As the Profession Grows, IECA Needs to Think Globally, Nationally…and Locally
by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA
I have noted, on several occasions in the last few months, that IECA’s membership—and the numbers of educational consultants—is growing quickly. As this growth occurs, families will increasingly look toward IECA membership as the truest test of whether a consultant has the knowledge, skills and ethical guideposts to be of service to their children.
As I look more deeply into the growth of the profession it’s clear we are expanding our presence in more states and communities domestically, and seeing a significant growth in the field internationally, with new professional and associate members from South America to Africa. However, we continue to see much of the growth in major metropolitan areas, affording us a great opportunity to begin to explore establishing IECA REGIONAL GROUPS. Without the need to be formally developed, I see these regional groups as a way for members to share information, develop support networks, and bring in speakers: admission representatives, psychologists, media specialists and others. I can easily see such groups developing in cities from Boston to Atlanta to Seattle and LA where a dozen or more IECA members—and even non-members—could gather periodically to visit campuses, explore community service, host seminars and reach out to the community.
IECA wants to help make this happen. We can provide members interested in starting regional groups (and let’s remember several, like Tri-state have existed for years) with contact information for IECA professional, associate, student, and non-member consultants; contact information for schools and colleges, with possible speakers, and much more. Interested in starting a regional group? Let us know. Post something on our Facebook Page, recruit other interested folks through our TalkList. There’s much we can be doing in communities across the country in educating consultants—and consumers—alike.
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