For those of you who are seeking to get more active in the SCS, please see this recruitment letter to serve on a committee. It doesn't matter if you are a new charter or a well-seasoned one! We need more people to help build our society and disseminate our technology. 

The 24th Annual International Precision Teaching Conference will be here before you know it. We are looking forward to this great event of dissemenation, motivation, and time to get to know everyone is our great community.

Standing on the Shoulders of Giants

Taking Action to Fulfill Their Vision.

Decemeber 8-10th.

Reno, Nevada.

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The Standard Celeration Society is pleased to announce the appointment of Doug Kostewicz as Editor of the Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration.  Doug maintains a loyalty to standard measurement/precision teaching, has a beautifully refined skill set with PT research and publications, and dedicates the majority of that skill set to expanding our small field within the science of behavior.  

As Editor, he is not only responsible for the Journal for the next 4 years, but will also serve as a member of the Executive Council with voting privileges. 

Please join us in congratulating Doug!  We feel very confident that he will serve as an excellent Editor and we look forward to reading the Journals that are published under his tenure. 

Cheers,

Kerri Milyko

President

Gratitude to Scott Born

Administrative Changes

March 2011

Please join the Executive Committee in extending our appreciation to Scott Born.  For many years, Scott has served multiple functions to the Standard Celeration Society, and as a result, the Society grew to be a more public, efficient and visible group.  Scott’s contract with the SCS expired in October 2010 and will now attend to his own work and research. 

For those of you who are unfamiliar with Scott’s behind-the-scenes work, Scott developed and reinvented www.celeration.org.  He automated many tasks, like membership renewal, conference paper submission, etc. via the website. These tasks were traditionally completed by hand with pen and paper!  Scott also helped to elevate the position of our SIG through assisting Rick in preparing the journal, and working on IPTC 2007, 2008, and 2009. Despite his contract expiring, he played a critical role in finalizing the necessary details for making the current site live.

Thank you, Scott, for your invaluable service to the society.   For members or prospective members of the SCS, please email the respective Executive Council member that may have an answer to your question.  We plan to continue the great work initiated by Scott!

Cheers,

Kerri Milyko

President

The Standard Celeration Society (SCS) Executive Council regrets to announce that Owen White resigned his position as President of the Society this past week. According to the bylaws, Kerri Milyko will serve as President for the remainder of his elected term (March 2011 to May 2012). An election will take place prior to ABAI for a new Vice President of the SCS. Please submit your nominations for VP by April 1, 2011 ( This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. )

The Executive Council would like to formally and publicly thank Owen White for the esteemed honor of his service over the past 9 months. His vision and wisdom have benefited the Society and the current leadership will continue to execute that vision. We support him in his decision to resign and wish him the very best.

Sincerely,

Kerri Milyko, on behalf of the SCS Executive Council.

Since 1990 the Standard Celeration Society (SCS) has comprised a collegial organization for all persons who use Standard Celeration Charts to monitor and change human behavior frequencies. The society’s heritage lies greatly in Precision Teaching and its founder Ogden R. Lindsley, who in 1972 (p. 9) named Precision Teaching because "what was really new in our procedure was precision, we decided to use that as an adjective in front of whatever it was one was doing: hence in our case, "precision teaching." Lindsley (1971) hoped that the standard recording and charting system would be used throughout the behavioral fields as Precision School Psychology, Precision Social Work (Green & Morrow, 1972), Precision Speech Therapy (Johnson, 1972), and so on. Dr. Lindsley’s greatest contribution as written in tribute by T. V. Joe Layng was his showing “that bringing frequency to the people revealed not only his heart, but the heart that resides in the science of human behavior as well.” The Society encourages the development and growth of a science of human behavior and learning, and promotes using the Standard Celeration Chart to further that objective. Ultimately, we have a society to create a more loving, less fearful world. – Bill Helsel & Kelly Ferris (Executive Council 2008-2010).

Officer Election Vote

Members, please watch the video that explains the poll below regarding SCS leadership. After viewing the video, please submit your vote below.