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an Overview of the Michigan Department of Education revised teacher certification code

an Overview of the Michigan Department of Education revised teacher certification code. June, 2012. Today’s discussion:.

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an Overview of the Michigan Department of Education revised teacher certification code

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  1. an Overview of the Michigan Department of Educationrevised teachercertificationcode June, 2012

  2. Today’s discussion: • Teacher Certification Code changes effective May 18, 2012. Current administrative rules can be found at: http://www7.dleg.state.mi.us/orr/Files/AdminCode/980_2011-018ED_AdminCode.pdf • State Continuing Education Clock Hours • Professional Education Certificate Renewal • New “Advanced” Professional Education Certificate (optional) • Provisional Certificate Changes

  3. Effective Immediately!! State continuing education clock hours (scechs) Important changes…. • The term, “State Board Continuing Education Units (SB-CEUs), has been eliminated.  The State-approved credits educators can earn are now referred as “state continuing education hours” and “clock hours” in the Administrative Rules.  The Office of Professional Preparation Services has combined these two terms into one, hence “State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECHs).” • Instead of earning 18 SB-CEUs, an educator will have to earn 180 clock hours.

  4. State continuing education clock hours (scechs) Continued…. • Updates to the Secure Central Registry (SCR) and Michigan Online Educator Certification System (MOECS) are targeted for completion by June 11. • Once updated, educators will have to enter any SB-CEU credits earned prior to the January 1, 2010 Secure Central Registry launch as “hours” into the Michigan Online Educator Certification System. No credit is lost; it is simply translated back into to hours. Example:  An activity worth 2.4 SB-CEU = 24 hours An activity worth 0.3 SB-CEUs = 3 hours

  5. Effective Immediately!! Professional Education Certificate Renewals Under the new Administrative Rules, educators must complete at least one (1) of the following options to renew their Professional Education Certificate: • Six (6) semester credit hours at a regionally accredited college or university • 180 clock hours of state continuing education • Annual district provided professional development under Section 1527 • A combination of semester credit hours, state continuing education clock hours or district provided professional development

  6. A review of Section 1527 “annual district provided professional development” Section 1527 of the Michigan School Code states: • The board of each school district, intermediate school district, or public school academy shall provide…. at least five days of teacher professional development…. each school year. • Professional development days provided under this section shall not be counted toward the professional development required under Section 1526 (New Teacher PD).

  7. MDE guidelines for section 1527 qualifying PD • Does your planned professional development serve the purpose of increasing student learning? • Does your planned professional development align with your school improvement plan? • Is your professional development planned, ongoing, and intensive? • Does the district support this activity in some way, such as released time or cost?

  8. Additional clarification regarding section 1527 & certificate renewal • MDE has defined a “day” of professional development as 6 hours, thus 6 hours x 5 days = 30 PD hours annually. • ONLY educators who hold the Professional Education and/or Occupational Education certificates may use district provided professional development hours towards their renewal.  Administrators, School Psychologists and School Counselors (those who hold the stand-alone School Counselor License) may not use ANY district provided professional development towards their renewal.  • If an educator has completed the required 5 days of district provided professional development annually for a total of 5 years, that is sufficient for renewal.  The new administrative rule provides the option whereby if the educator completes their renewal credit via this method they only need 150 hours to renew rather than 180. • HOWEVER…. Should the educator miss any part of the 5 days of district provided professional development in any given year (even 1 hour!), they then must complete a total of 180 clock hours (by combining their district provided professional development clock hours with semester credit hours or SCECHs.

  9. New form to utilize“DPPD” certificate renewal option Educators renewing their certificate using the DPPD option are currently being advised to fax completed forms to Debbie Barlow in the MDE Office of Professional Preparation Services. Ms. Barlow will then contact the educator with further instructions to finalize the recertification process.

  10. Beginning september 1, 2013“Advanced” Professional Education Certificate (optional) An advanced professional education certificate may be issued to an educator who has completed all of the following requirements: • Holds the professional education certificate. • Holds National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification or has completed a teacher leader training or preparation program approved by the superintendent of public instruction. • Has received 5 consecutive effective or highly effective ratings on the annual teacher evaluation in the most recent 5-year period

  11. Effective September 1, 2013 moving from a provisional Certificate to professional education certificate To move from a Provisional Certificate to a Professional Education Certificate an educator must have completed at least 3 years of successful teaching experience and at least one (1) of the following: • Six (6) semester credit hours • 180 clock hours of state continuing education • Annual district provided professional development under Section 1527 • A combination of semester credit hours, state continuing education clock hours or district provided professional development The educator must have also completed 3 semester credit hours in an approved course of study in the diagnosis and remediation of reading disabilities and differentiated instruction, including field experiences.

  12. For questions regarding…. • Professional Education Certificate Renewals • Debbie Barlow, MDE, at BarlowD@michigan.gov or 517-373-6892 • District Provided Professional Development (Section 1527) • Donna Hamilton, MDE, at HamiltonD3@michigan.govor 517-241-4546 • Provisional Certificates and Renewals • Beatrice M. Harrison, MDE, at Harrisonb@Michigan.gov or 517-241-0046 OR Jim Sory, MDE, at soryj@michigan.gov or 517-335-0583 • State Continuing Education Clock Hours and Other General Certification or Professional Development Information • Kathy Cremeans, LISD, at Kathy.Cremeans@lisd.us or 517-265-1611

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