The CPSP Certification Team welcomes two new members: Orville Brown and M. Patricia “Patty” Berron, who will serve in the role of Regional Representative. Orville will serve the states that were managed by Beverly Jessup, who stepped down from his position in March. Patty will serve the states that were managed by Jonathan Freeman, who will continue as the Chair of the Certification Team. A map of the regions and their respective representatives may be found on our website. The team also wishes to thank Beverly for his service to the CPSP community.
In an effort to improve the certification experience, the CPSP Certification Team has worked to make several changes to the process that will help to support our certification candidates and organize the way we share information.
The most significant change in the certification process is in the submission of the certification forms, which will now be accessed through a portal on our website. In the past, our forms have been a Microsoft Word form, which was downloaded, completed, and returned as an email attachment or submitted via Dropbox. Now forms will be completed by our certification candidates through our website, after they have been granted access to the certification form page. The access to the new online forms will be given to candidates who are members of a CPSP Chapter, who have paid their annual dues and their certification fee. The new online forms are also now available in Spanish due to the efforts of Patty Berron.
Another change in the process is that only supporting documents will be submitted through a centralized and shared Dropbox folder. The administrative coordinator will create a new Dropbox folder and invite the certification candidate, the candidate’s convener, and the Certification Team Regional Representative to access the folder. Supporting documents such as endorsement letters will be placed in the file. Because centralizing and sharing the folders will help with organization and support, this change should also help to streamline our process.
In addition to online certification forms and the centralizing of the Dropbox folders, the Outsider Review Form has also been placed on our website. The implementation of this new process will help to eliminate computer or application compatibility issues, as our process becomes more web-based. A Supervisor’s Report Form is now available online, which can be completed by the supervisors of the supervisors-in-training (SIT’s) who are seeking Diplomate Supervisor of Clinical Pastoral Education certification.
A complete outline of the improved certification process may be downloaded for review. If you have any questions about certification, please contact Jonathan Freeman, Certification Team Chair, or Krista Argiropolis, Administrative Coordinator.
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Jonathan Freeman
Certification Team Chair
jonathanfreeman@gmail.com