Qualifying for Credit at the Congress
Delegates to the National Congress can enroll in the Community Institute for Preparedness, Response and Recovery (CIPRR) Continuing Education Program, and receive 20 hours of credit (2 CEUs) of continuing education at no additional cost for their participation in the working sessions on Monday afternoon, Tuesday morning and by completing an anonymous survey conducted by Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government/Leadership for a Networked World (KSG/LNW), complete a series of multiple choice questions, and submit to the
National Blueprint for Secure Communities a description of a best practice in their community.
CIPRR education credits focus on the new area of structuring public/private partnerships and identifying emerging practices and technologies that can augment public sector response capability. Organized to cover the 8 community partnership capability areas (CPCs), credits are available to those Delegates who register in advance and participate in the required sessions.
The program has been developed with the assistance of Texas A&M Universtity's Integrated Center for Homeland Security, in coordination with the Joint Interagency Training Center (JITC) and KSG/LNW, and in consultation with a number of colleges and universities which are represented in the ReadyCommunities Partnership such as:
*University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
*Walsh College
*University of Texas Medical Branch
*Medical University of South Carolina
INSTRUCTIONS: After first registering and paying the fee to the National Congress for Secure Communities, Delegates can enroll in the CIPRR professional development program and receive a Continuing Education Certificate, issued by CIPRR and TAMU by completing the following three steps:
STEP 1: Respond to the enrollment confirmation email that will be sent by December 5, 2007 to all registrants by simply sending back your name and email address you would like submitted to TAMU for registration. Once we receive your reply, your information will be sent to TAMU, and you will be notified that you are enrolled. Then, click here to enter the National Blueprint for Secure Communities, to complete a description of a best practice in your community that can help augment community preparedness and response during the 1st 72 hours of crisis. Finally, a link will be posted to the TAMU classroom site listed below for you to visit to complete a pre-Congress survey being coordinated by the John F. Kennedy School of Government/Leadership for a Networked World.
STEP 2: After December 1, 2007 a series of multiple choice questions will be available to complete online, designed to explore your general knowledge, your knowledge of the National Blueprint for Secure Communities, and the many different public/private partnership and best practice examples that communities and organizations have either practiced or observed in their own communities or organizations.
1. Go to http://elearning.tamu.edu/
2. Click on CONTINUING EDUCATION (bottom choice on Vista home page)
3. Enable pop-ups for this website
4. Enter username (first initial, last name, all one word)
5. Enter "password" as password (for first time login)
6. Follow prompts to change password
7. Update your computer with any of the pop-up box instructions (i.e., java)
8. Enter into the questionnaire and complete it
9. You must answer 70% accurately before credit is given
If you have any questions about the online questionnaire, please contact Dr. Jan Fernandez at janfernandez@tamu.edu. If you have any other questions abut the CEU program, please contact Rosalie Wyatt at rwyatt@ciprr.org .
STEP 3: Attend the National Congress for Secure Communities on December 17-18, 2007 at the Hyatt Regency in Washington, DC, and attend the general sessions on both days. Your certificate will be presented to you at the close of the last session if you have completed all requirements by that date. Those who cannot complete the classroom portion before the Congress will have until December 28, 2007 to finish to receive credit for 2007.
