Procedural Information to Repeat Assessment Tools

The Certification Assessment Tools are designed for successful completion. In the event of an unsuccessful completion, *candidates will have up to two opportunities within one year to successfully complete all required certification assessment materials at no additional cost. If the candidate is not successful, he/she will need to reapply for certification and begin the process again, including payment of application fees.

*Note: candidates are to repeat only those tools that they did not successfully complete; these could include the Work Effort Tool, the Global Monitored Assessment, and/or the Specialty Monitored Assessment Tools.

Example 1

1st attempt:	2009 Spring Specialty Meeting
2nd opportunity:	2009 Fall Open Assessment
3rd opportunity:	2010 Spring Specialty Meeting or Open Assessment

Example 2:

1st attempt:	2009 Fall Open Assessment
2nd opportunity:	2010 Spring Specialty Meeting or Spring Open Assessment
3rd opportunity:	2010 Fall Open Assessment

Registration Dates

March 1 - April 30:	for the assessment cycle between September 1 - December 31
September 1 - October 31	for the assessment cycle between January 1 - June 30

Assessment Tools

Monitored Assessment Tool (s)

Global and/or specialty monitored assessment tools are required to be completed in a timed, proctored setting approved by TAGME. Approved settings include the following, refer to tagme.org for assessment site information.

National Clinical Specialty Association Meeting

Regional sites as offered by TAGME (Spring or Fall Open Assessment Sites)

Work Effort Tool

A new Work Effort Tool will be sent to candidates by email; the completed Work Effort Tool must be returned to the specialty contact by email on or before the required deadline. Failure to submit the Work Effort Tool by the required deadline will result in:

the Work Effort Tool review being moved to the next Registration cycle;

the suspension of the registration for the monitored assessment (if applicable).

Procedural Information

Download the Registration Form from tagme.org . The process is:

Monitored Assessment

Submit completed Registration Form

Receive confirmation of registration for the monitored assessment via email

Print the confirmation and present it to the proctor at the assessment site

Bring your resource documents to the monitored assessment site

5-hour timeframe for repeat of both the Global and Specialty Monitored Assessment Tools

2.5 hour timeframe for repeat of one tool, either the Global Monitored Assessment Tool or the Specialty Monitored Assessment Tool

At the monitored assessment site, instructions will be given for collection of materials

Work Effort Tool

Submit completed Registration Form

Receive confirmation of registration for the Work Effort Tool

Receive the Work Effort Tool via email.
Submit your completed Work Effort Tool to your specialty contact via email on/before the required deadline. Failure to submit your Work Effort Tool by the deadline will result in:

the Work Effort Tool review being moved to the next Registration cycle
the suspension of your registration for the monitored assessment (if applicable).

You will be notified of your certification status by mail within 8-10 weeks of submitting your certification assessment materials.

DURATION OF CERTIFICATION

Certification is valid for five years including the year of certification. All TAGME time-limited certificates, regardless of their exact dates of issuance, are considered to expire five years later on December 31. To keep your certification current, you will need to recertify every five years. Refer to the TAGME website for information on Maintenance of Certification, at tagme.org

Email Registration Form to:

Ellen Greenberger, C-TAGME
Applications Coordinator for TAGME
Email: applications@tagme.org

Notification:

You will be notified by via email when your registration accepted.

SPECIAL ACCOMODATIONS

TAGME supports the intent of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). TAGME will provide reasonable accommodations during the monitored assessment to provide equal opportunity for persons with disabilities. Applicants are reminded, however, that TAGME will not offer a particular auxiliary aid if doing so would fundamentally alter the measurement of the skills or knowledge the monitored assessment is intended to measure or would result in an undue burden. Requests for special accommodations must include:

Documentation substantiating the disability must be submitted with the application materials.

A letter diagnosing the applicant's disability and identifying one or more major life activities that the disability substantially limits. The letter should particularly describe the ways in which the disability substantially limits the identified major life activities. The letter must be written by a licensed professional qualified to evaluate the disability, printed on the certified examiner's letterhead, with the examiner's credentials, address and telephone number given in the letterhead or title, and the examiner must sign it.

Specific recommended accommodations with a rationale for why each accommodation is needed should be included. A description of any functional limitations associated with the disability is important to TAGME's evaluation of the request.