Primary and Secondary POCs: There is a difference
Provider points of contact (POCs) are responsible for carrying out the AIA/CES administrative responsibilities within your organization. E-mail is our primary means of contact at AIA/CES, and it is important to designate at least two AIA/CES POCs in your organization. These people must be familiar with our system and involved with administering the courses and reporting the participant credits. The primary POC is generally the manager of the provider’s account and will receive all e-mail messages related to annual provider renewal, provider assessments or other administrative matters.
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| | | | CES Provider Webinars
Last fall, we offered a webinar series during the time of the CES Discovery launch. As we continue to make adjustments and enhancements to the system, we encourage you to participate in one of the webinars listed on the Upcoming Provider Events page for new information. There are two webinars being held a month, one for AIA Components and one for AIA Providers. These are meant to be informal, so please come with any questions about the system you might have. For more information, please visit the Upcoming Provider Events page.
Also, we would appreciate your continued feedback about your training program and needs. If you haven’t filled out the survey at the top of this newsletter, please fill it out http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CFLGHEB4A/.
| | | Next AIA/CES Tweetchat
Join AIA Continuing Education on Twitter on June 9, 2011 from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. ET for a live Twitter chat #aiaces. For more information about the chat topics, and how to join a chat please visit AIA.org. | | | IGCC Interview – Be Prepared for High-Performance Buildings
Bill Worthen, AIA, LEED AP, Resource Architect for Sustainability and Maria Sigillito met to discuss the potential and assumed changes in practice for architects as a result of the implementation of high-performance building codes. In the not too-distant future many design professionals may find themselves asking, Why me and why now?! What they will be responding to is the adoption of CALGreen earlier this year, and the adoption of the International Green Construction Code (IgCC) in 2012. The implementation of these high-performance, green building codes changes the best-practices approach of green design from an aspirational approach to sustainable design towards making high-performance building standard practice and code minimum design. Learn more
| | | Media Scan
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Sustainable AIA: 2031-IGCC Education Opportunities AIArchitect
What You Need to Know About the IgCC Architect
Ready or Not: A new green code is about to change the way we build AIA Podcast
Citizen Architect on the Move: Chris Green, AIA |
| | CES Discovery Enhancements – Be Prepared for June and July
Be Prepared in June and July.
The CES/Discovery system will be down June 3-6 for maintenance. Please plan accordingly.
Also, in July we will be implementing another set of updates to CES Discovery, which will include formatting the Course Basics and Course Additional screens after your courses are approved so they can’t be changed. This complies with our CES policy on approved courses. | | | Health Safety Welfare
AIA members and other architects licensed in many states with mandatory continuing education (MCE) requirements for license renewal are required to complete a minimum number of hours of Health, Safety, and Welfare (HSW)-related training. AIA members are required to take eight learning unit (LU) hours of continuing education per year in approved HSW topics. Because many architects are required to take HSW courses and these courses are in high demand by both AIA members and architects licensed in states with MCE requirements in HSW, providers are encouraged to offer HSW education.
Changes in the profession in regards to HSW may occur over the next couple months. As noted on NCARB’s website, This June, the NCARB Board of Directors plans to present a revision to the standard related to continuing education in its Model Regulations for the registration boards to review and vote on at its Annual Meeting. NCARB hopes that the revisions will lead to greater standardization and acceptance among those jurisdictions that require some form of continuing education for license renewal in order to make the renewal process simpler for all architects.
Any changes in the HSW definition will be posted to AIA.org, and will be included in the CES Provider Connection. Check back for updates.
| | | March/April and May 2011 Surveys
Thank you to all Providers who participated in the CES Provider Connection March and April 2011 surveys about what you would like posted inside the CES Provider Connection. We seriously consider your feedback, and as a result you may see changes that address your concerns.
We ask that you complete the new survey, which is very similar to the February 2011 survey. The final result with your help is expected to be compiled at the end of a few months and will be included in a future CES Provider Connection. We would strongly encourage you to participate!
To complete the survey please go to:
http://www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22CFLGHEB4A/
Thank you for your time and valuable input. | | | Component Call for Speakers
AIA Chapters can use this space to post conference information. AIA Georgia
2011 AIA Georgia Annual Design Conference
October 13-16, 2011
Athens, Georgia
Call for Speakers and Sponsors – forms are located online
Contact Tangela Monroe
404.22.0099 x 108 Virginia Society AIA
Architect Exchange East
November 2-4, 2011
Richmond, Virginia
Call for Speakers and Sponsors – Proposal form on website
Contact Wayne Connors
804-237-1769 AIA Illinois
2011 AIA Illinois Conference COLLABORATION / INNOVATION
November 4-5, 2011
Lisle/Naperville, Illinois
Call for Speakers and Sponsors
Contact Mary Young, Public Affairs Director
217.522.2309 X. 3 AIA National
AIA 2012 National Convention
May 17-19, 2012
Washington, DC
Call for Presentations due July 1, 2011 Please email aiamembercareces@aia.org to add your 2011 events to this list and include AIA Chapter Speakers and Sponsors in the Subject line. Please include the following information in your message: - Component Name
- Conference Title
- Link to conference web page
- Date of conference
- Location of conference
- Is this a call for speakers or sponsors?
- Deadline for speakers or sponsors
- Contact Person
- Email
- Phone
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