CEU Application Instructions

CEU applications along with any related supporting materials including the attendance roster must be submitted no later than 30 days past the event date.

To apply for CEU credit, either pre- or post-approved, you must provide the information requested on the enclosed Certified Crop Adviser CEU Application Form. To be eligible for CEUs, the meeting must be relevant to the Continuing Education Standards.

Subject matter not eligible for CEUs are: specific product commercial crop input sales training or marketing sessions and award presentations.

Certified Crop Advisers (CCAs) will receive CEUs for attending your meeting by signing a sign-in sheet provided at the meeting. Please allow between 30 and 60 days for application processing.

TO COMPLETE THE FORM:

  1. Fill in the contact name, address, phone number, fax number and email, the sponsoring organization and the title of the meeting.
  2. Check the box indicating if the activity is open to the public and indicate the meeting fee.
  3. Fill in the location and date of the meeting.
  4. In the CEUs requested section, please indicate the total number of CEUs for each Continuing Education Unit (CEU) area by totaling the CEUs you have listed on the reverse side of the form. CEUs are awarded on a basis of one hour in classroom is equal to one CEU. CEUs are awarded in increments of 0.5. See the CEU conversion table.
  5. Complete the reverse side of the application form by indicating the date, start and end time of each session, the CEU area(s) to which the session topic relates, the amount of CEUs requested per CEU area, the session topic, a brief description of the session topic and the speaker’s name and brief background information for each speaker.
  6. Include a short bio for each speaker.
  7. Include a copy of the meeting agenda and/or any supporting information regarding the meeting.
  8. List the states or provinces of the CCAs attending the meeting.
  9. The application needs to be sent to CEU Contact for the local board the meeting is taking place in. If the meeting is held in Illinois, the application and supporting materials should be emailed to Lisa Martin. If the meeting is held in another state, the application should be sent to the CEU contact in that state. For a list of states and contacts, click here.