Sessions of 2026 Midwinter Leadership Conference: Melissa Stinson-Borg
Stinson-Borg, Melissa
Assessment Program Specialist
Sessions:
How to Train and/or Become a Technical Skills Assessment Proctor
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Prescott Resort & Conference Center
The Proctor for the Technical Skills Assessment (TSA) is a vital part of the TSA process. This person oversees the test environment to ensure fairness and integrity by ensuring that all test rules are followed. They provide students with passwords and access to the test, guide them through the testing process, ensure that students are not using unauthorized resources, and oversee screen monitoring to ensure that students have enough time to complete the test. Attend this session and learn how to select, train, and support test proctors to enable students to do their best on the TSA. NOTE: Each person attending this session should bring a testing scenario, best practice, or question to share with the group. Join the TSA Technical Standards and Assessment team: Judy Balogh, Team Lead Hannah Higgs, Program Specialist Melissa Stinson-Borg, Program Specialist Terri Ziegler, Program Specialist
Troubleshooting Common TSA Issues
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Prescott Resort & Conference Center
This session is designed for directors and teachers new to the Technical Skills Assessment. With every problem there is a systematic approach to determine why something doesn’t work as expected and how to resolve the problem. The TSA Troubleshooting Guide offers a jumpstart to help you with common TSA issues. This guide addresses how teachers acquire access to the TSA dashboard and utilize its features to register students for the TSA, access the test roster to monitor student progress during testing, request that students retake the test using the new updated Change Request feature, and access, interpret, and use the data from the TSA reports. We have a guide with your name on it, we will review the contents with you, and we will answer all your questions. Join the TSA Technical Standards and Assessment team: Judy Balogh, Team Lead Hannah Higgs, Program Specialist Melissa Stinson-Borg, Program Specialist Terri Ziegler, Program Specialist
