ACCREDITATION NEWS
By Shawn Tierney, AEE Accreditation Manager
accreditation@aee.org

We would like to congratulate the following programs for receiving initial and continuing accreditation during the Accreditation Council meeting held in Vancouver, Washington, in November 2008.

We commend these programs for their commitment to quality standards and practices of experiential education.

Initial Accreditation:
Women's Wilderness Institute, Boulder, CO

Full Accreditation:
Eagle Rock School, Estes Park, CO

Santa Fe Mountain Center, NM

ABOUT AEE ACCREDITATION: Accreditation is a voluntary program of self-regulation that incorporates processes of internal and external review. The program is unique in the world of experiential education, and is offered as a benefit to AEE organizational members involved in adventure education. The benefits of accreditation are many, including improving the quality and performance of adventure education programs; providing a mechanism for staff training and development; learning about best practices and models of excellence; and gaining wider exposure to a group of professional peers committed to advancing the field.       Accredited organizations with stories or updates are encouraged to submit their ideas to publications@aee.org. Subjects can include, but are not limited to, staff changes, office moves, program additions and other organizational changes.