Professional Education offers a variety of courses designed to help chemical scientists and technicians keep current in today’s competitive marketplace. We believe that finding the training you need to excel at your job or help you find a new one shouldn’t be that hard. That is why we offer in-person Short Courses, both live and OnDemand Online Courses, the ability to bring a course On-Site to your location, and our newest product, ACS Sci-Mind®, which combines elements of all of our products to provide you a more personalized learning experience, to help fit your schedule and budget.
Our standard, most popular delivery format, in-person courses allow you to get training from our expert instructors while networking with other scientists. These courses are held throughout the US during the year giving you plenty of opportunities to attend.
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Online Live short courses are instructor-led training that meet online over a period of weeks. With small class sizes and expert instruction, these courses provide you the opportunity to address your unique challenges and learn over time. Each session is recorded to ensure you do not miss any important information.
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These innovative, week-long courses, taught by experts in their fields, combine traditional lectures with a hands-on laboratory component. Lab component courses let you put to practice in a laboratory setting what you have learned in the lecture. Seating is limited to ensure you get the most out of your experience.
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ACS Professional Education can align smoothly with your company’s lifelong learning philosophy. Training your team in a private delivery will result in:
- Consistency – The entire team receives a consistent learning experience.
- Lower costs – Course work on site allows you to reduce both travel and training expenses.
- Collaborative, Customized Learning – ACS Professional Education works with you to design course work meeting your needs resulting in greater productivity, more efficiency and greater knowledge for production and development.
- Sharable – By partnering with ACS Professional Education for onsite training, you establish your own internal learning environment.
Past customers have included top 25 chemical, pharmaceutical, and oil and gas companies; federal agencies and labs; and companies looking to gain an edge on their competition.
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Education Standard for USATF Coaches Registry
To further elevate the professional credibility of the USATF Coaches Registry and its members, USATF established the Education Standard for qualification into the USATF Coaches Registry (effective January 1, 2019). The Education Standard provides for a baseline standard of professional education or coaching accomplishment in the sport of track and field for coaches seeking admission to the Registry.
By establishing a baseline standard of professional education or coaching experience, the Education Standard aligns with the best practices for professional certifications in other fields, within the coaching industry at large, and with licensing protocols of other Olympic family national governing bodies.
Submission (applies to all approved pathways)
All coaches seeking to complete verification of the Education Standard of the USATF Coaches Registry must submit verification under “Coach Certifications” on USATF Connect. Coaching certifications and career achievements will not automatically import to fulfill the Education Standard.
Submission of the Education Standard is in addition to achieving USATF 3-Step Safe Sport Compliance and all other stated USATF Coaches Registry requirements.
The Education Standard is a one-time requirement, subject to any applicable recertification requirements of the respective course of education. Once a coach has met the Education Standard, he or she has fulfilled the requirement for as long as the coach is part of the Registry.
Meeting the Education Standard
There are two different paths to meet the Educational Standard for the Coaches Registry: Complete a Tested educational course (Path 1), OR achieve a specified coaching accomplishment (Path 2).
Path 1: Complete a Tested course of education.
Complete any one of the following options:
- Level 1 of the USATF CE Professional Pathway of Coach Certification (certificate must be current to be recognized).
- Level 2 or Level 3 of the USATF CE Professional Pathway of Coach Certification.
- USATF Cross Country Specialist Course.
- Completion of a USATF Event Skill Specialist Clinic (Learn By Doing Clinic).
- Completion of approved NFHS sport-specific course in conjunction with any course on USATF Campus (online option).
- USTFCCCA Technical Certification (201 or 251), Event-Specialist Certification (302-306), or Master's Certification (501-514) courses only. Strength and Conditioning (310) is excluded.
- IAAF Level I, II, III, IV, or V certificate holder.
Certificate of completion for any of the above courses serves as verification of Education Standard.
Path 2: Accomplish an Education Standard equivalency during one's coaching career, through a body of work, a career honor, or demonstrated professional coaching career.
Demonstrate any one of the following:
- Member of an international coaching staff selected by USATF over the last 5 Olympic quadrennials.
- Primary coach of record of a top eight placer at the Olympics, Youth Olympic Games, World Marathon Major or an IAAF World Athletic Series competition, that includes:
- IAAF World Indoor and Outdoor Championships
- IAAF U18 Championships
- IAAF U20 Championships
- IAAF Continental Cup
- IAAF World Cross Country Championships
- IAAF World Race Walking Team Championships
- IAAF World Half Marathon Championship
- IAAF World Relays
- Primary coach of record of a top three placer at USATF Indoor, Outdoor, U20 (Junior) Championships, USATF Running Circuit Championship or Pan American Games.
- Primary coach of record of a top three placer at NCAA, NJCAA, or NAIA Championships for cross country, indoor or outdoor track (credential, link to result and verification letter from Athletic Director or Director of TF/CC must be uploaded to application).
- Elite technical coach of USA National Team athletes over a 10-year period (coach must list athletes' names and contact information).
- Hall of Fame Coach for USATF, USTFCCCA, National Scholastic Track Coaches Association or NFHS.
- National Coach of the Year for USATF or USOC.
- USTFCCCA National Head or Assistant Coach of the Year for men's or women's (NCAA, NAIA, NJCAA) cross country, indoor or outdoor track & field.
- Employment as a head or assistant track coach at a scholastic, collegiate institution or USATF registered/approved club for a 10-year period Tested by employer human resources department.
For more information, contact coachesregistry.verifications@usatf.org.
While minoring in Art Education, you will be enrolled in the appropriate baccalaureate programs in either the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences or the School of Art and Design of the New York State College of Ceramics, in addition to completing the minor requirements of the Middle/Adolescence Education program.
Are you interested in teaching visual arts? You should consult a faculty member in the art education program before planning a program of major studies. You may complete the appropriate course work in education to receive certification to teach visual arts.
In addition to your major requirements, Art Education minors must complete the following sequence of professional education courses:
- First-Year or Sophomore Year
- EDUC 230 - Psychological Foundations of Education (3 credits)
- EDUC 231 - Social Foundations of Education (3 credits)
- Junior Year
- EDUC 405 - Literacy in the Content Areas (3 credits)
- SPED 456 - Human Development: Exceptionality (3 credits)
- Senior Year (2 or 3 semesters)
- EDUC 345 - Education Fieldwork (3 credits)
- EDUC 491 - Current Methods in the Teaching of Art (3 credits)
or EDUC 489 - Current Teaching Methods: Adolescent Subjects - EDUC 460 - Seminar in Teaching and Professional Development - Art Education (3 credits)
- EDUC 463 - Student Teaching in Art Education* (12 credits)
*Alfred University offers you the opportunity to apply for an Applied & Experiential Learning Experience (APEX) grant which can provide up to $1,000 to support you during your student teaching semester.
The sequence above represents a typical progression. Your academic advisor will work with you to create a schedule that meets your specific needs.
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To protect and enhance the reputation of the Certified Equity Professional designation, CEP and ECAs are required to report 30 hours of industry-related Continuing Education (CE) every two years in order to continue using the designation. The CEPI has a three-month grace period for submitting CE reports.
Activities cannot count toward a future CE cycle. For example, a conference session attended in 2022 cannot be counted toward a designee’s 2023-24 continuing education cycle.
The Continuing Education fee of $250 includes unlimited access to the latest editions of all CEP/ECA texts for no additional cost. These materials, updated yearly, are available to all who have earned the ECA or CEP designation. For more information, please contact us at cepi@scu.edu.
CEP and ECAs can submit a Continuing Education Application online through CEPI Connect.
Continuing Education at a Glance
CEPs and ECAs are required to report 30 hours of qualifying Continuing Education activities every two years. New designees will be notified of their Continuing Education due dates shortly after passing the ECA or Level 3 exam. CE applications are due on December 31, but they can be submitted any time.
CEPs and ECAs can track their CE activities online through CEPI Connect. Designees must choose from courses listed in CEPI Connect under My Education. If you are looking for a course by a provider that is not listed in our portal, please encourage the course provider to contact us at cepi@scu.edu.
All CE activities must be directly related to equity compensation and must address one or more of the core disciplines of equity compensation (Accounting, Corporate and Securities Law, Equity Plan Design, Analysis and Administration, and Taxation). If a CEP or ECA does not submit the CE hours by the due date, they will no longer be considered "active" in their designation. In addition, they should stop using the CEP or ECA designation until they have brought their CE up to date.
What Activities Count?
Educational courses
CEPs and ECAs will choose from a range of courses and educational activities that are the most relevant to their continuing professional development. Examples include equity compensation-related courses, seminars, workshops, conferences, local and regional chapter meetings/events, and sessions attended at national conferences. Eligible courses can be found in the drop-down menus on CEPI Connect. If you do not see a course listed in the menus, please contact the course provider directly.
Certified Equity Professional Institute volunteer activities
CEPs can receive credit by participating in any of the following volunteer committee activities designed for Certified Equity Professional Institute program maintenance:
- Item Writing (exam question writing)
- Item Review
The CEPI is always looking for volunteers. If you are interested in participating in any of the activities listed above, please submit a volunteer application through CEPI Connect under My Volunteering. Renewal administrative fees are waived for CEPs who complete a minimum of 15 volunteer credit hours. ECAs are not eligible for test development volunteering.
Taking exams
Those with the ECA designation can satisfy their 30-hour continuing education requirement by sitting for the Level 2 or Level 3 CEP exam, whether they pass or fail. Both CEPs and ECAs can gain 30 hours of continuing education credit by taking the Advanced Equity Compensation Accounting (AECA) exam.
Conferences/Presentations
For presentations at meetings or conferences on equity compensation-related topics, the real presentation time is continuing education. If you present the same material multiple times, you can claim continuing education credit for each time.
Mentoring/Training
If your company is a CEPI-approved continuing education provider and has a formal prep-course for CEP test candidates, please reach out to us at cep@scu.edu to see if your participation in the program meets our requirements to qualify for CE credits. No more than ten hours spent training people to take the CEP exams can be counted toward continuing education per 30-hour continuing education cycle.
Activities That Do Not Qualify
CEPs and ECAs should participate in activities that support their jobs, but some of these are not considered Continuing Education for the requirement. Programs and events that provide content that is more informational than educational or is related to a product would not qualify for continuing education credits. Examples include:
- A commercial product training
- A software session
- Courses on courses such as general accounting, estate planning, leadership skills, time management, or general business practices
- College or University courses and industry-sponsored job fair and/or social gatherings
- Day-to-day job activities
Activities cannot count toward a future CE cycle. For example, a conference session attended in 2022 cannot be counted toward a designee’s 2023-24 continuing education cycle. This is a policy change implemented in 2021.
Quick Check List for Continuing Education
There is currently no cost to become a continuing education provider for the CEP Institute. Approved providers receive log-in credentials to the CEPI Connect system, where they can upload courses that qualify for credit. Providers are asked to self-certify that all sessions submitted meet the following criteria.
The two primary criteria for qualification are that the activity must (1) have educational content on an equity compensation-related Topic and have an industry focus, and (2) be relevant to equity compensation professionals and further their successful functioning as CEP or ECA designees. You can use the following guidelines to help evaluate an activity:
- Is it educational in content?
- Is it directly related to equity compensation?
- Does it address one (or more) of the core disciplines of equity compensation (accounting; corporate and securities law; equity plan design, analysis and administration; or taxation)?
- Is it targeted to equity compensation professionals?
- Does it meet standards of rigor encouraged by the CEP Institute?
- Does it provide information that is beneficial and usable?
- Is it similar to the qualifying examples previously listed?
Training that is related to a product or investment strategy does not count toward continuing education. Financial wellness sessions do not qualify as continuing education.
If you are a continuing education provider and are not sure if an activity can be considered as continuing education, please contact the CEPI at cepi@scu.edu.
Quantifying Hours Earned
1 CE unit is equal to 1 hour of educational activity. Credit hours can be earned in ¼ hour increments (rounded up to the nearest quarter-hour).
For CE, an hour is defined as 60 minutes of educational activity. Note this is NOT the same as CPE hours for other designations such as CFP or CPA. More information on this can be found in the CPE Hours Versus CE Hours section below.
CE credit is given for the amount of time spent in an educational activity, excluding meals and breaks. For example, an equity compensation-related conference begins at 9 a.m. on a Monday and ends at noon on Wednesday. Tuesday afternoon is a social event, so there are no qualifying hours from that segment. Excluding breaks, there are 5 hours of educational content in a full day and 2.5 in a half day. Any person can obtain a maximum of 10 CE credits for this conference (5 hours on Monday, 2.5 on Tuesday, 2.5 on Wednesday).
Is Continuing Professional Education Different?
Many organizations offer sessions that are eligible for CPE credit that may also be eligible for CE credit through the CEPI. However, they may qualify for different amounts of credit. CPE credit hours are based on a 50-minute hour, and CE credit is awarded for a 60-minute hour. Therefore, if a CEP or ECA submits an activity for CE that has been awarded 4 hours of CPE credit, they can count 3.5 hours of CE for that activity. The formula for conversion is:
(hours of CPE credit X 50 minutes)/60 minutes = CE hours
In this example it would be (4 CPE credit X 50 minutes)/60 minutes = 3.33333 CE hours, rounded up to the nearest quarter hour is 3.5 hours.
Not all activities that earn CPE credit can be applied to the CE requirement for CEPs/ECAs.
How to Submit Continuing Education
The Continuing Education reporting process makes complying easy and straightforward. Simply record your activities in your CEPI Connect account. Once you have accumulated 30 hours, you can submit the application online. There is a $250 administrative fee for filing the application. The fee is waived if the application includes 15 or more volunteer hours for the CEP Institute.
Step-by-Step Instructions
- Go to CEPI Connect:
- Enter your login ID (email address) and your password. If you have forgotten your password, select the “Forgot password/Reset Password” option. A new password will be emailed to you. If you do not receive the password reset email, please check your Junk folder. If you do not remember the email address associated with your account, please contact the CEPI at (408) 554-2187 or cepi@scu.edu
- DO NOT CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT in CEPI Connect. A new account will not contain your test history and will not recognize you as a CEP/ECA.
- Once you have accessed your account, click Certification Details, then CE. There, you will see how much CE you have earned, and how many hours you still have remaining.
- To add activities, click Add CE and select sessions from the dropdown menus.
- Test takers: CE credit for taking exams will appear on your application automatically.
- Test development volunteers: The CEPI will add your volunteer hours shortly after each activity.
- Once your application is complete, click Submit Recertification. This step is required even if your hours are entirely related to test taking or volunteer activities.
All courses will be subject to audit, so please retain attendance information and be prepared to submit verification.
Inactive Status
CEPs and ECAs who fail to submit the CE requirement will be considered inactive. Please refer to your CEPI Connect account for your current CE credit requirement.
To be reinstated, if you have been inactive for fewer than three years you must submit all past due Continuing Education hours and pay the $250 renewal fee, in addition to a $100 late fee if processed in the first two years or a $150 late fee if processed in the third year.
If you are reactivating your CEP designation, you must retake and pass the Level III test to return to active status if more than three years have passed since your most latest renewal deadline.
If you are reactivating your ECA designation, you may retake and pass the ECA exam, or pass the Level II or the AECA exam, to return to active status if more than three years have passed since your most latest renewal deadline.
Candidates registering for any test to reinstate their designations will be required to pay the full enrollment fee.
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ASCE-100 Human and Organizational Performance: Champions Course
Quick Facts
9-week course
Totally online,
fixed dates
10% discounts for companies sending 5-9 individuals
15% discount for 10-15 individuals
20% for more than 15 individuals
3 CEUs/
non-credit course
Course cost: $1,200
Course Offered: Fall 2023, Sept. 11, 2023-Nov. 12, 2023
A weekly online 1-hour live session will be conducted to discuss the course content for the particular week.
The Human and Organizational Performance (HOP) course addresses numerous shortcomings in many of today’s leadership and management systems, safety management systems, and work method planning and execution systems. With a foundational premise that human error is inevitable and that complex systems can contain latent error traps, the HOP course will enable learners to create team-based approaches to Strengthen work system development, hazard mitigation strategies that make it harder for employees to do the work incorrectly and easier for them to do it correctly, and leadership strategies that empower employees at all levels to do their best work. Particular emphasis is given to implementation of a HOP culture and non-technical leadership and team optimization skills within a HOP framework that are often absent from other hard-science academic offerings. One of the ultimate goals of this course is to help organizations become learning organizations with a focus on continuous improvement in not only safety but in leaders, teams, and operational performance.
“This was a great course with thought provoking instructors. The course taught me several new things about Human & Organization Performance (HOP) and I enjoyed the different perspective the Spartan team brings to HOP from their extensive military backgrounds. I would highly recommend this course to anyone wanting to expand their knowledge in HOP or for anyone who needs a refresher on the overall philosophy of HOP as well as implementation tools.”
Matthew J. Twerdy, MBA, CSP, CHMM
Director, Site EHS, Collins Aerospace
Class of spring 2023
Learner Outcomes
Upon completion of this course, learners will be able to:
- Describe the purpose of Human and Organizational Performance
- Assess each HOP Principle's ability to positively influence corporate operations and culture
- Explain why human error occurs during routine and non-routine work
- Identify work contexts that influence worker behavior
- Distinguish between effective learning strategies that will further your organization's HOP journey
- Develop a notional policy statement for addressing human error and failure that avoids blame language
Instructors
Randy Cadieux, Major, USMC (Ret), M.S., MEng
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Melissa Thomasson, Ph.D.
Melissa Thomasson is Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs & Personnel and Professor of Economics at Miami University. She studies the economic history of health insurance and health care. Thomasson is a Research Associate for the National Bureau of Economic Research, serves or has served on the editorial boards of four journals in her field, and is on the Board of Trustees of the Economic History Association. She is also the Executive Director and a former Trustee of the Cliometric Society. Thomasson has testified before Congress, and her findings have been cited in the New England Journal of Medicine, the Yale Law Journal, in reports prepared for the U.S. Senate and the United Nations, and by Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI). Thomasson's work has been featured on "This American Life" and "All Things Considered," in articles in the New York Times, the Financial Times, a Washington Post podcast, and numerous other outlets.
The Miami Writing Institute will help participants rethink how writing works in their daily lives, and what it means to be a writer. They will end the course with specific actions and strategies to help them be more effective communicators.
Elizabeth Wardle, Ph.D.
Elizabeth Wardle is the Howe Distinguished Professor of Written Communication and directs the nationally-known Howe Center for Writing Excellence. She is the co-creator of a national movement to change writing instruction, called Writing about Writing, and a related textbook used at hundreds of schools in the US and Canada. She has written numerous books about how to understand and teach writing effectively, including Naming What We Know: Threshold Concepts of Writing Studies (2015), (Re)Considering What We Know: Learning Thresholds in Writing, Composition, Rhetoric, and Literacy Changing Conceptions (2020), Changing Practices: Innovating Teaching Across Disciplines (2022), and Writing Expertise: A Research-Based Approach to Writing and Learning Across Disciplines (2022). She regularly provides workshops and consulting around the country on writing, writing instruction, and writing curriculum design. With a team at the Howe Center, she created the online Miami Writing Institute to share research-based conceptions of writing beyond university walls.
This module is designed for organizational leaders who want to implement evidence-based DEI strategies.
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Darryl B. Rice, Ph.D. or "Dr. Ice" to his colleagues and students, is an Assistant Professor of Management in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. Dr. Rice earned his Ph.D. in Business Administration from the University of Central Florida, his M.B.A from Jacksonville University, and his B.S. in Finance/Multinational Business Operations from Florida State University. He is an award-winning scholar and teacher. His research examines the relationship between leadership and justice in three areas: organizational justice, behavioral ethics, and diversity/equity/inclusion. His work has been published in leading academic journals such as the Journal of Management Studies, Journal of Business Ethics, Human Relations, and Journal of Business and Psychology. He teaches (1) Introduction to Management and Leadership and (2) Cross Cultural Management. Additionally, Dr. Rice is involved with The PhD Project and currently serves as President of the Management Faculty of Color Association.
