Creating a professional certification for the sustainability practitioner:

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1 Creating a professional certification for the sustainability practitioner: UPDATE: July 14, Beta Registration July 15! 2. The Criticality Study 3. Partnerships: ISSP & AASHE Maureen Hart, ISSP Executive Director Marsha Willard, Certification Committee Chair Meghan Fay Zahniser, AASHE Executive Director

2 Listen to the recording of the June 2015 Certification Update Webinar for more details on the history and background of the process

3 ISSP Sustainability Professional Certification Two levels both requiring on-going professional development to maintain the credential ISSP Sustainability Associate Code of Ethics Declaration Pass ISSP-SA Certification Exam ISSP Certified Sustainability Professional Meet ISSP-SA requirement Pass ISSP-CSP Certification Exam Educational qualifications Work experience

4 ISSP Beta Certification Application and Testing Process Application and Testing on ISSP Learning Center Register on ISSP Website Get Learning Center User ID/pw Upload Application Material Eligibility Confirmed Take Exam during Scheduled Window Exam Security Using proctoring software photo ID required

5 Beta Certification Process Sustainability professional? New to Sustainability? Apply for ISSP-SA Submit ISSP-SA application Take ISSP-SA Exam Beta Passing Score Finalized Done! Apply for ISSP-SA Submit ISSP-SA application Take ISSP-SA Exam Apply for ISSP-CSP Submit ISSP-CSP Application Eligibility verified Take ISSP-CSP Exam Beta Passing Scores Finalized* Done! * ISSP-CSP Beta candidates that pass the ISSP-CSP exam but not the ISSP-SA exam must retake the ISSP-SA exam during November Launch

6 ISSP Beta Certification Schedule Registration Exam ISSP-SA July 15 Registration Opens Aug 3-10 Exam Available July 30 Application Material Due Aug 17-Oct 2 Results Analyzed July 31 Eligibility Confirmed Oct 9 Candidate Notified of Results ISSP-CSP July 31 Registration Opens Sept Exam Window Sept 4 Application Material Due Sept 22- Nov 5 Results Analyzed Sept 11 Eligibility Confirmed Nov 12 Candidate Notified of Results

7 Creating the exam portion Two key questions: 1) What do we test for? 2) How many test items?

8 Creating the exam portion Two key questions: 1) What do we test for? 2) How many test items?

9 Criticality Survey Results

10 Criticality Survey Results

11 Criticality Survey Results

12 Criticality Survey Results What percentage of your time do you spend on each core competency? Other category not as big as it looks

13 Criticality Survey Results On a scale of 1-5, how important is each sub task?

14 Criticality Survey Results Relative weights of core competencies Stakeholder engagement Planning sustainability strategies Implementing sustainability strategies Evaluating & reportingefforts Adjusting & maintaining efforts

15 About the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education (AASHE) AASHE started as the Education for Sustainability Western Network (EFS West) to serve college campuses in the western US/Canada In 2005, EFS West became the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education Today, AASHE continues to work to advance sustainability in all sectors of higher education and support campuses in meeting their sustainability goals

16 What We Do AASHE enables higher education to advance sustainability by creating useful and timely resources such as the Sustainability Tracking, Assessment & Rating System (STARS) AASHE reaches students, faculty, staff and businesses through: Hundreds of resources in the AASHE Resource Center More than 40 publications Nearly 100 webinars 650+ blogs published And more! 16

17 Next steps 1.Registration opens! July 15 th for ISSP-SA July 31 for ISSP-CSP (must do ISSP-SA first) 2.Run Beta test August October 3.Launch - November

18 ISSP Contact information Maureen Hart Marsha Willard Meghan Fay Zahniser Declarations of support: JOIN US!

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