MAT
Management, Administration, and Technology Employee Group
Professional Growth
Certifications
Guidelines
- All activities included in the certification preparation must be "certifiable."
- Activities must be evaluated.
- Learning must be verified in a written format (certificate, grade, license, etc.) by an authority (instructor, licensing board, etc.) to have successfully met the standard of performance.
- Activities must benefit and improve the overall quality of management and administration of
MCCD, the employee's job performance, or employee's professional goals as it relates to
Maricopa Community Colleges.
- Eligible employees have completed their probationary period. For a definition of the
"probationary period," please refer to section 23 (Probation, Dismissal, and Staff Reductions) in
the MAT Policy Manual.
- A minimum of 400 accumulated points is needed for consideration of salary compensation.
Each certificate program is researched, evaluated, and weighted by the MAT Certification
Committee to determine its point value. The primary scoring bases consider the range of
knowledge of the certificate, formal education, training and/or classes recommended for the
certificate, required professional experience, and continuing professional education.
- Although some certificates include common criteria, a course or exam will be counted one time
only for compensation consideration for any Maricopa employee. The MAT employee, upon
earning the 400 points, will submit a request to the MAT Certification Committee for
consideration of salary compensation. The application must be accompanied by copies of the
certificate(s) and supporting documentation for each assessed component.
- It is the responsibility of the MAT employee to retain documentation of successful learning
activities (exam numbers, grades, courses, etc.) leading toward the certificate(s) and submit it
at the time of the official request (Keep your own records until the minimum number of points
has been achieved).
- All certificates must be awarded on or after July 1, 2001 and while the individual is serving in a
MAT position. Certificates must be approved and awarded points by the MAT Certification
Committee before the employee tests for the certificate. There is no grandfathering of
certifications earned before the approval and point assignment by the MAT Certification
Committee. There are no exceptions. Clusters of certificates included in a request for
compensation must have all been completed within a seven (7) year timeframe.
- Renewal of certifications, Continuing Professional Education (CPE), and Continuing Education
Units (CEU) do not qualify for salary compensation.
- If a certificate is not on the Lists of Certificates, a MAT employee may submit a Certificate
Proposal Request to the MAT Certification Committee for possible inclusion in the program.
Approved Certifications
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