IAN JARVIS New York, May 1, 2011 To the Editor: Dave Eggers's and Nínive Clements Calegari's article comes so close to dealing with the core issue of teacher professionalization, but it misses a key element: the need for all teachers to gain a graduate degree as their professional credential.
The training provider also offered an online instructor-supported CDA certificate program, state-specific director and child care professional credential coursework, and 'mini-certificates,' which bundled 6 12 h of courses related to specific topics (e.g., positive guidance).
The circumstances of nursing in Iran defined by low to medium salaries, lack of organizational advocacy, nurses' professional rights, and control over professional credential.
http://www.statehealthfacts.org/comparetable.jsp?ind=431&cat=8 Several exploratory analyses that incorporated respondent characteristics as covariates, including type of professional credential, level of training, normal patient mix (peds/adult and race/class), and practice setting (along a rural-urban scale) did not reveal any of these covariates to be statistically significant.
The IUTOX Toxicologist Recognition Task Force endorsed the concept that fundamental to achieving credibility for any professional credential is the transparency of the certifying organization's source of funding, affiliations, criteria used to award the credential, the requirements that maintain currency of the credential, and independent review/audit processes.
This designation, however, doesn't actually impact an advisors ability to sell various products but is a professional credential only.
