Practitioner/Educator/Researcher:
Practitioner is defined as an individual who has completed 40 hours of conflict resolution training or continuing education courses and has been practicing in the conflict resolution field for a minimum of three years.
Members who have not done 40 hours of formal course work but can demonstrate other forms of education such as conference workshops, mentoring, etc. can apply for equivalency status. Members with more than 200 hours of practice, but less than three years of experience, can also apply for this category of membership.
Educator is defined as an individual who has completed 40 hours of conflict resolution training or continuing education and has, over a minimum of a three-year period, either:
A) coordinated a campus mediation program (K-12 or higher education setting) and conducted/supervised at least 40 mediation sessions; or
B) taught conflict resolution education in a K-12 school setting for a minimum of 200 contact hours; or
C) taught four or more semester-long or six or more quarter-long conflict resolution courses in a college or university setting.
Researcher is defined as an individual who has completed 40 hours of conflict resolution training or continuing education courses, has a minimum of three years of research experience, has published a book or research-based conflict resolution article in a peer-reviewed journal, and holds an advanced degree in a field related to conflict resolution.
Download a Practitioner/Educator/Researcher Application.
Advanced Practitioner (AP)/Advanced Educator:
Criteria for this category is set by committees from each Section, so that criteria will be specific to the skills and knowledge required for that particular area of the field. ACR Sections are developing criteria for Advanced Practitioner and Advanced Educator. This information will be posted on the ACR Web site as it becomes available.
These criteria for all advanced levels of membership may naturally evolve over time as ACR combines the Standards of Practice and Ethics of AFM, CREnet and SPIDR and develops as an organization. However, any member admitted under these criteria may remain in this category, so long as she/he maintains membership in ACR.
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