Professional Development / Certification Maintenance

Tips and Tricks for Navigating the Certification Maintenance Program

CMprogramThe Certification Maintenance program officially began on January 1, 2008. Please note that additional CM program elements will be rolled out during the month of January, such as program exemptions and an improved CM activity search feature on our website. In the meantime, the Arizona Chapter of the American Planning Association wishes to provide some helpful information for its members navigating the requirements of the CM program.

Please visit www.planning.org/cm for complete CM information.
To log your credits visit the following link: http://www.planning.org/cm/member/log.htm

1. Enter your User ID and Password
2. Scroll down to the bottom of the page entitled “Certification Maintenance Program for AICP Members” and click “Report new CM Credits”
3. A box will appear asking you to search for available credits. The easiest way to locate the workshops/conferences for which you would like to enter credits is to enter “APA Arizona Chapter” in the field entitled: Keyword (Provider, Event Name or Presenter). Alternatively, you may enter the date on which the workshop was offered and the specific city in which it was offered. Note: It takes a brief moment for the resulting list to appear.
4. Workshop/conference session choices will appear below the search box. Click on the name of the workshop/session you attended and another box requesting your evaluation of the offering will appear. Complete that box and click “Add” at the bottom left hand corner of the box.
5. Another box entitled “Pending CM Credits” will appear asking you to verify that you have earned the credits and accurately reported them. Check the verification box and then click “Submit.”
6. This takes you back to the page entitled “Certification Maintenance Program for AICP Members,” and you will start the process over for the next workshop/session.

Workshop Title Date CM Credits Location
Water Issues From H20
May 11, 2007 3.5 Hours Phoenix, AZ
2007 Land Use Law Update
Proposition 207

June 8, 2007 6.5 Hours Scottsdale, AZ
Creating Sustainable Green Building Residential Communities
August 24, 2007 3 Hours
Tucson, AZ
LEED ND
September 14, 2007 4 Hours Phoenix, AZ
Tapping into Water Resource Planning:
Water Supply and Land Use Decision Making
September 18, 2007 3.5 Hours

Tucson, AZ
Pre-Conference Workshop
Planning for a State of Quality Growth
November 7, 2007 4 Hours Glendale, AZ
AzPA State Planning Conference
The sessions and mobile workshops that have been approved for CM credit are listed. Additional consideration has been requested for the legislative session, plenary session as well as the keynote luncheon.
November 8-9, 2007 Hours Vary by Activity Glendale, AZ
Form Based Codes February 22, 2008 3.5 Hours Phoenix, AZ
Infill Development Strategies--Brownbag Presentation February 27, 2008 1 Hour
Tucson, AZ
Planners' Day at the Capitol March 4, 2008 2 Hours Phoenix, AZ
Southern Section Brownbag Series--Modern Streetcar Presentation April 16, 2008 1 Hour Tucson, AZ

Professional Ethics Professional Development Workshop

May 30, 2008
as pending
3 Hours Tucson, AZ
Land Use Law Workshop June 6, 2008 7 Hours Scottsdale, AZ