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President’s Message

Robert J. Schinke, EdD, CRC, Laurentian University

Summer is now upon us, and with knowledge necessary for the competent practice of a profession.

it, AASP’s current initiatives are More about the JTA process will be discussed at our conference

reaching a crescendo. Instead of this October in a scheduled session entitled, “Shaping the Future of

relecting on my own experiences Certiication and Practice: Results of the Job Task Analysis,” led by

as President, with my mandate Jack Watson.

shortly coming to its conclusion, I
The Future of Certiication Ad Hoc Committee has worked extensively
Robert
have opted to describe various ac-

tivities we are developing to serve over the course of four years to identify and guide potential improve-

SCHINKE
ments to certiication. This committee is a Presidential Committee
your needs. As you will see, AASP
that has fulilled its mandate, with the inalization of the Job Task
is constantly forging new frontiers.

CERTIFICATION. Starting with Jack Lesyk’s presidency three years

AASP is constantly forging ago, we have focused on improving our professional certiication

standards. Jack Watson took up this initiative when he embarked
new frontiers.

as President-Elect, and, since that point, we moved forward to our

current stage with a Job Task Analysis (JTA) completed at the end

of June. The JTA will guide the content and development of any

subsequent certiication examination. To ensure integrity in this
Analysis. At this point, I will be dissolving this committee with the

utmost of gratitude to Jack and all of the contributing members. process, an open call was sent to the membership that invited full-

Additional planning is now being undertaken in collaboration with time practitioners to apply as subject matter experts (SMEs). Similar

key AASP leadership and potential examination partners, such as to our call for Strategic Planning Committee members a few months

the American College of Sports Medicine.
earlier, there were many more applicants (over 60) than there were

permitted spaces for the JTA.

STRATEGIC PLANNING. One of the most important parts of build-

ing an effective Strategic Plan is collecting valuable information With the purpose of developing a Job Task Analysis for AASP

through a MEMBER NEEDS ASSESSMENT. Doing so allows for the Certiication in Sport Psychology, we selected 13 SMEs to achieve

evaluation of the services currently provided to members as well as coverage of the breadth of competencies and contexts that fall within

the plotting of future directions for the Association in a data-driven our professional demands. This selection was accomplished through

manner. We thank all AASP members who took the time to provide a process known as Role Delineation, a legally defensible strategy by

their valuable feedback and opinions on what you’d like to see us which panels of experts document the major areas of responsibility

focus on over the next few years.
(domains of practice), discrete work activities (tasks), and underlying

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