ISA CEU’s
The International Society of Arboriculture (ISA) grants Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) for educational events like the ISU Shade Tree Short Course.  In 2025, most general session and workshop presentations qualify for ISA CEU’s and they are clearly identified by amount and category of credit using the following codes:

A = Certified Arborist
T = Tree Climber
U = Utility Specialist
M = Municipal Specialist
Bm/p/s = Board Certified Master Arborist (management, practice, or science)

LA CES
The Landscape Architecture Continuing Education System (LA CES) establishes, maintains, and enforces standards for evaluating professional development and continuing education programs for landscape architects.  And once again in 2025, the ISU Shade Tree Short Course is pleased to partner with the Iowa ASLA Chapter in offering LA CES approved courses.  Approved courses will be identified as meeting (or not meeting) the LA CES standard of health, safety, and welfare subject matter:

LA CES (HSW)
LA CES (Non-HSW)

Pesticide Applicator CIC’s
The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship (IDALS) approves Pesticide Applicator Continuing Instruction Credit (CIC’s) for educational events like the ISU Shade Tree Short Course.  In 2025, a select number of workshops have qualified for Pesticide Applicator CIC’s for categories 2, 3O, and 3OT and they are identified with an asterisk (*):

*Qualifying Pesticide Applicator Workshops
*Required Pesticide Applicator Workshop

To Recertify in Category	Applicator Must Attend
2 or 3O	Workshop C-6 or G-6 PLUS One other “Pest Management” workshop
3OT	Workshop C-6 or G-6 PLUS Workshop B-6 or F-6 PLUS One other “Pest Management” workshop

Pest Management Workshops:

A-2 or C-2        Epicormic Sprouting: Prune Response Growth and Cycle Busters (Westberg)

A-5 or D-5       Diagnosing Health Problems of Woody Plants (Schumm, Zaworski, and Vitosh)

B-1                  Conifers in the Midwest: Past, Present, and Future (Rigsby)

B-6 or F-6        What Makes an Effective Turfgrass Weed Control Program (Alderman)
(required for category 3OT)

C-1                  Climate Change and Oak Management (Rigsby)

C-5 or G-5        Oaks and Herbicide…Oops! (Carlson)

C-6 or G-6        Continuing Instruction Course for Pesticide Applicators (Alderman)
(required for categories 2, 3O, and 3OT)

E-1 or G-1        The Science of Tree Growth Regulators (Westberg)