Chair: Kris M. Gellert, OTR/L, C/NDT

The Instructor Group is composed of active members of NDTA who have met standardized criteria to teach or assist in teaching NDTA approved basic and advanced level courses.

Purpose:

• Develop and maintain standards and procedures for entry of students/participants and establish criteria for successful course completion
• Develop and maintain the competency standards for instructors and performance standards in all NDTA approved courses
• Develop, maintain, and update course curriculum based on the current evidence pertinent to NDT

Goals:

• Support the IG Group and standing committees and serve as a team member to the ongoing projects of the NDTA Board of Directors and staff
• Complete pediatric modular curriculum
• Assist NDTA staff with NDTA-sponsored seminars
• Provide educational sessions for the full Instructors Group during the annual meeting
• Development of AH assistant course and consideration of AH modular format

Strategic Plan:

• Succession planning – emphasis on increasing the number of candidates for CI and PT, as well as OT and SLP, especially in the adult course content
• Research Committee

Members:

2024 Instructor Group Executive Committee

• Chair: Kris Gellert, OTR/L, C/NDT
• Immediate Past Chair: Wendy Kline, OTR/L, C/NDT
• Vice-Chair: Tracy Bovre, PT, DPT, C/NDT
• Secretary: Jackie Grimenstein, PT, C/NDT
• Finance Representative: Kim Westhoff, OTR/L, C/NDT
• Liaison to the Board of Directors: Jane Styer-Acevedo, PT, DPT, C/NDT

2024 IGEC Working Group Representatives

• Pediatric Chair: Debbie Evans-Rogers, PT, PhD, PCS, C/NDT
• Adult Chair: Jodi Renard, PT, DPT, CBIS, C/NDT