A presentation outlining the ASBOG Foundation

ASBOG Foundation
Supporting the National Geology Examinations to Assure Professional Geosciences Competency
A Critical Element of the Financial Underpinning of the National Association of
State Boards of Geology (ASBOG®)
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Why
Wh License
Li
G
Geologists?
l i t ?
• T
To protect the
h public
bli health,
h l h safety,
f
andd
welfare
• To acknowledge increasing importance of
geological investigations in many arenas
• To assure that those offering services as
ggeologists
g
meet minimum competency
p
y
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ASBOG® STATES
Map provided with permission of ASBOG®
Founding of ASBOG®
• Groundwork laid during five meetings beginning
i Marchh 1988 – South
in
S hC
Carolina,
li Northh Carolina,
C li
Georgia and Florida
• Discussions of reciprocity, standardization, and
common administrative problems in the licensing
of geologists
• Expansion of topics to include a national focus
andd needd for
f national
i l licensure
li
examinations
i i
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Purpose of ASBOG®
“…to provide an organization through which State
Member Boards may act and council together…”
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®
ASBOG
Examinations
• Provide the cornerstone for p
professional
geological competence and ethical practice
• Two national examinations:
– Fundamentals of Geology Exam (FG)
– Practice of Geology Exam (PG)
• ASBOG® maintains, administers, scores, and
validates
va
dates tthese
ese exams
e a s
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Expanding
E
di
U
Use off ASBOG®
Examinations
• College
g and university
y exit exams
• Elements in the assessment of college and
university
i
it curriculum
i l
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The Fundamentals of Geology
and Practice of Geology Exams
• Maintain relevance via the efforts of the Council of
Examiners (COE) and by Task Analysis Surveys
• Practice Exam tests applications and specialty skills
such as hydrogeology and engineering geology
• Topics of the Fundamentals of Geology exam evolve
slowly and do not require specialty modules
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Drs. J
D
Jack
k and
d St
Steve W
Warner
Experts in Testing
Guide ASBOG® Examination Efforts
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Experts
Are Key
p
y to ASBOG®’s Success
Members Council of Examiners
Christopher C. Mathewson (MAL/TX), John W. Williams (MAL/CA),
Robert E. Tepel (AEG)
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Coordination Among State
Member Boards
• Committee members from different state boards of
ggeology
gy work together
g
to solve common pproblems
• Web site www.asbog.org
– Online forum allows Boards to communicate rapidly
– Online Bulletin Board rapidly provides information to
broad constituencyy
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Elements of
®
ASBOG
• ASBOG® Member Boards have issued approximately
39,000 licenses
p
with international organizations
g
– the
• Cooperates
Canadian Council of Professional Geoscientists and
Association of Professional Engineers, Geologists, and
Geophysicists of Alberta (APEGGA)
• Operationally coordinated by the Executive Committee
through Columbia,
Columbia South Carolina headquarters
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Current and Future
Challenges
• Maintaining the relevance of examinations
states annual
• Operational funds from member states’
dues, examination fees, and access fees
g to new states utilizing
g the exams
charged
• Although financially sound, Task Analysis,
modular examinations
examinations, and computer testing
will reduce resources
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Proposed
ASBOG Foundation
History and Rationale
• ASBOG® and Examinations
– Operating model (total cost divided by number of test
participants)
– Increasing exam development costs
– Unfunded and under-funded travel costs for Council of
Examiners
– Cost could become a barrier to candidate participation
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ASBOG Foundation
Timeline
• ASBOG Foundation formally proposed at the
2006 ASBOG® Annual Meeting
• Authorized at the 2007 ASBOG® Annual
M ti
Meeting
• Chartered in 2008 in South Carolina
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Purpose and
P
dG
Goals
l off th
the
ASBOG Foundation
• Independent tax exempt foundation [501(c) (6)]
• Help defray cost of examinations
• F
Facilitate
ilit t participation
ti i ti by
b qualified
lifi d individuals
i di id l
with ASBOG® Council of Examiners (test
development)
p
)
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Purpose and Goals
• Develop financial “sponsors”
sponsors for the ASBOG
Foundation
• Earnings from sponsorship monies for
unfunded or under-funded Council of
Examiners members
– Sponsorship goal $9 million
• Future support activities
– Additional ASBOG® participant travel
– Examination Defense Fund
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Organization of
ASBOG Foundation
• Voting Directors with staggered
three-year terms
• Two non-voting Ex-officio
Directors
• Web site: www.asbogfoundation.org
• For additional information send E-mail to:
info@asbogfoundation.org
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I it ti
Invitation
to
t S
Sponsorship
hi
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Level of Sponsorship
$1,000,000 Diamond
$10,000 Topaz
$750 000 Emerald
$750,000
$3 500 Peridot
$3,500
$350,000 Ruby
$1,000 Garnet
$200 000 Aquamarine
$200,000
$100,000 Sapphire
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$500 Citrine
$100 or Less Amethyst