To receive credit, each of the following requirements must be met.

• All courses must be taught by an ETA approved teacher within their term limit.
• Each student must purchase and read a copy of the course textbook.
• The course must meet for a minimum of 10 hours of classroom time. This can be divided in any number of ways, by teaching preference (three sessions of 3 hours and 20 min. each; four 2.5 hour sessions; eight sessions of 1 hour and 15 min., etc.).
• Each student must attend at least 8 of the 10 scheduled course hours, with makeup option for any missed sessions. 
• For each student that has missed up to 2 hours of instructional time, the ETA approved teacher must assign additional work to make up for the lost attendence.
• The ETA approved teacher is required to evaluate every student's comprehension by offering a final essay, exam, or project. This is to be designed at the teacher's discretion.
• The teacher is required to submit only official ETA forms when requesting credit for courses taught.
• All Request For Award Credit forms must be mailed immediately upon completion of the course.
• It is highly recommended that teachers keep track of individual student records. When Awards are processed, a student record will be mailed to the ministry.