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November 15, 2011
President's Message Aloha Members and Friends, The holidays are upon us. Please take time to reflect on all the good ways you can affect your life. **Mentor someone; it’s free, yet can be life changing for both. **Embrace someone new into your life. **Learn something new; attend a CEU. **Demonstrate and celebrate the power to positively change people’s lives through good design. Clients are enormously benefited by design work. **Grow the business with ASID this month. Ideas: Designer Referral Service at ASID National’s site. Post a detailed Profile on ASID **Hawaii’s site. Add visual recognition through appellations and marks to all marketing efforts. Enter the design awards; become an “Award Winning Designer.” **Enjoy the moment and your relationships. Live in the present, the past is gone and the future is uncertain. Wishing you all balance in life, work and play, clients and friends, attract great clients and give back to the community. Have an abundant life. Laugh often. Make memories. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. Get ready for the ASID Christmas Party December 9th, details to come shortly. Yours in design, Valorie Spence Announcements: Call for Projects Involving Cross-Specialty Solutions ASID and the ASID Foundation are conducting research into cross-specialty design projects to identify and document innovative methods, approaches and solutions being used to address the multiple needs. MORE
New Member Welcome: Dee Dee Ackerman, ASID Allied Member NCIDQ NEWS: NCIDQ Adjusts Exam Process to Allow Early Testing for Recent Graduates WASHINGTON, DC—The National Council for Interior Design Qualification, Inc. (NCIDQ) has just announced a change to its examination process that would allow a person who meets the education requirement to begin taking the NCIDQ Exam before completing all the work experience. Beginning in November 2012, NCIDQ will accept applications for Section 1 of the exam from applicants who have completed the required minimum education but not the required work experience. The change will become effective with the spring 2013 exam administration. This change paves the way for interior design graduates to take Section 1 at any time while they are working toward meeting their experience requirement for taking the remaining two sections of the exam. Anyone in the exam process at the time of this change will not lose any credit for previously passed sections as a result of this modification, and no additional testing will be required. “After a year of study, the Board of Directors implemented this change as a way of engaging recent graduates,” explains Executive Director Jeffrey F. Kenney. “We know that many graduates are eager to earn their NCIDQ Certificate, and passing Section 1 of the NCIDQ Examination will be an important first step. Once they successfully complete that section, they can continue documenting their experience until they meet our experience requirement for taking Sections 2 and 3 and earning their Certificate.” All the application requirements and processes remain the same. Beginning in the fall of 2012, a person wishing to be approved to take only Section 1 will be required to apply to NCIDQ, furnishing transcripts and supporting documentation and paying the application review fees, just as applicants do now. NCIDQ will review the application and make the applicant eligible for only Section 1. Once the applicant has completed the required amount of experience, he or she will apply for the remaining two sections, submitting the required supporting documentation for review and approval. NCIDQ will require that the applicant have passed Section 1 not more than five years earlier, similar to the requirement in place now. A person who has already completed both the education and experience requirements will follow the same process that is in place now. Passing Section 1 is not a prerequisite to taking Sections 2 and 3, although a person must pass all three exams to earn the NCIDQ Certificate, just as is required now. “Very little is really changing with respect to this modification,” says Kenney. “We have not changed our requirements or altered our application process. There are still three sections of the exam, and a person must meet all the same entry requirements, supply the same documentation and pass all three sections in order to hold the NCIDQ credential. The difference is that some people may choose to do them in a different order. Recent graduates will apply and take Section 1, gain experience, apply and take Sections 2 and 3 and earn a Certificate. Practicing professionals will gain experience, apply and take all three sections and earn a Certificate. NCIDQ will be updating its printed and online materials in the next several months to reflect this change. The earliest someone could apply for only Section 1 would be the fall of 2012 for the exams beginning in 2013. NCIDQ Announces 2018 Sunset Date for Exam Eligibility Route for Graduates in Programs With Fewer Than 60 Semester Hours WASHINGTON, DC—The National Council for Interior Design Qualification, Inc. (NCIDQ) has officially announced that after December 31, 2018, it will no longer accept applicants for the NCIDQ Examination whose formal interior design education consists of a degree with fewer than 60 semester or 90 quarter-credit hours of interior-design-related coursework. This route for those with a two-year associate’s degree having 40-59 semester credits or 60-89 quarter credits in interior design coursework (colloquially known as “Route 5”) will no longer meet the organization’s education requirement. In July 2004, the NCIDQ Board of Directors announced that this phase-out was part of the long-term eligibility plan for the exam qualifications but did not set a firm date, pending research and discussions with the educational community. The seven-year sunset plan was developed to provide a year of notification time, plus additional time for a person to enroll in a two-year program, complete it and work for four years to meet the education requirement by the end of 2018. “Interior design education is trending away from the two-year, 40-hour program as interior design practice becomes more complex,” says NCIDQ President Patty Blaser, a professor at Brookdale Community College. “As an educator, I know how challenging it can be to prepare students to enter a dynamic profession that is growing in both complexity and demand. Interior design continues to evolve as consumers require more from their design professionals. All of us in the educational and professional community need to be ready to help these future designers meet those challenges--whether it’s through education, mentorship or supervising their entry-level practice.” Blaser continued, “NCIDQ will continue to keep pace with education and practice in order to ensure that the NCIDQ Examination and resulting credential remain the gold standard for interior design professionals. We will look to partner with educators and professional organizations to help us advise those investigating interior design careers about the minimum acceptable education we will accept.” Articles: Interior Design 2011 Best of year finalists Design Wire Daily Find out what products and projects made the cut this year to be a Best of Year Finalist. MORE Eight take top honors at 2011 Gold Key Awards Interior Design New legislation factors efficiency into home values Interior design industry stalls in August Trends in aging in place and universal design Upcoming Webinars: Go Green Recorded on demand .4 CEU Webinar ASID Hawaii Website Tips: Forget how to log in to our website? Go to www.asidhawaii.net and click on Log In near the top of the page. If you have a common first name and your name alone doesn't work, trying adding a 1 (example: Jane1). Update your online profile by adding a picture, retail location, bio or other information. Click on Members Only and then click If you are updating your contact info, don't forget to also go to the national website and update your info as well. Industry Partner News: Are you an Industry Partner member? Click here to access the ASID Industry Partners Newsroom where you will find Student Lounge: ASID has a special section tailor-made for students and aspiring professionals, the Student Lounge. You will find updates Maximize Your ASID Benefits: eLearning: Looking for easy, on demand access to high quality online education and training courses? Look no further. ASID Business & Practice Center: Visit this online resource featuring information on a variety of subjects such as: ASID Knowledge Center: Visit this valuable online resource featuring information to help your business grow and prosper ASID Connex: ASID National has unveiled their newly redesigned Connex Online Community. MORE
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