Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 08:56:55 -0700

From: Jeanne Chun <jeannechun2005@YAHOO.COM>

Subject: National Health Education Week 2006 materials

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The National Center for Health Education (NCHE) is proud to present materials for the National Health Education Week (NHEW) 2006 celebration. The theme is Healthy Kids: Creating Safe Communities and Schools. NHEW 2006 will be celebrated October 16-20, 2006.

NCHE has developed a variety of materials for schools, parents, public health professionals, and organizations to promote safety nationwide. NHEW 2006 materials include classroom lesson plans for grades pre-K (new to NHEW!), K-2, 3-5, and 6-8 and parent/teacher resources. To highlight local NHEW 2006 celebrations, NCHE will be sponsoring a contest featuring successful school and community efforts.

To find out more about NHEW 2006 and to download free materials, go to:

Please direct any questions to at nche@nche.org.

Happy celebrations!

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Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 16:00:54 -0500

From: "Cissell, William" <WCissell@MAIL.TWU.EDU>

Subject: Commonalities and distinctions between certification and accreditation

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Mark Fulop and Interested Others.

Credentialing is a broad general term for describing what professions, government agencies, and professional entities do to assure quality in the services provided by professional experts. One category of credentialing applies to assuring quality of the skills and knowledge of the individuals performing the work of the professional experts. Individual credentialing commonly takes one of three forms: licensure, registration or certification. Licensure is a legal form of quality assurance established through grovernment legislation and managed through a government agency. Registration is commonly a process in which a government agency or employment entity maintains a list of individuals determined to hold the desired expertise to maintain a pool of prospective employees. Certification is typically a process established by a profession or agency through which individuals can voluntarily establish evidence of their competence. CHES is the third form.

The other category of credentialing includes processes to verify the quality of professional preparation programs. The terms commonly used for assurance of the quality of programs are accreditation and approval. In many cases, eligibility for individuals to become licensed, registered or certified is based on successful completion of accredited or approved professional preparation programs. Therefore, credentialing of individual practitioners and professional preparation programs is frequently related.

As to the evidence that CHES is becoming incresingly accepted and valued, I have observed increasingly frequent announcements of vacant positions for which CHES or CHES qualified applicants are preferred are required. In the mid-1990's, Dr. Judy Baker and I did an content analysis of position vacancy announcements in the Chronical of Higher Education. We found a small number of announcements that expressed preference or reguirement for CHES or CHES qualified applicants. While I have not done a formal study of this kind since, I have observed much more frequent announcements stating this preference in the past ten years. Probably, one of the NCHEC staff members or commissioners has gathered some data on this kind. If not, this would be a good master paper study.

Bill Cissell

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