The PCC Advisory Education Programming Sub-Committee is pleased to announce the revised Professional Certificate and Track Programs 2.0. PCCs can participate in one or both programs and as many tracks as they want to partake in.
Track Programs:
The Track Program has three different tracks: Leadership, Mailing and Shipping. When a PCC participant reaches the required number of educational events, the PCC will mail the participant a Certificate of Achievement to use as a training record or proof they have attended a PCC event.
Track Program – To Qualify
- Leadership, Mailing, or Shipping
- To receive the certificate, the PCC Member(s) must attend four (4) sessions that fall into the track selected by the PCC.
- Events can be hosted by the local PCC, another PCC, PCC Advisory Sub-Committee, and/or the Headquarters National Program Office.
- To receive the certificate, the PCC Member(s) must attend four (4) sessions that fall into the track selected by the PCC.
- After the member(s) attends the event, they need to inform their point of contact (POC) providing the date of event, PCC who hosted event, and topic name.
- POC will enter the information onto their Tracking Spreadsheet.
- When the member(s) has reached the required four (4) sessions, the POC will download the Certificate Template, print, and mail it to the member.
Professional Certificate Program:
The Certificate Program has no tracks, but instead is based on a tier level. With this program, after each event a member(s) attends, the PCC will mail their member(s) the certificate. The tier level is based on the number of events their member(s) attends. The tier levels are: Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, and Diamond.
Certificate Program – To Qualify
- To receive a certificate, the PCC member(s) must attend an event sponsored by the local PCC, another PCC, PCC Advisory Sub-Committee, and/or the Headquarters National Program Office.
- After the member(s) attends an event, they need to inform their POC providing the date of event, PCC who hosted event, name of topic.
- POC will enter the information onto their Tracking Spreadsheet.
- Member will receive Emerald Certificate after their first, second, and third PCC event
- Member will receive Ruby Certificate after their fourth PCC event
- Member will receive Sapphire Certificate after their fifth PCC event
- Member will receive Diamond Certificate after their sixth PCC event
- When the member(s) has reached the required number of events, the POC will download the Certificate Template, print, and mail it to the member.
- POC will enter the information onto their Tracking Spreadsheet.
How to Start Using the Programs:
- PCCs need to download the Tracking Spreadsheet (attached).
- Determine which Program (Certificate or Track) they want to participate in.
- If they select the Track Program, then they need to decide which track(s) they will follow: Leadership, Mailing, or Shipping.
- Select a POC who will oversee the program.
- POC will input their members contact information onto the “master tab” on the Tracking Spreadsheet.
- Inform your members of the program via email, website, a mailing, PCC Voice LinkedIn, etc.
- Explain to your members as they attend PCC events in 2021, hosted locally, by another PCC, PCC Advisory Sub-Committee, and/or the Headquarters National PCC Program Office, the member will need to inform the POC once an event is completed, as well as, any events they attended prior to the PCC starting the program.
- The POC will track the number of events their member(s) attended on the Tracking Spreadsheet.
- Once the member has reached the required number of attended events, the POC will mail them their certificate (attached). (This mailing will also count towards your PCC Premier Certificate – “mailing with a G-10” requirement.)
- To support the program, PCCs should host events that match the program they selected. For example: If the PCC selected the Leadership Track, then their event topics should be all about Leadership.
- PCCs can use the Speakers Bureau List on PCC BlueShare, in the Resources Folder, to find a list of topics. There is a column to support the tracks.
- All documents are attached and are also posted on PCC BlueShare, in the Resources Folder.
Should you have questions on the Programs, please send Cathy Scocco an email at: cathy.m.scocco@usps.gov.
We encourage you to take advantage of these programs and hope they add value to your PCC membership!
Postal Customer Council Advisory Committee (PCCAC), Education Programming Sub-Committee.