SoCAFE is a new Society to Certify Adjunct Faculty at U.S. Colleges and Universities
CHICAGO, Ill. — SoCAFE, The Society of Certified Adjunct Faculty Educators, has announced the launch of its web-based certification program for adjunct instructors in higher education in response to the national trend of this group teaching almost half of all college and university courses. In support of the increasingly important role adjunct faculty play in higher education, SoCAFE’s certification process provides a demanding and well-researched standard for adjunct faculty performance. C.A.F.E. certification will provide higher education administrators with a respected benchmark for hiring well-qualified adjunct educators and allows members to differentiate themselves from less qualified peers.
The Certified Adjunct Faculty Educator (C.A.F.E.) certification is based on 10 Core Competencies(TM) that comprise the body of knowledge required by adjunct faculty to function effectively as instructors in higher education settings – regardless of discipline, student level or classroom setting. C.A.F.E. certification requires post-secondary educators to take 10 online examinations related to each of the society’s core competencies.
Society of Certified Adjunct Faculty Educators
Once earned, the C.A.F.E. designation provides adjunct faculty with a portable credential that demonstrates proven expertise in the essential competencies of adjunct educators. Additionally, C.A.F.E. certification will keep adjunct faculty current in effective classroom practices and adult learning theory. SoCAFE’s web-based certification platform allows members to easily earn and maintain their credentials.
The national organization, whose mission it is to “advance the professional practice of adjunct faculty through certification, education, and collaboration to enhance post-secondary student learning,” is the first organization in the United States to provide credentialing for adjunct faculty in American colleges and universities. The organization’s co-founders, Dr. Rochelle Santopoalo and Dr. Dennis White, have 60 combined years of higher education and adjunct faculty experience.
Following payment of an affordable fee, qualified adjunct faculty will receive a one-year SoCAFE membership, candidate handbook and reference materials, and access to 10 online certification examinations.
For more information visit http://www.socafe.org.
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Adjuncts save your money! As the saying goes: It it looks like a duck and walks like a duck it is a duck. This looks like and walks like a get rich scheme for the founders of the Society of Certified Adjunct Faculty Educators.
I’m sure at one time or another Adjuncts have thought there might be one or two areas in their teaching methods that could use some polish. But instead of paying $395.00 for a certification program I believe most Adjuncts search out what they need to improve their teaching methods. The Internet has many free or low cost resources that are just clicks away, libraries have a wealth of free information and book stores are great plus you can get coffee.
I certainly wouldn’t pay SoCAFE $395.00, arrange for my educational transcripts to be sent to SoCAFE, follow the SoCAFE ten month study schedule, take a 10 module exam with 200 questions with a time limit of 600 minutes all to gain a certificate from an organization that has no established credibly or founders that have not distinguished themselves in the teaching field. Have the founders ever presented at national conferences or submitted papers to be published?
If you think SoCAFE has some special insights into teaching save yourself almost $300.00 and purchase and read the three books that comprise the core of the Society of Certified Adjunct Faculty Educators’ program, 10 core competencies and exam. The books are:
Skillful Teacher: On Technique, Trust, and Responsiveness in the Classroom (2006, 2nd Ed.) by Stephen Brookfield, $30.40, ISBN-13: 978-0787980665
Tools for Teaching (1993) by Barbara Gross Davis, $37.60, ISBN-13: 978-1555425685
Teaching at Its Best: A Research-based Resource for College Instructors (2007, 2nd Ed.) by Linda B. Nilson, $30.40, ISBN-13: 978-1882982646
The authors of these books deserve the support not SoCAFE for essentially repackaging someone else’s hard work!
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