By the end of the 4-year certification period, the following minimum maintenance requirements must be met for ACA instructor certifications to be renewed for an additional 4 years:
- Maintain annual ACA membership and SEIC registration.
- Instructors must teach and properly report a minimum of two classes every four years. At least one class must be at their highest level of certification.
- Successfully complete an Instructor Update during the certification period.
Instructor Updates can be accomplished by one of the following methods:
- Participate in an actual Instructor Update course at your highest certification level.
- Assist with an IDW or ICE at the highest level of certification (with the pre-approval of the facilitating IT) and complete a review of ACA Policies & Procedures with the IT.
- Co-teach a skills course at your highest level of certification under the supervision of an IT in that discipline and complete a review of ACA Policies & Procedures with the IT.
If you need assistance with reporting courses that you have taught, please consider reading the user manual and update bulletins located in the “Help and Training” tab within the CMS. To access the CMS, use your regular ACA username and password to log in.
Cool tip: When you log into your CMS account, you’ll see a link directly to the right side of your certification. Click that link, and it will take you to a page called “Progress Towards Certification Renewal.” That page outlines all the certification renewal requirements, which ones you have met, and which ones you may have not yet met.
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