Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon

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Requirements for Renewing Your SAPP Instructor Certification

To maintain certification to teach the Software Architecture Principals and Practices Course, you must

  1. instruct at least three courses within your three-year certification cycle and receive satisfactory course evaluations for each course offering taught
  2. provide the SEI with all attendee lists and course evaluations within the guidelines of the license agreement
  3. provide the SEI with a log of professional development activities including, at a minimum, of two of the following during the three-year certification cycle:
    • attending or giving presentations at conferences on measurement-related topics
    • attending or teaching courses on measurement-related topics
    • continuing education by attending courses that contribute to in-depth knowledge in software engineering and/or measurement
    • successfully complete SEI-required course upgrades, exams, and instructor workshops.
  1. Accept and use upgraded materials when available

    SEI Partner Instructors who allow their certification to lapse will have to do one or more of the following to reinstate their certification
    • attend training designated by the SEI
    • be re-evaluated by the SEI SAPP Instructor Certification Board