Active CCN Pros -- NO CEU’S REQUIRED!
Continuing Education Units are no longer a requirement of certification.
The Certification Committee met in late January and made the
decision to do away with the continuing education unit requirement to maintain certification. The deciding factors centered
around the lack of easy and affordable programming for CCN Pros to attend and obtain CEU’s and because the CANGC magazine
is no longer published with an accompanying quiz. The quizzes were the mainstay of maintaining CEU’s.
Organizations Applying for CEUs – Colleges,
Universities, Related Industry Organizations, CANGC Chapters, other
All organizations are encouraged to submit CEU applications
for educational meetings that are a minimum of 45 minutes in length and that enhance the knowledge of the CCN Pro in
the areas of plant material and related products, controls, pests and diseases, etc. A few guidelines include:
- Extension
Service and County Ag. Commissioner speakers are excellent opportunities
- Tours of a grower or retail garden center
as part of a chapter meeting, tour of botanical gardens or a behind the scenes tour of an unusual or large garden like Disneyland
- A speaker on horticulture from a local college or university.
- Day long seminars at the California Center
for Urban Horticulture.
- A CANGC supplier or grower member reporting on new varieties or on products are topics that
enhance the knowledge of the CCN Pro
- College classes on horticulture
