| ALISO VIEJO, CA, January 4th,
2006 – RealtyU® Real Estate Schools, the
largest network of real estate schools in the nation, officially announced their
support for the Real Estate Educators Association (REEA) Distinguished Real Estate
Instructor (DREI) accreditation. The DREI designation was created by the REEA
to help improve the quality of real estate instruction and set a level of excellence
in the industry,” says Stefan Swanepoel, CEO of the RealtyU® Group,
and “we applaud them for it.”
REEA (www.reea.org)
is the leading national trade association for real estate educators dedicated
to delivering high-quality sales associates to the nation’s real estate
brokers, regulators and, ultimately, consumers. Their goal is to provide their
members the latest tools and techniques for effective adult education with the
focus on ensuring they meet and exceed the high standards demanded in real estate’s
rapidly changing legal and professional environment.
According
to Swanepoel, “These goals are in keeping with the charter that RealtyU® and
the DREI designation is a prime example of our commitment to helping real estate
raise the bar on education in the industry. Only those instructors who demonstrate
outstanding knowledge of the real estate industry, have sufficient experience
and excellent classroom performance qualify to be considered for this award.
The DREI program is administered by an appointed REEA DREI Committee. Candidates
are reviewed by this Committee under the direction of the REEA Board of Directors
and the application process includes attending classes, receiving a certain level
of approval from former students, providing video tapes of their teaching abilities
and submitting their teaching credential and experience to a panel of their peers
for review.
To date
only 110 real estate educators in the entire United States have been awarded
this sought-after accreditation. Being a DREI instructor denotes the true mark
of excellence as a real estate instructor. According to Swanepoel, “RealtyU® has
decided to embrace the DREI designation and what it stands for. Our goal is to
be the leading training organization with most DREI designees in the nation.” Swanepoel
said. RealtyU®’s goal within the next 12 months is 25 DREI designees,
which represents approximately 20% of the nations DREI designees.
The first
DREI orientation and training session will be coordinated by RealtyU® (www.realtyurealestateschools.com)
in association with REEA is to be held on January 26th in Phoenix Arizona. According
to Senior Vice President Thomas Mitchell, “RealtyU® plans to start
8 of RealtyU’s® best real estate instructors on the path towards obtaining
this designation during 2006.”
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