Standards for Excellence Licensed Consultant Program
The Standards for Excellence PA Licensed Consultant Program is a professional development initiative that gives consultants the knowledge, skills, and tools of PANO’s Standards for Excellence program. Generally speaking, interested consultants will first submit an application (below), participate in a phone interview with PANO’s Standards for Excellence Director, and attend a 90-minute training before a license agreement is issued. The training provides facilitation and training skills development and empowers consultants working with organizations seeking to implement the Standards.
Expectations
All PA Standards-Licensed Consultants are asked to:
- Maintain an active PANO Membership (as an individual, nonprofit organization, or Corporate Partner)
- Complete the Standards for Excellence Implementation Workshop Series (12.5 hours)
- Attend an initial training focusing on the management of the Consultant Program (1.5 hours plus time to review materials in advance)
- Each year after license agreement is signed, attend an online annual update session (60 minutes)
Fees
- Standards training fee ranges from $100-$350, depending on the program attended
- 90-minute training session for Consultants-only is $150 (group rates are available)
- Consultants pay an annual fee of $100 (reduced fee in cases where there is more than one Consultant from the same firm)
Benefits
- A strong background, knowledge, and understanding of the Standards for Excellence: An Ethics and Accountability Code for the Nonprofit Sector, including:
- The importance of self-regulation for the sector
- An overview of the Standards program and the specific content contained within the guidelines
- Facilitation and training skills development to support program utilization in your practice
- Take-home tools to help assess organizations
- Access to training tools, sample documents, and knowledge base, including:
- Educational tools for all Standards trainings including PowerPoint slides, curricula notes, and resources handouts
- All Standards for Excellence Educational Resource Packets (roughly 30)
- 10 Copies of the Standards for Excellence Codebook (additional hard copies can be requested and/or downloaded from PANO’s website here)
- A 20% discount on your PANO membership
- A 20% discount code for PANO membership to share with your clients
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