Thanks, Chayn, for the kind words.  It's pretty frustrating.

The issue with that is that my mentor is recertifying for the first time
this year (head mentors have to be recertified at least once under Pathway
3).  I agree that I should be able to begin logging hours after she sits for
the exam in July.  Of course, any hours I put in would be invalid if she
didn't pass, but I see no reason to wait until she has her results in-hand,
if I'm comfortable with the risk that she may not pass and my hours would be
invalid.  Obviously, her experience or ability to teach me isn't going to be
significantly different between July and October, which is the really
frustrating part.  It's just red tape. Those few months are the difference
between me sitting for the exam, and not.

On Sun, Jun 20, 2010 at 12:07 AM, nandan fogelman <[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Amy wrote:
> I'd planned to sit for the exam in 2011; because of red tape with Pathway
> Three, that's no longer an option.  (The IBCLC mentoring me is recertifying
> in July; IBLCE won't allow me to log any hours prior to when she gets her
> exam results in late October, which makes it impossible to get the hours
> done in time. Had they allowed me to log hours beginning after the July
> exam, I could have completed the hours. Of course, the hours would have
> only
> been valid if she received a passing score, but they weren't willing to
> work
> with me on that.)
>
> I don't understand that reasoning.  I have recertified by exam once.
>  During
> the time that I took the exam and the time that I received my grade, I was
> still an IBCLC, right?  I did not have to stop using the IBCLC letters
> after
> my name until receiving a passing grade - but in Amy's case the IBLCE seems
> to be suspending her mentors credentials between July and October.
> Something seems very wrong here.  Anyone understand this?
> My heart goes out to you Amy,
>
> Chayn Fogelman IBCLC in Israel who was almost didn't get to take the exam
> the first time but fortunately got through the red tape.
>
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