Continuing Judicial Education (CJE) Accreditation Application Guidelines
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rogram sponsors must complete an application for accreditation and submit the required information to the
Office of Court Education for a course to be reviewed for CJE credit. Based upon the information furnished, the
office, in consultation with the Florida Court Education Council (FCEC), will make a determination of whether
the program satisfies the CJE credit criteria. The review process can take between 6-8 weeks. To receive CJE
credit, the educational program must substantially meet the enumerated criteria for program preparation and
presentation and at least one of the enumerated criteria for program content and purpose (see below).
The Criteria
As to program preparation and presentation, the educational program or course:
• Employs adult education methods and principles, including:
Needs assessment(s) – How did you determine the need for this program?
Learning objectives – Required for each course to drive the preparation, content, and evaluations.
Learning activities – Adult education is done best if participants are actively engaged.
Learning environment – Will learners be comfortable and will environment be open and safe?
Evaluation – Should be prepared to include an assessment of whether the Learning Objectives wer
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chieved.
• Uses qualified individual(s) to prepare program materials.
• Has as its primary objective to increase a participant’s professional competence and skills.
• Uses qualified faculty or presenters whose credentials may be independently verified.
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s to program content and purpose, the program has significant intellectual and/or practical content, and,
either:
• Contributes directly to the judge attendee’s professional competence and/or knowledge or understandin
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f ethical obligations of judges or attorneys;
• Is germane to the judge attendee’s jurisdiction;
• Is designed to improve the administration of justice;
• Promotes effective court practices and procedures;
• Strengthens public trust and confidence in the judicial branch;
• Assists the judge attendee in acquiring the knowledge and skills to perform judicial duties correctly and
efficiently;
• Promotes fairness, integrity, and impartiality in the court system by striving to eliminate bias and
prejudice.
Learning Objectives
The Learning Objectives are the most important components of the application. Learning objectives
represent what you want the learner to think, feel, or do as a result of attending the session. The objectives
must be measurable, and thus, we stay away from verbs like “understand, know, be aware of, learn,” and use
action verbs instead like “list, discuss, explain, identify, analyze, etc.” Learning objectives are different from
goals or what the presenter wants to accomplish. Any learning objective should complete the following
sentence:
As a result of attending this session, the learner will be better able to… (think, feel or do something).
A great tool to help you write appropriate learning objectives can be found online at
Golden Gate University’s
Cyber Campus. (Developed by James Basore, Instructional Designer, www.ggu.edu)
