2026 Training Dates: February 24-27 (Year 1)
June 8-11 (Year 2)
September 28-October 1 (Year 3)
Louisiana Tech Academic Success Center
Bossier Parish Community College
6220 E. Texas Street, Building H
Bossier City, LA 71111
2025 PCED Exam Dates: October 3 (10 a.m. CST)
Louisiana Tech Academic Success Center
Bossier Parish Community College
6220 E. Texas Street, Building H
Bossier City, LA 71111
December 5 (10 a.m. CST)
Bossier Parish Libraries Central Library
7204 Hutchison Drive
Bossier City, LA 7111
2026 PCED Exam Date: October 2 (10 a.m. CST)
Louisiana Tech Academic Success Center
Bossier Parish Community College
6220 E. Texas Street, Building H
Bossier City, LA 71111
Director: Roger Hesketh
University of Delaware
Biden School of Public Policy & Administration
Community Education Building
1200 N. French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Email: rogergh@udel.edu
Phone: 302.573.4422
2026 Training Dates: March 23-26 Community Education Building
1200 N. French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
2026 PCED Exam Dates: May 22
Community Education Building
1200 N. French Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
Co-Directors: Christopher Merrett and Kirstin Terry
Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs
Western Illinois University
518 Stipes Hall, 1 University Circle
Macomb, IL 61455
Director: Mary Patterson, CPA, SHRM-CP, PCED
Teaching Innovation and Digital Education
The University of Alabama
Box 870388
3304 University Hall
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487
Email: mepatterson1@ua.edu
Phone: 205.348.7049
2026 Training Dates: June 8-11 Bryant Conference Center
The University of Alabama
240 Paul W. Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
2026 PCED Exam Date:
June 12
Bryant Conference Center
The University of Alabama
240 Paul W. Bryant Drive
Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
2026 Training Dates: March 2-5
Lone Star Community Building
Lone Star College-System Office The Woodlands
5000 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381
2026 PCED Exam Date:
March 6 (9:30 a.m. CST)
Lone Star Community Building
Lone Star College-System Office The Woodlands
5000 Research Forest Drive
The Woodlands, TX 77381
Director: Jerry Miller, PCED, Idaho Commerce
Administrator: Western Rural Development Center
322 E Front Street, Suite 222
Boise, ID 83702
Email: wrdc@uidaho.edu
Phone: 208.364.4605
2026 Training Dates:
July 20-24
The Riverside Hotel
2900 W. Chinden Boulevard
Garden City, ID 83714
2026 PCED Exam Dates:
July 24
The Riverside Hotel
2900 W. Chinden Boulevard
Garden City, ID 83714
Contact Information
Matthew Darius
PCED Certification Secretary
250 George Avenue E, #100
Fayetteville, GA 30214
Office: (404) 577-8892
Email: matthew@sedc.org
