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Posts Tagged ‘member services’

New Partnerships and Initiatives Help Independent Educational Consultants Enhance Service to Students

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association A recent national survey exploring the value of professional associations concluded that a major benefit of such groups as IECA is the ability to help our members to (1) save time; (2) gather good information; and (3) deliver improved services to clients. Over the past week … Read more »

IECA’s 34th Year Comes to Close with an Eye to the Future

by Mark H. Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA June 30th marks the close of our Fiscal Year and IECA’s 34th serving as the principal voice of the profession of independent educational consulting. We entered the year committed to helping our members thrive, and exploring ways to strengthen the profession, promote the value of the work we … Read more »

IECA: From Great to Remarkable

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, IECA I admit to being a person who is rarely satisfied with the way things are. I believe in the need to change and that includes both personal change and actions to ensure that the Independent Educational Consultants Association continues to move forward, developing new approaches, new programs and new … Read more »

Health Care Debate and Educational Consultants

by Mark Sklarow, Executive Director, Independent Educational Consultants Association A few facts to put on the table: (1) As a group, professional educational consultants skew a bit older than the general public. (2) Most consultants, before entering the field were covered by a group health policy in a school, college, or other agency. (3) Paying … Read more »

Executive Committee in Marathon Session Looks Beyond IECA to the Future of the Profession

by Mark Sklarow, IECA Executive Director The PLAN for Thursday was for the Executive Board to meet through the morning, and then break for lunch and some fresh air. We’d plan to re-group by 1:30 or so, work until 5:30 and break until dinner. The REALITY of the day was a meeting that started at … Read more »

College Tours Next Up for IECA

Among the many benefits an educational consultant brings to a student in their school or college search is direct knowledge from having visited scores of campuses, conducting evaluative visits. Such visits give Independent Educational Consultant Association members an eye-witness, ear-to-the-ground, personal way of understanding what makes a campus tick: its social and academic balance, the … Read more »

Naviance Trials are Coming

Many IECA College Consultants have been intrigued by Naviance and became particularly interested when Naviance offered deep discounts and special features exclusively to IECA members. Unfortunately there was no way for members to “try it out” and see what Naviance could do for their practice, until now. We’ll soon be announcing the ability of IECA members to … Read more »

Big NAVIANCE Development

We’ll be announcing shortly that Naviance has agreed to allow IECA members a seven day trial in order to see for  yourself what the counseling office software package can do.  Information on how to apply for the Naviance trial will be distributed from our Member Services office this week, along with new information about how … Read more »

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