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 31st of the year following the third year covered in the report (e.g., a report due on March 31st, 2017 would cover 2014, 2015, and 2016).

There are three ways to submit PM&C report.

  • Microsoft Excel:
    This version of the PMC report is an Excel spreadsheet with linked cells. To download and use a copy of this report, right-click here and select "download file" or "Save Target As". It is important that you do not try to run this file from its present location, as that will not work and might cause your report to become unstable. Please note that some of the cells are password protected. If you need assistance on filling out this report, please contact Willet Hossfeld.

  • PDF:
    You may also download a copy of the PMC report as a PDF

  • Microsoft Word:
    This version of the PMC report is a Word document, using Tables. To download and use a copy of this report, right-click here and select "download file" or "Save Target As." It is important that you do not try to run this file from its present location, as that will not work and might cause your report to become unstable. If you need assistance on filling out this report, please contact Willet Hossfeld.
     

The report is due on December 31st and should be received no later than March 31st 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.

If your report is received in electronic format (PDF, MS Excel, MS Word, or faxed to 301-731-4538) AND is submitted prior to the March 31st due date, there is no submission fee.  

However if the report is submitted electronically after the deadline of March 31st the PMC report fees are as followed:

ESA members:  $30.00
Non ESA member: $60.00

Your PM&C report should be submitted to bce@entsoc.org or faxed to 301-731-4538.  If you must submit the report in writing, please mail to the following address (and be sure to include the submission fee for paper/late reports):

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.