CESP
CESP Certified: Congratulations!
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) highlights and supports those who have earned and maintained the credential!
The following lists CESPs who successfully earned or recertified their credential in the last month. View the full CESP Directory online.
CESP Credential Updates: Volunteer and Participate
Interested in learning more about the CESP credential? Join as a volunteer for a Committee in 2022!
Are you a state funder? Join us for 10/26 our last state focused roundtable during October 2021!
CESP Certified: Congratulations!
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) highlights and supports those who have earned and maintained the credential!
The following lists CESPs who successfully earned or recertified their credential in August-September 2021. View the full CESP Directory online.
Angela (Ohio) – NDEAM2021
Meet Angela Pinson, with Buckeye Community Services in Ohio! She’s a Certified Employment Support Professional™ and works directly with people with disabilities. Listen to a podcast with Angela and National APSE’s Kari Tietjen.
CESP Certified: Congratulations!
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) highlights and supports those who have earned and maintained the credential!
The following lists CESPs who successfully earned or recertified their credential in August-September 2021. View the full CESP Directory online.
APSE Conversations: Brittany Edwards-Sharpe with New Mexico
Brittany Edwards-Sharpe is on the podcast to talk about what training and support have looked like for employment support professionals in the state of New Mexico! Over the last few years, New Mexico has committed to providing training to professionals and Brittany has supported professionals in New Mexico to be trained through the College of Employment Services and go through training and certification to earn their CESP. Listen in to hear more from this conversation, focused on employment and the professionals working in this field.
APSE Conversations: David King and Kate Travis Talking Employment
Meet David King in Ohio and Kate Travis in Connecticut. Both are Certified Employment Support Professionals™ (CESPs), and lead teams focused on employment supports. In this conversation, David and Kate are joined by National APSE’s Kari Tietjen to talk about leading employment teams, what makes quality employment support professionals, and how they use CESP to supplement their staff development.
APSE Conversations: CESP With Nikki Chartier, CO
Meet Nikki Chartier of Pueblo Diversified Industries (PDI) in Pueblo, CO in this podcast episode with Kari Tietjen (National APSE’s Certification Director). Nikki leads an employment team supporting individuals with disabilities to find and keep jobs in the community. In this episode, Nikki and Kari talk about the importance of job fit and the considerations of finding a job. Plus, having employment staff that are knowledgeable and trained are essential to the success of Employment First. Hear about Nikki’s team (all CESP certified!) and how they are trained.
State-Level Organizations: Join Certification Round Tables!
Virtual round tables to be held in October 2021 focused on state competency initiatives. Join in October for up to 4 sessions with other state agencies about how to use certification to promote professionalism and elevate workforce development.
Led by the Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) Development Committee, we hope that by having these collaborative conversations we can continue to move Employment First forward!
Tuesday, October 5th: 12-1:30 EST
Thursday, October 7th: 12-1:30 EST
Tuesday, October 12th: 12-1:30 EST
Tuesday, October 26th: 12-1:30 EST
APSE Conversations: CESP With Emily Harris, OR
Today’s podcast features National APSE’s Kari Tietjen (Certification Director) and Emily Harris, CESP of Oregon. Emily works with WISE to provide training and consultation to help employment for people with disabilities. Learn more at www.gowise.org Emily also shares upcoming events with Oregon APSE, so listen for that! Emily has worked with the Council during the transition from paper-based exams and shares her fond memories of proctoring the CESP. Emily also works to Co-Chair the Recertification Committee and provides updates of what the Committee has done to support mentoring as well as trainers with a Pre-Approval process!
CESP Certified: Congratulations!
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) highlights and supports those who have earned and maintained the credential!
The following lists CESPs who successfully earned or recertified their credential in July-August 2021. View the full CESP Directory online.
APSE Conversations: CESP With Renee Cencer, MI
Today’s podcast features National APSE’s Kari Tietjen (Certification Director) and Renee Cencer, CESP of Michigan. Renee shares how she learned about the Certified Employment Support Professional™ credential, and the role it has played in her own professional development. Renee has been a volunteer with CESP and serves as one of the folks available to answer questions about the credential. Join the Q&A Wednesday, learn more about the CESP, ask questions, and feel confident that you know how to earn and keep your credential.
CESP Certification: Summer Updates
Virtual round tables to be held in October 2021 focused on state competency initiatives. Join in October for up to 4 sessions with other state agencies about how to use certification to promote professionalism and elevate workforce development.
CESP Certified: Congratulations!
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) highlights and supports those who have earned and maintained the credential!
The following lists CESPs who successfully recertified their credential from April – June 2021, plus new CESPs in May – June 2021. View the full CESP Directory online.
Updates in 2021: Expanding the Certification
The Certified Employment Support Professional™ (CESP) examination will be offered with testing partner Kryterion. More changes are coming, read what’s ahead for 2021!