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Agenda

• History of certification at the CPA
• Certification redevelopment
• Success factors
• Partnerships

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Payroll Metrics

• 1.5 million employers annually pay
• 730 billion in salaries and wages
• 230 billion in payroll remittances to the
  federal and provincial governments
• over 80 billion in health and retirement
  benefits
• issue 24 million T4s and 7 million T4As
• issue 6 million RL-1s.
• and comply with 185 provincial and federal
  legislative acts

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The CPA History

• The Canadian Payroll Association was founded in
  1978
• Primarily as an advocacy role but education
  became integrated immediately
• Mission Payroll Leadership through Advocacy and
  Education

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Certification History

• Certification started in 1986
• Correspondence
• through Waterloo Distance Education
• in house 1993
• CBT 1994
• Classroom 1997
• 2000?? What next ??

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CPA Certification

• Our goal is to have the CPA
• certification recognized by employers
• as the knowledge requirement
• for payroll practitioners

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Success factors

• Certification throughput
• Enrollments
• College partners
• Academic acceptance
• Job ads
• Transfers old to new
• Net surplus increased

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Metrics

• 14 courses
• 31 chapters
• Instructor manuals
• Student guides
• 25 Instructor PowerPoint slides
• 1800 online questions
• 25 Chapter quizzes

• 25 online essays
• 60 online applications
• 12 online tasks (multistep applications)
• 28 discussion board questions

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Resources

• The Canadian Payroll Association utilized over
  200 individuals as resources to develop its new
  certification, while still delivering a
  comprehensive suite of offerings to current
  members and students. These resources included
• Project Manager
• Significant Management Sponsorship
• Supportive Board of Directors
• Translators
• Employer Stakeholders
• Technology Innovators
• Strategic Payroll Partners
• Task Forces
• Adult Education Specialists
• Subject Matter Experts
• Academic Partners

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A Partnership Definition

• Joint working arrangements where the partners
• Agree to cooperate to achieve common goals
• Share relevant information

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Task Force

• Diversity
• Geographic
• Company size
• Public/Private sector
• Variety of roles

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Brigus Groups vision statement

• Every student deserves an educational experience
  that builds self-confidence, and provides
  transferable knowledge and skills.

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Subject Matter Experts (SMEs)

• Whether you consider yourself a novice or an
  expert, being a Subject Matter Expert will help
  you develop your professional competencies and
  enable you to contribute your knowledge and
  expertise to the Associations knowledge bank.
  Subject Matter Experts represent the next
  generation of volunteers.

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Academic Partners

• Colleges Universities

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Lessons learned

• Use research as a base
• Pilot and test everything
• Accept all feedback as valid
• Use SMEs extensively
• Have patience
• Communicate 100 times over

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• In the words of Winston Churchill
• If we are together, nothing is impossible.

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• Thank you
• Any Questions?
• 1-800-387-4693 x 131
• cathy_at_payroll.ca