Responsibilities of
Being A Certified
Positive Discipline Associate
(CPDA)
Membership Dues
There is an annual (calendar year) membership fee, currently $200, to defray the cost of materials, PDA staff and administrative expense, research, and for updating activities and other information that needs to be sent to everyone. There is a reduction in this fee if you are a new Positive discipline Associate in Training (PDAIT) who joins the Association in the last quarter of the calendar year. Please write to our administrative office at posdis@satx.rr.com for specific details.
It is expected that CPDAs and PDAITs have an email address to receive information and updates. CPDAs and PDAITs who pay this fee will remain on our active list and will receive all email and manual updates.
Qualifications to Maintain Active CPDA Status Include:
1. Remain current with annual dues. Be actively included on our e-mail list serve.
2. Attend at least one (1) Think Tank every other year. (Annual attendance is recommended.)
3. Actively share Positive Discipline, particularly by scheduling/presenting two-day Positive Discipline workshops. If you are unable to schedule two-day workshops, there are other ways to actively "share" Positive Discipline:
- Keynote speeches at conferences.
- Workshops at conferences (national, state or local)
- Running a book/information table at conferences or other gatherings.
- Two to four hour presentations for schools, churches, social service agencies, etc.
- Training for childcare providers, etc.
- Teaching parenting classes or providing teacher trainings of any length or format.
- Being willing to write manuals, create experiential activities, translate materials/activities, or otherwise contribute to the available PD resource materials.
- Participate with other approaches to publicizing PD, such as answering questions for the website, writing magazine articles or books, or doing radio or television work.
You will be asked to provide a brief summary of your activities with PD when you renew your membership each year. This will help us document the many ways we are reaching others with Positive Discipline.
4. Contribute to the PDAIT mentoring process to the best of your ability and availability. This can be done through personal contact, participating in mentoring groups, or responding to questions on the e-mail list serve.
5. Send copies of your evaluations for Positive Discipline Workshops (Teaching Parenting or Positive Discipline in the Classroom) to Positive Discipline Association, c/o Marianne Pinner, 9417 Remuda Path, San Antonio, TX 78254 after each workshop. If you are not presenting full workshops, send in at least one set of evaluations for a presentation or class that you have done each year. It is requested that you use the standard evaluation form unless the evaluation was completed by another party (at a conference, for example). Positive Discipline Association maintains a file of evaluations on each CPDA.