CEU Programs
The CEU Application Process
The CEU application should be completed by
the sponsor or agency overseeing both the educational activity and
instruction. The completed form should be returned to: Conference Services Division, Third Floor Chadbourne Hall, Orono, Maine
04469-5713 along with a $10.00 application fee. The form may also be faxed to: 207/581-4097.
Applications not accompanied with the proper payment cannot be processed. Checks should be payable to the University of
Maine. The approval process
generally takes a minimum of 10 working days. All CEU
applications must be pre-approved. Approval of educational activities
after-the-fact is NOT an option.
Upon completing the CEU application process, the Conference Services Division
will assign a CEU number to the application and return the original form to the
originator along with a CEU Participant Form. The CEU Participant Form may be
copied and distributed to each participant. The participant
should be responsible for sending back the completed CEU Participant Form. BOTH
the participant’s biographical information section and the CEU sponsor’s or the
sponsor’s representative’s signature verifying the attendance and participation
of the participant must be filled out. A $10.00 processing fee must also
accompany the completed CEU Participant Form.
The CEU Participant Form has no expiration timeline and therefore is valid
whenever the participant chooses to return it to the Conference Services Division.
The form must be completed in full with the signature of the original sponsor.
The Conference Services Division will then issue an official University of Maine
transcript to the participant. All participants’ CEU activities taken under the
auspices of the University of Maine is comprehensively archived, i.e., each
participant’s CEU activity will be added to any previous CEU activities. CEU
credit is not transferable to academic credit.
Further inquiries about the CEU application process should be directed to: Bruce
Stinson, Director, Conference Services Division at 207/581-4091.
Application Form (DOC)
(Click here to down load application form)
About the Continuing Education Unit (CEU)
The Continuing Education Unit (CEU) has been
designed as a uniform unit of measurement to facilitate the accumulation and
exchange of standardized information about individual participation in
non-academic credit continuing education programs. The CEU permits the
individual to participate in many different kinds of programs while accumulating
a uniform record available for future reference.
One Continuing Education Unit is defined as ten contact hours of participation
in an organized continuing education experience under responsible sponsorship,
capable direction, and qualified instruction.
Examples:
- 5 hour workshop would award 0.5
CEU
- 10 hour workshop would award 1.0
CEU
- 22 hour workshop would award 2.2
CEU
- 45 hour workshop would award 4.5
CEU
Recertification: Since Continuing
Education Units are based on ten hours of participation for each unit and
recertification credits are based on 15 hours of participation for each credit,
recertification CEUs are awarded on a 2/3 ratio.
Examples:
- 1.5 CEU is equal to 1
recertification credit
- 3.0 CEU is equal to 2
recertification credit
- 4.5 CEU is equal to 3
recertification credit
- 9.0 CEU is equal to 6
recertification credit
