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Professional
Development
American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) |
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AICP
Scholarship |
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Reduced 2011 AICP Exam Fee Scholarships
For November 2011 Exam
The American Institute of Certified Planners and the APA Texas
Chapter encourage those with financial hardships to become AICP
members by taking advantage of the Reduced Exam Fee Scholarship
Program. This program offers assistance to those individuals who
may defer taking or are unable to take the AICP exam because of the
high cost. In 2011, the AICP offers three (3) scholarships for
Texas planners taking the November exam. The APA Texas Chapter
awarded three (3) scholarships to Texas planners that took the May
exam. The November 2011 AICP Exam testing window is November 7-21,
2011. Scholarship recipients pay reduced fees to AICP as follows:
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First Time AICP applicants: $135 (combined $70 application and $65
exam fee)
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Previously approved AICP applicants: $65 (exam fee only)
The deadline for applying for the three (3) Reduced Exam Fee
Scholarships is:
JULY 8, 2011
Reduced AICP Exam Fee Scholarship Selection Criteria
Applicants must be eligible to take the exam. Applicants must
submit a letter explaining the financial hardship (including
financial hardship caused by a budget cutback in a firm or agency),
which necessitated the request. The letter should be no more than
two (2) pages and need to include the applicant’s APA membership
identification number. Preference is given to:
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Members of ethnic or racial minorities;
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Applicants who otherwise will be unlikely to take the exam without
the reduced fee; or
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Applicants whose employer will not subsidized the exam fee.
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Applications must be submitted by July 8, 2011 via
email to:
Richard Luedke, AICP
Professional Development Officer
APA Texas Chapter
E-mail: rluedke@argyletx.com |
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Online
Courses and Training |
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On-Line Training Offered for Planning for Healthy Places with Health
Impact Assessments
Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments is a ‘how
to’ guide for conducting health impact assessments (HIAs), developed
by the American Planning Association and the National Association of
County & City Health Officials, sponsored by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention. This online course will explain the value of
conducting an HIA and the steps involved in conducting an HIA.
Planning for Healthy Places with Health Impact Assessments qualifies
for six (6) AICP Certification Maintenance credits. This course
takes approximately 6 hours to complete. After finishing the course,
AICP members must complete a course evaluation and report the
credits in their CM log. Access the
online training site. |
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AICP Exam Study
Manuals |
CPC Study Manual
The Chapter Presidents Council (CPC) Study Manual for
the AICP Exam is available for purchase at Texas APA. To order your copy, please send a
request with a $20.00 check payable to Texas APA to Dick Lillie, Texas APA Administrator, 6806 Canon Wren Drive, Austin, TX 78746.
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Ohio State University AICP Exam Review
The Ohio Chapter of the APA partnered with the City and Regional
Planning program at Ohio State University to develop an online
AICP Exam
Review Course. This course includes audio/video lectures from Ohio State
planning faculty, practice exams, a discussion forum, and reading materials.
The course covers all areas of the AICP exam.
If you have any questions, please contact:
Jennifer Evans-Cowley, PhD, AICP,
Planning Education at a Distance Program Director,
Ohio State University
(614) 247-7479, cowley.11@osu.edu.
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Texas APA - AICP Study Materials
Texas APA has prepared a page with study materials for the AICP
Exam. To view these study materials, visit the
AICP Exam Study Material page.
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Florida APA - Treasure Coast
Section AICP Resources
The Treasure Coast Section of the APA Florida Chapter has prepared an
AICP Exam Study Links page with information about the
exam. The page includes exam study links from other APA
Chapters. |
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CM
Training Materials Available for Loan to Texas APA Sections |
APA Texas Chapter Purchases CM Training Materials Available
for Loan to Sections
To aid AICP members in obtaining required CM training, the APA Texas
Chapter is acquiring audio-video training materials on CDs,
published by APA and AICP, which are available for loan to Sections
of the Texas Chapter to conduct local training sessions. AICP
members who participate in local training sessions using the CDs may
log their CM credits under the training registered by APA and AICP
on the online CM log. For Sections wanting to borrow a CD package
for conducting a local training session, the Section Director or
Section Professional Development Officer should contact the APA
Texas Chapter Professional Development Officer Marc Kurbansade
at mkurban11@yahoo.com.
Section will be responsible for cost of shipping and return of the
CD. The following CD training packages are currently available:
Writing Better Staff Reports (1.25 CM Credits)
Improve your staff reports with advice from the experts. See
examples from various communities.
Design Standards that Shape Urban Form ( 1.25 CM Credits)
Explore the design paradigms that have formed the tools of planning
and how these approaches have been rethought over time.
Mechanics of Code Writing (2.0 CM Credits)
Veteran or novice, you'll explore the fundamentals of code writing.
Complete Streets (1.5 CM C Credits)
Make room for pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users on your
auto-oriented roads.
Design Guidelines for Small Towns and Rural Communities (1.25 CM
Credits)
Preserve character while encouraging commercial and residential
growth in small towns and rural communities.
Zoning for Transit-Oriented Development (1.5 CM Credits)
Transit-oriented design results from deliberate planning and code
provisions drafted to produce a mix of uses in close proximity to
transit.
2007 Planning Law Review (1.5 CM Credits)
Hear case law and legislative actions from 2007 that affect your
work as a planner.
2008 Planning Law Review ( 1.5
CM Credits)
Hear case law and legislative actions from 2008 that affect your
work as a planner.
Improving the Development Review
Process (1.25 CM Credits)
Learn practical tips and guidelines for improving the development
review process.
Preparing a Downtown
Revitalization Plan (1.25 CM Credits)
Learn how to revitalize your small town downtown through the
combination of physical improvements that enhance the historic
setting and a targeted marketing effort to recruit new businesses.
Design Graphics for Planning (
1.5 CM Credits)
Hear an expert discussion of how to use accurate, clear, and
well-designed graphics to communicate planning concepts to the
public and other non-planners.
Development Finance and Pro Formas (1.5 CM Credits)
Experts discuss what planners need to know about development finance
and pro formas.
Planning Ethics for Planning Commissioners (not for CM Credit,
but good for PC training)
Educate commissioners regarding ethical responsibilites with two
sessions from APA National Planning Conferences: Ethics and Planning
Decision Making and Planning Commissioner Ethics. |
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