12/6/07: Click Here for the Winter/Spring 2008 Education Program Course Offerings (pdf)

Mission Statement:

Provide educational opportunities in the Quality field for all ASQ Members and the Akron-Canton community, to aid in the attainment of an individual’s professional or personal objectives.

Education Committee:

The Education Program is maintained by a committee of Section Member volunteers and is presided by an Education Committee Chair who represents the Program at the Section Leadership Committee meetings.    The Education Committee is responsible for long- and short-term planning and for maintaining a curriculum of courses that is reviewed periodically for completeness and relevancy.

Dick Mautz is the Education Committee Chair.  The Committee members are:   

Bob Brigeman, Joe Decker, Bart Hamilton, Scott Hendricks, Jim Houser, Peter Ishimaru, Nick Koumoutzis, Mary Schultz, Dilip Shah and Mike Vachon.  

Education Sessions:

Up to three sessions of classes are offered by the Education Committee each Program Year.  A Fall Session is targeted to begin in late August/early September;  a Winter Session may begin in early January;  and a Spring Session is planned to begin in mid-March.  Courses, typically, are either 10 hours or 20 hours in length, and run over a 5 week to 10 week period, respectively. 

Professional Citation Program:

The Education Committee provides the opportunity to become recognized by one’s peers at the local level through Professional Citation.   Requirements include the completion of various courses offered.   Citations may be attained in three disciplines:  Quality Technology, Quality Engineering, and Quality Management.

Certification Program:

In conjunction with National's offering of certification recognition in at least eight unique "bodies of knowledge", the Education Committee endeavors to provide its Members with appropriate courses that help to obtain certification. In addition to general quality-related courses, Committee offers "refresher" classes geared toward a specific certification "body of knowledge". See the education program curriculum, found in the yearly Program Calendar, for more specifics.

Please mail recertification packages to:
 
Sandie Rinaldi
AEP-08
1835 Dueber Ave. SW
Canton, Ohio 44706
 
or
 
Sandie Rinaldi
6840 Stonecreek Ave NE
Canton, Ohio 44721

In Case of Bad Weather...

Portage Lakes Career Center's number is 330.896.8200

With the Winter Session underway, along with it comes the possibility of class cancellations due to winter weather conditions. For our classes held at the Portage Lakes Career Center (PLCC), to determine if Portage Lakes Career Center is closed due to inclement weather:

Listen to radio station WAKR (AM 1590)

OR

Dial 330.896.8200 to contact Portage Lakes Career Center (You will be dialing into a recording advising of the class status.) If Portage Lakes Career Center is closed for evening classes, the ASQ Classes will not be held.

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You may pay Akron-Canton ASQ Course fees online at PayPal