Tuesday, June 7, 2011

DCA Credential Committee needs you!

In 2011, the Direct Care Alliance rolled out the Personal Care and Support Credential. This credential provides direct care workers an opportunity to demonstrate their work readiness, knowledge, judgment and other critical skills necessary for providing personal care and support to people who are chronically ill, disabled, or dying.

To keep the exam fair, comprehensive and up-to-date, the Direct Care Alliance is creating a committee of experienced direct care workers to review the existing questions and discuss changes to the exam.

We are inviting you to become a part of that committee, which will be getting together for three days this summer. This meeting will take place in Alexandria, VA (Washington, DC metro area) on July 27, 28, and 29, 2011.

You do not need to prepare or study to attend this meeting. We are inviting you to take part because of your job experience. Test development experts will do the following activities at the meeting:

  • Describe the history of the Personal Care and Support Credential
  • Review the test sections and the types of questions
  • Describe the information (knowledge and judgment) the test measures
  • Teach you how to write and review test questions
  • Offer you the opportunity to practice writing and reviewing questions
  • Give you feedback while you are writing questions
  • Give you any additional information that you need

The Direct Care Alliance will pay your expenses, including the cost of travel, the hotel, and food.

Please call or email Helen Hanson, 347-563-1193 or hhanson@directcarealliance.org to sign up for this committee or for more information.

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