Endorsed College Program
Over 39 colleges/universities participate in NKBA’s Endorsed Program. The Endorsed College Program was established to offer quality training at accredited institutions to prospective kitchen/bath design professionals. There are two colleges in Northern California that offer the endorsed program, Canada College in Redwood City and West Valley College in Saratoga. Enroll in an NKBA Endorsed College and join NKBA. As a Student member, you can take advantage of many members-only benefits. For more information about dues and benefits of Student Membership, contact the Vice President of Endorsed Programs:
Shari Steele
VP – Academic Relations
SHARI STEELE DESIGNS
461 Nimitz Avenue
Redwood City, CA 94061
Office: (650) 776-8844
steele.shari@gmail.com
The goals of the NKBA Endorsed College Program are:
- To encourage and support excellence in kitchen/bathroom design by establishing standards for developing and evaluating college programs for endorsement.
- To promote quality education through the attainment of professional standards within the kitchen and bathroom industry.
- To provide assurance to the kitchen and bathroom industry, and the public, that student who graduate from NKBA endorsed programs have met educational and industry design standards.
- To provide assistance in developing and establishing new endorsed programs.
- To provide ongoing assistance to endorsed programs for improvement of their educational offerings.
- To ensure that the unique characteristics of a curriculum will be recognized and encouraged within endorsement guidelines.
- To increase professional employment opportunities for students.
- To encourage and support excellence in kitchen/bathroom design by establishing standards for developing and evaluating college programs for endorsement.
- To promote quality education through the attainment of professional standards within the kitchen and bathroom industry.
- To provide assurance to the kitchen and bathroom industry, and the public, that student who graduate from NKBA endorsed programs have met educational and industry design standards.
- To provide assistance in developing and establishing new endorsed programs.
- To provide ongoing assistance to endorsed programs for improvement of their educational offerings.
- To ensure that the unique characteristics of a curriculum will be recognized and encouraged within endorsement guidelines.
- To increase professional employment opportunities for students.
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