10-29-2009 e-Source for AIA/CES Registered Providers

The AIA has an annual continuing education (CE) requirement for architect members of 18-hours, which includes 8 learning units (LU) in HSW of which 4 LU must address sustainable design (SD). This sustainable design requirement became effective in 2009 and extends through 2012. In a recent audit conducted on AIA members, 19, 941 members have NOT met the sustainable design requirement.

What you as a Provider can do to help?
We strongly encourage you to review any existing courses you are offering to see if they would possibly qualify for sustainable design. If they do, please re-submit the courses online using a Form A with a new course title and course number.
We have created a special webpage completely devoted to SD courses our AIA Providers and AIA Components are offering. We are directing members who have not met their requirements to this page so they can access the courses quickly and easily. If you offer courses in SD (face to face or online) and would like to have them listed, please contact Sara Thomas with your provider name, course title, course date, and a link to the course information, your website, or link from course directory from the AIA website.

Hosted by AIA National in conjunction with AIA Seattle - December 16, 2009

Because the need for sustainable design courses is so strong at this time, this workshop will not only cover the AIA/CES SD requirements, but walk you through examples of existing courses and how to target your audience to meet their needs. Through lecture, round table discussion, and demonstrations, AIA/CES Registered Providers in this workshop should be able to successfully develop and register a quality SD continuing education course meeting the AIA/CES SD requirements and guidelines

Learning Objectives:

Participants will gain inspiration from different models of successfully delivered SD courses
Participants will exchange ways to break down identified barriers to delivering SD courses
Participants will identify available resources that help deliver SD courses
Participants will gain an understanding of how to set the SD course goals that relate to AIA National standards

Guest Speakers include Janet Stephenson, AIA Seattle and Stephanie Vierra, Assoc. AIA, Vierra Design & Education Services, LLC

For more information and to register for this workshop, please contact Sara Thomas.

Can you believe it is already that time of year again to renew your AIA/CES Provider status? You should have already received an invoice, as they were mailed earlier this month, but you also have the option to renew online. Please log in with your username and 2009 password and select the 2010 Renewal. Note: You must pay via credit card if you choose to renew online. *Something new, if your payment is not received by December 31, 2009, there will be an additional $25 late fee charge*

AIA Components, please follow these steps to renew:

1) Go to the AIA/CES Provider Page
2) Log on using your current username and 2009 Password
3) In the Provider Program Menu under Management, you will see a tab for 2010 Online renewal
4) Click on the tab and hit continue
5) Fill in the Necessary fields and follow the prompts

Please make sure you hit the submit button and you will receive a confirmation email with your new password for 2010. If you are unsure what Provider category you fall under, please review this list to clarify:

Basic provider ($1,500.00)
A provider authorized to offer face-to-face continuing education courses in one AIA designated region. Basic providers are not eligible to offer distance learning*.

Regional provider ($1,900.00)
A provider authorized to offer face-to-face continuing education courses in two AIA designated regions. Regional providers are not eligible to offer distance learning.

Passport provider ($3,400.00)
A provider authorized to offer face-to-face and distance learning courses nationally and internationally.

Professional provider ($800.00)
A provider authorized to offer face-to-face and distance learning nationally and internationally. This provider category is reserved for academic institutions, government agencies, and nonprofit associations, construction, engineering, design, and consulting firms. In addition, this category also applies to any organization that will offer a one-time continuing education course or event (for example, a conference) within a one-year renewal cycle.

*Please note that a $150.00 fee will apply for each additional chapter office for non-profit organizations.

Platform provider ($5,000.00)
An umbrella provider that charges other companies or organizations a service fee for developing, maintaining, or hosting their online continuing education courses. A platform provider takes responsibility (on behalf of the companies or organizations it serves) for adhering to CES guidelines, which include course registration, participant credit reporting, and record keeping. A platform provider is authorized to offer face-to-face and distance learning courses nationally and internationally.

Architecture firm provider
A provider that is an architecture firm in which a principal or owner is an AIA member. In addition, there are two types of architecture firm providers (internal and external).

Internal ($300.00)
An architecture firm authorized to offer face-to-face and distance learning courses to their firm employees only, regardless of their location.
External ($600.00)
An architecture firm authorized to offer face-to-face and distance learning courses nationally and internationally both internally to their employees, regardless of their location, and externally to others.

*Please note that a $50 fee will be applied for any additional architectural firm office.

AIA/CES is reviewing the annual provider renewal process. Please complete the short questionnaire about when to renew (calendar year vs renewal date.) If you have any problems regarding renewal, please contact us at ces@aia.org.

In an effort to streamline the amount of calls our office receives and to enhance customer service, the CES staff has a new phone number! For all continuing education provider related questions, we can now be reached at 800-242-3837 by selecting option 3 at the prompt or via email ces@aia.org.

This is a heads up that effective March 1, 2010, AIA/CES is going green and will no longer be accepting faxed or mailed forms. These forms will need to be completed and submitted online. If you do not already take advantage of our online system, please do so. It is the quickest and easiest way for forms to be submitted, reviewed, and processed.

The Colorado State Licensing board requires that there be something following a class to determine that architects “retained” the knowledge learned in the class. This can be done by either by taking a test following a class (keep quiz/results as proof) OR by filling out a one-page structured form from the licensing board with questions that will ask them to demonstrate that they retained knowledge from the class. Architects need to keep this information on file (along with brochure or literature about the program) in case they are audited.

What does this mean to you as a provider?
Many providers think that they must offer a quiz in order for their course to count for architects in Colorado, when in fact you may offer courses to them, with or without a quiz at the end. In addition, if you offer a course without a quiz to architects in Colorado, please kindly remind them to fill out the one-page structured form found on their state licensing board’s website.

Design on the Delaware Regional Conference and Trade Show
October 28 - 30, 2009 | Philadelphia, PA
www.designonthedelaware.com
For Presentation, Exhibit, Sponsor and Advertising opportunities contact Pat Gourley at pat@aiaphila.org.

NeoCon East 09
October 28-29, 2009 | Baltimore Convention Center, Baltimore MD
Exhibitor Information: jkohl@mmart.com
Seminar Registration: www.neoconeast.com
Additional Information: mdebartolo@mmart.com

The 2009 Remodeling Show
The National Association of Home Builders
October 27-30, 2009 | Indianapolis, IN
www.nahb.org/RemodelingShow

Architecture Exchange East
November 4-6, 2009 | Richmond, Virginia
Presenters opportunities see http://www.archex.net or contact Jim Walker at jwalker@aiava.org.
Interested sponsors and exhibitors contact Porter Hulett, porter@aiava.org.

AIA Oklahoma Annual Convention & Tradeshow & Awards of Excellence Gala: "Architects: Voices With Vision"
November 5-6, 2009 | Oklahoma State University
www.aiaok.org
Contact Jan Loftis at 405.810.8809 phone, 405.840.5730 fax, or janloftis@coxinet.net.

AIA Illinois Annual Conference
November 5 - 7, 2009 | Normal, IL
www.aiail.org

Build Boston
November 18 - 20, 2009 | Boston, MA
http://www.buildboston.com/

AIA/CES Sustainable Design Workshop
December 16, 2009 | Washington, DC
Contact Sara Thomas at sthomas@aia.org.

Please contact Sara Thomas to add your event to this list.

The Call for Proposals for ConEd at the 2010 OAA Conference is NOW OPEN!

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Please note:
if you are the designated CES POC or Alternate contact, you will receive each broadcast while you hold that position.
If you are no longer a point of contact, you will need to appoint a replacement. Send an email with the name, email address, Company/Organization, and Provider Number to Sara Thomas at CES@aia.org and write "Unsubscribe Provider Connection" in the subject line.
Or make an instant change yourself:
(1) send a blank email to leave-cespc@lyris.aia.org to remove your email address from this list
(2) login to AIA/CES Provider Program Menu to update your contact information.