Governing a certification board takes a special set of skills members of your certification board may not be familiar with, or even experienced in leadership positions they\u2019ve held.\u00a0 Often members of the certification board come from the profession and may have held leadership positions within related associations and societies\u2014this is great exposure.\u00a0 But while they may understand the dynamics of their profession, even those with experience serving on boards will benefit from having their responsibilities described in the particular context of certification.\u00a0 Consider orienting your certification leadership to these key tenets in governing certification programs before their service begins (frequent reminders are also a good idea!)<\/p>\n
1.\u00a0Accept authority <\/strong><\/em>for and autonomy <\/strong><\/em>over all matters related to certification.\u00a0 This responsibility falls squarely onto the lap of your certification governing board who should be responsible for all certification decisions, everything from refund policies to the number of exam retakes a candidate can have.\u00a0 The authority and autonomy of the certification board provides assurances that no unrelated party can influence a certification outcome, and keeps governance \u201cabove board.\u201d<\/p>\n 2.\u00a0Be impartial <\/strong><\/em>in all decisions and actions and be clear in all published documents that awarding certification is based on an individual\u2019s ability to meet the requirements to earn and maintain certification, and nothing else.<\/p>\n 3.\u00a0Avoid real and perceived conflicts-of-interest<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Provide examples of conflicts-of-interest and have each member of the certification board sign conflict-of-interest agreements and declare any they might have.\u00a0 This provides greater accountability from your board members.<\/p>\n 4.\u00a0Understand transparency <\/strong><\/em>matters and is directly linked to perceptions about the credibility of your program.\u00a0 Publish all policies affecting candidates and certified persons to reinforce that all individuals are treated fairly and consistently.\u00a0 Inform individuals of the \u201crules\u201d of certification engagement from the outset\u2014there should be no surprises.<\/p>\n 5. Exercise fiduciary <\/strong><\/em>responsibility, and understand that it extends beyond protection of the assets of the organization.\u00a0 It includes safeguarding the reputation and integrity of the certification program, from how appeals are conducted, to how the examination is developed, to how the intellectual property is protected.\u00a0 In certification, your reputation is everything.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Governing a certification board takes a special set of skills members of your certification board may not be familiar with, or even experienced in leadership positions they\u2019ve held. Often members of the certification board come from the profession and may have held leadership positions within related associations and societies\u2014this is great exposure. But while they may understand the dynamics of their profession, even those with experience serving on boards will benefit from having their responsibilities described in the particular context of certification. Consider orienting your certification leadership to these key tenets in governing certification programs before their service begins (frequent reminders are also a good idea!)<\/p>","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-industry-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":143,"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25\/revisions\/143"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.proftesting.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}