AIA Albuquerque
Continuing Education System
Allied Member Program
Guidelines
INTRODUCTION
AIA Albuquerque Allied Members, in cooperation with the AIA Albuquerque Chapter, may be
able to offer continuing education credits for educational presentations made to architects in the
Albuquerque area. This is a two-year pilot program designed to provide better services to the
AIA Albuquerque Allied Members and to the architectural community by offering high-quality
education programs. Continuing education credits will be granted for approved presentations in
the greater Albuquerque Chapter Area.
The intent is for the presentation to have educational value without advocating a particular
product, system, or service. References to proprietary materials should be translated into
generic terms. Therefore, the presentation should not be viewed as a direct advertisement.
However, promotional materials may be made available or may be on display to program
participants.
It is important to keep in mind that the continuing education credits will be provided under the
existing AIA Albuquerque Chapter Continuing Education System (CES) provider number. As a
result of this program, AIA Albuquerque Allied Members can offer continuing education credits
to participating architects after presentations have been reviewed and approved by the AIA
Albuquerque Education Committee. Approval of these presentations is defined by the AIA
National CES guidelines. It is understood that approving continuing education credits for
presentation made by AIA Albuquerque Allied Members does not imply that the AIA
Albuquerque Allied Member is an independently accredited CES provider. AIA Albuquerque is
accrediting the educational value of these presentations and not the company or business
making the presentations. AIA Albuquerque Allied Members participating in this program do so
under the umbrella of AIA Albuquerque and not as independent continuing education providers.
Failure to meet the AIA Albuquerque Allied Members Continuing Education program guidelines
may result in a suspension of the accreditation privileges. Presentations made by AIA
Albuquerque Allied Members will be monitored for compliance by the AIA staff and members of
the AIA Albuquerque board of directors.
The number of CES accredited presentations allowed in a given fiscal year to AIA Albuquerque
Allied Members are as follows:
AIA Albuquerque Allied Members - Gold - 10 presentations
AIA Albuquerque Allied Members - Silver - 6 presentations
AIA Albuquerque Allied Members - Bronze - 4 presentations
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To obtain credit units for participating architects, Allied Members must obtain approval from the
AIA Albuquerque Education Committee and meet the criteria established by AIA National.
Approval of presentation materials is made after all materials to be used in the presentation are
submitted to the AIA Education Committee. Please include Power Point or other audiovisual
materials to be used in the presentation. It is not necessary to include your product-related
materials.
CRITERIA:
1. Continuing Education Credits will be provided by the Secretary of the AIA Albuquerque
Board of Directors who is a licensed architect in the state of New Mexico.
2. All presentations must be registered with the AIA Albuquerque office five weeks prior to
the date of the actual presentation.
3. A completed Program Summary must be delivered to the AIA Albuquerque office three
weeks prior to the presentation.
4. Presentations must be made within the geographic area defined above. To receive CES
credits for presentations made outside the Greater Albuquerque Area, Allied Members must
become registered providers with AIA National.
5. The following cannot be included in the presentations:
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Product endorsement (demonstrations or sales presentations) offering CES credit
Company or product identification during the credit portion of a program
Presenters who do not register or report any activity
Presenters who register programs and do not report attendance
Failure to report attendance and/or issue certificates within two weeks of program
completion
HSW misuse
Misrepresentation of Learning Units to be awarded
False or misleading advertisements
6. Clearly define the Learning Objectives of the presentation. Each program must have at
least one learning objective related to the practice of architecture. This should be a clear
statement of what you want the architect to learn and must be clearly defined and
communicated to participants before offering the program.
7. Describe the Delivery Methods of the presentation. How a program is taught should be
based upon the learning objective(s). Research indicates that programs that involve
participants and increase participation result in better and longer retention of material.
Presentations can be Passive or active and can include one-way communication such as
lecture, speech, or panel discussion. Interactive participation can include two-way
communication such as roundtable discussion, group exercises, or case studies (51% or
more of the time). Measurement of Learners’ Progress can also be used by applying Pre
and Post-test measuring the learning progress of the participants.
8. Participants must complete an evaluation form at each of the presentations. Completed
evaluation forms must be returned to the AIA Albuquerque office with all the sign in sheets.
9. Approval for subsequent accredited presentation will be made after all the required
paperwork has been delivered to the AIA Albuquerque office (completed Program Summary
and Evaluation form).
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Cecilia Portal, AIA Executive Director can answer your questions at 505-242-9800 or
director@aiaabq.org.
STEPS TO COMPLETE THE PROCESS
1. Provide the Course Presentation that you are planning to present to architects in a
PowerPoint format on a CD to the AIA Albuquerque office at least five weeks prior to
the date of your presentation. Presentations must be of no less than 50 minutes and
must be non-proprietary. The presentation needs to be approved by the Secretary of
the AIA Albuquerque Board of Directors. The AIA Albuquerque office is located at 202
Central Ave. SE Suite 103 – office hours are Monday to Thursday 12 to 5 pm.
2. When your presentation is approved, we will provide you with "Form A" detailing the
contents of your presentation. Incomplete forms will not be accepted. The Form A is
required by AIA National to approve and grant continuing education credits. AIA
Albuquerque will review and present the proposed Form A to AIA National under the
sponsorship of AIA Albuquerque’s Continuing Education provider number.
3. Once approved we will provide you with a course number, the "Form B" sign in sheets
for attendees to receive CE credits and an evaluation form that must be completed by all
participants. The sign in sheets and the evaluation forms must be returned to the
AIA Albuquerque office no later than five days after the approved presentation.
AIA Albuquerque will register the names of all participants for continuing education
credit. Architects that are not AIA members must self report their continuing education
credits.
4. These steps must be completed for all continuing education presentations sponsored by
AIA Albuquerque
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