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Considering Accreditation?
Begin by identifying the accreditation pathway relevant to your organization, provider, or program and reviewing the applicable eligibility requirements.
Contact IABCET for clarification about accreditation pathways, eligibility, standards, applications, evaluation, accreditation records, verification, professional credentials, CPE and CEU matters, or other published IABCET processes.
Before submitting an inquiry, review the applicable accreditation information and identify the organization, program, provider, credential, certificate, or accreditation record relevant to your question. A focused inquiry helps establish the appropriate context and route your question to the relevant area.
IABCET receives inquiries from educational institutions, organizations, continuing education providers, professional training organizations, program operators, learners, employers, and other stakeholders seeking information about accreditation and related quality-assurance activities.
Begin by identifying the accreditation pathway relevant to your organization, provider, or program and reviewing the applicable eligibility requirements.
Review the application requirements, applicable standards, evidence expectations, and information required for the relevant accreditation pathway.
Review how standards, criteria, evidence, assessment, and professional evaluation contribute to the accreditation process.
Use the appropriate official IABCET record to examine an accreditation, accredited scope, professional credential, or CPE/CEU record before requesting clarification.
Many accreditation questions can be clarified by reviewing the applicable framework, standards, eligibility requirements, application information, evaluation process, and accreditation decision guidance.
Understand IABCET accreditation and identify the pathway relevant to the educational organization, provider, or program being considered.
Review the standards and criteria establishing the quality expectations against which relevant educational and organizational practice is examined.
Review the applicable entry requirements used to establish whether an organization or program may proceed within an accreditation pathway.
Understand the organizational information, documentation, evidence, and preparation associated with an accreditation application.
Understand how applicable standards, evidence, educational practice, and other relevant information are considered during evaluation.
Review how the completed accreditation record proceeds through the applicable review and decision process and how accreditation scope should be understood.
Accreditation requirements depend on what is being evaluated. Distinguishing institutional, program, and provider accreditation before contacting IABCET helps establish the appropriate standards, requirements, evidence, and scope.
For eligible educational institutions seeking accreditation within a defined institutional scope and the applicable institutional requirements.
For eligible educational, professional, technical, continuing education, and other programs evaluated within a defined program scope.
For eligible organizations delivering continuing education, professional development, technical education, specialized training, or related educational activities.
For accredited organizations or programs preparing for the applicable continuing review and reaccreditation requirements.
Verification should begin with the official IABCET record relevant to the information being checked. Depending on the matter, this may concern an accredited institution, organization, provider, program, professional credential, or CPE/CEU certificate.
Verification is scope-specific. A record should therefore be read together with the applicable status, accreditation or credential scope, relevant organization or program information, dates, and other details associated with that record.
If you cannot locate the appropriate record, or if information appears inconsistent with the published IABCET record, contact IABCET with the relevant identifying information and the specific point requiring clarification.
IABCET publishes information addressing accreditation requirements, governance, professional responsibilities, ethics, conflicts of interest, accreditation decisions, complaints, appeals, and related procedures. Review the relevant resource before contacting IABCET about a procedural matter.
Review published accreditation policies, requirements, procedural information, and documents relevant to the IABCET accreditation framework.
Understand the governance responsibilities and organizational functions supporting the operation of the accreditation system.
Review the professional principles addressing ethical conduct, integrity, impartiality, and responsible participation in accreditation activities.
Review the applicable routes for submitting complaints, concerns, or appeals relating to matters within the scope of IABCET procedures.
Relevant information in the initial inquiry helps establish the context of the question and identify the accreditation area, record, requirement, or procedure requiring clarification.
Provide the official name of the institution, organization, provider, program operator, or other entity involved and briefly identify its educational or training activities.
State whether the inquiry concerns institutional accreditation, provider accreditation, program accreditation, continuing education, professional credentials, CPE/CEU, or another IABCET area.
Where applicable, identify the standard, requirement, application stage, accreditation record, credential, certificate, decision, or procedure relevant to the inquiry.
Explain the specific point requiring clarification rather than requesting a general assessment without identifying the underlying issue.
Where useful, include relevant dates, record references, application information, or published IABCET material necessary to understand the question.
Provide information relevant to the inquiry and avoid submitting unrelated personal, confidential, or sensitive information that is not necessary for clarification.
The fastest route to useful information is to begin with the resource associated with the purpose of your inquiry.
Review accreditation pathways, eligibility, standards, application requirements, and evaluation information before asking about accreditation for an organization or program.
Begin with the applicable official record and identify the precise status, scope, credential, certificate, or other information requiring confirmation.
Contact IABCET when the published information does not resolve a specific question about an applicable requirement, procedure, accreditation record, credential, or certificate.
Explore the applicable IABCET resource first, or contact IABCET when you need clarification about a specific accreditation requirement, application matter, evaluation process, verification record, credential, certificate, or published procedure.