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NCTRC offers Live Tutorial for Recertification Application Submission

NCTRC will be offering a tutorial on how to submit a recertification application on June 13. If you are interested in participating in this training, please send an email to nctrc@nctrc.org and you will receive an email about one week prior to the training with information on how to access the Zoom call.

NCTRC Conducts Annual Board Meeting

The NCTRC Board of Directors conducted its annual meeting on April 16–17, 2019 in
New City, NY.

Three new members were inducted to the NCTRC Board of Directors for the 2019–2022 term:

• Jamie Bennett, MS, MTRS, CTRS (UT)
• Sara Knowles, CTRS/L, CBIS (OK)
• Angela Wozencroft, PhD, CTRS (TN)

A new Executive Committee for the term of 2019–2020 was elected:

• Andrea Waters, CTRS (NS, Canada), Chairperson
• Melissa Davis, LRT/CTRS (TX), Vice Chairperson
• Suzanne Prosser, CTRS (AZ), Treasurer
• Donna Gregory, CTRS (MD), Secretary

Susan Popek-Boeve, CTRS (MI) was re-appointed to the Standards Review Committee

Jane Crawford, CTRS (Canada) was appointed to the Standards Hearing Committee

Ann Dolloff, CTRS (PA) was appointed to the Exam Management Committee

Helpful Reminders to Assure a Successful Internship

In order for NCTRC to verify your employment status as an internship supervisor, all active CTRS internship supervisors are asked to go to the dashboard profile found at My NCTRC Login and update/input your employment information by clicking on My Profile.

The summer months often serve as an opportunity for students to complete their academic internships. In order to provide a smooth transition to obtaining the CTRS credential, the following requirements must be met during the internship experience:

• The length of the internship must be a minimum of 14 consecutive weeks and 560 hours.
• The intern must work a minimum of 20 hours per week and no more than 45 hours per week.
• The primary agency CTRS supervisor must be employed at least 30 hours a week at the sponsoring agency. At least 50% of the supervisor's duties must be in therapeutic recreation and they must be an active CTRS on the first day of the student’s internship.
• The internship must be supervised by an academic supervisor and an agency supervisor both of whom need to hold active CTRS status.
• The internship agency supervisor must be certified for at least one year prior to supervising interns.
• The internship experience must be based on the therapeutic recreation process as defined by the current NCTRC Job Analysis.  

Please visit nctrc.org to review and download the NCTRC Internship Standards. NCTRC offers a marketing packet specifically geared towards the internship standards. If you would like to receive a packet, please contact nctrc@nctrc.org.

NCTRC Resource Materials

The NCTRC Board of Directors continually monitors and updates the certification standards. Prior to using any of your stored certification-related materials, it is important that you verify the accuracy of the contents to make sure they reflect the current standards. This includes NCTRC resource materials/documents/presentations that you have recorded, downloaded, or have in paper form. If they do not align with the current NCTRC Certification Standards available on the NCTRC website, please discard them. You can access updated materials via nctrc.org or by calling the office at 1-845-639-1439

Thank you for your continued support of NCTRC and the CTRS® credential!