Reciprocity Agreement Procedure

1. Requestor contacts the ACPE office at acpe@acpe.edu

2. The request is then sent to the IRC chair.

3. IRC creates a task group to connect with the Requestor, who will assign reps to join the task group

4. What the task group will be assessing for similarities and differences, which is informed by ACPE Accreditation’s Standards Review form:

• Common sense of purpose, mission, and values
• Educational philosophy
• Code of ethics & accountability of members
• Standards for accreditation (or equivalent) of programs
• Standards for certification (or equivalent) of educators
• Outcomes & Indicators for granting CPE credit

5. Task group brings recommendations to IRC (for ACPE) and to the Requestor’s designee (for the other country) for review

6. If all agree, then the task group develops the reciprocity agreement

7. The agreement is sent to the ACPE board and to the Requestor’s board