Updates:
- The taskforce has completed the draft competency model for The Certificate in Housing Assessment.
View the draft competency model
- Certificate in Housing Assessment program to launch in April 2010.
Credentialing is a term used to describe several types of programs that confer recognition (and a credential of some sort) upon a person, organization, product or services after verifying certain criteria have been met. Certification is one such type of program; others include accreditation, licensure, and certificates.
Download the chart to learn more and to compare each of these programs similarities, differences, and components.
Based on the outcomes being sought, the reported needs of the profession, members input, and the market research results, ACUHO-I is currently pursuing its first credentialing program, The Certificate in Housing Assessment.
A curriculum-based certificate (also called assessment-based certificate) is a comprehensive training program on a focused subject for which participants receive a certificate only after completion of coursework and successful demonstration of attaining the course learning objectives.
- The training and assessment usually cover a focused area of knowledge and skills.
- Unlike certification, curriculum-based certificates usually do not have ongoing requirements, do not result in an initial designation, and cannot be revoked.
- Unlike certification which focuses on assessing current experience, knowledge and skills, a certificate focuses on training individuals to achieve a certain knowledge and skill base and then assessing their attainment of them.
- Unlike certificates of completion which are often simply a piece of paper given to participants who have attended an event, curriculum-based certificates have a clearly defined curriculum and evaluation of learners that is linked to the learning objectives.
- There are no ongoing requirements to maintain a certificate.
For additional information on credentialing concepts please see Credentialing 101.