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Requirements for Renewing Certification
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Barring certification suspension or revocation, SAWA certification is valid for three years and may
be renewed by meeting all recertification requirements within the published timeframes for completion. The three-year
certificate period begins January 1 of the year following successfully passing the examination and ends December 31
three years thereafter.
To recertify, a total of 60 points of continuing professional development requirements must be earned
within the three-year certification period. The points can be earned through a combination of the following educational
and experiential activities:
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Continuing education courses approved by SAWA — List of approved providers is available online
at www.cps.ca.gov/tlc/sawa/approved.asp.
- There is no maximum cap on points in this category
- Points are earned at one point per clock hour of training or three points per half day and six points per whole day
Leadership and professional involvement — Examples might include active service on a SAWA board or
committee (including SAWA test committee or certification council) and state federation board of directors or committee;
teaching training courses or presenting on educational content at professional conferences; and authoring articles accepted
by professional publications.
- Maximum cap on points in this category: 24 points (max. 8 points eligible per year)
- For board or committee service, three points earned per year for service for any portion of the year
- For teaching, two points earned per clock hour duration of course or six points for half day and 12 points per whole day
- For authoring, requests for up to five points will be submitted to the SAWA Certification Council for final determination on points to be awarded. Please include a copy of the published article with your request.
Formal coursework from accredited college or university — Includes all courses that list credits,
trimester units, or quarter hours. Courses that do not list credit in these terms will be considered under the continuing
education category listed above.
- Maximum cap on points in this category: 30 points
- 10 points earned per successfully completed semester unit, seven points per trimester unit, and five points per quarter unit.
In-House Training —
- Maximum cap on points in this category: 5 points
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What Specifically Qualifies for CAWA CE Credit?
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- The course, class, seminar, or presentation should be at least one hour long.
- Videos are not eligible; however, video conferences are acceptable.
- Any course, class, seminar, or conference pre-approved by SAWA as eligible for CAWA continuing credits.
- Any course, class, seminar, or presentation that is already approved as eligible for continuing education credits or CLE (continuing legal education) in the following professional certification or licensing professions:
- Veterinary Technician or Veterinary licenses
- CPA (tax professionals)
- PHR/SPHR (human resource professionals)
- CFRE/AFP (fund raising professionals)
- PRSA/APR (public relations)
- State Bar Associations (legal profession)
- Any business and/or nonprofit management course, class, or seminar from an accredited college or university.
- See section on "Formal coursework from accredited college or university" for descriptions of accredited schools.
- The course, class, seminar, or presentation must be taken within the current renewal period.
- The course, class, seminar, or presentation must be verifiable. CAWA members must provide the title, instructor’s name, location, name of sponsoring institution or provider (contact information), date of class/workshop, and the number of contact hours. Please note that points are earned at one point per clock hour of training or three points per half day and six points per whole day.
CAWA members are strongly encouraged to keep records and receipts associated with the coursework, certificates, and registration in the event that the records maintained by CE Providers are cannot be obtained.
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Acceptable Subject Matter for Continuing Education Courses
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- Leadership
- Business Administration
- Strategic planning
- Marketing
- Management
- Personnel
- Law
- Finance
- Strategic planning
- Marketing
- Management
- Personnel
- Law
- Finance
- Animal behavior
- Animal laws
- Cruelty investigation
- Humane Education
- Pet nutrition
- Veterinary medicine/shelter medicine
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- Advocacy
- Government/Civic affairs
- Lobbying
- Computer training
- Social Services
- Compassion Fatigue
- Working with animal hoarders
- The "link" between violence against humans and violence against animals
- Educational/learning theory
- Statistics
- Fund Development
- Program Evaluation
- Public Speaking/presentation skills
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Types of Training
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There are several methods of delivering continuing education contact hours. Some are listed
below. It is the responsibility of the CAWA member to ensure that the course, class, seminar, conference or
presentation is verifiable.
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Examples of Methods of Delivering Continuing Education Contact Hours
- In-house training
- State Federation conferences
- National/Industry conferences
- Industry meetings on specific topics or issues pertaining to the field
- Correspondence courses, internet classes, and teleconferences (webinars)
- College courses
- Dale Carnegie courses
- Toastmasters
- Social Enterprise Group workshops or conferences
- Leadership Tomorrow programs
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Procedures for Submitting Continuing Education Points for Recertification
To assist you in submitting your continuing education information, CPS Human Resource Services
has created an online account for you through our Client Management & Administration System (CM&AS). Your
login information has been e-mailed to the e-mail address we have on file for you. If you have not received
this information, it is possible that we do not have your current contact information. Please contact our
office at (916) 471-3545 to update this information.
Detailed instructions for entering continuing professional development claims can be found
here: http://www.cps.ca.gov/tlc/sawa/ceprocedures.asp
NOTE: You must enter each course attended separately. This includes sessions attended at
conferences/seminars. Bulk conference/seminars entered will not be accepted for credit.
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