Professional Maintenance and Certification

Ongoing Requirements for the BCE Program

Once an individual becomes a BCE they are required to submit a tri-annual report to the ESA Certification Coordinator. This report includes a list of Continuing Education Units (CEUs) that prove they have continued with their entomological training and are staying current in the field. The report is called the Professional Maintenance and Certification Report (PM&C) and covers the preceding three years’ education. The report is due on March 31^st of the year following the third year covered in the report (e.g., a report due on March 31^st, 2017 would cover 2014, 2015, and 2016).

There are 2 ways to submit PM&C report.

• Submit CEUs online by clicking here. 

• You may also download a copy of the PMC report as a .PDF and submit it via email to bce@entocert.org. 

The report is due on December 31st and should be received no later than March 31^st of the year following the third year covered in the report (e.g., a report that covered the years 2014, 2015, and 2016 would be due 12.31.2016 and should be received no later than 3.31.2017).

For new BCEs, if you were certified in the first half of a year, your "start date" for accumulating continuing education units (CEUs) would be January 1st of that year. If you were certified in the second half of the year, your start date for CEUs would be January 1st of the following year.

Your report should be submitted prior to the March 31st due date.

Your PM&C report should be submitted using the online form (linked above) or to bce@entsoc.org.  If you must submit the report in writing, please mail to the following address:

ESA Certification Coordinator
Entomological Society of America
c/o Wells Fargo Bank
PO Box  #718954
Philadelphia, PA 19171-8954
301-731-4535, x3013 (p)

CEUs

CEUs may be earned in one of two categories. The BCE must have a minimum of 120 total CEUs for the three-year reporting period, with at least 72 of those coming from Category A. There is no minimum for Category B. The categories are:

• Category A: Continuing Education
• Category B: Professional Participation   

 

Category A                                                 

Description	CEUs	per activity	Max.credits/year
1a) College level courses taken per quarter	10	per credit hour	36
1b) College level courses taken per semester	15	per credit hour	36
2) Professional Conferences	1	contact hour (max of 6/day)	36
3) Training	1	contact hour (max of 4/day)	36
4) Credentialing and License Examinations	4	exam	16
5) Special Activities	4	CEU credit must be predetermined by petition to the PM&C Certification Committee
6) Reading	1	item	16
7a) Review & Editing Books	8	book	16
7b) Book Chapters/Sections	4	chapters/sections	16
7c) Refereed Articles	2	article	16
7d) Nonrefereed Articles	2	article	16
8) Exceptional (Meritorious) learning experiences/sabbatical/temp. foreign assignments	1	month (min. 2 contact weeks)	12

 

     

 

Category B

Description	CEUs	per activity	Annual max
1) Consulting or Teaching	10	month	12
2) Business Meeting	1	meeting	4
3) Committee/Task Force	4	each	12
4) Offices Held	6	each	8
5) Presentations	4	each	16
6a) Publications written  (Books*)	16	each	12
6b) Publications written  (Book chapters/sec.*)	6	each	12
6c) Publications written  (refereed articles*)	2	each	8
6d) Publications written  (non-refereed articles*)	2	each	8
7) Honors and awards	2	each	8
8) Special activities	2	CEU credit must be predetermined by petition to the PM&C Certification Committee
9) Community services / testimony given	4	each	8
*  Junior authors will receive one half total credits for each.

 

 

 

 

BCE-Administrative Recertification option:
For BCEs whose job duties have become more administrative and less applied, there is an option to convert to BCE-Administrative. The requirements to renew are the same, but the composition and types of CEUs required vary. Click here for more information.