Guardian Certificate Program

Regarding nomenclature: State law requires professional guardians to be certified and puts the Supreme Court in charge of the process. The Professional Guardian Certification Board has been delegated by the Court to implement certification requirements.  The University of Washington Extension offers training in various professional fields and upon completion a certificate of completion, and these are called Certificate Programs. The similarity in words is coincidental.

A message from Bill Anderson regarding Summer, 2009 Guardian Training in Eastern Washington

DETAILS:
In the event WAPG members have contacts in Eastern & Central Washington who might be interested or know others who might be interested in the UW Guardianship Certificate Program, the University of Washington will be offering the next full program in Spokane/Yakima Valley-Toppenish from September 2009 thru February 2010 (see http://www.extension.washington.edu/ext/certificates/grd/grd_gen.asp ). In order to inform prospective students about the program, the University of Washington will be hosting information sessions on the topic of the Guardianship Certificate Program as follows:

Spokane: Wednesday, July 15, 2009, 12:00-1:00 p.m., President's Conference Room (20 seat capacity), in College Hall, Gonzaga University, just off of East Sharp Ave and North Standard Street, on the main campus in Spokane (Gonzaga University, 502 East Boone, Spokane, 99258)

Yakima Valley-Toppenish: Thursday, July 16, 12:00-1:00 p.m., Heritage University, Petrie Hall, Bank of America Room, 3240 Fort Road, Toppenish, WA 98948

Interested parties who are unable to attend, can also hear an on-demand information session at http://uweoconnect.extn.washington.edu/publicuwguardianshipcertificateprogram/

Thank you for the consideration

Bill Anderson
Program Manager
Guardianship Certificate

The Professional Guardian Certificate Program is slated for a launch in September, 2008.

Guardian Advisory Group This is a committee organized by UW Certificate program to direct the creation of the curriculum.

Guardian Discussion Group A discussion group for individuals who are interested in contributing, discussing, and/or debating curriculum development and revision for the Guardianship Certificate Program at the University of Washington.

Initial Curriculum Design  This is a summary prepared by staff of CPGB of the initial training content. This is the starting point for development of the UW certificate program. Beginning February, 2008 and with a target completion of April, 2008 members of the Guardian Advisory Group have broken into teams to flesh out this design with suggestions for the proposed  90 hour program. [warning this is a 60 page pdf, long download time]

 12/10/2007 CPGB Education Committee Report on Agreements with UW Certificate Program

Agreement between CPGB and UW (not available at this time)

Press Release announcing Guardian Certificate Program launch

Certificate Program in Guardianship Program Overview UW Extension website program description

FERPA Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act Regulations. Addresses confidentiality of participants in Certificate Program