Class Coordinator FAQ’s

What are my responsibilities as the class coordinator before the class?

  1. Complete and send in the Class Request Form at least 90 days before the proposed class date
  2. Secure a class location and an NAIFA-approved instructor. If you need assistance finding an instructor for your course, please contact the national office at 312-321-6830.
  3. Submit a signed Security and Confidentiality Agreement, if you have not already done so
  4. Order the appropriate course materials:
  • USPAP and Hondros courses – textbooks need to be ordered two weeks ahead of time and any extras can be returned. We will email you to find out the number of books needed and place the order with the Appraisal Foundation and/or Hondros. Hondros will ship your books directly to you, but the Appraisal Foundation will only ship them to the national office and we will have to ship them to you
  • NAIFA courses – textbooks need to be ordered only a few days before the class at your local FedEx Kinko’s. Just log in to the DocStore to place your order. Anything ordered from the DocStore cannot be returned.
  1. If you’d like us to send you the class certificates to hand out at the end of class, email the pre-course roster as an excel spreadsheet (.xls) attachment to at least five business days before the class.
  2. Print copies of the class sign-in sheet and class evaluation form

What are my responsibilities after the class?

  1. Email, fax, or mail in the class sign-in form to the national office
  2. Mail the class evaluations to the Education Committee chair
  3. Email the post-course roster as an excel spreadsheet (.xls) attachment to . If you did not receive pre-course certificates, the post-course certificates will be mailed to the individual attendees
  4. Pay the class invoice within 30 days of receiving it

What are the National Office’s responsibilities?

  1. Apply for QE or CE credit for the states you requested (Please note: we cannot guarantee state approvals for any forms received less than 90 days in advance)
  2. Send marketing emails six weeks and four weeks before your class
  3. Send you an email reminder when it is time to order your class materials
  4. Provide pre-course or post-course certificates
  5. Send you an invoice after the class for the student admin fees, the cost of the textbooks, if applicable, and the class royalty fees, if applicable
  6. Store the sign-in sheets, class rosters, and course certificates for at least seven years

What costs are my chapter responsible for?

If your chapter took registration for your class, you will be invoiced for the following after the class:

  1. The student administration fees (as class coordinator, if you attend the class, the student administration for you will be waived):

2 – 4 hour class / 7 – 15 hour class / 16 or more hour class
Chapter registration / $15 per student / $40 per student / $55 per student
  1. The cost of the textbooks, if applicable, or the class royalties, if applicable (a full list of the book costs and royalty fees can be found here)
  2. If your chapter requested real estate broker credit for your class, you will be invoiced for the application fees, if any

If the national office took registration for your class, we will issue your chapter a check for the balance remaining after the following fees are subtracted:

  1. The student administration fees:

2 – 4 hour class / 7 – 15 hour class / 16 or more hour class
National registration / $20 per student / $45 per student / $60 per student
  1. The cost of the textbooks or class royalties, if applicable
  2. The cost of the real estate broker application fees, if applicable

Is there more information available on the NAIFA website?

Yes!

Education Delivery Model and Timeline for Coordinators

Education Handbook

Breakdown of Course Costs

2014-2015 National USPAP Update Pricing

Class Request Form

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