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Physical therapists educated in India, the Philippines, Pakistan, or Egypt – please take note
20 August 2010
The Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy (FSBPT) recently announced that physical therapists and physical therapy assistants who received their physical therapy education in the above countries, and who want to be licensed to practice in the United States will have to wait to sit for a U.S. licensing examination until the new National Physical Therapy Examination-Yearly (NPTE-YRLY) is finalized in 2011.
ICD understands that this may delay your plans for physical therapy licensure in the United States, but we encourage you to continue with the physical therapy credentials evaluation process.
The NPTE-YRLY examination will only be offered once a year, so it is imperative to have all the proper paperwork in place with your licensing jurisdiction, including a credentials evaluation, to receive authorization to sit for the NPTE-YRLY.
One of the documents required by licensing jurisdictions is an ICD credentials evaluation, which will verify that all general and professional education deficiencies, if any, have been remedied.
ICD recommends not waiting until the last minute to complete your paperwork. Delaying the process could jeopardize your chance, and you may have to wait another year to receive authorization to sit for the NPTE-YRLY. An application for an evaluation of your physical therapy credentials can be found on the navigation menu on the left.
New book on the evaluating foreign educational credentials by ICD’s Kate Trayte Freeman
25 June 2010
Kate Freeman, of the International Consultants of Delaware, has written a new book, Evaluating Foreign Educational Credentials: An Introductory Guide, which has been released as an e-Publication by NAFSA. This book helps an evaluator make sense of foreign educational credentials and provides a starting point for evaluations. It covers topics that include
- an overview of the U.S. education system
- accreditation, documentation required for credential evaluation
- how to research foreign educational systems
- evaluation of secondary school credentials
- evaluation of undergraduate credentials
- evaluation of graduate credentials
- common credential types
- translating credentials with non-western alphabets
- translation glossary
- non-western numbers
To download the book, please go to http://nafsa.org/resourcelibrary/Default.aspx?id=20048. 
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New book on the Moroccan education system by ICD’s Kate Trayte Freeman
30 March 2010
The Pioneer Fund Committee is pleased to announce the first of two publications under its sponsorship. The document is Morocco: A Guide to Its Educational System and Advice for the Admission and Placement of Students Educated in Morocco by Kathleen Trayte Freeman. It is intended for professionals who need to understand the Moroccan system of education in order to work with individuals educated in Morocco who desire to continue their education in the United States. In addition to an explanation of the system from pre-school through university advanced degrees, the author offers advice about the level at which Moroccan-educated individuals might enter the U. S. educational system.
The author, Kathleen Freeman, has substantial experience in international education and, in particular, in analyzing educational credentials from many countries. Presently, she is a senior global assessment specialist at CGFNS International/International Consultants of Delaware, an agency that is an internationally-recognized authority on credentials evaluation and verification pertaining to the education, registration and licensure of nurses, health care professionals and others across the world.
The document is available at no cost in an electronic format (PDF) only. It may be accessed at http://www.ece.org/pioneerfund. Readers are cautioned that they may not incorporate any part of the document in any publication without expressed consent of the author and must cite the source, nor may they use any part of the document for remunerative gain or commercial purposes.
The Pioneer Fund was established in 2003 with donations from individuals and agencies in the field of international admissions in honor of colleagues in the field. In addition to Morocco, a second manuscript is forthcoming on the comparative structure of educational systems in Australia, Germany, the United Kingdom and the United States (publication date, spring 2010).
