Administrative Personnel Association

Certification information

You are invited to attend any conference or class offered by the Administrative Personnel Association prior to becoming a member. Course hours accumulated will be kept on file for one year from date taken. Within that year, if you become a member, those hours will count toward certification.

Certification Documents

APA Core Certification Curriculum and Course Categories, revised Oct. 2021
Certification Records Forms (revised January 2022): Level 1 Level 2 Level 3
APA Certification Application
Certification Grant Application
Certification Handbook (revised January 2022, updated January 2023)
Certification Record for Continuing Education
Course Attendance Form for in-person events

earn Certification/CE Credit with recorded courses

APA will allow each member a limit of 10 hours of APA-approved video course study per certification level, 50 hours of continuing education or concentrated studies certification.

Click here for details and a list of recorded courses available.

This link for "Facing Racism" will be available free for a limited time.

Please consult your regional certification chair for additional information about how you might benefit from this convenient option for earning certification credit or CE hours.

CERTIFICATION COMMITTEE contacts

Certification Chairperson

Lisa Lovelady

4249 Ortega Place

Jacksonville, FL 32210

540-470-0870

Atlantic Region (Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia)

Kris Krawczyk

New Castle Presbyterian Church

25 E. 2nd Street

New Castle, DE 19720

302-328-3279

Yzette Swavy-Lipton

Presbytery of New York City

475 Riverside Drive #1600

New York, NY 10115

212-870-2221

Heartland Region (Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, South Dakota, Wisconsin)

Trish Deppermann