INDIANA ASSOCIATION OF SCHOOL BUSINESS OFFICIALS
CERTIFICATION
PROGRAM
The Indiana Association of
School Business Officials has established a voluntary certification program for
all Indiana ASBO active members. The
program, designed to train current and perspective school business officials,
offers practical information to assist the member succeed and excel in their
profession. Further, the program is
designed to advance the professionalism of school business officials to assure a
base of knowledge for all school corporations.
The
program provides a series of six and three-hour required and elective classes for
five classifications of school business management – Chief Business Officer;
Assistant Chief Business Officer; Business Office Specialist; Facilities
Director and Human Resources Specialist . The Certification Program courses/workshops and course descriptions are
available under the information link below. The program
has been designed so that an individual can attain the certification status in
two years. Notice of Certification Program courses will be distributed by the
IASBO office through the IASBO email system.
In order to be approved for the Certification Program, you must complete the application (found under the information link below) and pay the application fee to Indiana ASBO. You may apply for the Certification Program at any time.
Once the IASBO office has received your application and fee, notification will be sent acknowledging your approval as a Certification Program participant. When you have finished your course work, you will receive a certificate verifying your completion of the Certification Program. Further, a letter will be sent to your school board president and superintendent announcing that you have completed the requirements for the IASBO Certification Program.
The re-certification timeline is five years. During this five year period, the certified member must accumulate Certification Program course work, IASBO seminar and IASBO Annual Meeting hours to continue to be certified. The number of contact hours per category for re-certification are as follows:
Chief Business Officer 150 hours
Assistant Chief Business Officer 120 hours
Business Office Specialist 90 hours
Facilities Director 75 hours
Human Resources Specialist 75 hours
The IASBO Board of Directors enthusiastically endorses this program, and hopes that you will become a participant in the IASBO Certification Program. For more information or questions regarding this program, please contact Dennis Costerison, IASBO Executive Director (317-639-3586 x106 or dcosterison@indiana-asbo.org) or Mark Miller, IASBO Director of Professional Development (765-714-6789 or mmiller@indiana-asbo.org).
For additional Certification Program information, click here