External education opportunities for education providers

GCSAA is committed to helping its members find quality education that is affordable, accessible and attainable. To that end, all providers of learning opportunities are encouraged to submit their program(s) for GCSAA education points. Each program will be reviewed for quality of content.

In order to qualify for education points, a program must meet the following requirements:

• Provide education relevant to the golf course management profession.
• Have clearly defined learning objectives.
• Have a minimum program length of one hour.
• Must be non-commercial.

If approved, GCSAA will support your program by:

• Providing a logo that can be used on your promotional materials.
• List the program and all offerings, if there is more than one, in the Education section of GCSAA.org.
• List the program and all offerings, if there is more than one, in the Professional Development Resource (PDR).

If you have questions about the application process, please contact Diana Kern, training resources manager, at (800) 472-7878 ext. 3600.

Applications

By submitting any of the External Education applications below, you are asking GCSAA to review the program's content. If your program meets the GCSAA criteria outlined above, your program will be approved for the selected calendar year. Programs must be reviewed annually so you will need to renew the approval each calendar year. Offerings of the program can be submitted at the time of the initial application and/or at a later date as they are scheduled.

Businesses should use one of the following application:

• External Education Application for progams occurring after Jan 1, 2010

Professional associations, universities, government agencies or extension agencies should use the Allied and Affiliates External Education Application .

Chapters should use the Chapter External Education Application .

Need to inform GCSAA of an upcoming offering of a pre-approved program, use the Offering Application . You must have already completed an External Education application for this program and have received your assigned program code to complete this form.

NOTE: GCSAA will conduct a random audits of external education programs. A roster of attendees may be requested in order to conduct these audits. Please have this information available upon request.