The Road to Mastery Has Become Less Rough

CACM is proud to reintroduce the Master of Community Association Management credential (MCAM) to experienced managers with 5 or more years of industry experience. The revamped program makes the ultimate achievement in community association management in California more tangible for highly-driven managers to obtain.

So how is the MCAM more obtainable? For starters, the requirement to first earn a Specialty Certificate has been removed, and the courses, BDA 500 – Effective Governance Principles for Community Associations and LDR 500 – Advanced Ethics: Leadership and Decision Making are no longer required. The new requirements are as follows:

BDA 300 – Fundamentals of Effective Governance

LDR 400 – Human Resource Management

LDR 500 – Ethics Mastery

INS 300 – Advanced Insurance Principles

INS 400 – Risk Management

FIN 320 – Strategic Financial Planning

A 100 multiple-choice exam and a written and oral presentation of a case study are still required. As a result from the feedback received from many MCAM candidates, the exam has been reviewed and updated with questions pertaining to the classes above along with basic community association management.

The written paper should be, at minimum, 25 pages and will address questions posed from a site visitation. At this time, we only have one association slated for a case study. If you know of a community that might be a good candidate, please reach out to the Education Department at education@cacm.org.

If you wish to be recognized as one of the leading community association managers in California, please visit the CACM website for more information and to apply or feel free to reach out to the Education Department at education@cacm.org. We look forward to seeing many of you earn this prestigious designation.