FACULTYFINDER.COM ON THE TODAY SHOW

For the second time this year FacultyFinder.com will be mentioned on The Today Show. Dr. Dani Babb was invited to share information on the Today Show about jobs in which women could work from home. One of those jobs is teaching online. Dr. Babb was able to describe FacultyFinder.com as a great way for prospective online faculty members to let schools know about their education and background. The next episode of the Today Show on which FacultyFinder.com is scheduled to be promoted is Monday, October 6th.

OVER 10,000 FACULTY USE FACULTYFINDER.COM

Recently the 10,000th faculty member created a profile on FacultyFinder.com. At the time of this writing there were 10,170 faculty with profiles in FacultyFinder.com with growth of almost a dozen new faculty members per day. This increase attests to the growth and acceptance of distance education as a delivery system. Be sure to take advantage of the fact there are more people out there now competing for online faculty positions, and be sure that your profile in FacultyFinder is as complete and up to date. The more information that is in your profile the greater the chance that your profile will be identified by a school which is searching the system. Log in today to update your profile.

TESTPROCTORS.COM IS COMING SOON

DECADE Consulting, LLC, the parent company of FacultyFinder.com, is pleased to announce the release of TestProctors.com. Just as FacultyFinder.com is an efficient way for schools to identify experienced, qualified online faculty members, TestProctors.com will be an efficient way for schools and/or students to identify neutral testing proctors. The first group which will be invited to create a Proctor Profile will be you as a member of FacultyFinder.com. More information will be emailed to you soon.

WHAT DOES THE HIGHER EDUCATION REAUTHORIZATION ACT MEAN TO YOU AS AN ONLINE FACULTY MEMBER?

As you may have heard, there are changes emerging as a result of the recent adoption of the Higher Education Opportunity Act of 2008. These changes are in regard to student authentication. Schools will be required to ensure that the student registered for an online course is actually the student taking the course. This may involve you as the faculty member and the student using some sort of electronic device or it could involve the use of human proctors for high-stakes exams. Read more about this in this article from the eSchool News.

MEET US AT AN UPCOMING CONFERENCE

We enjoy meeting faculty who have FacultyFinder profiles and love hearing your success stories of how FacutlyFinder.com played a role in you acquiring that new job. Be sure to stop by the eLearningToolBox.com booth and visit with us at one of our upcoming conferences.

October 19-22
Conference on Information Technology
League of Innovation
Salt Lake City, UT

October 22-23
GA Annual Computing Conference
University System of Georgia
Rock Eagle, GA

October 26-28
Virtual School Symposium
North American Council for Online Learning
Phoenix, AZ

November 5-7
Sloan-C Annual Conference
Sloan-C
Orlando, FL

November 5-8
WCET Annual Conference
Western Cooperative for Educational Telecommunications
Phoenix, AZ

November 23-25
ACA Annual Conference
Alabama College Association
Mobile, AL

December 6-9
SACS Annual Conference
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
San Antonio, TX

As always, thanks for your time and if you know of any current trends or news that may benefit others at FacultyFinder.com please email us at sales@facultyfinder.com, we welcome your comments.

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