in Ken-tucky similar authori-ties PA’s in many other states already have. One of those bills was HB 497, which includes PA’s in the definition of a qualified mental health professional. This bill was signed into law by Governor Bevin

on April 13 and will im-prove the ability of PA’s to practice in a mental health setting. Representative Elliott shared, “I’m honored to receive this award from KACCS, and I’m grateful for this positive recog-nition of my work to improve health care quality and access in the Commonwealth of Kentucky.” The winner of the 2018 KACCS Instructor of the Year Award, Jill Ferrari, joined the Sullivan Uni-versity Lexington Cam-pus team in 1997 as an adjunct faculty mem-ber. Today she serves as the Program Director

for all Medical Assisting programs at Sullivan University. She brings to the program clinical and laboratory experi-ence from hospital, nursing home and doc-tor’s office settings. Ms. Ferrari’s skills and innovation in the class-room have led to the creation of programs with reduced student costs and required Article Continues on page

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KACCS Government Re-

lations Liaison, Greg

Brotzge (right) present-

ing the 2018 KACCS

Legislator of the Year

Award to Representative

Daniel Elliott.

Eric Weiss of McGraw-

Hill Education, sponsor of

our Instructor of the Year

Award (right) presenting

the 2018 KACCS Instruc-

tor of the Year Award to

Jill Ferrari.

Leigh Wells of F.A. Davis

Company, sponsor of our

Ambassador of the Year

Award (right) presenting

the 2018 KACCS Ambas-

sador of the Year Award

to Dr. Terry Kibiloski.

President’s Corner

Legislative Update

matters of importance to our members. To effectively represent our sector, we need to hear the voices of our schools, but we also need to be able to demonstrate the im-pact legislative and regulatory matters have on our schools and the students we serve. If we only rep-resent a small portion of the sector, we are not doing this as effectively as we de-sire, therefore grow-ing as an organization this year will help us better fulfill our mis-

sion. Be sure to review the opportunities in this fall edition newsletter for you and your team

The 2018 KACCS An-nual Meeting and Ed-ucational Conference has reenergized our association and we are looking forward to a strong ending to 2018 as we plan for activity in 2019. If you haven’t been as engaged in the asso-

ciation recently, now is the time to get in-volved. Members attending our annual business meeting this year brought great ideas to our committees and we expect to see numerous exciting initiatives headed your way in 2019 as a result of this feed-

back. Our upcoming networking event in December will further develop some of these ideas and include a strategic planning component for each committee at in-person meetings at the event. If you are currently part of a committee or interest-ed in joining, plan to attend in December and help us get our 2019 plans off to a strong start. Another goal of our organization as 2018 draws to an end is as-sociation growth. Our

goal is to continue growing our member-ship so we can effec-tively speak as the voice of our sector on

certain. Republi-cans are expected to keep their ma-jorities in both Houses. However,

keep in mind that the political climate is extremely vola-tile and the situa-tion at the federal level has an influ-ence on local races. No one predicted the size of the Re-publican wave that

reelection. The state pension crisis is the main issue on voters’ minds at the state level, followed

by taxes. Our current expec-tations are for a slight gain in seats for the Democrats in the Kentucky House and possibly a pick-up of one seat in the Senate, although this is less

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to get more involved. We encourage each campus to have multi-ple team members en-gaged in activities through the association to ensure your school’s voice is represented in our activity and the im-portant decisions that impact our schools and the students we serve. Whether it’s contrib-uting an article for our next newsletter, host-ing legislators for visits on your campus, or joining a KACCS com-mittee, we look for-ward to hearing more from you in the coming

months as we gear up for an exciting 2019.

Cindy Landry, KACCS President clandry@ata.edu

Final Month of the Fall Campaign Vote! With just about a month to go, the fall election sea-

son is heating up. Across the country, there are many tight congressional races, including Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District. All mem-bers of the Kentucky House and half of the Senate are up for

swept through Frankfort two years ago. KACCS has a couple of is-sues we will be working on in 2019 and the election will

have a huge impact on our work early next year. All members are strongly en-couraged to vote and make sure your voice is heard. For additional information on these matters or to get more involved, contact Greg Brotzge at gbrotzge@impactgovrelations.com

KACCS committees.

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New KACCS Board Members This year at the KACCS Annual Busi-ness Meeting, we add-ed two new members to the KACCS Board of Directors. Brittany Cottoner of Caris Col-lege and Joel Musgrove of Universi-

ty of Fairfax and American National University were voted into office and joined our organization’s

leadership as Board Members. During the meeting, Chris Ernst of Sulli-van University was also elected as Presi-dent Elect and will serve as KACCS Presi-dent beginning in Au-gust of 2019. Now former Board

Member, David Keene of Sullivan Universi-ty, was recognized

during the Annual Conference as his Board term expired. Mr. Keene served on our Board of Directors the maximum length allowed by our Bylaws and was a tremendous asset to our organiza-tion in this capacity. We look forward to continuing to work with him in the years to come through

Awards

classroom hours while still ensuring students are prepared for certi-fication exams in their field of study. The pass rates for students in this program were 100% last year. Ms. Ferrari also volun-teers as a board mem-ber for the Kentucky Society of Medical As-sistants and is the lead for the Educator Fo-rum with a local coun-ty high school council. Dr. Terry Kibiloski of Sullivan University’s Louisville Campus was the recipient of the 2018 KACCS Ambassa-dor of the Year Award. Dr. Kibiloski has been

an instructor for over 27 years and his co-workers shared that

he has a gift for lev-eraging his history and experience with Sullivan across different programs and departments and sets an example about the importance of sharing resources and knowledge across functional areas to help promote work-ing towards a com-mon goal. Outside of the class-room, Dr. Kibiloski has been involved in activities such as the Kentucky Future Business Leaders of America state confer-ence, he has served as the faculty advisor

for the Idea State University Business Venture competition,

leading students to first place within two years, and he is an ac-tive member of the Kentucky Colonels. He also often remains in contact with for-mer students and mentors them as they start out in their ca-reers. Several other excep-tional individuals were also recognized as finalists in our In-structor of the Year and Ambassador of the Year categories this year. Instructor of the Year Finalists: Crystal Beeler,

Louisville Beauty

Academy Chef Robert Beigh-

ey, Sullivan Uni-

versity Angie Fuller,

MedQuest College Jennifer Guest,

MedQuest College Joshua Simpson,

Sullivan University Denise Smith, Sul-

livan University Sharon Thompson,

MedQuest College Ambassador of the Year Finalists: Larisa Crawley,

MedQuest College Cara Marco, Sulli-

van University Julie Owens, Sulli-

van University Congratulations to all nominees, finalists, and award winners. We appreciate your

significant contribu-tions to our career college community.

KACCS President Cindy Landry

presenting David Keene with a

Certificate of Appreciation for

his service on the KACCS

Board of Directors.

Serving as a Community

hungry and sluggish on Monday mornings due to the lack of nourishment they re-ceived on the week-ends. The program was formed to pro-vide these students with backpacks of

food for 3 meals a day during the weekend. Due to the generosity of our membership bringing donations

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Our KACCS Community came together this fall to help meet a need in our community donat-ing hundreds of items to local Blessings in a Backpack programs. Blessings in a Backpack is a now national pro-

gram that was started in Kentucky by a teach-er who realized stu-dents on free or re-duced lunch were tired,

New Online Course Available KACCS Online Training Center

The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) is a framework that pro-vides all learners with equal opportunities to learn. UDL encourages instructors to design flexible curriculum and activities that meet the needs of all learners. ED 133 - Universal De-sign for Learning will provide you with an overview of Universal Design for Learning

(UDL) and help intro-duce you to this re-search-based educa-tional framework. UDL helps instructors develop flexible learn-ing environments to accommodate learn-ers’ learning differ-ences. This course will provide a working definition and infor-mation pertaining to various components of UDL. Also new to our

Online Training Center course op-tions you will find AD 113 - Managing Your Attitude and Energy to Maxim-ize Your Effective-ness. This course will examine the fundamentals of at-titude and energy and help you under-stand why they are so important to your success. In addi-tion, it will utilize

for this program to our Annual Meeting this year, we were able to serve two local schools with an iden-tified need, Nichols and Brooks Elemen-tary Schools. This December, our

members once again have the opportunity to serve those in need through a product drive in conjunction with our networking event. Look for de-tails in the coming months!

assessments to look at your current attitude and energy levels. Fi-nally, review tips and best practices to en-hance your energy and attitude output. Learn more about these courses and oth-ers available by visit-ing the KACCS Online Training Center at www.kaccstraining.org KACCS members, con-tact KACCS for VIP discount codes.

SAVE THE DATE

For the

2019 Regional Leadership Institute

June 13 - 14, 2019 Fortis College

Centerville, Ohio

Comments from past attendees: “Very important conference!” “Super helpful and important.” “Great conference!”

“Excellent mixture of topics.” “Great networking, collabo-rations, and discussions!” “I cannot wait to attend next

year!”

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KENTUCKY ASSOCIATION OF

CAREER COLLEGES AND SCHOOLS

Join us for this event at Sullivan University Atkinson Square Campus 3901 Atkinson Square Dr. Louisville, KY 40218

Kentucky Association of Career Colleges & Schools Networking Event and Round Table Discussions

Friday, December 14, 2018 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. EDT

Registration Form

Round Table A (Select ONE) Student Engagement Activities

(Faculty) Student Engagement Activities

(Administration)

Technology in the Classroom

Regulatory Discussion

Conference Planning Committee

Meeting

Round Table B (Select ONE)

Supervision and Employee Retention

Developing and Motivating Your Staff

Motivating Students

Community Engagement

Public Relations and Membership

Committee Meeting

Round Table A and Conference Planning Committee Meeting

Lunch and Speed Networking

Round Table B and Public Relations/Membership Committee Meeting

Government Relations Committee Meeting

The cost for this event is $25 and includes a boxed lunch and event

materials.

Name: _____________________________________________________

Title: ________________Email Address: __________________________

Institution/School: ____________________________________________

Street Address: ______________________________________________

City, State, Zip: ______________________________________________

Please indicate any special needs you have: _______________________

I also plan to attend the following committee meetings: Membership Committee Meeting from 9:00-10:00 Government Relations Committee Meeting from 2:00-3:00

KACCS Membership

American National University Danville, KY Florence, KY Lexington, KY Louisville, KY Pikeville, KY ATA College Louisville, KY Beckfield College Florence, KY Caris College Jeffersonville, IN

College for Technical Education Lexington, KY Winchester, KY Emergency Medical Training Professionals Lexington, KY Kentucky Horseshoeing School Richmond, KY Lexington Healing Arts Academy Lexington, KY Louisville Beauty Academy Louisville, KY

Kentucky Association of

Career Colleges and

Schools

PO Box 99367

Louisville, KY 40269-0367

kycareercolleges.org

MedQuest College Louisville, KY Lexington, KY Sullivan University Centers for Learning Carlisle, KY Louisa, KY Northern Kentucky Sullivan University Fort Knox, KY Lexington, KY Louisville, KY:

• Atkinson Square • Dupont Circle • Main Campus The Medical Institute of Kentucky Bowling Green, KY Florence, KY Lexington, KY Louisville, KY The University of Fairfax Roanoke, VA

Share Your Stories With Us! To have your organization highlighted in a future KACCS newsletter, please submit your story

ideas to candacebensel@kycareercolleges.org. The deadline for the next Newsletter is Friday, December 14th.

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