APPLIED ACADEMICS RECOGNITION

The NATEF Board of Trustees and the ASE Board of Directors has initiated a process to recognize ASE certified programs that are integrating academics and technical skills into the curricula. This effort should be a collaborative effort between the collision repair and refinish instructors and the academic instructors in language arts, mathematics, and science.

ASE and NATEF will issue a certificate of excellence to those programs that provide documentation including, but not limited to, student assignments or activities, classroom/lab instructional materials, student performance records, and interviews with academic instructors.

Programs that wish to receive recognition must complete the Applied Academics Recognition form and return it with the application for certification or recertification. Documentation on applied academics activities must be available for the ETL at the time of the on-site evaluation.

Programs may receive recognition in Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, or any combination of the three areas.

To receive a copy of the Applied Academics and Workplace Skills for Collision Repair & Refinish Technicians manual, please contact the NATEF office at 703-713-0100.