MARFY Training Academy
Policies and Procedures
(approved by MARFY's Board of Directors
on January 14, 2010)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
UNITS (CEUs):
- MARFY Training Academy
workshops have been approved for CEUs by the State of Maryland Board of
Social Work Examiners and the Board of Professional Therapists and Counselors.
This program meets the basic criteria of the Maryland State Board for the
Certification of Residential Child Care Program Administrators Program Administrator
CEUs. You will be issued a CEU certificate upon completion of each course.
A record of CEUs earned will be retained by MARFY.
- Individual training
workshops are approved for amounts of CEUs as noted. One CEU is issued for
each hour of training received.
- Certificate of Attendance:
If no CEUs are required by the participant, a Certificate of Attendance
will be issued.
Participants must arrive on time and stay until the end of the workshop
in order to receive full CEU Certificates. If you arrive late, your CEUs
will be adjusted accordingly.
CANCELLATIONS,
SUBSTITUTIONS, AND REFUND POLICIES
- Individuals who miss
a workshop without prior notification are required to pay for the training
workshop in full.
- Cancellation requests
must be made in writing at least 5 business days prior to the date of the
workshop
(please fax to 410-312-3163 or email to vholt@marfy.org.) .
- No refunds will be
issued for registrant cancellations - a credit voucher will be issued that
may be applied towards a future workshop.
- If you would like to
use a previously-issued credit voucher as payment or partial payment for
a workshop, please attach a copy of the voucher to your registration form.
- If the Training workshop
is cancelled by MARFY, all fees received (or charged) will be refunded.
- Participant substitutions
from the same agency may be made at any time. To make substitutions, please
call us as soon as possible at (410) 312-3161, ext. 4.
GENERAL TRAINING
POLICIES & PROCEDURES
- If schools are closed
for inclement weather in the county in which the workshop is being held,
the program will be cancelled or postponed. If schools in that county start
late, the program will take place as
scheduled.
- No telephone registrations
will be accepted. Registrations must be received in writing via online
registration form, or by submitting the enclosed registration form via postal
mail or fax.
- You must indicate the
method of payment and list a valid email address for registrations to be
considered complete.
- NonMembers are required
to pay in advance with a credit card or by submitting a check with their
registration forms. No registration forms will be accepted from NonMembers
if payment is not included.
- A confirmation notice
will be sent to each participant one week prior to the training workshop
via e-mail. If you do not have access to an e-mail account, please list
a fax number for your confirmation. You will be contacted if there is a
cancellation or a change in the workshop.
- It is the registrant’s
responsibility to confirm registration for a workshop. Uncertainty of registration
is not a valid reason to not show up for a workshop. “No-Show”
registrants will be charged the full registration fee.
- Lunch and refreshments
are served for Full Day Workshops only.
- Please arrive at least
15 minutes prior to the start time of a workshop.
- Foster Parents will
receive a 20% discount off of the applicable registration fee. Foster Parents
must provide current foster parent certification to receive this discount.
- If you have any questions,
please contact Virginia Holt at (410) 312-3161 ext. 4 or by email at vholt@marfy.org
