- Register and payChoose an upcoming date. Courses are capped at ten participants. Your first year with CCA is included in the fee.
- Complete your pre-course workSeven parts to read on our website, with a workbook for your answers. About four hours. Part two is the only one you send to us, and it is due by midnight on the Friday before your course.
- Attend both days of trainingLive over Zoom, 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM Eastern. Both days are required, in full, with your camera on.
- Complete the Saturday checklistOn the first evening, read our Core Values and Code of Conduct and tell us what you made of them. It must be in before we begin on Sunday morning.
- Write and deliver your eulogyWritten overnight, from the story you heard on day one. You bring it to the next morning and deliver it to the group, and we take the time to work through each one together.
- Complete the course surveyTell us honestly what worked and what did not. Your certificate does not depend on it.
- Complete the agreementThe last step. The Core Values, the Code of Conduct, and how your name should appear on your certificate. Check the spelling. It is how your certificate is created.
Then your certificate
Within a few days, we email you a printable certificate. Your name goes into our public register so families and funeral homes can find you.