[CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement

[Peter]

What she said.....

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On Jul 26, 2010, at 9:37 AM, Dorrie Bell <dabell58 at earthlink.net> wrote:

> Following up on Diane's point:
>
> There are actually a couple of models for professional  
> "certification," neither of which is followed by PTG/RPT.
>
> One, which does involve the government, is the licensed  
> professional. Like Diane, I have to document 15 hours of study every  
> two years to keep my R.N. license active. (This is a public safety  
> issue so it involves the government.)
>
> The second, which is not governmental, is the academic degree. I  
> have a Ph.D., but no one would ever think of hiring me in that  
> scientific field without finding out when I got the thing. Ph.D. 
> (1987) gives a really clear picture: the candidate demonstrated  
> excellence in problem-solving 23 years ago. So maybe she is capable  
> and knowledgeable still, but maybe not. (This question is not a  
> public safety issue and there is no need for regulation outside of  
> the professional area.)
>
> It startled me when I first joined the PTG 10 years ago that there  
> is great insistence on getting and having the RPT status but no  
> insistence at all on either required continuing education or  
> statement of date RPT was earned (the latter being especially  
> important because not only to people and abilities change over the  
> years, the tests themselves have changed over the years, so the  
> "qualifications" of any individual are very unclear).
>
> So if I were hiring for a university, I would not use the RPT as a  
> sorting criterion. And, given the ambiguity of its meaning, I would  
> probably use the presence of the RPT as an indication that the  
> candidate was involved in his professional association (works and  
> plays well with others) rather than a clear indication of technical  
> skill level.
>
> I know, I know -- requiring recertification or continuing ed or  
> mandatory dating of RPT would be a horrendous political mess. But  
> think about it -- does our present system serve the public the way  
> that we say it does? Or does it serve our egos?
>
> Best wishes from an associate member, with therefore no standing in  
> this discussion at all --
> Dorrie Bell
> Boston, MA
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Diane Hofstetter <dianepianotuner at msn.com>
>> Sent: Jul 24, 2010 4:39 PM
>> To: Ed Sutton <ed440 at mindspring.com>, College and University  
>> Technicians <caut at ptg.org>
>> Subject: Re: [CAUT] Workload; was Position announcement
>>
>>
>> Something I've learned since becoming a licensed hearing instrument  
>> speciaist, is that, to keep my license, I am required to obtain at  
>> least 15 continuing education units per year.  This is beneficial  
>> to everybody concerned.
>>
>