SENIA International
EIN: 85-2624282
Mission
SENIA International's mission is to advocate for and provide resources and support to individuals with disabilities. Our vision is to live in an inclusive world where every individual is supported, resources are accessible, potential is maximized, and action is inspired.
Ruling year
2021
Principal Officer
Lori Boll
Main address
18160 Cottonwood Rd. PMB 637
Sunriver, OR 97707 USA
EIN
85-2624282
Educational management
Special needs education
Continuing education
Out-of-school learning
E-learning
Population served
Families
Multiracial people
People with disabilities
Teachers
Children and youth
NTEE code
Specialized Education Institutions/Schools for Visually or Hearing Impaired, Learning Disabled (B28)
IRS subsection
501(c)(3) Public Charity
IRS filing requirement
This organization is required to file an IRS Form 990 or 990-EZ.
Communication
Programs and results
What we aim to solve
SENIA is a network of educators, parents, and professionals who support neurodiverse or disables students. Our aim is to create a network to learn from one another to best support our children/students. Many support teachers and parents feel isolated, so our network seeks to connect them through professional learning opportunities and conferences so they can learn from another and create lasting relationships. We support individuals with disabilities by advocating for inclusion and up-skilling the teachers, therapists, and caregivers in their lives. We also provide scholarships and awards to our constituents.
Our programs
What are the organization's current programs, how do they measure success, and who do the programs serve?
SENIA Certification Program
The SENIA Certification Program offers a level one certification program for beginning to intermediate level learning support teachers, general educators, and parents. This series of six courses was carefully designed by the SENIA directors and assistant directors and will improve the skills and practice of the participants enrolled.
SENIA Conferences
SENIA holds a virtual and in person conference annually. These conferences bring together parents, educators, and professionals in the field of special education. The in-person conferences have been held in international schools in Asia, Europe, and Africa. These conferences promote inclusion and networking and help up-skill all in attendance on how to best support the individuals with whom they work.
Membership
SENIA has school and individual membership programs. Our school members receive a one hour Q & A or presentation done by a member of our team of experts, a membership badge for their website, the ability to post job listings for specialist positions, and entry into our private networking platform.
Scholarships and Awards
SENIA World Changer Award: Since 2020, SENIA has recognized 27 individuals from around the globe as world changers.
Student Award: Since 2012, SENIA has awarded 16 individuals with this honor. Winners are given a scholarship.
Virtual Conference Scholarships: Since 2021, SENIA awards 10 individuals with a financial need free entry into the conference annually. This is valued at $250 per winner.
Certification Scholarship: Based on need, SENIA awards a team of three to take our certification program at no cost. $3,375 value
Community Outreach Scholarship: This award honors an individual or group who has a project with a financial need that will have a measurable impact in helping to promote inclusion in a current SENIA community. It celebrates the achievements of individuals with disabilities, encourages awareness of the abilities and aspirations of individuals with disabilities, and advocateson behalf of inclusion around the world. This is valued at $2500.
Where we work
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Our results
How does this organization measure their results? It's a hard question but an important one.
Number of new organizations signing on as collaborators
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Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Number of Facebook followers
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of free participants in conferences
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Increasing
Number of paid participants in conferences
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Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Total number of conferences held
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Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Net promoter score
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Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
We have net promoter scores for our conferences and for our certification program. We started using net promoter scores in 2022. 71-100: This is the Holy Grail of NPS, and rarely attainable. A comp
Hours of expertise provided
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Number of public events held to further mission
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Holding steady
Context Notes
This is only reporting SENIA International events. Our local and regional chapters put on multiple events annually, but our organization does not track them.
Number of volunteers
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Type of Metric
Outcome - describing the effects on people or issues
Direction of Success
Increasing
Context Notes
These volunteers are just in SENIA International. We have well over 120 volunteers worldwide who volunteer for our local and regional chapters.
Number of invitations for advocates to speak as experts
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Type of Metric
Output - describing our activities and reach
Direction of Success
Increasing
Goals & Strategy
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Charting impact
Four powerful questions that require reflection about what really matters - results.
What is the organization aiming to accomplish?
Our vision is simple: To live in an inclusive world.
Our goals to achieve this:
1. To build a SENIA Academy: Currently, we have a Certification Program: Our Level One certification program is for learning support teachers, families, general education teachers and counselors. We are building a Level Two certification Program. We also have a new certification program for Teaching Assistants. We will continue to develop this program.
2. Accreditation: We will have an accreditation program for international schools within the next three years. Schools will apply to become accredited by our organization to show they are an inclusive school. Schools will earn level one, level two, and level three accreditation and will be able to move up levels by proving their level of inclusivity on our well-defined continuum.
3. More conferences: SENIA currently hosts one virtual and one regional conference per year. With a lack of funding, this is all we are able to do. We hope to be able to reach regions of the world who need more professional growth so all children around the work may benefit from our work.
4. More scholarships and awards: SENIA would like to be able to give conference scholarships to 100 or more individuals per year based on need.
5. Provide seed money for our regional and local chapters.
6. Make connections with the US State Department and global organizations.
What are the organization's key strategies for making this happen?
This falls under the quality education category.
Our strategies are to continue our conferences, create more opportunities for learning, and widen our network.
We need funding to continue making an impact. We rely on our conferences and certification program to fund our organization. Currently the majority of our funds go to pay our employees. We'd like to flip that and ensure that most of our money goes to support our constituents.
We will work on fundraising and obtaining grants to ensure we meet our goals.
What are the organization's capabilities for doing this?
As an organization that has strong roots (founded in 2002), we have always relied on volunteers to run the organization.
Now, we have two full time employees and hope to hire more in the future. With stronger human resources, we will be able to work on all our goals and spend more of our time fundraising.
What have they accomplished so far and what's next?
We divide our progress into three categories; Learn, Connect, and Support.
Under Learn, we have conferences, certification, and podcasts:
Conferences: In 2002, the organization started with 8 individual volunteers in Beijing, China. Since then, the organization has grown from a small group to over 10,000 members worldwide. We have had an in-person conference annually from 2002-2019 and then again from 2022-2023. Traditionally our conferences have been held in Asia, but in 2022 we held our first in Europe, and in 2023 we hosted one in Johannesburg, South Africa.
Certification Program
SENIA started its certification program in 2022 and to date we have had over 200 participants.
Podcasts
SENIA International offers free podcasts for the community. This year we have recorded 13 separate podcasts with several more currently in production. In total, we have close to 70 podcasts for users to access.
Under connect we have local/regional chapters, teacher representatives, and membership:
Local and Regional Chapters
SENIA has regional and local chapters around the world.
Asia: 16 chapters
Europe: 4 chapters
Middle East: 4 chapters
South America: 2 chapters
Africa: 4 chapters
Australia: 1 chapter
Teacher Representatives
The SENIA Teacher Representative (TR) program helps SENIA spread its mission to schools and individuals around the world. The TR acts as a school’s local SENIA representative. SENIA is extremely thankful for the teacher representative community. SENIA currently has 96 teacher representatives.
Membership
In May of 2022, SENIA International started a membership program for schools and individuals. We currently have 26 member schools and 225 participants in our members only networking platform.
Under support, we have sponsorship and scholarships & awards
Sponsorship:
Our sponsorship program is growing by the year. This year, we are sponsored by eleven organizations who share our mission. Lindamood Bell, a globally known provider, became our first platinum sponsor.
Scholarships & Awards
World Changer Award: Since 2020, when this award was begun, SENIA has recognized 27 individuals from around the globe as world changers.
Student Award: Since 2012, SENIA has awarded 16 individuals with this honor. Winners are given a scholarship.
Virtual Conference Scholarships: Since 2021, SENIA awards 10 individuals with a financial need free entry into the conference annually. This is valued at $250 per winner.
Certification Scholarship: This is the inaugural year for this scholarship. Based on need, a team of three individuals from a school in Indonesia, were given free entry into the certification program.
Community Outreach Scholarship: This award honors an individual or group who has a project with a financial need that will have a measurable impact in helping to promote in
Financials
Assets info
Financial data
SENIA International
Revenue & expensesFiscal Year: 2021
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Revenue | |
|---|---|
| Contributions, Grants, Gifts | $11,760 |
| Program Services | $0 |
| Membership Dues | $0 |
| Special Events | $0 |
| Other Revenue | $0 |
| Total Revenue | $178,212 |
| Expenses | |
|---|---|
| Program Services | $48,448 |
| Administration | $94,361 |
| Fundraising | $0 |
| Payments to Affiliates | $0 |
| Other Expenses | $0 |
| Total Expenses | $142,809 |
SENIA International
Balance sheetFiscal Year: 2021
SOURCE: Self-reported by organization
| Assets | |
|---|---|
| Total Assets | $71,132 |
| Liabilities | |
|---|---|
| Total Liabilities | $798 |
| Fund balance (EOY) | |
|---|---|
| Net Assets | $70,334 |
Operations
The people, governance practices, and partners that make the organization tick.
Documents
Principal Officer
Lori Boll
Lori Boll is an experienced Special Education leader with a personal connection to individuals with disabilities.
In 2003, Lori ‘s son Braden was diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. This milestone event changed her focus from teaching elementary students to advocating for all children and their education.
In Shanghai, China Lori worked as a program director for a school focused on students with special needs and went on to co-found the first inclusive school in the city. Lori helped create and run the new Intensive Needs Program which opened up at International School Bangkok in 2017.
Lori has two graduate degrees; one in Reading Education and the other in Special Education and has been teaching for over twenty years in international schools, including American International School Riyadh, Jakarta International School, and Concordia International School, as well as in the United States in California and Colorado.
Lori is now the Executive Director of SENIA International.
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SENIA International
Board of directorsas of 03/07/2023
Board of directors data
Tanya Farrol
Nanjing International School
Blake Roberts
Calvary Christian High School
April Remfrey
Remfrey Educational Consulting
Gerald Anthony
Keystone Academy
Elizabeth Hudson
Escola Americana de Campinas
Miggie Shum
Independent SLT
Jerome Lingo
Hong Kong Academy
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Equity strategies
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- We employ non-traditional ways of gathering feedback on programs and trainings, which may include interviews, roundtables, and external reviews with/by community stakeholders.
- We have long-term strategic plans and measurable goals for creating a culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
- We seek individuals from various race backgrounds for board and executive director/CEO positions within our organization.
- We have community representation at the board level, either on the board itself or through a community advisory board.
- We help senior leadership understand how to be inclusive leaders with learning approaches that emphasize reflection, iteration, and adaptability.
- We engage everyone, from the board to staff levels of the organization, in race equity work and ensure that individuals understand their roles in creating culture such that one’s race identity has no influence on how they fare within the organization.
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