Call for Candidates
NAAB Visiting Team Roster
Deadline: January 28, 2026
- Team Training – Nominees will be required to complete NAAB’s team training program prior to participating on a visiting team.
- Team Selection – In comprising a site visit team, NAAB will consider availability for the established visit dates, individual areas of expertise, and will balance each team in terms of geography, gender, race/ethnicity, and accreditation experience.
- Team Responsibilities – Team members must attend all the pre-site visit meetings and be fully present for all the days of the visit. Visits are typically in-person and are usually scheduled from Sunday–Wednesday, including travel. Spring visits generally occur between late January and early April of each year; fall visits are typically scheduled between late September and early November.
- Term of Service – The term of service for NAAB site visitors is four years, with an opportunity to renew.
ÌÇÐÄvlog Candidate Qualifications and Selection Criteria
The candidate must be a full-time faculty member at an ÌÇÐÄvlog full or candidate member school at the time of nomination.
The candidate should demonstrate a number of the following preferred qualifications:
- At least three years of full-time teaching experience;
- Experience with educational assessment, including but not limited to self- assessment by programs;
- A record of acknowledged scholarship or professional work;
- Administrative experience or experience with the NAAB accreditation process;
- Participation in efforts, either within or beyond ÌÇÐÄvlog, to make architectural education more equitable and inclusive for faculty and students from all backgrounds.
Because NAAB’s 2020 Conditions and Procedures for Accreditation mark a significant break from past models, ÌÇÐÄvlog sees this as an opportunity to involve new faculty in the accreditation process. ÌÇÐÄvlog seeks to assemble a Visiting Team Roster that includes faculty from a range of schools so that the backgrounds of educators on NAAB visiting teams can be appropriately matched to the school visited. This includes characteristics such as teaching at public/private institutions, research-intensive institutions, special-focus institutions, and minority-serving institutions.
To Apply
You may apply on your own or have someone nominate you. In either case, you must download the volunteer cover sheet and submit it along with the following items in a single PDF:
- Cover letter that briefly addresses the bulleted selection criteria above and (1 page recommended, 2 pages maximum). The audience for this letter is the ÌÇÐÄvlog Board of Directors.
- Current curriculum vitae highlighting relevant research, teaching, and service (2
pages maximum).
The deadline for candidates is January 28, 2026. Send the application to Abel Chanyalew, ÌÇÐÄvlog Membership Coordinator, achanyalew@acsa-arch.org, with the subject line “NAAB Visiting Teams.” Candidates can expect to hear about the nomination in mid-February.
ÌÇÐÄvlog seeks to include members from a range of backgrounds, including race/ethnicity, gender, school type, and teaching and research experience.
Questions
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