EDUCATION NEWS

The Real Estate Commission, in cooperation with the North Carolina Real Estate Educators Association (NCREEA), is sponsoring the 1989 North Carolina Real Estate Educator Conference (formerly called "Instructor Workshop") on April 10-11, 1989 in Raleigh. This annual conference is intended primarily for the benefit of Commission approved prelicensing course instructors; however, other persons involved with real estate education are invited to attend on a space-available basis.

The featured speaker at this year's conference will be John Reilly of Honolulu, Hawaii (see photo). Mr. Reilly, who is President-Elect of the [National] Real Estate Educators Association (REEA), is a prominent real estate author and is considered to be the country's leading expert on Real Estate Agency Law. He is author of the popular reference book The language of Real Estate and the book Agency Relationships in Real Estate, as well as co-author of other real estate books.

The conference will also include a panel discussion by successful instructors on their "secrets for success" and presentations regarding the recent education program changes, proposed appraiser regulation, examination problem topics, and other areas of interest. The conference will close with an "open forum" to enable participants to ask questions arid express viewpoints.

Immediately following the conference, the NCREEA will sponsor a comprehensive Instructor Development Workshop (IDW) on April 11-12. The senior instructor for this IDW will be Marie Spodek, who owns the Professional School of Real Estate in Charleston, South Carolina and holds the Designated Real Estate Instructor (DREI) designation from REEA. The IDW will begin at 1:00 on April 11 and end at 5:00 on April 12. All instructors who did not attend the IDW held in Greensboro last September are strongly urged to attend. Participation is limited to 50 persons.

The Real Estate Commission has recently expanded its license examination question bank. In accordance with established procedures, a special committee of experienced real estate educators and practitioners met on November 14-15, 1988, and reviewed proposed questions written by the Commission Staff and other question writers. The committee reviewed nearly 250 questions and approved over 200 new questions for addition to the question bank.

The members of the Exam Question Review Committee (see photo) were:
James A. Hagan, Asheville
Asheville-Buncombe Technical
Community College
Century 21 Accent Properties
Frederick B. O'Neal, Raleigh
Howard Perry & Walston, REALTORS
Wake Technical Community College
Linda L Johnson, Boone
Appalachian State University
Walter D. Laroque IV, Kinston
Foster Realty
Lenoir Community College
L Thomas Council, Fayetteville
Council Real Estate
Former Commission Member

Specialty Experts:
Dale A. Swift (Appraisal), Greensboro
John McCracken & Associates
Patrick K. Hetrick (Law), Buies Creek
Dean, Campbell University School of Law
Gayle Saunders (Finance), Raleigh
Mortgage Information Services

Exam Question Review Committee (left to right): Walter D. Laroque IV, James A. Hagan, Frederick B. O'Neal, Larry A. Outlaw, Linda L Johnson, L Thomas Council, Miriam J. Baer. [Specialty experts not pictured].

The committee's review was performed under the leadership of Miriam J. Baer, former Examination Coordinator, and Larry A. Outlaw, Director of Education and Licensing. This committee will meet again in the Spring of 1989 to review additional proposed examination questions. The Commission greatly appreciates the assistance of these "experts" as it continues to improve its examination program.