System and method for planning and tracking certification plans
A system and method for planning and tracking certification comprises generating one or more certification goals by a planner based on a user profile and an authority profile associated with a certification authority. The planner is responsive to user selection of one or more of the generated certification goals for creating a certification plan. A tracker that updates the certification plan in response to input regarding achievement of the one or more selected certification goals.
1 . A system accessible by a user for planning and tracking certification, comprising:
planner that generates one or more certification goals based on a user profile and an authority profile associated with a certification authority, wherein the planner is responsive to user selection of one or more of the generated certification goals for creating a certification plan; and
a tracker that updates the certification plan in response to input regarding achievement of the one or more selected certification goals.
2 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the certification plan relates to at least on of certification, re-certification, licensing, re-licensing in a field of endeavor.
3 . The system of claim 2 , wherein the field of endeavor comprises a field relating to ate least one of education, teaching, medical, engineering, legal, accounting, and sports.
4 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the certification authority comprises at least one of a federal government, state government, county government, local government, municipal government, public official, private official, governmental agency, non-governmental agency, public institution, and private institution.
5 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the planner is responsive to at least one of Needs Assessment and Certification Credit information for generating the certification.
6 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the planner is responsive to certification credit transfer from another certification authority for generating the certification goals
7 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tracker updates the certification plan based on at least one of a user input and non-user input.
8 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the planner prioritizes the generated certification goals based on one or more certification requirements of the certification authority.
9 . The system of claim 1 further including a certification resource generator that associates at least one of the certification goals with at least one certification resource.
10 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the certification resource comprise at least one of a course, program, session, seminar, audio lecture, video lecture, a book, a test, and a form.
11 . The system of claim 1 , wherein has a format comprising at least one of a course, session, seminar, degree program, test, form, book, audio, and video.
12 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the course comprises at least one of a live course and a self-paced course.
13 . The system of claim 1 further including an on-line system accessible by the user for at least one receiving, ordering, and registering for a certification resource.
14 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the planner transmits the certification plan to the certification authority for approval.
15 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tracker transmits an e-mail to the user in connection with a certification goal.
16 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the tracker alerts the user regarding a certification goal deadline.
17 . The system of claim 1 further including an on-line grant module accessible by the user to search for a grant.
18 . The system of claim 1 , wherein the on-line grant module allows the user to apply for a selected grant.