Certified Public Manager

• Admission criteria
• The County College CPM program is:
• Program Goals
• Program Requirements
• Participants Earn
• Benefits to Organization

• CPM program (pdf of powerpoint presentation)
  

• County College academic progression chart
  

Admission criteria

• Completion of CPO Certification
  and/or
• Appropriate combination of higher education and supervisory experience

The County College CPM program is:

• Nationally accredited by the National Certified Public Manager Consortium
• Comprehensive
• Statewide
• Management development program
• For supervisors and managers in federal, state, tribal or local govt & non-profits

Program Goals

• Improve managers' performance
• Improve agency performance
• Acquire & apply best practices
• Enhance leadership strengths
• Increase interagency communication
• Promote innovative problem-solving
• Promote quality service

Program Requirements

• 300 hours of structured learning activities
• Demonstrate application to job environment
• Tracks of study
  • 1. Knowing your County government
  • 2. Management and Leadership
  • 3. Human Resources
  • 4. Budgeting and Public Finance
  • 5. Information Technology and Technological Literacy
  • 6. Communications
  • 7. Conducting Research and Data Analysis
  • 8. Applied Workplace Project and Paper

  Participants Earn

  • Eligibility to become Fellows of the American Academy of Certified Public Managers
  • College credit from the NMSU Department of Government upon completion
  • Certified Public Manager designation

  Benefits to Organization

  • Improved management skills from participants
  • Direct benefit from applied projects - Effective, efficient, cost-saving solutions to real problems