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Continuing Education Units (CEUs)Many professions require annual continuing education units for certification. Graduate and Continuing Studies awards CEUs for all professional seminars. We can also provide credit for seminars which are customized for individual needs. CEUs are awarded to individuals for participation in organized non-credit activities that provide unified and systematic instruction for a set length of time, meet specific criteria, and are subject to goal achievement or participant performance evaluation. A permanent record of an individual's CEUs is maintained for a minimum of seven years. Many of the CEUs are offered through Graduate and Continuing Studies. Weekend courses offered at Shiloh and Crows Neck are available to elementary, middle school, and high school teachers. These classes are a short-term, three-hour graduate or undergraduate credit courses which focus on the structured inquiry approach to learning. The Delta Area Association for the Improvement of Schools (DAAIS) offers CEUs to those interested in pursuing other courses outside of the Graduate and Continuing Studies. The DAAIS also tailors the classes to educators interested in a structured approach to learning. Information on DAAIS can be found at www.daais.org. The following are forms that can be used for CEU credits. All forms should be sent to: The CEU is designed to facilitate recording, accumulating, and exchanging standardized information about individual participation and learning achievement in continuing education experiences. The CEU concept is designed to accommodate a wide variety of continuing education opportunities. The number of CEUs to be awarded can be determined only after the program or activity has been designed and the schedule has been established. The CEU concept provides individuals with recognition for their efforts to update or broaden their knowledge, skills or attitudes. Probably the two most common uses of a CEU record or transcript by the individual learner are to supply an employer or prospective employer with information on continuing education and training experiences pertinent to professional competence and to provide documentation to registration boards, certification bodies or professional and occupation organizations of continuing education undertaken to maintain or increase professional competence. The CEU is a standard of measure of continuing education or training. The criterion was developed by the International Association for Continuing Education and Training (IACET). IACET defines the CEU “as 10 contact hours of participation in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction.” In other words, one CEU equals 10 hours of instruction included in a specified continuing education program or activity. The 60-minute clock is used as the contact hour in all continuing education experiences. Only the number of complete instruction hours is considered in assigning CEUs. To determine the number of contact hours, count the hours in the program and subtract refreshment breaks, lunches, and other activities not directly part of the instructional experience. The following are not included when calculating the number of instructional contact hours for any continuing education experience:
CEUs are based on attendance, and attendance should be documented by such means as attendance rosters or sign-in sheets. The base cost per participant for 1.0 CEU or below is $15. There is a small increase per person for each tenth of a point above 1.0. The University keeps a cumulative record of CEUs which is maintained in DSU’s Office of Graduate and Continuing Studies. Transcripts are available for participants to document their continued learning for employers or for professional organizations. For a program to qualify for approval of CEUs at Delta State University, the request must include evidence that:
Programs eligible for CEUs include, but are not limited to:
CEUs are not approved for activities such as:
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