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Professional Development/Education Committee
The Professional Development/Education Committee conducts AICP test preparation and provides information to the membership about training opportunities.


Professional Development Officer (PDO)

Amy Williams, AICP
TAYLOR SIEFKER WILLIAMS Design Group
811 South Second Street
Louisville, KY 40203
Ph: (502) 992-9481
Fax: (502) 595-7432
awilliams@TSWDesignGroup.com


Upcoming Planners/Planning Commissioners Training and AICP Certificate Maintenance (CM) Opportunities:

Online Courses

The Planning Institute of Colorado recently certified a new course for two credit hours of certification maintenance: 

  • Understanding Sustainability is a course authored by Graham Billingsley, FAICP and Marty Sugg and this is proving to be our most popular course yet!

Right now the cost is $20 and you can sign up at www.vaned.com/planners  - registration is quick and easy and (most importantly) you can take this course at your own pace and at your convenience. 

Understanding Sustainability is offered in addition to these other CM certified courses: 

  • Growth Management, 4 hours CM

  • Land Surveying and Subdivision Platting, 4 hours CM

  • Transportation Planning, 4 hours CM

  • Economics and Demographics, 4 hours CM

Take one course or take all five for a total of 18 CM credit hours! 

The Planning Institute of Colorado is a non-profit arm of APA Colorado.  You can find out more about PIC by visiting http://www.theplanninginstitute.org/


Free Podcasts


Free Webcasts


Audio Conferences

Northern Kentucky Area Planning Commission (NKAPC) hosts monthly APA audio conferences at their offices located at 2332 Royal Drive, Fort Mitchell, KY. For more information regarding these conferences please click here.

Conferences

2012 Spring Conference: May 16-18, 2012
Rough River State Park Resort

Look for the call for presentations around the New Year!

Other

APA-KY keeps a lending library of Planners and Planning Commissioners Training DVDs and CD-Roms, which may qualify for CM credit or required continuing education hours.

APA-KY Training Material Library and Request Form. (PDF)

Please contact Ben Peterson, AICP if interested in borrowing any of these training materials:

Ben Peterson, AICP
City of Paducah Planning Department
300 South 5th Street
Paducah, KY 42003
Phone: (270) 444-8690
Fax: (270) 444-8689
Email: bpeterson@ci.paducah.ky.us


AICP Exam Information:

APA Exam Information
For general information regarding AICP certification please click here.

APA has a list of recommendation readings and study guides for the AICP exam. For more information please click here.

APA-KY Resources
APA-KY maintains a lending library of exam study materials. Please contact Amy Williams, AICP for information on borrowing these materials.

To join an email list for other upcoming exam training opportunities, please contact Dawn T. Warrick.

Reimbursement Of AICP Exam Fees
If your employer will not pay the AICP exam registration fee, and you are a member of APA-KY, the Chapter will reimburse you for the cost of the exam fee after you pass the exam. You must live or work in Kentucky at the time you are requesting the reimbursement.   Each year, the APA-KY Executive Board will review the requests on a case-by-case basis and consider available financial resources and the number of requests.

Please send a completed AICP exam reimbursement form with proof of your payment to:

Stanford Harvey, AICP
APA-KY Treasurer
Urban Collage, Inc.
201 W. Short Street, Suite 820
Lexington, KY 40507