NAEOP – PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS PROGRAM

If you are starting your Professional Standards Program (PSP) Certification journey, follow these steps: 

1. Go to the NAEOP Professional Standards Program page of their website and print or download the PSP Guidelines and Application Forms. The documents are available at the yellow buttons under the video.  You may also want to download the Excel versions of the forms using the button toward the bottom of the website. 
2. If you are not a member of NAEOP, you need to complete the NAEOP membership form and mail it to NAEOP. You need to be a member to become certified.  
3. Complete Form I and prepare a file folder for your PSP forms and materials.  
4. If you have taken college courses, request transcripts and record this information in Section 2 of Form I.  
5. Gather all your certificates of completion for any professional development you have obtained (you can go back to July 1, 1980). Organize these into the following three sponsoring levels:  National, State, and Local. 
6. Start typing the information beginning with National organizations. You can make copies of Form IIa or use the Excel spreadsheet. 
7. Download Form IIb to list your “Professional Activity” from National, State, or Local educational organizations. Make copies of your membership cards. 
8. Excel worksheets have been created for PSP Forms IIa, IIb, V, and Va. These worksheets were created to assist with calculating and flexibility in formatting the Professional Activity hours and Association Responsibility points for the initial PSP application and recertification application. They will be combined with the original forms when signatures or other information is needed.

Everyone who receives their NAEOP certification this year is recognized at the PSP Banquet held at the NAEOP Annual Conference in July.  

If you have any questions during the process, please contact Katherine Reichley, PSP Chairman.   She will help you achieve the goal of obtaining your PSP certification.