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Letter from a Interior Design Educator
We are in the process of forming a certificate program in Interior Decorating at our university.
We have read some information on your organization and we were quite impressed with the efforts of Ron Renner and the organization to raise the standards in the industry for decorators and to distinguish the difference between the decorator and the designer. As an Interior Designer and educator, I am familiar with ASID, NCIDQ and appreciate these affiliations with Mr. Renner.
I have a Master’s degree in Interior Design and have taught at the Bachelor level for many years at several local colleges and universities. I observed, at almost every level, whether it was Associates or Bachelors, the instructors ignoring the competing decorators as if they did not exist, as if we ignore them they will go away. I believe, like Mr. Renner, that we have to make them accountable and hold them to a higher standard.
I have discontinued teaching the in the four year programs and have started teaching again in the certificate programs at an Art Institute and a university in general design classes. We at the university would like to distinguish our upcoming Certificate program from the rest by certification and accreditation by a recognized and thoughtful organization such as yours.
We would appreciate some detailed info about the criteria by which you evaluate these programs. We are hoping to start our program by Spring 2007.
Thanks,
J.D.
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Recommended Schools, Colleges & Courses in Interior Design and Decoration
For additional Information about programs, please contact the individual schools directly.
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Correspondence (Home Study) Program:
Penn Foster Career School
(formerly Education Direct)
www.pennfoster.edu
Decorator Training Institute (DTI)
www.decoratortraininginstitute.com
Limperts Academy of Design
www.limpertsacademy.com
Ashworth University formerly Professional Career Development Institute (PCDI)
www.pcdi.com
Rhodec International
www.rhodec.edu
International Career School
ICS-Canada
www.icslearn.ca
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Colleges:
(With certificate program for Interior Decorators).
CompuCollege
www.compucollegeatlantic.ca
Moore College of Art & Design
Center for Professional Development
and Education
20th St. & The Parkway
Philadelphia, PA.19103-1179
Philadelphia University
108 Haywood Hall
Philadelphia, PA 19141
Boston Architectural College
320 Newbry Street
Boston, MA 02115
http://www.the-bac.edu/
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Note: All Courses must be completed
to qualify for Professional membership in C.I.D. Students may apply
for associate membership. Grandfathering (by experience)
without education is not acceptable for C.I.D. membership.
To become a "Certified Interior Decorator" requires
the following three steps:
- Completion of a C.I.D. approved program
- Certification Review Course Study Guide
- Passing C.I.D. entrance exam
- Joining C.I.D. as a professional member
Professional C.I.D. members are entitled
to use the C.I.D. letters after their individual name. No
other letters or designation can be used with C.I.D.
Apart from Certified Interior Decorators
International, Inc. (C.I.D.) an individual cannot be considered
as a "Certified Interior Decorator". The concept
and idea to certify interior decorators belongs to the founder
of C.I.D. The term: Certified Interior Decorator and the
appellation C.I.D. is a registered Service Mark filed by
Certified Interior Decorators International, Inc. in the
United States Patent and Trademark Office in Washington,
D.C.
For additional information about programs,
please contact the individual schools directly.
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