So there's a fear of opening it at all." "What AIA can do is constantly solicit its diverse group of members and ask questions like, 'What is the profession today? Where are we going?'" - Nate Hudson, Assoc. "Many firms already use 'associate' in an ownership or leadership sense," she says, "and you need to be registered to be considered a 'professional.' The chances of being able to change that nomenclature is slim, because once that box is opened there will be a rush to change other things as well. As Alicea, an associate at Dattner Architects in New York City, notes, neither of AIA's suggested replacement terms are likely to be acknowledged in New York State. Unfortunately, removing uses of "intern" from the architectural lexicon isn't as easy as releasing a statement. It couldn't be a title that has nothing to do with who are we and the education we've gotten." New titles, still obstacles If we wanted to make any impact, we had to push for a title that people would listen to and respect. "To go with another title would've been missing out on the opportunity we had. "The phrase itself indicates that you're working toward licensure, toward the success of the profession, but you're not licensed." "'Architectural' as the adjective and 'associate' as the noun means this individual is associating with the profession, with licensed architects, and working with them," she adds. AIA is called upon to be a bold leader, and to shy away from 'architectural associate' would be keeping AIA out of the conversation." "A big element of our discussion was thinking about what the Institute's role would be," she says, "and how it would be a loss if AIA was passive with the new titles. Landreth, FAIA, and Venesa Alicea, AIA-met to narrow down proposals to AIA's board on which titles the Institute should support in place of "intern." They began with a long list of potential titles gleaned from over 3,000 survey responses, and eventually winnowed the list to ten viable options that underwent considerable evaluation before ultimately coming to consensus in support of “architectural associate” and “design professional.” This work group-which included Mitchell as well as Gordon E. It was a diverse group of people, and led to a lot of good back-and-forth." "The group included students, principals, people who've been working on licensure for a long time, and people who didn't intend on getting licensed at all. AIA, design professional at Fung Associates and past president of the American Institute of Architecture Students. "My first exposure to the intern titling question came when I joined the AIA Intern Titling Work Group," says Danielle Mitchell, Assoc. And while the two terms come with their own complications on a state-by-state basis, there's a consensus across the profession that this statement is a much-needed step in the right direction. The statement is AIA's response to a lengthy debate on using "intern" to describe graduates on the path to licensure, an issue of importance to many emerging professionals. For those individuals, AIA strongly supports two titles: "architectural associate" and "design professional." In December of 2016, AIA's Board of Directors updated the Institute's position statements to clarify the term "intern." The newly approved statement specified that, while "intern" remains a supported title for students working in an architectural office while pursuing an architecture degree, it should not apply to those who have already earned a NAAB-accredited degree and are currently working for a firm while pursuing licensure. A new position statement from AIA seeks to move architecture beyond the outdated use of 'intern'
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