CEU Program Approval

As “The Source for Image Professionals,” one of AICI’s goals is to provide educational opportunities to enhance the professional development of its members. AICI recognizes providers of high quality continuing education by offering them the opportunity to award CEUs for their programs. Benefits of becoming a CEU provider include added exposure on the AICI website, announcements in AICI’s E-publication Connections and much more.

How Can Participants Earn CEUs for a Course I Offer?

If you are a professional trainer or educator, have designed a course, seminar, or workshop that covers content in the AICI Core Competencies, and want participants to have the opportunity to earn CEUs, follow these steps to become a CEU Provider:

• CEU Providers must be AICI CIPs or AICI CIMs.  Exceptions will be made if the individual has proof of credentials and experience in the subject matter of the program. To be approved as a CEU Provider though AICI, ALL applicants are required to submit proof of certification/credentials and experience in their specific area of expertise relating to the proposed program content.
• Download AICI’s Application and Guidelines for Obtaining Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for Delivering High Quality Educational Opportunities. Refer to the Application and Training Delivery Checklist included in this document to ensure that all criteria have been met before submitting your application. Necessary forms are posted here as Word documents for ease of use: Training Plan Template, Application to Offer CEU’d Programs, Participant Training Evaluation, and Trainer Self Evaluation.
• Submit the completed application to the CEU Administrator six weeks before you want to start offering CEU credit.

All applications and participant evaluations are reviewed by AICI’s CEU Administrator, Dr. Elizabeth Weinstein. The information in these documents is treated with the utmost confidentiality and is intended for the purpose of trainer growth and development.

After you have received written authorization from the CEU Administrator and paid all appropriate fees to AICI HQ, you may advertise that CEUs are available to those participating in your program. AICI will confer the CEUs when the appropriately completed evaluation forms have been submitted to AICI headquarters.

I have completed my first application using the new CEU process. Although I was initially intimidated by the new procedure, I found that the new guidelines were so clear that they actually made the process easier. Not only was there more ease and less effort, but the resulting quality of the training program is superior to any devised through the previous process. Thank you,

                                     – Karen Brunger, AICI CIP

How Can Our Chapter Offer Education Days That Are CEUd?

As the VP Education/Programs for an AICI Chapter, you have the opportunity to have the program approved to offer CEUs if your presenter has not already CEU’d their program. Please refer to AICI’s Application and Guidelines for Obtaining Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for Delivering High Quality Educational Opportunities. Refer to the Application and Training Delivery Checklist included in this document to ensure that all criteria have been met before submitting your application. Please contact the CEU Chair for assistance in completing this application.

Karen Brunger, AICI CIP

You may also contact your Chapter VP Education or the International VP Education with any questions about the CEU process.