Guidelines for Reference Group Meetings

The Educator Certification Advisor and each member of the Reference Group are vital links in the certification process, providing a context when serious attention can be given to both the person and the process while helping to maintain standards for certification. The Reference Group meeting is the first of three checkpoints in the integrative project process: 1) Reference Group, 2) Integrative Process Readers, 3) Educator Certification Committee

The Educator Certification Advisor and the Reference Group are responsible to the Educator
Certification Committee and the presbytery for the integrity of the process. It is critically important that the group play close attention to the Guidelines for Readers. This is the resource that the Integrative Project Readers will use as they evaluate the integrative project. It is FAR better for the educator to receive feedback of needed changes early in the process than to submit a project with obvious needs for revision. Your help is needed to ensure that the educator’s work is represented at its very best as a result of your review of their work.