We offer training for all disciplines of the American Heart Association through our Training Site. You can also locate a local business that will complete your instructor training and initial course monitoring for you.

There are 3 parts to being trained as an American Heart Association Instructor. 1) Complete the Instructor Essentials Online course available through the American Heart Association.* 2) Attend an in-person class at your local training facility to complete the remaining portion of the training. 3) Complete an instructor monitoring for each discipline that you are being credentialed to teach. This is where you teach a class and a Training Center Faculty evaluates you. *Before you purchase the Instructor Essentials Online, ask the training location if that is included in their cost for Instructor Training. Some locations include that in their pricing, and you wouldn't want to pay more than you need to.

No. As of 8/31/23, the American Heart Association has advised that Step 2 and Step 3 above (the in-person training and instructor monitoring) can no longer be done virtually and MUST be completed in front of an instructor.

Costs vary by Training Center and the discipline you are going to be an instructor for. Some training locations also don't make you purchase your own Instructor Manuals, Course Videos, etc. and provide them to you to use through your training and as you teach your own classes (this saves hundreds of dollars to a new instructor). For Heartsaver or BLS, you can expect to pay between $200-400 for the Instructor course. For ACLS, PALS, ACLS EP you can expect to pay between $300-700 for the Instructor course. *Both of these may or may not include the Instructor Materials in the price, it all depends on the training center.

Please feel free to contact us any time. Our normal business hours are from 8am-6pm (CST), but we are available 24/7 via email and you can always leave us a voicemail. (866) 760-4CPR (4277) or support@cprinstructors.net

It Depends. Some training facilities don't charge anything to be aligned, but they also don't provide you with any support and leave you to figure things out on your own. The cost is intriguing, but as they say, you get what you pay for. Some facilities charged a monthly or yearly rate, but they also provide you with quality support as an instructor and are always there to help you. We do have charges associated with our alignment, but they are broken down into 3 tiers for you to select which is the best fit for you. Tier 1 - Basic Alignment: Alignment with CPR Instructors, access to online store to buy eCards; No Services listed below, INSTRUCTOR 100% responsible for assigning eCards to students, buying Instructor materials, and submitting course documents manually. The fee is to issue you a new Instructor eCard and complete associated paperwork and creation of an account on Enrollware. Cost: $100.00 One Time Fee1 Tier 2 - Full Alignment: Alignment with CPR Instructors, access to online store to buy eCards at discounted rate, FULL access to all services listed on our Alignment Page and future services, all instructor materials provided, digital document submission and record keeping. Cost: $50.00 initial alignment; $150.00/year1 for continued alignment. Tier 3 - Training Site Alignment: Same as Full Alignment, but for a group of 5+ Instructors. The fee is a flat rate and does not increase based on the number of Instructors you have registered with you (Regardless of if you have 5 or 25 instructors, the fee is the same). Must have a minimum of 5 instructors per AHA Policy to register for a Training Site. Cost: $150.00 initial alignment; $500.00/year (Fee is charged to initial contact and they are responsible for collecting monies from their instructors and are allowed to charge instructor alignment fees to the instructors aligned with them at their discretion.) To find out more about what is offered in each Tier, please check out our Alignment Page for detailed info.

YES. American Heart Association allows you to be aligned with a total of 2 Training Centers or Training Sites per discipline that you are certified to teach. They are listed as a Primary and Secondary in your Atlas account. It doesn't matter which one you teach most for, but traditionally, the Primary location is responsible for all of your records and issuing you your Instructor eCards.

American Heart Association has a couple simple requirements to keep your instructor certification current and allow you to renew it when it expires. You must teach a minimum of 4 classes per discipline in the 2 year certification period. You must attend any Instructor Update courses provided by the AHA. You must attend a Provider course and pass the written and hands-on portion of the class to keep your Provider Certification current. -OR- You must take the Instructor Essentials Online course over and pass the Instructor written exam. You must complete an Instructor Monitoring of any of your classes by a Training Faculty member. These 5 tasks which you have a total of 2 years to complete will keep your instructor certification current and allow you to keep teaching classes.

Please feel free to contact us any time. Our normal business hours are from 8am-6pm (CST), but we are available 24/7 via email and you can always leave us a voicemail. (866) 760-4CPR (4277) or support@cprinstructors.net

Firstly, you must be aligned with us so that we can transfer eCards to your account. Secondly, you must create an account on our website and make the purchase for how many cards you need. Thirdly, you have 2 options as to how you get eCards to your students once you've paid for them. 1) We can transfer them directly to your eCard account on AHA and you can issue the eCards directly to your students.* 2) You can submit your course roster to us (which you are required to do anyways as we need an electronic copy of it) and we can issue the eCards for you on your behalf. *If you issue the eCards, you are responsible for ensuring that there are no mistakes and have to act as a buffer between the student and us if there are errors that need to be corrected. If WE issue the eCards, they can contact us directly with any issues they might have and we will take care of them on your behalf. This is part of your yearly alignment fee, so you might as well have us do the work anyways.

YES! As long as you have a Tax ID number and Sales Tax ID number (two different numbers) provided to you by your state's Department of Revenue, we will send you a simple form to fill out with your business information and upload that to your account so any purchase you make from our store is made tax FREE, as you would be reselling the product to your students.

No. Unfortunately an individual that is not registered as a business must pay sales tax on all purchases made on our website. This is the same as if you were to buy a product at a local store. You CAN however file for an LLC and operate under a legal entity that has a Federal Employer Identification Number, and has the appropriate State Tax numbers and that will qualify you to be exempt from sales tax on your purchases from us.

Please feel free to contact us any time. Our normal business hours are from 8am-6pm (CST), but we are available 24/7 via email and you can always leave us a voicemail. (866) 760-4CPR (4277) or support@cprinstructors.net

With the creation of a legal business (usually an LLC filed with your state) you will be issued a Federal Employer Identification Number, a State Tax ID number, and a Sales Tax ID number provided by your state's Department of Revenue. The process to file an LLC can be both painless and confusing. If you'd like assistance creating an LLC for yourself to be tax exempt and enjoy the benefits of having an official business, we would be happy to help you out. Feel free to email us at support@cprinstructors.net or fill out the form on the Contact Us page on our site.

As an aligned instructor, you can fill out a special form that we have and we will gladly list your classes so that they show up to more people when they search for classes in your area.

If you have your classes listed with us, we can process their payments for you right from our website. Of course your payout will be slightly less as you would be responsible for the credit card processing fees associated with each transaction for your classes.

Please feel free to contact us any time. Our normal business hours are from 8am-6pm (CST), but we are available 24/7 via email and you can always leave us a voicemail. (866) 760-4CPR (4277) or helpdesk@cprinstructors.net