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Volunteers Overview
ACCSC is currently seeking new evaluators to assist in conducting on‐site school evaluations to applicant and member institutions so as to ensure the participation of a continued pool of qualified and trained individuals. Qualified educators and practitioners in various disciplines are in demand and urged to become involved in the peer‐review accreditation process focused primarily on post‐secondary, proprietary educational institutions across the country.
Individuals possessing advanced credentials in education, knowledge of principles of teaching or administration within public or private institutions of higher learning are being sought as are individuals who possess strong vocational or administrative backgrounds.
Dedicated to ensuring quality education for more than 220,000 students who annually pursue career and technical postsecondary education at more than 810 ACCSC accredited institutions, ACCSC staff and Commission rely heavily on the thousands of volunteers who make it possible to conduct reviews of such a wide‐range of institutions. In the course of a typical month, ACCSC staff and on‐site evaluation team members conduct an average of 35 on‐site evaluations to ACCSC accredited and applicant institutions in the fifty states and Puerto Rico which requires the use of a well‐established pool of quality volunteers. As a result of wanting to continually support the ACCSC review process, currently the following volunteer evaluator positions are available.
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TEAM LEADERS
Team member who represents the ACCSC membership and is responsible for conducting a thorough evaluation of the managerial and administrative capacity of a school.
Minimum qualifications: Own, direct, or be a senior manager involved in managing the day‐to‐day activities of an ACCSC‐accredited school; have at least five years management experience in vocational education or private post‐secondary technical education; possess at a minimum a Baccalaureate degree; demonstrated knowledge and experience in the overall management and administration of an ACCSC school; represent an institution that is in good standing with ACCSC for at least one year; submit a completed Team Leader Application package and attend an ACCSC Team Leader Training Workshop.
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EDUCATION SPECIALISTS
Team member responsible for conducting a thorough evaluation of all areas related to the educational delivery of programs at a post‐secondary career college, including curriculum, pedagogy, program advisory committee functions, faculty qualifications, faculty professional development and the school’s learning resource system. The Education Specialist is assisted by Occupation Specialists who conduct a review of each specific program area.
Minimum qualifications: Doctoral degree from an accredited institution with three year’s postsecondary teaching/administration experience or a Master’s degree in education from an accredited institution with five year’s postsecondary teaching/administration experience or involvement in programs related to teacher training: vocational, technical, adult or continuing education or a closely related field for at least five years, submit a completed Education Specialist Application package and attend an ACCSC Education Specialist training activity or shadow a trained Education Specialist.
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OCCUPATION SPECIALIST
Team member who performs the occupational review of the institution. Specific areas of evaluation include curricula, faculty, facilities, instructional resources, instruction equipment, and services for the occupational areas taught. The Occupation Specialist joins the team only for a portion of the evaluation.
Minimum qualifications: Have a minimum of five years of experience working or teaching in the disciplinary field; the ability to conduct a review of the occupational relevancy of an institution’s curricula, faculty, facilities, instructional resources, instructional equipment, and services for the areas taught; the ability to communicate findings to the on‐site evaluation team that will assist the team in its evaluation; as well as an occupational background commensurate with the level and complexity of the institution’s programs.
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If interested in becoming involved in the ACCSC on‐site evaluation process, please contact Corey Rosso, Director of Accreditation at 703.247.4507 or via e-mail at crosso@accsc.org.
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