Renew your Educator certification

Recertification requirements

Educator recertification renewal fees are due annually, on June 30, or July 31. Check your profile to see which date applies to you. 

• 1

  Required activities

  To maintain your Educator qualification you must engage with Fitness Alberta-AFLCA activities, such as:

  • teaching courses
  • completing practical assessments  
  • volunteering with Fitness Alberta projects
  • writing a CEC article
  • developing a short course 

  Email us at info@aflca.ca for more information about this requirement.

• 2

  Conference Attendance

  You must attend either Fit Rendezvous or the Perspectives in Exercise Health & Fitness conference once every 2 years. The current conference period is July 2024 - July 2026, so eligible conferences in this timeframe are: 

  • Perspectives 2024 in person, or Perspectives 2024 virtual
  • Fit Rendezvous 2025
  • Fit Rendezvous 2026

• 3

  Professional conduct agreement

  You must sign and adhere to the professional conduct agreement. 

• 4

  Maintain CPR

  You must maintain current CPR, issued within the last 24 months.

  CPR and first aid providers

• 5

  Late recertification policy

  Life events happen. In the event that you are unable able to complete your recertification on or before the due date, we accept late registration under the following conditions:

  1. Expired up to 30 days – No late fee, however insurance coverage will not begin until documents are verified as complete and processed. This date will be reflected on your insurance certificate.
  2. Expired 2 to 6 months – $50 late fee required (in addition to recertification fee).
  3. Expired 7 to 12 months – $100 late fee (in addition to recertification fee.)
  4. Expired longer than 1 year – email us at info@fitnessalberta.com for renewal requirements