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.

IASBO certification courses will provide a great deal of information in a short period of time.  The courses are intended to cover major points about their respective topics, offer an opportunity for questions and discussion, and provide resource information for future use.  The Certification Program is different from the IASBO Professional Registration Program that will continue to be offered.  Further, the current IASBO professional development seminar series will continue as in past years.  The Certification Program is a new opportunity to enhance your professionalism.

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).  

 

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For the Certification Program course schedule, click here