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Become a Team Evaluator

Prerequisites
  • You must be at least 21 years old.
  • You must be registered as a Pet Partner for at least 2 years. You may be registered as a Pet Partner without an animal.
  • You must visit for 20 hours in 2 or more different environments within the previous 2 years as a handler of a Pet Partners team. If you are not registered with an animal, you may substitute shadowing Pet Partners teams for 20 hours of visits in 2 or more different environments.
  • You must also have participated in a Team Evaluation as a handler of an animal. The animal may belong to a friend or family member. You and the animal are not required to pass the evaluation, but both must meet all evaluation prerequisites.

If you are a current Team Evaluator, but are not now a Pet Partner, you need to become a Pet Partner and begin your visits or shadowing of Pet Partners. Delta will want to see that you have made a serious effort to meet the prerequisites at the time of your next renewal.

Basic Process
  1. Once the prerequisites are verified by Delta, purchase Pet Partners Team Evaluator Home Study Course Materials (Pet Partners Team Evaluator Home Study Student Guide, Pet Partners Team Evaluator Written Test, Team Evaluator Home Study Video, and Team Evaluator Policies and Procedures Manual) from Delta.
  2. Complete the home study portion of the course. Complete the written test and send it to Delta Society for scoring. Students are allowed 2 attempts to pass the Written Test (2 different, but equivalent versions).
  3. Attend Pet Partners Team Evaluation Course Practicum, which includes an assessment of the student's performance during the Practicum. Students are allowed 2 attempts to pass the Practicum.

Contact Rachel Wright at Delta Society for the detailed instructions to become a Pet Partners Team Evaluator. Rachel will verify that you meet the prerequisites to be a Team Evaluator. If you are in Europe and you are interested in becoming a Team Evaluator, please visit AIUCA.

Rachel Wright
Delta Society
875 124th Ave NE, Ste 101
Bellevue, WA 98005
(425) 679-5506
petpartners@deltasociety.org

Course Description

There are 2 parts to the course. First, the student must complete a home study course that includes the Pet Partners Team Evaluator Home Study Course Materials (Pet Partners Team Evaluator Home Study Student Guide, Pet Partners Team Evaluator Written Test, Team Evaluator Home Study Video, and Team Evaluator Policies and Procedures Manual). Once the Written Test is passed, the students attend the Pet Partners Team Evaluation Course Practicum. In this highly interactive course, students learn how to provide consistent, standards-based evaluations of people-animal teams for the Pet Partners Program. During the Practicum, students receive 8 hours of hands-on practical experience, including practice evaluations of handler/animal teams. CEUs are available. Prerequisites: see Become a Team Evaluator. The course covers the following:

  • Animal Behavior
  • Handler Behavior
  • Pet Partners Skills Test
  • Pet Partners Aptitude Test
  • Scoring
  • Informing the Handler
  • Test Management and Logistics
  • Team Evaluator Policies and Procedures
  • Evaluation Site
  • Evaluation Room Set Up
  • Practice Team Evaluations and Informing the Handler

Upcoming Scheduled Team Evaluator Practicums

Saturday, February 9, 2008, at St. Elizabeth's Hospital at 1044 Belmont Avenue, Youngstown, Ohio  44501

  • Activity: Team Evaluator Practicum, 7:30am-5pm
    $125 per person, continental breakfast, lunch, and dinner provided.
    To reserve a place in the class please send a check made out to K-9s for Compassion and mail to 7985 East Liberty Street,  Hubbard, Ohio 44425.
  • Contact: K-9s for Compassion; For logistical information please contact Katie Costello at  dharmabums@sbcglobal.net or 330-534-2001; For class information please contact Marlene Truesdell at either marlene@truesdell.org or 540-297-2031

Friday-Saturday, February 15-16, 2008, in Salt Lake City, UT

  • Activity: Team Evaluator Practicum
  • Contact: Debbie Carr, 801-706-1389 (best to call after 6pm MST)

Saturday, February 23, 2008, in Phoenix, AZ

Saturday, April 26-Sunday, April 27, 2008 in Englewood, CO

Saturday-Sunday, June 28-29, 2008, in Memphis, TN

  • Activity: Team Evaluator Practicum with Ann Howie
  • Contact: Mary Ehrhart , 901.754.1190
  • Location: Dog Woods Training Center, 3041 North Germantown Road, Memphis 38133

Saturday, September 27-Sunday, September 28, 2008 in Englewood, CO