NADOA
Certification
2018 Certification Committee Chair.....................................................................Brenda Dickey, CDOA Application and Publications.................................Yoli Bazan, CDOA Recertification Credits...........................................Eli Murray, CDOA Policies...................................................................Heidi Davis, CDOA Recertification Applications...................................Darryn McGee, CDOA Review Manuals/Forms..........................................Lewis Box, CDOA Testing...................................................................Sherry Werth, CDOA NADOA Board Liaison.........................................Melanie Finnegan, CDOA
CERTIFICATION Hail and Farewell— The Committee says farewell to Stephanie Franklin after her three years of dedicated service handling applications for certification. We are thankful for her organizational skills and thoughtful input in our meetings. We will miss you, Stephanie! Hail to Yolanda “Yoli” Bazan and Melanie Finnegan! Yoli, from HADOA, is taking over from Stephanie. Many of you are familiar with Yoli and all that she does to help further the education of our members. Melanie, from DALWORTH, will serve as NADOA Board Liaison. We look forward to hearing Melanie’s ideas and her participation on the Committee. Welcome, Yoli and Melanie! Reminder— CDOAs with a January certification date have until March 31 to enter employment credit for the calendar year 2017. The Certification System is operational for entering employment credit. Having said that, there are still some individuals experiencing issues. Our system service provider has determined the problem is due to security on certain networks. If you are continuing to have problems, please send me an email and I will get your credits entered for you. The Committee will be discussing alternative ways to handle employment credit in its next meeting. We are frequently asked why a pre-approved credit cannot be found in the drop-down menu. Many times the answer is that the event was over 60 days ago. CDOAs are required to report their recertification credits
in the system within 60 days of the educational event. The pre-approved events are entered in the system with an expiration date. Make it a practice to enter your credits as soon as you complete the event. Policy and Procedure— Recent updates have been made to the Voluntary Certification Program Policy and Procedures document. There were no changes to the policy, per se, but rather the revisions were made to add clarity and address changes in how the policy is administered, such as electronic communications versus postal mail. Even so, I ask that you take a few moments to familiarize yourself with the document on the website. Many of the questions the Committee receives are addressed in this document. Don’t misunderstand me—the Committee is more than happy to address your questions. The committee members are actively employed analysts and as such, you may experience a delay in receiving the information you need. You may be able to find what you need quickly on the website. The document is located at www.nadoa.org , under the “CDOA” tab; “Program Governance”.
As always, thank you for the opportunity to serve as Certification Committee Chair.
Brenda Dickey, CDOA Brenda.Dickey@bp.com
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