[accordion title="What%20is%20the%20Cooperative%20Career%20Essentials%20Program?"]The Cooperative Career Essentials Program is a flexible, competency-based education program derived from the Core Competencies in our Electric Cooperative Employee Competency Model. The learning portfolio consists of courses that address the knowledge, skills (hard and soft) and abilities electric cooperative employees need for successful job performance in these competency areas: business acumen, personal effectiveness, interaction with others and problem solving. The list of current courses can be found here. This is a new program—we will continue to add to the portfolio.

For every five (5) credits you complete, you will earn an electronic certificate of accomplishment acknowledging the total number of credits you have completed. Cooperative Career Essentials Program course credit cannot be applied to the Supervisor and Manager Development Program. And vice versa.[/accordion]

[accordion title="Who%20should%20take%20Cooperative%20Career%20Essentials%20Program%20courses?"]Cooperative Career Essentials Program courses are designed for EVERY cooperative employee, regardless of job role or tenure, who wants to enhance their knowledge and skills.[/accordion] 

[accordion title="How%20can%20I%20take%20the%20courses?%20Will%20the%20courses%20be%20online?"]These courses are available at Cooperative University, through your statewide or co-op, and as pre-conference workshops at various NRECA conferences. Some of these courses will be available online in the future. Stay tuned![/accordion] 

[accordion title="How%20do%20I%20decide%20what%20courses%20to%20take%20in%20the%20Cooperative%20Career%20Essentials%20Program?%20"]One of the benefits of this program is its flexibility—you get to choose what courses you take. To customize the program for your needs, determine what your knowledge and skill gaps are and sign up for the courses that will help you close those gaps. Not sure how to determine your gaps? Take a look at the Core Competencies and identify those that are meaningful to you and reflect a learning opportunity. You may want to work with your immediate supervisor and/or Human Resources staff to discuss your professional goals and core competency focus areas and identify courses that support those goals.[/accordion] 

[accordion title="How%20will%20I%20show%20that%20I%E2%80%99ve%20taken%20Cooperative%20Career%20Essentials%20Program%20courses?%20"]Once we’ve received confirmation of course attendance, we will update your NRECA attendance record. You can access that in the Member Center section of www.cooperative.com.

For every five (5) credits you complete, you will earn an electronic certificate of accomplishment acknowledging the total number of credits you have completed. Cooperative Career Essentials Program course credit cannot be applied to the Supervisor and Manager Development Program. And vice versa.[/accordion]

[accordion title="When%20will%20I%20receive%20the%20electronic%20certificate%20for%20each%20group%20of%20five%20(5)%20credits?"]The electronic certificate will be emailed approximately four (4) weeks after the courses have been posted to your NRECA attendance record. You can access your attendance record through the Member Center section of www.cooperative.com.
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[accordion title="Do%20credits%20from%20Cooperative%20Career%20Essentials%20Program%20courses%20apply%20to%20the%20Supervisor%20and%20Management%20Development%20Program?%20Do%20credits%20from%20Supervisor%20and%20Manager%20Development%20Program%20courses%20apply%20to%20the%20Cooperative%20Career%20Essentials%20Program?"]No and No! The Cooperative Career Essentials Program and the Supervisor and Manager Development Program are two separate programs. Credits are not transferrable between the programs. Cooperative Career Essentials Program course credit cannot be applied to the Supervisor and Manager Development Program. And vice versa.[/accordion] 

[accordion title="Who%20are%20the%20instructors?"]Our team of experienced instructors will teach the courses in the Cooperative Career Essentials Program. In fact, some of them are helping with the development of the courses. Learn more.[/accordion]