EducationFor Providers

AIA CES Quality Assurance Audit is designed to identify and promote honest, efficient, effective and fully accountable CES Providers. The program helps Providers accomplish their objectives by bringing a systematic, disciplined approach to evaluate and improve their effectiveness in the areas of content development and delivery, administration, and promotion.

The AIA CES strives to:

• Deliver Quality Continuing Education to AIA members and AEC Industry professionals

• Determine whether the Provider is meeting the administrative standards

• Ensure timely course submission and attendance reporting for AIA members

• Determine if the Provider’s delivery of continuing educational courses complies with AIA CES policies and procedures

• Determine the honesty and accuracy of promotional materials and

• Recommend necessary improvements in each of the above areas

Quality Red Flags

• Misrepresentation of Learning Units to be awarded

• Unregistered or incorrectly registered courses

• Failure to get all speakers to sign the Speaker Agreement

• Failure to use course evaluations

• Failure to use Quality Assurance slides

• Failure to report AIA member attendance within 10 business days

• Failure to issue certificates to non-members and requesting members

• Product endorsement (demonstrations or sales presentations) offering CES credit

• Company or product identification during the education portion of a course

• False or misleading advertisements

• Policy and procedure infractions

• Knowingly allowing non-providers to use your provider number

Let us review your courses and materials to ensure a violation does not hinder or suspend your AIA CES Approved Provider status.  If you would like to request a voluntary constructive review, please direct inquiries to the Manager of CES Provider Audits ramirosolorzano@aia.org