CCMA Courses IA, IB, IIA, IIB and III each meet in the Wilson (formerly South A) Residence Hall classrooms on Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., with a break for lunch. Course exams are held on Friday morning, beginning at 8:30 a.m., to be completed by 12:00 noon. Each course provides 28 total contact hours.

The CCMA Revaluation Course meets in the Dodd Center Conference Room (adjacent to the Konover Auditorium) on Monday through Thursday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:45 p.m., with a break for lunch. In lieu of an exam, course participants will attend the Friday morning Connecticut Assessment Administration Workshop, to be held from 9:00 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in the Konover Auditorium. The course provides 29 total contact hours.

This course is intended for newly-elected assessors, assessor clerks, new staff members and others interested in earning the CCMA designation. Along with CCMA IB, this is an appropriate course for first-time attendees.

Content:

• Introduction to state statutes
• Transfer of title
• Maintenance of assessment records
• Exemptions and exempt properties
• Assessment calendar
• Common interest ownership

Prerequisites: None

Instructors: Helen Totz, CCMA II and Barbara Bigos,
CCMA II

This course is intended for newly-elected assessors, assessor clerks, new staff members and others interested in earning the CCMA designation. Along with CCMA IA, this is an appropriate course for first-time attendees.

Content:

• Concept of value
• 490 Valuation (farm, forest and open space)
• Revaluation
• Sales ratio and grand list codes
• Motor vehicle assessment administration
• Personal property assessment administration
• Miscellaneous valuation problems

Prerequisites: None

Instructors: Brian Smith, CCMA II and Thomas M. DeNoto, CCMA II

Content:

• The appraisal process
• Legal concepts and theory of value
• Land valuation
• Cost approach to value
• Measuring and listing

Prerequisites: CCMA IA and CCMA IB

Instructors: Thomas F. Browne, CCMA II and William H. Gaffney, III, CCMA II

This course is open to attendees who have completed the prerequisites below, and to others on a space-available basis.

Content:

• Mathematics and statistics
• Cost schedules
• Revaluation concepts
• Commercial valuation
• Sales comparison approach to value

Prerequisites: CCMA IA, IB and IIA

Instructors:  Michael A. Bekech, CCMA II and Walter E. Topliff, CCMA II

Content:

• Income capitalization
• Capitalization and discount rate development
• Mortgage equity and band of investment
• Use of the HP-12C financial calculator
• Residual techniques
• Discounted cash flow analysis
• Financial functions

Prerequisites: CCMA IA, IB, IIA and IIB. Use of HP-12C is not required, but is recommended.

Instructors: William O’Brien, CCMA II and Christopher Buckley, CCMA I

This course is intended for attendees who wish to gain deeper insight to the revaluation process.

Content:

• Requests for proposals and contracts
• Public and media relations
• Statutory framework
• Preliminary valuation review
• Ratio studies
• Mass appraisal techniques

Prerequisite: CCMA IA, IB, IIA, and IIB

Instructors: S. Steven Juda, CCMA II and Roger Palmer, MAI, CCMA II