Mandatory Continuing Education (MCE)

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In an effort to facilitate the new mandatory continuing education program for New York State (NYS) registered landscape architects, NYSCLA is offering the following schedule of courses that are believed to be acceptable to the State Education Department for continuing education (CE) credit.

The New York State Education Law and the Commissioner's Regulations governing the practice of landscape architecture are available for review on the web at the NYS Education Department's Office of the Professions.

To be acceptable for New York State continuing education, the courses or educational activities you take must meet all three of these basic criteria:

  1. They must be administered by an approved NYS sponsor (provider), and
  2. They must be in an acceptable subject area, and
  3. They must be given in an approved format (either a course or educational activity)

Additionally, the courses or educational activities must contribute to the professional practice of landscape architecture; as such practice is defined in the NYS Education Law, Section 7321.

You should always verify prior to signing up for a course or education activity and when you arrive to take a course, that the course or education activity does indeed provide the needed NYS CE credit.

Providers already approved within the American Institute of Architects Continuing Education System (AIA/CES) meet one of the criteria noted above, as AIA/CES is an entity authorized to approve providers. However, courses or educational activities taken through the AIA/CES provider program must also be in an acceptable subject area and given in an approved format in order to be acceptable to the NYS Education Department.

The C2Ed program administered by the Council of Landscape Architectural Registration Boards (CLARB), SUNY's College of Environmental Science and Forestry, Cornell University's Department of Landscape Architecture, and CCNY's Program in Landscape Architecture are approved providers of continuing education in New York State.

Always check with the provider to be sure that the course will meet SED requirements for CE credit for Landscape Architects.

NOTE: Regarding courses offered by manufacturers and representative of other products, there are now strict guidelines as to the course content and the degree to which 'sales' activity is part of the course presentation. Some of these providers are aware of the new guidelines, some are not.Courses are intended to be non-proprietary in nature. Courses that serve as a "marketing pitch" for a manufacturer will not be approved for NYS CE credit. For example, a manufacturer's Power Point presentation may only include their company name/logo on the first and last slide of a presentation. If you are not sure if the course or educational activity being offered will be acceptable, contact the NYS Education Department, Office of the Professions at:

NYS Education Department
Office of the Professions
State Board for Landscape Architecture
89 Washington Avenue
Albany, NY 12234-1000
Phone: 518-474-3817 ext. 110
Fax: 518-486-2981
Robert Lopez, RA, Executive Secretary
E-mail: larchbd@mail.nysed.gov

Upcoming Courses

NOTE: These courses are listed as a service to distribute information.  NYSCLA is not a sponsor nor endorses these events. Course providers are responsible for the verification of NYSED credit approval, distribution of course completion certificates and record retention in compliance with NYSED rules and regulations.

 

September 2010


Course: ASLA Annual Conference
Date: Sept. 10-13, 2010
Where: Washington D.C. (Walter E. Washington Convention Center)
Presented By: American Society of Landscape Architects
Description: This is ASLA's annual meeting/conference offering a variety of topics: this year's theme is "Earth, Air, Water, Fire" (NY LA CEUs TBD)
More Info: www.asla.org website; call to confirm NY LA CEUs prior to registering; sponsor for possible NY LA CEUs is LACES-early registration deadline July 1
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October 2010


Course: Site Plans that Protect Natural Resources; Open Space Systems for the Built Environment
Date: Oct. 1-Buffalo; Oct. 19-NYC; Oct. 20-Syracuse
Where: statewide
Presented By: AIA/CES register LA CEU provider
Description: each program for dates above qualifies for 7 HSW CE credits for RLAs; see link below for specific course details; $225 if registered by Sept. 15; $275 after
More Info: Site Plans that Protect Natural Resources-given by Don Lake, PE; Open Space Systems for the Built Environment-given by James LaGro, Jr., MLA
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Course: Upstate ASLA/AIANYS Joint Annual Conference
Date: Oct. 14-16, 2010
Where: Buffalo, NY (Buffalo Niagara Convention Center)
Presented By: Upstate ASLA and AIANYS
Description: Upstate ASLA and AIANYS are partnering to combine Annual Conferences this year which will mean interesting sessions for landscape architects and architects alike.
More Info: www.nyuasla.org and www.aianys.org (more info soon to be announced-LA and AIA CEUs will be offered/TBD); sponsors for NY LA + AIA CEUs are Upstate ASLA thru LACES and AIANYS/CES
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