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Certificates & Credits

CPTC workshops may offer credit for CPTC Certificates, MIIA municipal insurance and AICP certification maintenance. Credit available is noted on the individual workshop.

CPTC Certificates

CPTC offers Level I and Level II certificates to participants who have completed the following workshops. Workshops are offered around the state in the fall and at the Spring Conference in Worcester.

LEVEL I CERTIFICATE, Must complete:

  1. The Roles and Responsibilities of Planning and Boards of Appeals

And two of the following:

  1. Introduction to the Subdivision Control Law & ANR
  2. Introduction to the Zoning Act
  3. Writing Reasonable and Defensible Decisions

LEVEL II CERTIFICATE, Level I certificate and complete 3 of the following:

  1. Planning with Community Support (for planning boards only)
  2. Vested Rights and Non-conforming Structures, Lots and Uses
  3. Zoning Exemptions
  4. Special Permits & Variances

MIIA Credits

CPTC workshops designated “MIIA credit” entitle your city or town to credit under the MIIA Rewards Program towards public officials liability insurance. Attend non-MIIA Professional Liability training on training topics listed below. A member can receive non-MIIA training credit (.5%-1%) for each unique training topic.

CPTC Workshops qualifying for MIIA credit:

  • Roles and Responsibilities for Planning & Zoning Boards Part l & ll
  • Introduction to the Zoning Act
  • Introduction to the Subdivision Control Law and ANR
  • Non-Conforming Structures, Lots, Uses &Vested Rights
  • Planning & Zoning for Medical Marijuana
  • Special Permits and Variances
  • The Next Chapter 40B
  • Writing Reasonable & Defensible Decisions
  • Zoning Exceptions
  • Creating Master Plans
  • Economic Development in Small Towns
  • Planning With Community Support
  • Site Plan Review
  • How to Hold a Perfect Public Hearing
  • Traffic and Planning Boards – Addressing Resident Concerns
  • Planning with Community Support

AICP Credit

AICP members can earn 1.5 Certification Maintenance (CM) credits for each activity. More information about AICP’s CM program can be found at http://www.planning.org/cm. Eligible CPTC workshops will be labeled AICP CM I 1.5. Those labeled AICP pending CM I 1.5 are workshops awaiting approval of AICP credit.