AEP Renewal
AEP Annual Renewal
Pricing:
$50 member renewal fee
$450 non-member renewal fee
A minimum of 12 Professional Development Units (PDUs) must be earned and logged in your PDU Journal within the calendar year. PDU Journal entries require back-up documentation.
AEP designation holders are required to complete the renewal application from within their ASPE online profile.
For detailed renewal information, please see the AEP Renewal Handbook and AEP PDU Reference Table below. These documents are excellent resources to understand the scope of the program and all requirements.
AEP Renewal
All AEP designated individuals must renew their certification annually. There are three steps in which to accomplish the renewal process. All renewals must be completed before December 31st.
- Log 12 Professional Development Units (PDUs)
*PDU entries are reviewed/approved within 10 business days
- Complete the renewal application
- Pay the renewal fees
AEP Renewal Handbook
The AEP Renewal Handbook is an AEP designation holder’s annual renewal guide, with a full description of the renewal processes and procedures. In this handbook you’ll find the following information:
- Professional Development Units (PDUs)
- PDU Reference Table
- AEP Renewal Policy, on-time and late
- Revocation
PDU Reference Table
This document is your guide to what constitutes a Professional Development Unit (PDU), what category, and what value you may log within your PDU journal.
- Continuing education and training
- Authorship, presentation, and teaching
- Professional organizational activities
- Other professional activites
AEP Reactivation
This is a one-time-only process in which a former AEP designation holder may apply for reactivation. An application and appropriate fees must be submitted within two years of the last cycle’s end date.
- Only through majority approval of the current National Certification Committee (NCC) may any individual’s AEP designation become reactivated.
- Reactivation does not require the submission of PDUs to begin the process; however, PDU submission is encouraged.
- Upon reactivation, current AEP requirements must be met.
- Reactivation Fees: $500