Continuing Education Units Reporting Information

In order to maintain your SCCC certification, every 3 years SCCC Certified Coaches must have the following items completed on or before the last day of the CEU cycle:



• 45 CEUs
• CPR/AED/First Aid Certification valid on or after July 31, 2028
• Health and Safety quiz completed on or before July 31, 2028 (see CSCCa website: CEU program tab)
• Payment of any outstanding balance on your account due on or before July 31, 2028

The final day of the CEU cycle: July 31, 2028.



Membership Dues:

• Membership dues are not required as part of your SCCC certification requirements. However, for members who hold MSCC certification, annual membership dues ARE REQUIRED for maintaining MSCC certification.
• Annual membership dues (membership year runs from August 1- July 31) must be paid by corresponding deadlines in order to receive the member discounted pricing for: conference registration, SCCC Certification fees, and CEU reporting fees.
• A non-compliance fee will be assessed for individuals who do not pay the membership fee by the corresponding deadline, but who have received discounted pricing for any CSCCa dues and fees.
• Annual membership dues are non-refundable.

Failure to fulfill all specified requirements for maintaining CEU's for each 3-year reporting period will result in the loss of the SCCC Certification.

Reinstatement may be obtained in the following CEU Cycle once outstanding requirements are completed, and the reinstatement fee is paid. Please reach out to ceu@cscca.org for further details on the steps needed to reinstate your certification.

If a certified coach fails to reinstate SCCC Certification in the CEU Cycle following their lapsed certification, they are no longer able to reinstate and must re-certify by retaking the written portion of the SCCC Certification Examination with a passing score.

Pricing for CEU reporting fees:

• Member: - $20.00 per year, $60.00 per 3-year reporting period
• Non-Member: - $30.00 per year, $90 per 3-year reporting period

Please note: The yearly fee correlates with that specific year's National Conference. If a SCCC pays a membership due one year, and not the next, you will see a change in the CEU Reporting Fee amount.

The yearly fee is waived for attendance at the corresponding CSCCa Annual National Conference.



• The CEU fee is an administrative fee and does not cover additional fees that are incurred as part of any other CEU component, for example, access to articles and videos.
• There will be a fee for each video lecture/article of the CSCCa National Conference ($12.00 per 1 CEU). The videos will be followed by an online quiz that will be graded automatically. 100% accuracy must be achieved before credit will be given. This credit will be automatically applied to the individual's CEU tracking record.

Valid certification in CPR, AED, and First Aid are mandatory to maintain SCCC Certification. Members must submit a CPR/AED and First Aid Certification card that will be current July 31, 2028, for the current three-year reporting period that must be completed through the American Red Cross, the American Heart Association, the National Safety Council, or similar organization.

• While hands-on courses for all three certifications are ideal and strongly recommended, effective August 1, 2019, First Aid Courses are no longer required to include a hands-on portion. CPR/AED Courses, however, must include a hands-on portion and courses completed solely online will not be accepted.
• CPR/AED and First Aid Certifications are mandatory, but cannot be reported for CEUs.

CSCCa Approved Mentor CEU Pathways:

Pathway 1: CSCCa approved mentors who oversee an SCCC 640-hour practicum will receive 6 CEU’s per test candidate

Pathway 2: CSCCa mentors who oversee internships with individuals who do not take the SCCC exam will receive 3 CEU’s per internship

a. Limited to CSCCa Approved Mentors only

b. Internship must consist of the same educational standards as those who take the SCCC exam and include the recommended teaching topics in the CSCCa Mentor Handbook

c. Internship must be a minimum of 320 hours (Only for those who are NOT sitting for the SCCC Certification Exam)

d. No more than 3 CEU forms may be submitted per calendar year per mentor

Note: All CSCCa approved mentors are limited to a maximum of 20 CEUs from this category per 3-year cycle from either one pathway or a combination of the two.

Documentation Required:

1. Pathway 1: Submission of Internship Completion form by SCCC Approved Mentor who oversees a SCCC candidate sitting for exam

2. Pathway 2: Submission of Internship Coordinator CEU form by SCCC Approved Mentors

COMPLETING UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE COURSES

Members taking a graduate or undergraduate- level course for CEU credit MUST take the course for a letter grade, i.e. an audit grade is not acceptable.

Courses must be in a clearly aligned area of sport science, i.e. Strength and Conditioning, Exercise Physiology, Exercise Prescription, Biomechanics & Kinesiology, etc.

• Courses that would not meet these criteria include basic health and wellness, sport sociology, teaching methods courses, research methods courses, or foundations in PE courses.

Courses must be university-approved and meet the minimum contact hours of 35 hours per 3 credit hour class taken. Courses meeting for longer are not eligible for additional CEUs.

Courses must have a detailed syllabus including course objectives, course readings, dates of course, assessment methods, and detailed credit hour information. The number of credit hours must be clearly stated. The course syllabus must be submitted to the CSCCa CEU Coordinator, at ceu@cscca.org PRIOR to the beginning of the course. Inadequate details or non-submittal of syllabus will result in non-approval.

TEACHING UNDERGRADUATE/GRADUATE COURSES

If the same class is taught multiple times in the CEU period, the SCCC certified instructor will receive full CEUs for the initial class taught, then half the CEU's are awarded for subsequent classes taught thereafter in a quarter/semester in the CEU period.

A maximum of 20 CEUs may be generated through teaching courses per 3-year reporting period. A maximum of 20 CEUs may be generated through taking courses per 3-year reporting period. SCCC Certified co-instructors must submit course syllabus to the CSCCa CEU Coordinator, at ceu@cscca.org PRIOR to teaching the course for approval for CEU credit. CSCCa CEU Coordinator will provide the co-instructor with a Live Teaching Instruction Verification form to be completed by the department head of the respective institution and returned to the CSCCa CEU Coordinator, at ceu@cscca.org by the co-instructor upon completion of course. Courses submitted for CEUs after the course has occurred, are not guaranteed CEUs. Please submit course syllabus PRIOR to the course beginning. This applies to both instructors and students. 

NON-APPROVED EVENTS

SCCC Certified Coaches will receive 0.5 CEU's for each contact hour of attendance at approved non-CSCCa conferences or meetings for a max of 8 CEU's for any single event. Contact hours are based on presentations and discussions that fall within the scope of the Strength and Conditioning field. Contact hours are not rewarded for things like lunch, registration, and end of conference wrap-ups.

Submission of required documentation in your profile reporting portal includes:

1. An official itinerary showing all speakers, topics, and times of presentations
2. Submission of a Completion Certificate including your name, event name, and event date is required.