Membership

ACAPT annual membership dues are $2,500 per separately accredited program. The dues season is July 1 - June 30.  Invoices are sent to each accredited program in the spring of each year.  Dues are for 12 months of membership and are not pro-rated during the dues season. To request an invoice, contact acapt@apta.org. Payment of ACAPT dues by Member Institutions shall constitute application for and admission to membership. Member Institutions shall identify their Representative each year at the time dues are paid. 

Individual Members of accredited programs do not pay dues.

A Member Institution whose dues have not been received by forty five (45) calendar days before the Annual Meeting shall be considered to be in arrears and its membership rights shall be suspended.  If the dues are not received within fourteen (14) calendar days before the Annual Meeting, the membership shall be automatically revoked and the membership rights of the institution shall terminate.  The Annual Meeting of ACAPT is considered the business meeting at the Education Leadership Conference (ELC) usually held in October each year. A Member Institution whose membership has been revoked due to nonpayment of dues may be readmitted upon payment of dues.

Member Institutions shall be represented by one program director or one full-time core faculty member (as defined by CAPTE) in the program as designated by the program director (hereinafter referred to as the Representative.)

Member Institutions shall identify their Representative each year at the time dues are paid. 

Member Institutions with more than one separately accredited physical therapist education program may have one Representative for each of those accredited physical therapist education programs.

Each Representative from any Member Institution must be a member in good standing of the American Physical Therapy Association.

The Member Institution may change their Representative by written notice at any time to the American Council of Academic Physical Therapy by contacting acapt@apta.org. 

Representatives of Member Institutions shall have the following rights:

• To attend all ACAPT business meetings
• To speak and debate
• To make or co-sponsor and second motions
• To vote
• To hold office
• To designate an Individual Member of the Member Institution with authority to act according to the above rights on behalf of the Representative in his or her absence
• Delegation of the authority of the Representative of a member institution to an Individual Member from the same institution must be submitted in writing to ACAPT by the Representative of the Member Institution (or, in extenuating circumstances, by an administrative representative of the Member Institution) at least 1 week in advance of exercising a member institution’s right to representation or hand-carried by the delegate into a business meeting. 

The following is information for ACAPT Member to help in planning ahead throughout the year on important deadlines.  The ACAPT Board of Directors meets monthly by conference call and face-to-face at CSM, NEXT, and ELC.  If you have something you wish to have the board discuss, please submit your details in writing to acapt@apta.org and note any deadlines or who should be contacted for follow-up.  All dates below are subject to change.

January

• Deadline for election candidates to express interest by submitting consent-to-serve, bios, and candidate statements

February

•  CSM
  • Board meeting typically on Tuesday afternoon
  • Roundtable Liaison Meeting with ACAPT Board of Directors on Wednesday evening to include hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.  This informal meeting is an opportunity for open dialogue with the ACAPT board member who is assigned as a liaison to a member institution.
  • Consortia and Committee meetings throughout the conference

March

• Call for proposals (also called abstracts) for the Educational Leadership Conference (ELC)
• Slate of candidates for office are announced and posted to the ACAPT website.  Opportunity for members to petition for candidates in addition to those on the slate (due 14 days after slate announced)

April

• Election polls open on the first Monday of the month
• ELC
  • deadline for abstract submissions
  • hotel opens for registration
  • call for exhibitors and sponsors

May

• Election polls close on the first Monday of the month
• ELC: decisions on abstract submissions; presenters notified.  Clinical scholarship applications open
  

June

• ELC: registration opens and the program is posted online (subject to changes up through the conference)
• NEXT: Board meeting typically on Wednesday evening
• Motions: It is recommended that members begin developing motions to be presented to the ACAPT membership at ELC for a vote and send the documentation for the motion to acapt@apta.org by no later than June 30. The final deadline, however, is no less than 2 months prior to the business meeting in October at ELC, which would be August.  By submitting early, there is ample time for the ACAPT Reference Committee and Board to review the motions, and present any questions/concerns to the submitter for re-submitting prior to the August deadline.  This is only a recommendation.
  

July

• Dues invoices and invitations go out to all CAPTE accredited institutions
• Election candidates informed of election results.  Those elected to Board positions are to book their hotel room and plan to attend the board, Open Forum, Business, and Roundtable Liaison meetings at ELC.

August

• Deadline: Any motion to be voted on by the ACAPT membership must be submitted by no later than two months prior to the Business Meeting in October at ELC, per the Standing Rules.  Submit your motion by August 1 to acapt@apta.org 

September

• Succession planning to begin for those leaders transitioning out of office after the Business Meeting at ELC
• Motions:
  • Motions for Member Representative vote at ELC posted to ACAPT website
  • Member Representative reminder - provide name of individual attending the Business Meeting and voting on behalf of the member representative (must be an APTA member).  The alternate must be an APTA member within the institution following the guidelines for being a representative established by ACAPT. Review the bylaws and standing rules for details

October

• Education Leadership Conference (ELC):
  • Thursday: Board of Directors meeting
  • Thursday: Open Forum meeting in the evening
  • Friday: Business Meeting in the afternoon
    • MOTIONS: Representatives or their designated alternate must register within 1 hour of the Business Meeting in order to establish if a quorum is present. Staff will issue each designated representative or alternate a voting card for the Business Meeting.
    • ELECTIONS: Elected candidates assume office at the close of the business meeting
  • Saturday: Celebration of Diversity dinner in the evening
  • Consortia and Committee meetings throughout the conference

November

• Motions results from ELC are posted to the ACAPT website
• Business meeting minutes from ELC are posted to the website
  
  

January 2018

Dear ACAPT members,

Happy 2018!  ACAPT leadership, committees and staff were busy in 2017 and now we continue – but good news!  Sandy {Rossi} Brooks and Lauren McGinnis are now full-time staff for ACAPT.  They are working to put in place many practices to support ACAPT in our routine business activities, our strategic plan, planning ELC as well as continue to support the board and our committees and work groups.  

CSM will be here in February – before we know it.  We will hold our annual CSM liaison round table on Wednesday, February 21, from 5:00-7:00 pm at the Marriott Convention Center in the Blaine Kern ABC room.  Plan to be there to network with your colleagues, meet with your Board liaison and provide input on ACAPT activities and priorities.  Look forward to seeing you then.  If you can’t attend, feel free to contact your Board liaison at any time (http://acapt.org/about/membership) or get in touch with Sandy at acapt@apta.org. 

Best wishes for a successful 2018.  Stay tuned for all of the exciting ACAPT activities in 2018.  

Barbara Sanders, PT, PhD, FAPTA and President of ACAPT

To correspond with the ACAPT board member assigned to your Member Institution, please use the roster below that is organized alphabetically by state.