Continuing Education Unit (CEU) Requirements

Overview of OGA Continuing Education Units (CEUs)

CEUs are required for Associate, Certified, and Fellow level members. 

The Academy recognizes that there are many worthwhile opportunities to earn professional CEUs, and we encourage you to pursue them. The OGA requirement of 10 CEUs is a minimal requirement of 10 contact hours, strengthening your alignment with the Academy. The CEU committee was very careful in crafting precise guidelines.

The submission of CEU documentation began in January 2021 with the renewal of membership dues. For example, CEUs accrue from your previous certification renewal date to your current renewal date when you submit the documentation with your dues payment.

There are two ways to submit the CEU Record Sheet:

  1. Upload the completed CEU Record Sheet from a link in the member section of the Academy’s website.
    or  (Click here for the link)
  2.  Mail the CEU Record Sheet to the Academy office:
    OGA, PO Box 234, Amenia, NY 1250

A copy of the CEU Recored Sheet is located at the bottom of this page.

 

 

1.    Why will the OGA require CEUs for members at the Associate, Certified, and Fellow levels?

  • All high-quality professional member organizations require CEUs. CEUs show that members are staying current in their field by actively engaging in Academy and other approved professional development opportunities and are staying current and competent with their Orton-Gillingham professional skills and knowledge.
  • Retired, dues-paying OGA members who are no longer working with students, training, or supervising practicum are exempt from maintaining CEUs.

2.     What is a CEU?

  • Continuing Education Units are the contact hours earned through professional development. One contact hours earned equals one CEU.

3.     What professional development is considered valid for OGA CEU credits?

  • All OGA webinars, newsletters, website articles, conferences
  • Fellow and FIT presentations, webinars, workshops, or lectures given in any venue (for example at an IDA conference)
  • All coursework hours and time spent on required readings in pursuit of the next level of OGA credentialing
  • Items from any level of current OGA reading lists
  • Fellow or FIT preparation time for courses, conferences, and workshops
  • Podcasts or videos from the OGA approved list

4.     How many CEUs or contact hours are required?

  • 10 CEUs (10 contact hours) are required annually
  • CEUs are submitted with the renewal of membership and OGA certificate
  • Hours must be accrued during each renewal cycle. The renewal cycle is one year.
  • The renewal cycle is calculated by the membership certificate year. For example, if dues are paid in March 2024, CEU earned between March 2023 and March 2024 are submitted along with the dues’s payment in March 2024.

5.     Who will keep track of the CEUs earned?

  • Members are responsible for obtaining and maintaining all documentation of contact hours for CEU credit.
  • Members will only submit the CEU Record Sheet to OGA with yearly membership renewal.

6.     Is there a fee to accrue CEUs?

  • There is no fee beyond the yearly membership renewal. However, a registration fee may be required by sponsors of particular events.

7.     When did the Academy start requiring CEUs? 

  •  January 2021

8.     Refer to the OGA CEU Policy and Procedures outlined below for full details.

OGA CEU Policy and Procedures

1.  What is the responsibility of OGA members regarding CEUs?

  • 10 contact hours must be obtained annually and reported at the time of membership renewal
  • The renewal cycle is one year.
  • One contact hour counts as one CEU credit.
  • Maintain documentation of the contact hours
  • Retired, dues-paying OGA members who are no longer working with students, training, or supervising practicum are exempt from maintaining CEUs.

2.  What professional development is considered valid for OGA CEU credits?

  • OGA webinars, newsletters, website articles, and conferences
  • Fellow presentations, webinars, workshops, or lectures given in any venue (for example at an IDA conference)
  • All coursework hours and time spent on required readings in pursuit of the next level of OGA credentialing
  • Items from any level of current OGA reading lists
  • Fellow or FIT preparation time for courses, and workshops
  • Podcasts and videos from the OGA approved list.

3.  How do members calculate contact hours and CEUs?

  • Each contact hour earns 1 CEU. A total of 10 contact hours (10 CEUs) is the annual requirement. Contact hours do not carry forward to subsequent years.
  • The contact hours for OGA conferences are stated on the Certificate of Attendance.
  • Contact hours for Fellow presentations, approved podcasts, webinars, and videos are determined by the length of the presentation and rounded to the nearest hour.  Any event under one contact hour can be rounded to the one CEU. Example: 95-minute webinar = 2 CEUs.
  • Books from the OGA Reading List each earn 10 CEUs. For example, if you are an Associate member and read a book from the Certified level reading list, you fulfill the requirement of 10 CEUs.
  • Articles from the OGA Reading Lists, OGA newsletters, or OGA website articles in the members only section earn CEUs in one hour increments calculated by the number of pages using the following formula:
Page Count  

1-10

  

11-20

  

21-30

  

31-40

  

41-50

  

51-60

  

61-70

  

71-80

  

81-90

  

90+
CEUs 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 10 10

 

4.  How will members submit evidence of readings/webinars/videos that are done independently?

  • Members will submit the OGA CEU Record Sheet annually, at the time of membership renewal, indicating how the contact hours for CEUs were obtained.
  • Concise bulleted notes, highlights and/or margin notes in articles, or a brief written summary of each or a reading/webinar/video will be maintained by the member and only submitted in the event of an audit.
  • Certificates of Completion do not need to be submitted.

5.  How will members document their attendance at OGA events?

  • Members will receive a Certificate of Completion for OGA conferences stating the total contacts hours obtained for each OGA session attended.
  • On the CEU form, enter the conference information and the hours. The Certificate of Completion does not need to be submitted.

6.  How long do members keep documentation?

  • OGA members will maintain documentation for a minimum of five years.

Click the links below to print the above information.

PODCAST LIST

OGA CEU OVERVIEW

OGA CEU POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

OGA CEU RECORD SHEET

CLICK HERE TO SUBMIT CEUS ONLINE