The education division of Common Elements
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Courses for board members and licensed managers, and exam preparation for the community association industry. Courses are pending state approval and do not yet count toward certification or continuing education. Every completion lives on your Common Elements profile.
Enrollment is not open yet. The catalog is built and being submitted for state approval, and courses open as they are approved.
Board member certification
Courses for new condo and HOA directors. Pending state approval; until a course is approved it does not satisfy a state director education requirement. Free, and your certificate of completion lands on your Common Elements profile.
Continuing education for CAMs
Licensed managers renew every two years. A full 20-hour catalog, standard plus HOA-specific, is built and in final review. When it publishes, your hours track against the actual requirement by category, on the real renewal clock.
Pre-licensure and exam prep
A 16-hour pre-licensure course and a 200-question practice-exam bank for CAM license candidates, built on the same statute reference that powers the platform, publishing with the catalog.
What Florida requires
The short version of the education rules, with the statute behind each one. The Academy exists to make meeting them the easy part.
Directors also owe annual continuing education: 1 hour of legal update for condo boards, 4 or 8 hours for HOA boards depending on community size.
FS 718.112 (1-hr annual); FS 720.3033 (4/8-hr annual)
New CAM candidates: a 16-hour pre-licensure course within 12 months before the state exam.
Rule 61E14-1.001 F.A.C.; Rule 61E14-4.005 F.A.C.
New HOA directors: a department-approved course within 90 days of election or appointment. Certificates run 4 years.
FS 720.3033
New condo directors: a 4-hour approved course, from 1 year before to 90 days after taking office. Certificates run 7 years.
FS 718.112(2)(d)5.b (formerly cited (2)(d)4.b; renumbered by Ch. 2026-14, eff. 2026-05-12); Rule 61B-19.001 F.A.C.
Licensed CAMs: 15 hours of continuing education per two-year cycle, 20 for managers serving HOAs. Licenses expire September 30 of even years.
Rule 61E14-4.001 F.A.C.; Rule 61E14-4.002/4.003 F.A.C.; FS 455.2178
Courses
Nothing is open for enrollment yet. Here is what is coming.
Courses open after state approval
The catalog is built and being submitted for state approval. Courses publish here as they are approved, each with its jurisdiction, hours, and approval status on its page.
Board member certification
For new condo and HOA directors in Florida. Free.
Continuing education for CAMs
20 hours for Florida license renewal, standard plus HOA-specific.
Pre-licensure and exam prep
A 16-hour pre-licensure course and a practice-exam bank.
A free Common Elements account keeps your courses, progress, and certificates together. It is optional, and separate from the launch email.