How do students decide what workshops fulfill which core curriculum requirements?
Each advertised VAM workshop will list which core element it fulfills. If a student is using workshops of our approved partners or other organizations, they will need to pay attention to the list of sub-categories within each core element; any topic that matches one of these sub-categories can be used to fulfill that core element. If there is ever a question about the relevance of a particular workshop, the student may call VAM to verify that the workshop does indeed meet the requirement. One important thing to keep in mind, however: each student must complete two different topics within each core element in order to fulfill the requirements of the certificate. For example, a student cannot fulfill their Education/Outreach requirement with two workshops on the Standards of Learning, or the Collections Management requirement with two conservation workshops.
