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Division 15 Business Meeting 2017 APA Convention - Washington, D.C.

Agenda 1. Approval of 2016 Business Meeting Minutes 2. President’s Report 3. Treasurer’s Report 4. Membership Business a. Membership News b. Communications Update c. Membership Questions & Responses 5. Recognition of Members Accomplishments and Contributions a. 2017 Achievement Award Recipients b. 2017 Research Awards Recipients c. 2017 Outstanding Article Award from EP d. 2017 International Student Research Award e. Recognition of Service to Division 15 6. Presentation of Presidential Plaque

Approval of 2016 Business Meeting Minutes Full 2016 Business Meeting Minutes can be found at: http://edpsych.us/2016BusinessMeetingMinutes

President’s Report

2016-2017 Term: 2 Main Goals • Strengthen 16 Standing Committees & 3 Ad-hoc Committees • Excellent chairs and members agreed to serve and began work by early September • Enacting and building on innovations and work of last the three Div. 15 Presidents: Terri, Karen, & Nancy • Div. 15 International Committee awards first International Student Research Award • Div. 15 Webinar Committee plans two events for 2017 (3 rd & 4 th in our webinar series) • Procedures clarified/enacted for 4 recent standing committees: Finance, Memorial, International, Webinar • Fellows Selection and Award Committees e ffi ciently function and make 2016-2017 deadlines • Fantastic Membership, Early Career, and Graduate A ff airs Committees involved with our first cohort of Division 15 Graduate Student Ambassadors (51 students over 40 academic institutions). • 50% with us at APA Convention – please rise for welcome!

Graduate Student Ambassadors

2016 - 2017 Term: 2 Main Goals Goal 2: W.E.L.C.O.M.E. – Promoting and advancing scientific research to understand, increase, and assess learning in schools and everyday settings • 2017 Division 15 Theme for APA Convention: Welcoming and Advancing Research in Educational Psychology: Impacting Learners, Teachers, and Schools • Webinar Committee plans two applied learning events for 2017 • 2 Student Poster Awards (15 nominations in 2017) • Outstanding Educational Psychologis t Article Award • Div. 15 Early Career Research Grants $6K each – submissions up & quality strong • Awards for research: 2 dissertation grants; Thorndike, Snow, & Pintrich research awards and conference presentations

Goal 2: Promoting and advancing scientific research to understand, increase, and 
 assess learning in schools and everyday settings • Div. 15 Psychology Today blogs – Presidential series highly read & rated blogs written by Div. 15 Educational Psychology scholars across the career span

Goal 2: Promoting and advancing scientific research to understand, increase, and 
 assess learning in schools and everyday settings • Division 15’s journal, Educational Psychologist. • Many thanks for the leadership, work, and persistence of Kathryn Wentzel – Editor of Educational Psychologist . • Also, thank you to our authors and readers! Thank you for r the e opport rtunity to serv erve e as your r Div. 15 Pres residen ent.

Treasurers' Report 2017 by Carol Connor, Treasurer Beverly Faircloth, Treasurer Elect 12 �

Income & Expenses Trends 300,000 225,000 150,000 75,000 0 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Net Income Expenses Income 13 �

2016 Sources of Income ($245,173) Dues 7% Miscellaneous Royal>es/EP admin/EP Editor 2% Honorarium Contribu>ons 82% 1% Gain on Investment 2% Interest/Dividends 6% 14 �

2016 Expenses ($164,002.45) Administra>on 4% Travel Awards 17% 11% Officers 2% Mee>ngs 8% Consultant & Communica>ons 28% Journal/NewsleOer/Editorial 30% 15 �

Treasurer Comments & Recommendations • Our net income in 2016 was $81,171.39 – Royalties and allowances for Educational Psychologist continue to be the greatest source of income – We should continue to anticipate lower amounts in a renegotiated contract with the publisher • Assets to date – $268,190 in our checking account – $250,689 in our money market account with Merrill Lynch – $488,058 in our TIAA account as of 12/31/2016. • $515,953.35 in our TIAA account as of 4/30/2017. – That means our net assets and total liabilities amount to $1,124,425.46 as of the end of 2016. The investments in a more aggressive growth plan to obtain financial stability for the Division appear to be effective with an estimated annual income of $11,036.49 • Our new Treasurer-elect is Sharon Tettegah 16 �

Membership Business

Miss and Honor Marty Carr Adapted from: hOps://coe.uga.edu/news/2017/08/educa>onal-psychology- professor-marty-carr-helped-children-excel-in-mathema>cs Marty Carr, a professor in the department of educa5onal psychology at the University of Georgia, who dedicated her career to researching the development of mathema5cs literacy in young children, died from cancer this week on July 30, 2017. A memorial service is expected in a few weeks. Marty’s husband predeceased her in 2015. Their daughter, Miranda, is a sophomore at the University of Georgia. Marty Carr’s prominence in both the educa>onal psychology and mathema>cs educa>on research communi>es: President and Fellow of Division 15 as well as president of the Women in Mathema>cs Educa>on organiza>on. Even early this year Marty volunteered to edit Div. 15’s future edi>on of the Handbook of Educa>onal Psychology. Dr. Marty Carr’s passion for closing the mathema>cs achievement gap for students not only provided the field with cri>cal informa>on about how instruc>on can be improved, but it also helped lay the founda>on for future researchers in the field.

� Membership • As of July’s official roster, we currently have 1846 enrolled members. • Historically, we’ve seen a jump of ~130 members after the APA Convention and prior to year’s end (as averaged between the three years this has been tracked). As such, we’re projecting year-end membership of roughly 1975 , which is nearly identical to last year’s total and within 6% of the peak we achieved in 2014 prior to the release of the Hoffman Report (after which we experienced a decline in membership sentiment alongside APA and other divisions). � • Beginning after the APA Convention, a new initiative piloted by Wade George and the Membership Committee—“ Graduate Student Ambassadors ”—will commence with an inaugural class of ~50 members. This program is designed to build relationships with doctoral students and introduce them to Division 15 service. Simultaneously, it allows us to expand the frequency and reach of our messaging to their schools, as the primary objective of this program is to disseminate our messages (including calls to join) among their programs. Finally, this program will allow us to survey students about the issues and challenges they’re facing each year, which will inform our services and membership marketing. �

Social Growth Over 8,800 combined social followers—already up 12.8% from 2016’s year-end numbers. This puts us among the most followed of all APA Divisions. We expect to hit 10,000+ by the end of the year. Consistent quarterly growth through Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. Followers connecting predominantly through Facebook (the world’s largest and most active social network). We continue to use both organic and paid advertising to maximize our reach among a well- defined and targeted audience of educational psychologists. Recently achieved milestones of 5,000+ followers on Facebook and 2,000+ via Twitter. Expect to hit 1,000+ via LinkedIn during this year.

Follower Demographics (As pulled from Facebook on July 26, 2017) Highlights Followers are nearly 3x as likely to identify as female. And, roughly 1/2 of all followers identify as women between the ages of 25-44. We’re currently most effective in reaching those between 25-44 years of age (who constitute 64% of our total following on Facebook). These numbers align well with enrollment of core membership types as of the last Division 15 roster we received. Just 69% of our users have a listed primary address in the United States (88% have a form of English as their listed primary language). As such, we’re doing a good job of proliferating our messaging around the globe.

� Psychology Today Blog • Previous years’ posts continue to enjoy new readers, making this outlet increasingly valuable each year. For instance, in 2017 alone we’ve already seen over 14,000 new views for articles from previous years. � • We’re currently four posts into Bonnie Meyer’s 2017 Presidential Theme (with a fifth set for release any day and a sixth in production). • We’re currently projecting to see 2017 eclipse 40,000 total reads (which would be a new Division 15 high). We also recently passed the 100,000 read mark for our blog. • We continue to seek high-quality content for publication. Please send pitches to Wade George (wade.george@apadiv15.org) for additional information on how to contribute. Those interested may find links to the blog via the Division 15 website (apadiv15.org) under the “Publications” menu. �

Recognition of Members’ Accomplishments and Contributions