IDCEC Core Member Status

Those interior design organizations that endorse the career path for the interior design profession are eligible for core member status. Stated support for the career path that includes interior design professional education, professional experience, and NCIDQ examination combined with continuing education for professional development, is the cornerstone for core member status in IDCEC.

Advantages

Responsibilities as an Core Member

Core Member list

Advantages

Reciprocity among member organizations insures that interior designers who take IDCEC approved courses can get continuing education credits applied and accepted by participating organizations and state licensing boards in those states where IDCEC courses are universally accepted such as New Mexico, Missouri, and Florida.

Member organizations participate in setting standards for quality. Therefore they serve their constituents by working to insure that a variety of high quality continuing education offerings are available for their professional development.

Responsibilities as an Associate Member

As a Council, IDCEC does not collect membership fees. Member organization’s representatives are expected to regularly attend the bi-annual IDCEC meetings at their own expense.

Core member organizations are responsible for having a system in place for reviewing courses submitted for approval. IDCEC requires that that people who have expertise within the Interior Design field review each course.
Core group members are responsible for making council decisions regarding Continuing Education matters.
Core Members may approve CEU courses that are offered only one time (such as those associated with conferences) in house. Courses seeking IDCEC credit that are offered repeatedly must be submitted for review by the fellow IDCEC organizations using the approval process described in this manual.
Core member organizations are responsible for continued monitoring of courses they have sponsored for approval. This monitoring involves 1) collecting and reviewing participant evaluations of courses reviewing and discussing as necessary with instructors. IF necessary, core member organization can drop a course that receives unfavorable reviews; 2) Reviewing approved courses every three years after initial approval.
Core member organizations are responsible for assisting IDCEC in addressing problems with courses that have been approved through their organization.
Core Member organizations are responsible for ongoing public relations and outreach efforts educating various constituents about IDCEC, its mission, operation and value to the Interior Design Community.