ASSOCIATION NEWS

We would like to welcome our newest individual members to the Association – thank you for joining us. We appreciate all our members and hope to see many of you at our upcoming workshops. Our volunteers are hard at work planning outstanding technical programs and informative tutorials for you to gain insight into hot topics being presented this year.

– ELK Management Group

Accepting Nominations

Did you ever consider serving on the ITEA Board of Directors?

Every year, ITEA holds its elections by first offering a call for nominations to its members.  You may have already received an email announcing the deadlines associated with this election cycle – So please hurry to submit your nomination for consideration by the ITEA Elections Committee. If you would like to learn more about the eligibility and criteria, please reach out to us today at info@itea.org.

Technical Workshops 

Education and Networking brings Growth and Opportunity 

Did you know ITEA hosts a multitude of technical workshops with relevant topics for you to gain insight, ask questions, and meet the leadership within your area of expertise?  Did you know you also provide the opportunity to network with government and industry colleagues? And to top it off, did you know we always have a Call for Papers/Presentations to encourage you to bring forth solutions for industry challenges?

Interested in attending or presenting at one of our upcoming events?  Do topics on Test Instrumentation, Multi-Domain Operations, Cybersecurity, and Directed Energy interest you? Don’t miss the opportunity! Be quick to check out the details on the website.

 A video glance of the Test Instrumentation Workshop

Are you Certified in T&E?

Where else can your employees test their knowledge?

 It is usually beneficial to seek out certification within your industry; and for those in Test and Evaluation, it’s no different. For instance, government employees can become certified through programs offered by the Defense Acquisition University, but did you know that for over 10 years, ITEA has been administering, managing, and awarding the Certified Test and Evaluation Professional (CTEP) credentials to individuals in both the government and contractors/ businesses.

We are a  trusted non-profit education association with a Board of Examiners that developed the questions necessary to test individuals to enter or advance in the field of test and evaluation. To learn more about the 4 Domains of the program including T&E Planning; T&E Design; T&E Execution; and Test Data Analysis, Evaluation and Reporting visit our website or contact us at education@itea.org.

Educating the Workforce 

Earning continuing credits for your professional growth.

Did you know that ITEA provides educational courses that align with the four domains of the T&E Certification program to groups in government and industry? We have a contract with the Workforce Development Office at a Navy command for a T&E Fundamentals course and are in discussion with another Agency to provide a course on Design of Experiments. We make it easy and affordable to bring T&E education to you. To learn more, contact us at education@itea.org.

Remarkable Results for The ITEA Journal

Gaining New Readership

We are pleased to announce that the new scholarly/professional, online-only ITEA Journal of Test and Evaluation has reached new heights! The first quarter results are in, and we have had more than 3000 pageviews with 864 sessions.  We would like to thank those in the T&E community who have not only read the articles but shared them with your colleagues and peers.

This new format allows the articles to be shared easily across government, industry, and academia connecting the community and allowing us to find innovative solutions for the minds of both current and future members of the T&E workforce.  This new format of The Journal has allowed it to become an open resource to the entire T&E community for a short time.  Join now to continue reading these relevant topics. 

We continue to encourage our membership and their colleagues to submit technical articles for consideration in The Journal. The abstracts for the upcoming themes for 2023 can be found at the ITEA website. Get Published!  

The Publications Committee will accept other topics for consideration as they begin to lay the groundwork for the 2024 issues. As always, we welcome you feedback by emailing us at journal@itea.org.

Deadline Approaching for Nominating a T&E Professional  

Show your appreciation and be recognized for excellence.

The Call for Nominations for the Annual ITEA T&E Professional Awards program is out! Now is the time to recognize an employee, colleague, and/or customer for their contributions to the T&E community. Technical achievements, achievements in T&E education, publications, and early career achievements are just some of the opportunities where you can highlight someone’s individual or a team’s achievements within T&E. Winners will be honored in Destin, Florida during the ITEA Annual Symposium in December.  Nomination forms, criteria and eligibility, and previous recipients can be found on the ITEA website. Period of Performance July 2022 – June 2023. Deadline for submission is 15 August.

Job Board

A win-win for the T&E community.

Whether your company just won a contract or it’s ramping up for a proposal, let ITEA help you reach your hiring goals. We understand trying to find qualified individuals may be a difficult process and we are here to help. Our Corporate Members receive a discount on the ITEA Job Board and now job seekers have a new platform to post their resumes and search for jobs.

The ITEA Job Board lists opportunities for internships, contract positions, part-time and full-time positions. Through our database your listing will reach over 2000 T&E professionals and on our social media platforms, even more!

See how your association can potentially bring about a win-win for your company!

Kempsville High School provides Intern for 2023

Learn Early and Often  

Last year, during the ITEA Annual Symposium, High School student Evan Sabile provided the symposium planning committee with volunteer hours to support the event, on-site. He was interested in staying connected with ITEA and asked if he could intern for the Association in the future. In the first quarter of 2023, ITEA partnered with the Entrepreneurship and Business Academy at Kempsville High School, where Evan is currently in his Junior-year. As a non-paid Intern, Evan has been working on a campaign to highlight the benefits of the STEAM competitions held at ITEA events. ITEA is proud to be enhancing the future T&E workforce and pleased that Evan has been such a valuable part of our story. If you attend the Cybersecurity Workshop in August, you will have the opportunity to meet Evan in person as he volunteers his time, once again, with yet another planning committee.

STEAM Video created by Evan Sabile