The last quarter of 2011 is upon us, a time when many retirement professionals like you look for courses to further your professional development and meet annual certification continuing education (CE) requirements.
InFRE and IRRC have many retirement-specific courses available in print, downloadable PDF, elearning, and MP3 formats to help you further your retirement expertise. New courses will be added beginning in November.
Remember, when you purchase CE through us to meet CRC® renewal requirements, credits earned are submitted for CRC® credit for FREE. CFP® and state insurance CE reporting are also available for an additional reporting fee.
Here’s an update of the new CE opportunities available:
- InFRE is resuming its quarterly newsletter as a means for Certificants to earn four (4) free CE per year. Look for email link to the new “Retirement Insight and Trends” online newsletter by InFRE within the next two weeks. Each issue is good for 1 FREE CRC® CE credit upon passing the CE exam.
- NEW! Many of InFRE’s downloadable PDF courses and the IRRC’s elearning courses are now approved for CFP® CE. Available in length from 60 minutes (1 CE) to 12 CE hours on topics ranging from retirement readiness to income management, these courses are perfect for keeping your retirement skills up to date. Learn more here.
- NEW! InFRE’s ethics courses are now available in print, elearning, or audio MP3 formats to help you meet your CRC® bi-annual ethics requirement. Learn more here.
- Looking for continuing education that also helps you meet state insurance CE requirements? InFRE has launched the InFRE University with RegEd for those certificants with state insurance CE needs. We’ve selected dozens of RegEd retirement-related courses good for CRC®, CFP® and state insurance CE. Find InFRE® courses available for state CE credit here.
- NEW! A multi-year revision is complete, and the 3rd edition of InFRE’s four-part Retirement Plan Administrator Series is now ready for purchase! Each course is worth 15 CRC® and 7.5 CFP® continuing education credits. The content is newly revised and refocused to meet the professional development needs of public sector retirement plan administrators, trustees and plan sponsors. NAGDCA members receive additional cost savings with member coupon code available from NAGDCA. Learn more here.
- NEWLY UPDATED! The 5th edition of the four study guides for the Certified Retirement Counselor® program is now available. We’ve added new content on two-earner household Social Security strategies, solo 401(k), long-term and elder care, retirement income, and other topics. Each guide is worth for 15 CRC® CE and 7.5 CFP® CE. State insurance CE varies by state. Learn more here.
- Save on Financial Planning Association (FPA) elearning courses. InFRE’s special arrangement allows CRCs®to purchase Virtual Learning Center courses at a 15% discount. Sign in to the CRC®Certificant login page now for the discount code and link to purchase. Courses also good for meeting your CRC®continuing education requirements.
