CE Course Credits

AOLCPs must obtain annual continuing education credits to maintain accreditation status. They are required to submit a completed re-accreditation form with evidence of 4 (four) hours of approved continuing education credits, signed off by course instructors OR evidence of 2 (two) hours of teaching organic land care. (Teaching credits must be approved in advance by the OLC Credit Subcommittee.)

A full year's worth of credits can be obtained by attending the Annual Gathering/Update Course.

You can view a calendar listing of approved continuing education classes here: Credit Oppportunities.

If you know of a course that you think should receive AOLCP credits, or would like your course to offer them then you can submit a course for approval:

CE course approval

Course Approval Form

Any workshop or seminar seeking to provide approved credit-hours must enhance or expand upon the scope of the Standards and/or course materials. No basic material will be accepted.

One of the following criteria must be met for full credit (One credit-hour per hour of education.)

  •  Attending in its entirety any OLC committee originated program, or another program endorsed by the OLC committee, that entirely follows, enhances and expands upon the Standards and/or course materials.
  •  Full credit for a non-OLC committee originated program can be awarded to the presenter or student upon submission of a written outline/handout of the course in question that substantiates the organic content to be fully compatible with, and enhances and expands upon, the OLC Standards and Course materials. It is the responsibility of the presenter or student to seek authorization from the OLC Committee for full credit.

The following criteria must be met for half credit (1/2 credit-hour per hour of education). It is responsibility of the presenter or student to seek authorization from the OLC committee for half credit.

  1.  The content enhances and/or expands upon the OLC Standards and/or course materials; prohibited item(s) may be discussed but are not recommended as a preferred practice, and organic alternatives (if any) are equally discussed.
  2.  IPM that stresses organic, ecological/natural methods and materials without recommending prohibited item(s) as preferred practice.

The following criteria will provide No Credit (Zero credit-hours per hour of education).

  •  Any program that promotes any prohibited substance
  •  Any program that is self-promoting, or designed to sell products, methods or materials, whether overtly or covertly
  •  Any program or workshop that does not otherwise abide by the above criteria.

The following criteria will provide Double Credit (two credit-hours per hour of presentation).

  • An AOLCP who presents a full credit workshop or course.

If you know of a course that you think should receive AOLCP credits, or would like your course to offer them, use the Course Approval Form to provide us with information about it. The more information you can provide about the content of the program, the faster this process will be! The more emphasis on ORGANIC methods/treatments/control the more likely the course/program is to receive full credit. For more information, contact Clara Buitrago, Accreditation Manager, clara@organiclandcare.net.