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CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAM
What's New?
We are now in Cycle Five of our mandatory continuing education
program. For this two-year Cycle (January 1, 2010 – December 31,
2011), members are required to obtain 15 CORE HOURS of learning and
55 SELF-DIRECTED hours of learning. Please continue to record your
continuing activities on the web site. As administrator when I
search for your compliance, I will enter the Cycle dates and it will
advise me of the sessions you completed within the time frame.
Here are the
changes to the program that you need to know
1. Members are required to achieve 70 hours
of learning:
• 15 CORE learning hours; and
• 55 Self-Directed learning hours
2. Members are required to report all activities, both CORE and
Self-Directed, to their Webbased Continuing
Education transcript. The AANB is no longer
recording educational activities on AANB
members’ transcripts.
3. A Continuing Education transcript audit
will commence at the close of Cycle Five -
December 31st, 2011. For the purposes of the transcript audit, the AANB
member shall maintain the supporting documentation
for all educational activities completed during the
Cycle for a period of two years after the end of the Cycle. Members
shall submit such documentation to the AANB only
upon request.
4. Members have the option to seek recognition or equivalency for
learning activities completed during the
Continuing Educational Cycle.
If the learning activity focuses on one of
the Cycle Four CORE topics established by the
AANB and a member would like to assess it for CORE eligibility, the
Member Request for
Equivalency Form should be submitted to the AANB for
consideration.
Overview
AANB Council approved the Continuing Education Program National Framework in
November 1998 and the
mandatory program was officially launched January 1, 2002. The AANB
Continuing Education Program operates on a
two-year Cycle. The Reporting Period for current Cycle Five is January 1,
2010 – December 31, 2011 .
Reporting Period for current
Cycle Four is January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2011
Originally the Continuing Education Program was comprised of two components:
• Professional Renewal learning
• Self-Directed learning.
In 2005 the Provincial and Territorial Associations of Architects and the
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada adopted a
series of principles regarding Continuing Education. As a result,
the AANB Continuing Education Program has undergone changes to better
align itself with other Continuing Education
programs across the country. The new Program includes two levels of
continuing education activities which will now be known as:
• CORE Learning
• Self-Directed Learning
Participant Role and
Opportunities
• Choose the specific areas of interest that will help you achieve your
professional development
goals;
• Check under CORE and Self-Directed Opportunities links and review upcoming
opportunities;
• Participate in valuable, interesting opportunities;
• Track your participation in events and opportunities throughout the cycle.
• Keep a list of the continuing education activities as you complete them.
• AANB will review CORE opportunities biennially to identify emerging needs.
Suggestions for
CORE learning can be forwarded to the AANB
for consideration.
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