So I recently heard some rumblings around the community about how Associates never seem to attend the AIA meetings. I don't really want to get into the reasons why, (but that might be a good editorial later...) I do want to focus on what has changed recently that should encourage Associates, (and get Principals to encourage their Associates) to take advantage of any of the CEU opportunities we have been posting on this blog.
3 letters... I D P.
First, sometime over the past few years the AIA and NCARB finally got their act together and started recording CEU hours as IDP supplemental hours. While 1 hour here and there might not sound like much, remember
we need 1,860 of them! And as an AIA Associate all you have to do is record your AIA number at any events that are awarding Learning Units (LU). Then simply transmit a copy of your AIA Transcript to NCARB to receive credit. (Probably best to do this on a yearly or quarterly basis.)
Second, Learning Units, that used to be only worth .25 IDP hours are now worth 1 whole hour. For those of you who can't do math, that makes them 4x more valuable today than they were in the past. Between you and me these changes changes were common sense, but let's just be happy they are here. So pickup a webinar, attend an AIA meeting or be sure to attend your state AIA convention. Every little bit helps.
P.S. We have quite a few events on Thursday. I'll be there for the AIA meeting.
P.P.S. Reason #1 to join the AIA.
-Cameron
For more information refer to page 20 of the
IDP 2.0 Guidelines for more info.
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