Certified Family Life Educators (CFLE)
National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) provides certification for the profession of family life education. The Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) program encourages applications from professionals with preparation and experience in family life education including formal teaching, research/scholarship, community education, public information and education, curriculum and resource development, health care, military family support, and ministry. Certified family life educators have a minimum of a bachelor's degree; many CFLEs have advanced degrees.

The Certified Family Life Educator credential requires demonstrated knowledge in the ten family life content areas: Family Life Education Content Areas 2009 (pdf)

Why Become a CFLE?
Certification recognizes a proven background and understanding in each of ten family life content areas. While CFLEs may work specifically in one discipline, such as parent education or marriage enrichment, their understanding of the many areas that affect today's families enables them to be more effective in their efforts to educate and work with individuals and families. The Certified Family Life Educator designation recognizes the educational, preventive, and enriching nature of their work. Additionally, standards identified for certification help to increase awareness and understanding of family life education as a profession.

Benefits of Family Life Education Certification

• Increases credibility as a professional by showing that the high standards and criteria needed to provide quality family life education have been met.
• Validates education and experience.
• Adds credibility to the field of family life education by defining standards and criteria needed to provide quality family life education.
• Recognizes the broad, comprehensive range of issues which constitute family life education and expertise in the field.
• Acknowledges the preventative focus of family life education.
• Provides avenues for networking with other family life educators both locally and nationally.
• Offers the opportunity to attend special CFLE meetings and events

Certified Family Life Educators receive:
All current Certified Family Life Educators receive the quarterly CFLE newsletter, NETWORK. The Network includes articles, book reviews, continuing education opportunities, recognition of CFLE accomplishments, information on innovative programs, updates on the CFLE program, and more. View a sample Network below.

CFLE Network Newsletter (pdf)

CFLE Listserv
A listserv connecting family life educators is available to all Certified Family Life Educators. The listserv can be used to share information on relevant meetings, resources, grant opportunities, programs, and news of value to those working with and for families. Non-CFLEs can post relevant information though the list manager. Contact Dawn Cassidy for more information at dawncassidy@ncfr.org

cfle@listmanager.ncfr.org

CFLE Listserv Policies (pdf)

CFLE Directory
All current CFLEs are entitled to access to an electronic roster of all current Certified Family Life Educators

How to Become a CFLE