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UCSC Extension has developed partnerships with well-respected universities, professional associations and community organizations to add value to your investment in education. These partnerships provide a pathway to undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Accounting The Institute of Management Accountants (IMA) is a leading professional organization devoted exclusively to management, accounting and financial management. If you visit their Web site they list a certification programs overview of general requirements, experience, continuing education requirements and more. The IMA also provides programs that benefit its students: the Memorial Education Fund Scholarship Program and the Certified Management Accountant/Certified in Financial Management (CMA/CFM) Certified Examinations. For additional information, please contact the IMA at (800) 638-4427 ext. 265 or visit the Web site at www.imanet.org. Philippine Institute of Certified Public Accountants (PICPA)
Western Art Directors Club (WADC) is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to excellence in the communicating arts. The membership includes art directors, graphic designers, illustrators, photographers, writers, educators and students. It is now possible for certificate students in the Visual Communication Program of UCSC Extension's Art and Design Department to join the WADC at the student rate of $20/year. This is a great opportunity to network with the design community and participate in student programs. For more information call (650) 321-4196 or visit the WADC Web site at www.wadc.org.
Association of Educational Therapists (AET) www.aetonline.org Career Development Consultations (CDC) in Cairo, Egypt www.cdcacademy.com CETYS Universidad in Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico vinc.mxl.cetys.mx/idiomas.html Environmental Volunteers Program Information and Counseling - Contact Lori Mann, EE Certificate Coordinator, Environmental Volunteers, at (650) 961-0545. For additional elective options go to www.evols.org. Gyeongsang National University (GSNU) in Jinju, South Korea www.gsnu.ac.kr/english Making Math Real Institute is a multisensory, structured program that provides professional development for educators, private practitioners, and parents and intensive development in mathematics for students of all ages. For more information, visit www.makingmathreal.org. Santa Clara County Office of Education Bilingual Teacher Training Program (BTTP) Mathematics Engineering Science Achievement (MESA) in California www.mesa.ucop.edu Santa Clara Valley Water District Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages, Inc. (TESOL) at www.tesol.org California Child Development Administrators Association (CCDAA) at www.ccdaa.org National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) at www.naeyc.org Parents Helping Parents (PHP) at www.php.com
California Technology Assistance Project (CTAP) at www.ctap.k12.ca.us
ABIH American Board of Industrial Hygiene. Professional organization working to improve the practice and educational standards of the industrial hygiene profession through an accredited certification. For information go to www.abih.org. CSP
IHMM
TENSV (www.tensv.org) is a Silicon Valley 501(c)(3) public benefit organization that helps entrepreneurs launch emerging technology companies through operation of innovation clusters in Silicon Valley and development of global entrepreneurial partnerships. In performing our mission of supporting entrepreneurs, we are proud to be contributing to job creation, economic progress, and a better world.
The Institute for Humanities Research (IHR) at UCSC, founded in 1999, provides time, space, and support to foster the cutting-edge research work of UCSC's faculty and students. To help make that research available to the broader community of teachers, the IHR's new Teacher Scholar program offers content-based seminars on current humanities scholarship to teachers. The seminars, conducted by UCSC professors, provide teachers with an opportunity to encounter and reflect on contemporary research in ways designed to enhance their teaching. Seminar sessions are held on two days, two weeks apart. There is no charge to teachers; lunch is provided. Participants have the option of receiving one credit from UCSC Extension; the fee for credit is $55. Enrollment is limited to 20 per session. This program is conducted in partnership with the Woodrow Wilson Foundation, the Santa Cruz County Office of Education, Salinas Union High School District, and UCSC Extension. Enrollment Information
The Making of the Western Mind
The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) www.shrm.org is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. Representing more than 200,000 individual members, the Society's mission is to serve the needs of HR professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources available. As an influential voice, the Society's mission is also to advance the human resource profession to ensure that HR is recognized as an essential partner in developing and executing organizational strategy. Founded in 1948, SHRM currently has more than 550 affiliated chapters and members in more than 100 countries. Human Resource Degree Programs - http://www.hrdegrees.com/ Directory of schools with human resource degree and certification programs.
SVAMA Silicon Valley American Marketing Association (SVAMA) is the local chapter of the American Marketing Association, the world's largest nonprofit marketing association. Visit the Silicon Valley Chapter at www.svama.org. DMA Direct Marketing Association (DMA) Northern California Chapter was formed to educate, inform and provide networking opportunities for Direct Marketing professionals in the bay area.Visit the DMA at www.the-dma.org.
Financial Planning Association The Financial Planning Association (FPA) is the professional organization for financial planners. Career oriented students in the Personal Financial Planning certificate program are encouraged to consider joining the FPA as associate members. The FPA can be contacted at www.svplanners.org. The FPA is working in conjunction with UCSC Extension to offer opportunities in mentoring/internships to provide interested students with a potential avenue to obtain work experience. For further information, e-mail mentors@svplanners.org.
Project Management Institute PMI is the global association of project-management professionals that administers the popular PMP certification. Those individuals looking to make project management a career should consider joining PMI at www.pmi.org. The Silicon Valley Chapter of PMI, one of its most active chapters, serves the South Bay and can be reached on the Web at www.pmisv.org. ProjectConnections (www.projectconnections.com) provides a knowledge base of project management templates, checklists, guidelines, and articles to help members kick-start their project deliverables, solve typical project problems, train and support themselves or their project managers, and create project management and development methodologies for their teams. The site has over 200,000 members around the world who work on projects in one way or another, including project managers, team leads, team members, managers of project managers, heads of Project Management Offices, functional managers, and executives who are trying to advance project management in their organizations.
The Society for Technical Communication (STC) is the world's largest non-profit professional organization dedicated to promoting the arts and sciences of technical communication. Career-oriented students in any technical-communication certificate program can join the STC as student members at www.stc.org. The Silicon Valley Chapter of STC can be reached at www.stc-siliconvalley.org.
AeA (www.aeanet.org) (formerly the American Electronics Association) is a nationwide non-profit trade association that represents all segments of the technology industry and is dedicated solely to helping members’ top and bottom lines. They do this in partnership with small, medium, and large member companies by lobbying governments at the state, federal, and international levels; providing access to capital and business opportunities; and offering select business services and networking programs. TTM Institute of Informational Technology (TiiT) (http://www.tiit.in) TTM Institute of Information Technology (TIIT) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Time To Market Inc, U.S.A. Since 1999, TIIT has trained more than 600 VLSI professionals in India and now offers UCSC Extension’s VLSI Design Certificate program in India. The American Society for Quality (ASQ) is the world's leading membership organization devoted to quality issues. Silicon Valley Software Quality Assurance (SSQA-SV) is a software technical interest group of the ASQ that meets monthly to discuss topics of interest to software quality engineers, testers and developers. SSQA meetings are free and meeting announcements are posted at www.ssqa-sv.org.
American Society for Training and Development (ASTD) (www.astdsv.org) is the local chapter of the world's largest association dedicated to workplace learning and performance professionals. ASTD's 70,000 members and associates come from more than 100 countries and thousands of organizations--multinational corporations, medium-sized and small businesses, government, academia, consulting firms, and product and service suppliers. South Bay Organizational Development Network (SBODN) (www.sbodn.com) is an informal forum focused on making a difference in how organizations and the people in them survive and thrive. |
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