STEP TWO: PROVIDE PROGRAM ATTENDANCE AND EVALUATIONS
In addition to confirming attendance at a program, PACLE also requires an evaluation for each participant requesting CLE credit. You can collect this information however you want, but attendance and aggregated evaluations must be submitted to us electronically. Our experience has shown that it is easiest to collect all the necessary information in one electronic survey that you send to participants after the program is over. The necessary information includes the following:
- Participant name
- Participant PA Bar #
- Was this person a presenter? (This is important because presenters get double the CLE credit.)
- Attendance Code 1 (given verbally towards the start of the substantive part of the program)
- Attendance Code 2 (given verbally towards the end of the substantive part of the program)
At a minimum, your survey must evaluate the following four areas:
- Overall Quality of the Program
- Written Materials/Handouts (every program should have some kind of written material)
- Instructors/Presenters
- Ease of Use (this refers to either the online platform or the facilities where the program is held)
The five-point rating options should be the following:
- Failed To Meet Expectations (1)
- Needs Improvement (2)
- Met Expectations (3)
- Exceeded Expectations (4)
- Excellent (5)
You may ask whatever additional questions are important to your Inn.
A sample survey can be accessed here or you can contact Ernest Barrens to create a more automated system.
You should inform program attendees that they must complete the online survey/evaluation to receive CLE credit. Include this information when you send out the invitation and repeat it at both the start and end of the meeting. Provide a link to the online survey both in the chat/question box feature AND in a follow-up email.
SUGGESTED EVALUATION PLATFORMS:
Whether your program is in-person, virtual or a hybrid, please use an electronic survey! Research shows that online surveys almost always get a better response than paper surveys! Plus it saves you a step from having to convert the information to an electronic format (scans of paper surveys will not be accepted).
STEP THREE: SUBMIT YOUR INFORMATION
Within two weeks of the program’s completion, submit a list (EXCEL, WORD or PDF) of all attendees who have completed the evaluation, along with the anonymous, aggregated evaluation scores for that program via email to Libby Bingham. Reporting to PACLE will occur by the end of the month in which the report is received.
STEP FOUR: FEES
The American Inns of Court will front the $1.50 per person per credit hour PACLE fee at the time attendance is reported, for which the Inn will be billed, along with an administrative fee of an additional $0.35 per person per credit hour, at the end of each quarter for whatever programs were reported to PACLE during that quarter (even if they were held in a different quarter).
Questions? Please reach out to Libby Bingham, Director of Education and Mentoring Programs (lbingham@innsofcourt.org; 571.319.4712)
The following Inns have participated in this arrangement, if you need a reference:
- Benjamin Franklin American Inn of Court
- James S. Bowman American Inn of Court
- Bucks County American Inn of Court
- Nicholas Cipriani American Inn of Court
- Delaware Valley Environmental American Inn of Court
- Todd Q. Dickinson IP American Inn of Court
- Drexel University Thomas R. Kline School of Law American Inn of Court
- Judith K. Fitzgerald Western Pennsylvania Bankruptcy American Inn of Court
- Hay-Sell Pittsburgh American Inn of Court
- Honorable William W. Lipsitt American Inn of Court
- Temple American Inn of Court