Endorsementsdirector-ihc2024-04-27T13:43:13-06:00
Listed in order of receipt.
“The training methodology of the Indoor Health Council provides a promising path to training an underserved population, janitors, using methods that harmonize with much of the cognitive research shared in Make It Stick.
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Henry L. (Roddy) Roediger, III is the James S. McDonnell Distinguished University Professor at Washington University in St. Louis. He graduated with a BA in Psychology from Washington & Lee University (1969) and received his PhD from Yale University (1973) in cognitive psychology. He previously taught at Purdue University, the University of Toronto, and Rice University. Roediger’s research has centered on human learning and memory, and he has published over 350 articles and chapters on various aspects of remembering. He also co-authored four books and has co-edited ten more. Roediger served as President of the Association of Psychological Science, the Society of Experimental Psychology, the Psychonomic Society and several other associations of psychologists. He was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation and honorary doctorates from Purdue University and Southern Illinois University. Roediger has also received the Howard Crosby Warren Medal from the Society of Experimental Psychologists, the John P. McGovern Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the William James Fellow Award from the Association of Psychological Science, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Society of Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science, and the Distinguished Scientific Contribution Award from the American Psychological Association. He is an elected member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences.
“The Evidence-Based Cleaning for Health Practice embraces elements consonant with learning-sciences research, described in Make It Stick. Training components stimulate active learning to promote long-term retention; these components include techniques such as retrieval practice and embodied learning (workers demonstrating techniques).”
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Mark McDaniel is a Professor of Psychological and Brain Sciences at Washington University in St. Louis, and the Director of the Center for Integrative Research in Cognition, Learning, and Education (CIRCLE). He received his PhD from University of Colorado in 1980. His research is in the general area of human learning and memory, with an emphasis on prospective memory, encoding and retrieval processes in memory and applications to educational contexts. His educationally relevant research includes a series of studies on elaborative study techniques, learning of science categories, and enhancing learning through testing (repeated retrieval), with much of this latter work being conducted in college and middle school classrooms. His research has been sponsored by the Institute of Educational Sciences, the James S. McDonnell Foundation, the National Institutes of Health, and the National Science Foundation. McDaniel has served as Associate Editor of the Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition and as president of the Rocky Mountain Psychological Association and of Division 3 (Experimental Psychology and Cognitive Science) of the American Psychological Association. He has published over 300 journal articles, book chapters, and edited books on human learning and memory, and is the co-author with Peter Brown and Henry Roediger of the book: Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (Harvard University Press, 2014).
“The online learning system, Power Learning Active Proctoring Program, stands out as the most effective training program I’ve assessed. As an ISSA certified master trainer, I’m truly impressed by how this proctoring program seamlessly integrates proven learning methodologies. Students not only engage with course content online but also showcase their understanding through personal video submissions, demonstrating tasks ranging from using an ATM meter correctly to restroom cleaning techniques and technology to conducting daily preventive maintenance on a backpack vacuum. By incorporating visual, auditory, and kinetic elements, this program achieves remarkable retention of cleaning knowledge and skills. The benefits extend to custodians, customers, and overall employee productivity.”
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Perry Shimanoff is a Certified Master Custodial Trainer with ISSA’s Cleaning Management Institute (CMI). He is the founder and president of MC2 Management and Communication Consultants, and has been involved in training both managers and front-line cleaning staff for more than 40 years. He has designed several computer applications for maintenance management, facility scheduling, and custodial operations; has served on the International Custodial Advisors Network (ICAN) Board of Directors; and is a current member of both ICAN and the IICRC standards committee. He has conducted more than 300 training seminars at more than 800 school districts, taught nearly 20,000 custodians nationally, written more than 90 articles requested by journals, and is a successful author. His website for assisting the commercial cleaning industry is www.keepitcleans.com.
“There are many training programs in our industry, some better than others. The online learning system, Power Learning Active Proctoring Program, is one of the best as well as one of the most versatile. It incorporates all learning elements and, best of all, it is interactive. The student actually retains what they learn. The Power Learning Active Proctoring Program is therefore both cost-efficient and cost-effective.”
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Robert W. Powitz is Principal Forensic Sanitarian, R. W. Powitz & Associates, P.C., Old Saybrook, CT. He received his undergraduate education from the State University of New York and the University of Georgia. He holds an M.P.H. and Ph.D. degree in environmental health, epidemiology, and environmental microbiology from the University of Minnesota. Formally trained as an Institutional Sanitarian, Bob is currently a Forensic Sanitarian in private practice. He served as state Sanitarian and municipal Health Officer in New Jersey and Connecticut. He holds licenses as a Sanitarian in several states and has been nationally registered for 54 years. He was the Director of Environmental Health and Safety and Associate Professor at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan and served as Biological Safety Officer for the United States Department of Agriculture at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center. For over thirty-five years he wrote regularly appearing columns and articles on food safety, current environmental health issues, field instrumentation and institutional environmental health practice. He does frequent speaking tours for governmental agencies, industry, and professional organizations. Bob is the recipient of the three highest honors conferred to a sanitarian: The National Environmental Health Association’s Walter S. Mangold Award; NSF International’s Walter F. Snyder Award; and the American Academy of Sanitarians’ Davis Calvin Wagner Award. He is a Diplomate Laureate in the American Academy of Sanitarians and a Diplomate of the American Board of Forensic Engineering and Technology.
“I love the Indoor Health Council’s innovative training approach including video of trainee work to review as a learning follow-up and as part of a quality control plan. This is impactful while adding weight to program certificates given as evidence of educational achievement.”
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Charles P. Gerba PhD, Professor of Environmental Microbiology, University of Arizona. Charles P. Gerba, PhD is an internationally recognized environmental microbiologist and Professor of Environmental Microbiology in the Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, and Soil, Water and Environmental Science, at the University of Arizona. His credentials include a BA in Microbiology, Arizona State University, 1969, and a PhD in Microbiology, University of Miami, Florida, 1973. He is also a member of the American Academy of Microbiology. Dr. Gerba has authored more than over 700 articles—16 on coronaviruses as of January, 2022—and on behalf of the Departments of Environmental Science (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), Biosystems Engineering (College of Agriculture and Life Sciences), and Community and Environmental Health (College of Public Health) at the University of Arizona. His efforts are largely focused on quantifying the benefits of interventions such as disinfection and cleaning for reducing risk of infection.
