Continuing Education Units - Criteria for Attendees IES provides the opportunity to register programs, courses and conferences for Continuing Education Units. These credits can assist members with maintaining their professional standing or to submit to state agencies for recertification and licensing. The following is a list of Organizations IES is accredited to provide pre-registered credits for. Organization IES AIA GBCI Credit Type CEU LU CE (limited - please inquire) Attendee Process - all attendees are REQUIRED to fill out the course survey, after the conclusion of the program. Attendees will be given the course code number by the program organizer, to use at www.ies.digitalchalk.com/dc. Architects - Please ask the presenter/organizer of the program has been submitted to AIA for approval. If so, the AIA logo should appear on the first PPT slide. After the course concludes, fill out survey at https://ies.digitalchalk.com/dc, using the course number provided by the presenter/organizer. After this has been done, you will automatically receive an IES certificate of attendance; please forward a copy of your downloaded IES CEU certificate to the IES Manager of Technology, along with your AIA member number. IES will register the hours attended on the AIA website. LCs - the NCQLP accepts most IES approved courses. Attendees must complete the IES survey at https://ies.digitalchalk.com/dc, using the course number provided by the presenter/organizer. After the survey is filled out, the attendee will automatically receive an IES Certificate of Attendance. Please keep this for your records. **Note: LCs must self-report attendance at education events. The IES does not submit any data to the NCQLP. Please review the NCQLP credential maintenance requirements at www.ncqlp.org. LEED-APs - Please ask the presenter/organizer if the program has been submitted to www.gbci.org for approval. If so, the USGBC logo will appear on the first PPT slide. Attendees must complete the IES survey at https://ies.digitalchalk.com/dc, using the course number provided by the presenter/organizer. After the survey is filled out, the attendee will automatically receive an IES Certificate of Attendance. Please keep this for your records. **Note: LEED APs must self-report attendance at education events. The IES does not submit any data to GBCI regarding attendance. Please review the credential maintenance requirements at www.gbci.org. Engineers Self Report via Individual State Requirements for PDH (professional development hours). Attendees must complete the IES survey at https://ies.digitalchalk.com/dc, using the course number provided by the presenter/organizer. After the survey is filled out, the attendee will automatically receive an IES Certificate of Attendance. Please keep this for your records
Continuing Education Units - Criteria for Organizers BEFORE THE PROGRAM STARTS at least 4 weeks before the program starts: 1. Submit the registration forms to IES (see below). 2. Submit the Speaker Quality Assurance form for verification of non-proprietary information. 3. The IES Manager of Technology will create a unique course number, and forward it to the course organizer after the conclusion of the course. AFTER THE PROGRAM HAS FINISHED 1. The program presenter/organizer gives the course number code to those who actually attended the course. 2. The program presenter/organizer must e-mail a list of those who actually attended and their e- mail addresses to the IES Manager of Technology, pmcgillicuddy@ies.org. 3. The attendees log-in to https://ies.digitalchalk.com/dc, using the course number code. The attendee must take the survey quiz, and when complete, the attendee will receive the IES Certificate of Attendance. 4. Attendees must keep the IES Certificate for self-reporting credential maintenance - except for AIA members IES (as the accredited education provider) will report attendance. Programs for IES and/or AIA must be submitted to IES at least one month in advance of the program start date. Programs for GBCI must be submitted 8 weeks in advance of the program start date. Programs submitted for GBCI credit must include: 1. IES Form 1, and 1A 2. A lo-res PDF file of the program presentation materials 3. The presenter s biography and CV
Date of Request Request for IES CEUs Request for AIA LUs IES FORM 1 REQUEST FOR IES-CEU/AIA-LU PROGRAM APPROVAL This form must be completed by the sponsoring organization at least one month prior to the starting date and e-mailed to the Manager of Technology, pmcgillicuddy@ies.org, or Tim Heck, Region & Section Coordinator, theck@ies.org. Date(s) of Program: Location of Program: Title of Program: Sponsoring Organization: Submitted by: Phone Email: City, State & Zip: Number of Hours of Instruction: Name(s) and Qualification(s) of Instructor(s): Brief Bio of Presenter: Brief Description of Program (Attach Program if available + Time + Schedule):
Who is the target audience? Learning objective to be achieved. Each program must have at least four (4) learning objectives clearly stated to indicate what new knowledge or skill participants will gain from the program. These should be clear, actionable statements of what you want the attendee to learn and must be clearly defined and communicated to participants in meeting announcements and at the beginning of the program. Please list the learning objectives below. 1. Attendees will be able to describe: 2. Attendees will be able to analyze: 3. Attendees will be able to identify: 4. Attendees will be able to compare: Teaching Methods to be Used (check all applicable): Individual Speakers Panel Workshop Audio/Visual Aids Case Studies Group Participation Individual Projects Group Projects Video Tapes Handout Materials Describe material resources to be used: IES materials (describe) Other materials (describe) How learning objectives are to be evaluated: (check all applicable) Written exam Submission of project Other (explain)
Program Level (check one): 100 BASIC AWARENESS - teaches participants the elements of light and vision and their relationship to living spaces and perception. 200 INTERMEDIATE SKILLS - provides participants with the knowledge and skills required to solve problems in specific areas of lighting. 300 ADVANCED - teaches participants how to apply knowledge to complex design problems, about newly emerging areas, or about highly specialized subject areas. Registration fee: AIA - Health Safety and Welfare (Check ONLY if program is applicable for architects) Health Safety Welfare Does program qualifies for HSW credit. (HSW topics must be at least 75% of program content) Yes No List topics that qualify Health: Aspects of architecture that have salutary effects among users of buildings or sites and address environmental concerns. Safety: Aspects of architecture intended to limit or prevent accidental injury or death among users of the buildings or sites. Welfare: Aspects of architecture that engender demonstrable positive responses among, or enable equal access by, users of buildings or sites. GBCI Please contact the IES Office regarding GBCI programs pmcgillicuddy@ies.org Subject Matter Identify the content which follow the applicable LEED criteria below. Other criteria exist under the USGBC CMP, however the IES will only review and approve applicable topics: Selection, Development, & Linkages Community Energy Efficiency Modeling Standards & Certifications Energy Management Daylight and Views Occupant Comfort Integrative Process Standards & Regulations Light Pollution Reduction Pedestrian Oriented Streetscape Design Lighting Energy Modeling Lighting / Daylighting Modeling Fundamental Systems Commissioning Daylighting Design Lighting Controls Design Charrette Zoning & Codes
FORM 1A SPEAKERS QUALITY ASSURANCE STATEMENT IES Quality Commitment Statement For IES, AIA, and GBCI Programs This quality commitment statement is designed to maintain the highest quality educational standards for IES and should be applied to all presentations delivered at IES seminars, conferences, webcasts, and educational courses. Please sign and return to IES. Speaker/Instructor Name: Program Name and Date: The benefits of a quality commitment include: 1. The Presenter s personal and professional reputation as a resource for quality education and information will be maintained. 2. IES will be recognized as an organization that offers excellent, unbiased educational programs for all audiences. 3. IES will maintain its stature and credibility with other organizations and State Licensing Boards as a primary source for mandatory continuing education To ensure all these benefits are accomplished, I agree to: 1. Deliver the requested program without endorsement, bias, marketing or sales orientation. 2. Strive to make my verbal presentation and written and graphic materials as meaningful, accurate, appropriate, and interesting as possible and deliver it in the allocated timeframe. 3. Ensure that company logos, product name, and branding are limited to the first and last slides only of any presentation (unless the copyright slide is used) and recognize that any information and handouts distributed during the program are done so with the intent to reinforce the learning objectives and will not be proprietary in nature. 4. Defer product and proprietary specific questions of my particular products/services for discussion one-on-one after the formal, educational portion of the program has concluded. Agreed: Name (print) (Digital Signature Acceptable) Date