Tenn. Code Ann. § 5-1-308
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Advanced level - Requirements
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(a) For successful completion of the advanced level, twenty-eight (28) credit hours of course work must be completed by a participant. Such course work shall include a fourteen-hour roundtable discussion of the intergovernmental issues affecting counties in particular and the way the management knowledge gained through the county officials certificate training program (COCTP) can be applied, as well as the participation in a real-life case study exercise to identify a specific problem/opportunity in the office discussing with other roundtable participants the manner in which the participant would address the problem or opportunity with skills learned in the COCTP. (b) At the end of the advanced level, participants who have successfully completed all three (3) levels will be designated "Certified Public Administrators", in recognition of the significant time committed to their professional development, by the University of Tennessee institute for public service's center for government training. Acts 1989, ch. 303, § 8.
(a) For successful completion of the advanced level, twenty-eight (28) credit hours of course work must be completed by a participant. Such course work shall include a fourteen-hour roundtable discussion of the intergovernmental issues affecting counties in particular and the way the management knowledge gained through the county officials certificate training program (COCTP) can be applied, as well as the participation in a real-life case study exercise to identify a specific problem/opportunity in the office discussing with other roundtable participants the manner in which the participant would address the problem or opportunity with skills learned in the COCTP.
(b) At the end of the advanced level, participants who have successfully completed all three (3) levels will be designated "Certified Public Administrators", in recognition of the significant time committed to their professional development, by the University of Tennessee institute for public service's center for government training.
Acts 1989, ch. 303, § 8.
(a) For successful completion of the advanced level, twenty-eight (28) credit hours of course work must be completed by a participant. Such course work shall include a fourteen-hour roundtable discussion of the intergovernmental issues affecting counties in particular and the way the management knowledge gained through the county officials certificate training program (COCTP) can be applied, as well as the participation in a real-life case study exercise to identify a specific problem/opportunity in the office discussing with other roundtable participants the manner in which the participant would address the problem or opportunity with skills learned in the COCTP.
(b) At the end of the advanced level, participants who have successfully completed all three (3) levels will be designated "Certified Public Administrators", in recognition of the significant time committed to their professional development, by the University of Tennessee institute for public service's center for government training.
Acts 1989, ch. 303, § 8.
Status: in_force
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