Committee on Professional Training

What We Do

Mission & Vision

The Committee on Professional Training (CPT) provides guidelines and sets standards to maintain and lead excellence in the training of Chemistry Professionals in the 2020s.

Goals

• Promote effective practices and innovations in chemistry education
• Promote broad participation in chemistry to enrich the profession with the talents of a diverse group of individuals
• Promote and assess skills and competencies needed in training students for successful careers in chemistry and related fields
• Identify, evaluate, and refine criteria used in the ACS-approval process so that these respond to the emerging trends in Chemical Education
• Reaffirm the value of the approval program and undergraduate certified degrees among academic communities and potential employers

Who We Are

CPT members are selected to maintain a balanced representation of:

• The sub-disciplines of chemistry
• The range of institutions served by the approval program
• Industry professionals
• Geographical locations
• Gender, race, ethnicity

If you are interested in joining CPT, please contact Dr. Michelle Brooks, Manager of the ACS Approval Program Office and Staff Liaison to CPT.