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1. To publish an international journal on Process Educa- Kathy Burke agreed to work on the incorporation of the
tion Academy in the State of New York (incorporation date:
February 15, 2008), and set up a bank account in Cortland,
2. To consistently deliver an increasingly meaningful New York. Pacific Crest helped offset the startup costs
annual conference with proceedings through a $5,000 grant. Additional funding came from
an individual membership fee of $50, and the summer
3. To be a meaningful professional development forum conference registration fee, thus ensuring the financial
for collaboration and educational innovation solvency of the organization.

4. To have an effective leadership team in place to guide The International Journal of Process Education
operations (IJPE)

5. To implement the strategic plan on a consistent basis At the meeting at Brevard,
Jackie El-Sayed agreed to
6. To recruit, engage, support, and renew Academy become the editor of the
members International Journal of
Process Education and
7. To establish resources for the academy to be finan- plans were made to publish
cially self-sufficient. the inaugural edition of the
journal in two years’ time,
The participants also finalized the bylaws which set up at the 2009 Conference.
a board of directors, specified their duties, and identified As of 2015 the Journal
a slate of officers to be elected at the summer 2008 has published 47 articles,
conference. and under the current leadership of Kathy Burke, will be
publishing its eighth annual volume in 2016 (Academy of
Figure 1 Logo for the Association of Research-Based Process Educators, n.d.).
Practitioners in Process Education (ARBPPE)

Figure 2 Early Conferences

The second annual Process Education Conference was held
July 16–18, 2008 at Hinds Community College, Raymond,
Mississippi with the theme: Striving for Quality: Aligning
and Implementing Continuous Improvement in Higher
Education (see Figure 3).

During the business meeting part of the conference,
bylaws and the slate of officers were approved (Academy
of Process Educators, 2012a; Academy of Process
Educators, 2015a). Highlights of this conference included
the inaugural Hall of Innovation, where members could
showcase exciting practices in a poster session, and a day-
long kick-off POGIL workshop. Future conferences have

Figure 3

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