PD Program FAQs

Select the Online Reporting Tool from the Professional Development menu and log in using your credentials. Links are provided on this page to retrieve your username or password if required.

Select the Online Reporting Tool from the Professional Development menu and log in using your credentials. Complete the online Primary Jurisdiction declaration. This online declaration needs to be competed each reporting period, prior to the reporting deadline. Members with a Primary Jurisdiction outside Alberta report all learning activities to their Primary Jurisdiction and comply with their requirements. The AAA will confirm your compliance directly with the jurisdiction following the close of the reporting period.

Members are required to complete and report 70 learning hours by June 30, 2024. A minimum of 35 learning hours must be in the Structured category of learning. Newly registered members should refer to the PD Policy For New Members for details of their requirements.

Structured learning activities must fulfill the following requirements:

• Relate to the business or practice of architecture and/or interior design
• In-person or online learning (ex. courses, conference sessions, lectures, seminars, workshops)
• Be a minimum of 1 hour in length
• Be supported by "proof of participation" (ex. completion certificate)
• Relate to at least one of the Structured learning topics (view Detailed Structured Learning Topics for a concise list of Structured learning information):
  • Legal Issues and Legislation
  • Safety, Health, Accessibility, Fire Protection and Energy Conservation
  • Planning, Design and Technology
  • Practice, Project and Business Management
  • Energy and the Environment

Members can also report up to 4.0 Structured learning hours per reporting period, for each of the following:

• Participation as a member of the AAA Council, AAA Committees or AAA Task Force meeting
• Acting as a mentor to one or more intern architects or intern interior designers as part of the AAA Intern Program

All learning hours can be earned in the Structured category of learning.

Unstructured learning activities must fulfill the following requirements:

• Relate to the business or practice of architecture and/or interior design
• Be a minimum of 1 hour in length
• Fall within one of the Unstructured learning categories (visit the Professional Development Program page for additional details on the Unstructured learning categories):
  • Committee meetings
  • Discussion groups
  • Distance education
  • In-person learning
  • Presenting and teching
  • Guided professional tours
  • Professional writing
  • Reading
  • Scholarly Research

Unstructured learning hours do no need to be supported by proof of participation.

Proof of participation is required for all reports of Structured learning. This proof should include the member’s name, date, course/lecture title, name of course provider and the number of learning hours. 

The following are acceptable forms of proof of participation:

• Completion certificate
• Transcript
• Letter from course provider

The following are not acceptable forms of proof of participation:

• Confirmation of registration
• Receipts

Members are encouraged to contact the course provider to obtain proof of participation. Without proof of participation, the member may wish to report as Unstructured learning.

Attendance at AAA events (such as Banff Session) will be added to member transcripts directly by the AAA. Further, attendance at Registered Course Provider educational presentations – where you have signed the attendance form – will be added to member transcripts directly by the AAA.

Learning activities must recorded to the reporting period in which they are completed. That is, they must be completed and reported between July 1, 2022 and June 30, 2024.

Members can carry-over a maximum of 10 Structured learning hours and 20 Unstructured learning hours into the next reporting period.

Refer to the "Status" field on your online transcript. A status of "complete" will be reflected when you have fulfilled all your requirements for the reporting period.

Yes, the AAA has two mandatory courses. They are:

• Architects Act and General Regulation course. This online course must be completed by all new members – architects and licensed interior designers - in the timeline outlined on the website.
• Building Envelope Course. This online course must be completed by all architects and restricted practitioners in the timeline outlined on the website.

Members who are non-compliant on July 1, 2024 will receive an invoice for the $750.00 PD Non-Compliance Fee and their name will be referred to our Registrar who will initiate Notice of Cancellation proceedings. To avoid cancellation of membership the member will be required to pay the Arrears Fee in the timeline laid out in the Notice. Further, members will be required to complete/report their outstanding PD requirements in order to be fully compliant.

Yes, members are asked to retain their PD documentation for a given reporting period for two years past the close of the reporting period. If you are selected to be a part of our PD audit you may be asked to provide supporting documentation.

Yes, a random audit of 3% of the membership is done following the close of each reporting period. 

You will need to follow-up with the provincial association and confirm their reporting requirements.