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Maintaining Your Certification

There are a few requirements to maintaining the CFLE designation.

  • All CFLEs, both Provisional and Full, must pay the CFLE Annual fee.
  • Full CFLEs must submit evidence of continuing education credits every five years.
  • Provisional Certification is available for up to five years. As soon as a Provisional CFLE has earned sufficient work experience in family life education they can upgrade to Full Certification.

Information on all three processes can be found below.

Annual Maintenance Fee

In order to maintain their CFLE designation in active status, all CFLEs (excluding Emeritus) must pay the CFLE Annual fee (due in their certification month). This fee helps to cover the cost of the CFLE newsletter Network, the CFLE Directory, the CFLE listserv, and general maintenance and marketing of the program.

Recertification

CFLEs with Full Certification must submit evidence of 100 hours of continuing education activity every five years. Continuing education includes additional academic courses completed, attendance at conferences, seminars, workshops and trainings, and work experiences that are new or different from those included in the original CFLE application, i.e. development and/or teaching of a new course/program, etc.

Upgrading from Provisional to Full Certification

CFLEs with Provisional Certification must document and submit sufficient family life education work experience activity within five years of their original month of certification in order to upgrade their designation to Full status. The number of hours of work experience needed varies depending on the level and relevance of the applicants degree.

Emeritus Status

Emeritus status is an honorary status awarded annually to a small number of retired CFLEs who have made significant contributions to the field of family life education. Emeritus status recognizes the awardees' continued commitment to the field and life-time affiliation with the CFLE program.

Reinstatement of the CFLE designation after forfeiture