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Maintaining Your Certification
By Patricia G. Barnes, ACC, CTRS
The central
office recently received calls from certified members stating
that their certification with another certifying body had been
denied. This included sessions pre-approved by NCCAP. Upon denial,
members were informed of the appeal process and what was needed
to meet those particular certifying bodies' Continuing Education
Unit (CEU) standards.
Each certifying body sets its standards for acceptable continuing
education, including the supportive documentation of each session
that was attended. What seems to be the issue for some people
is verification that the presenter of the continuing education
is qualified and that objectives that relate to the body of
knowledge have been established. If the session had been pre-approved
with the certification organization, you (as the certified member)
need to be sure that all supportive information is submitted
with the certificate. That includes the qualifications of the
presenter, the learning objectives, and a short description
of the session content. This is usually found in the applicable
brochure. If there is a question as to whether the certificate
of attendance will be sufficient, then you must also supply
this additional information when you submit the CEUs.
Not long ago, NCCAP sent out a letter to all providers of continuing
education explaining that the title of their presentation needed
to be one that would relate to the NCCAP Body of Knowledge topics.
To continue to move forward, everything that represents the
activity profession must be consistent and credible. Subtitles
are certainly fine, but the title of the presentation has to
reflect the true content. Administrators are more apt to approve
attendance requests that clearly relate to the job. Cutesy titles
may catch your eye, but they do not do the presenter or the
topic justice.
NCCAP has
consistently stated that the presented topic must correlate
with the NCCAP Body of Knowledge. Other organizations have their
own standards, and individuals who have more than one certification
must ensure that their submitted CEU certificates meet the standards
of the organization to which they are applying. NN
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