Professional Recognition for Community Educators
Become an NCEA Fellow
This distinction can be obtained by applying to NCEA’s Administrative Competency Endorsement (ACE), our professional endorsement process for community educators. Submissions are due on September 15 annually. Learn More…
Receive National Recognition as a Professional Program Leader through APPLE
Applied Professional Program Leadership Endorsement (APPLE) was adopted in 2003 by NCEA to provide a process in which individuals who are responsible for organizing programs are able to document, demonstrate, and articulate their competencies as professional program leaders.Learn More…
Earn an Online Graduate Certificate in Community Education
This new graduate-level certificate program in Community Education was created in response to the C.S. Mott Foundation’s findings that there are more than 10,000 schools in the US that have Community Education programs, while little opportunity exists for formal training in community school programs. This is especially urgent now with the advent of hundreds of new and continuing after school programs being developed. Learn More…
Coming: Community Education Associate (CEA)
Certification for front-line worker who are working in either of the components of Community Education: after school care, youth work or adult basic education. The program would provide evidence of the acquisition of the knowledge and competencies needed for working as front line staff in the community education field.
The CEA competency standards and coursework define the skills needed by providers and the strategies necessary to demonstrate their ability to work effectively with different populations. CEA training addresses various settings: after school programs, summer camps, adult basic education centers, youth work agencies and other settings where quality of work is critical.
Purpose of credentialing:
- Professional recognition that is nationally accepted
- Improving the quality of learning for those receiving services (after school, youth, adults)
- Exhibiting evidence of training and resultant competencies (skills)
- Connecting across the disciplines to reinforce knowledge and practice of Community Education
- Creating a continuum and connection to the other NCEA credentialing program
The final assessment and credentialing of providers would be administered by the National Community Education Association in Virginia, however NCEA can contract with local centers to administer the process and participate in the assessments. |
