Professional Program Administrator Resources

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAM ADMINISTRATOR RESOURCES

Professional Program Document Repository

2020 Standards:

Standards and Procedures for Accreditation

Tables for the 2020 Standards:

2012 Standards:

2012 Professional Standards

5th Edition Competencies

Standard 13 (2012 Standards)/Standard 7 (2020 Standards)

Analytic Progress Report and Action Plan

A program’s three-year aggregate first-time pass rate on the BOC examination is calculated by taking the ‘total number of students who passed the examination on the first attempt’ divided by the ‘total number of students graduating from the program who took the examination’ for the most recent three test cycle years. If a program has a year(s) with no students graduating from the program and/or no students who attempted the exam, the year(s) will still be used for the purposes of calculating the program’s three-year aggregate first-time pass rate.

Voluntary Withdrawal of Accreditation

Programs that wish to voluntarily withdraw their accreditation are required to follow the process outlined in the Policy and Procedures manual. The section on voluntary withdrawal has been copied below:

Annual Report

All accredited Professional, Post-Professional Degree, and Residency Programs must submit their annual report by October 1 each year through e-Accreditation including programs who are completing self-studies or have site visits this year. Annual reports open annually on, however programs should update the student, faculty, preceptor, and clinical site profiles at any time there are changes. Additionally, all student cohorts must be updated prior to the annual report submission. All questions can be directed to the CAATE office at support@caate.net.

Deadline for Analytic PR and Action Plan from Annual Report Analytic Progress Reports and Action Plans are required for all professional programs who do not have a minimum three-year aggregate first-time BOC examination pass rate of 70% or higher. The submission deadline Analytic Progress Reports and Action Plans is June 1. These documents are submitted via the Annual Report tab in eAccreditation.

Annual Report Instructions

The annual report has been modified this year to include questions involving Standards 30, 57, DEI 1 and DEI 2. Annual Reports that are submitted late (10 days past due) will be charged a late submission fee of $500. If you have any questions about completing or submitting the annual report contact the CAATE office at support@caate.net or 512-733-9700.

ATCAS

Information for Professional Programs

Moving Your Admissions Process Online During COVID-19

A recent article in University Business highlights the benefits of moving towards cloud-based application services. These benefits include the ability to seamlessly transition to a remote work environment and as well as increase program visibility to prospective students.

ATCAS continues to add accredited programs to its’ Centralized Application Service. A total of 126 programs are now participating with close to 2,000 applicants in the last cycle. ATCAS is a free service to athletic training programs that offers programs and admissions offices unparalleled reporting capabilities and real-time metrics that help facilitate better admissions decisions and dramatically improve the effectiveness of their application and enrollment process. Schools can analyze their applicant pool, better understand their applicant pipeline, forecast and benchmark from cycle to cycle or compare an individual program to specified or national cohorts. Integrated administrative services reduce the costly burdens of administrative work and create a paperless process that offloads redundant tasks like opening mail, verifying prerequisites, calculating GPAs, and authenticating transcripts. These unique services allow admissions staff of athletic training programs to focus on strategic enrollment initiatives and higher-level interactions with applicants.

ATCAS can assist with quickly shifting your admissions process online during this time of transition for universities. For more information on how your program can participate in this service please contact Ann Donnelly, ATCAS Account Manager at adonnelly@liaisonedu.com or (617) 612-2064.

HOW DOES THE ATCAS SERVICE HELP ATHLETIC TRAINING PROGRAMS?

ATCAS offers athletic training programs and admissions offices unparalleled reporting capabilities and real-time metrics that help facilitate better admissions decisions and dramatically improve the effectiveness of their application and enrollment process. Schools can analyze their applicant pool, better understand their applicant pipeline, forecast and benchmark from cycle to cycle or compare an individual program to specified or national cohorts. Integrated administrative services reduce the costly burdens of administrative work and create a paperless process that offloads redundant tasks like opening mail, verifying prerequisites, calculating GPAs, and authenticating transcripts. These unique services allow admissions staff of athletic training programs to focus on strategic enrollment initiatives and higher-level interactions with applicants.

What is a CAS?

View this brief video to learn how a CAS can help you optimize your application and enrollment processes

Benefits for athletic training programs utilizing ATCAS:

FREE participation
Exposure to a wider applicant pool
Benchmarking vs. national or identified cohorts
Maintain individual workflow and admission standards

ATCAS Applicant Summary Data (as of March 2020)

ATCAS Analytics Overview for AT Programs

ADMINISTRATORS PAGE

The ATCAS administrator page provides information on how to sign up for ATCAS, and it also has additional materials for Program Administrators who are interested in learning more about the benefits of ATCAS to their program. This page also contains the link for participating programs to logon to their webadmit portal. For more information on how your program can participate in this service, please contact Ann Donnelly, adonnelly@liaisonedu.com or (617) 612-2064.

Accredited Program Seal

Right click the seal below to download the seal to recognize your program as a CAATE accredited program.

CAATESeal