Renewal of Professional License

1. Renewal of Professional License Springfield Public Schools Springfield, Massachusetts

2. Yes Professional/Standard licensed educators are required to renew their license every five years. No Provisional or Initial/ Provisional educators with Advanced Standing licenses should be moving to next level of licensure. Who needs to renew?

3. Reasons for Licensure Renewal • It’s the law! • Professional Development • Knowledge in the Content Areas • Decision-Making at the School & District Level • Professional Development Plans Align with Districts • “Highly Qualified Teachers”

4. Status of Professional License • Active: Five years or less since DATE OF ISSUE or most recent RENEWAL • Inactive: Five years or less since expiration date • Invalid: Not renewed after five years Inactive [First license(s) to become invalid on June 17, 2004]

5. Inactive License • A certificate that is not renewed is deemed inactive for five years. • Educators must renew within two years if newly employed or assigned under an inactive license

6. Invalid License • A certificate that is not renewed within the five year validity period and that is not renewed within the five year inactive period is invalid. • An educator may not be assigned nor be be employed to work under an invalid certificate.

7. Restoring Inactive & Invalid Licenses • Educators must fulfill all Professional Development requirements for recertification.

8. Primary & Additional Licenses • Educators with more than one Active Professional License designate one as their primary license • Usually educators will choose the license of their current assignment as their primary, but need not.

9. Individual Professional Development Plans • All educators must design & implement a professional development plan. • Educators issued a license between 10/1/94 – 6/17/99 & educators not employed in a public school are not required to have their plans approved. • The educator’s supervisor/designee approves • Criteria: PD Plan meets 80% of school & district goals

10. IPDP Approval • Appropriate supervisor • 80% of the PDPs (Primary License) are aligned with school & district goals - Individual chooses goals • Approval may not be “unreasonably” withheld - Appeals Process

11. How many PDPs do I need? Most educators - no real changes- Group 2 Primary Area: 120 Outside Content/pedagogy: 120 max Initial Plan Approval by 7/1/00 Content: % 4 hours in a topic/ 10 hours in a topic • First time renewal - Group -3 • Primary Area: 150 - Content/pedagogy: 120 min. Content: 90 10 hours in a topic Initial & Final Plan Approval 06-17-99 12-01-98 10-01-94 12-01-99 Date of Issue or Renewal -Group - 3 Primary Area: 150 total Content/Pedagogy: 120 min. Min. Content: 90 10 hours in a topic Plan Approval Date of Issue -Group 1 Primary Area: 120 Content/Pedagogy: 60 min. Content: 00 4 hours in a topic Plan Approval Recommended

12. How does one allocate PDPs? I. Content Covers Competency I II. Professional Skills or Pedagogy Covers Standards II-VII Methods, evaluation, equity, professionalism, communication, instructional practice, etc. III. Electives Cover general education topics IV. Content-based Pedagogy Covers Standards II-VII, emphasizes specific content area

13. Professional Development Activities & Their Point Values (PDPs)

14. PDPs Required to Renew Primary License • 120 PDPs – Date of issue/most recent renewal before December 1, 1999 • 150 PDPs – Date of issue/most recent renewal December 1, 1999 or later • 150 PDPs - Inactive

15. Content Requirements for Renewal of Primary License General Rule (of PDPs in approved IPDP) • At least 60% content • At least 80% content and instructional skills directly related to the content • These are minimums: There is no such thing as “too much content”

16. Required PDPs to Renew Additional License(s) • 30 PDPs in the content and skills of each additonal license • Must have an active Primary License in order to renew an additional license

17. What Professional Development Counts? • Virtually all legitimate professional development activities can be credited toward recertification, provided that: - the activities are appropriately aggregated into topics; - there is a pre- and post-assessment; - there is an observable demonstration of learning; and - the content requirements are met.

18. PD Activities:Institutional Providers • Colleges & Universities • MA Department of Education • School Districts/Collaboratives • Registered Providers - Professional Associations - Museums - Anyone who wants to apply

19. Undergraduate & Graduate Courses, Seminars or Institutes • Undergraduate Course 1 semester hour = 15 PDPs • Graduate-Level Course 1 semester hour = 22.5 PDPs • Audited Course 1 semester hour = 7.5 PDPs • Teaching graduate-level course (1st time in a 5-year cycle) = 45 PDPs

20. PD Activities:Educator-Designed PD • Publication • Presenter/Trainer • Curriculum Development • School-Based Activities • Extension of learning from a professional conference

21. Topic • “Topic is a single or tightly integrated area of study within an academic discipline or related to a particular method of teaching or administration.” • In general, PDPs must be aggregated into topics of at least 10 PDPs - PDPs earned between 6/18/99 and IPDP approval (6/30/00, 10/13/00) may be 4 PDPs per topic.

22. DOE Sponsored Initiatives • Professional Development = 1.5 PDPs that: a.) total at least 10 hours; b.) include a product or pre- and post-content assessment; and c.) include a follow-up component.

23. Department-Sponsored Initiatives • 1.5 PDPs per clock hour for district- designed professional development that: a.) totals at least 10 hours; b.) includes a product/pre- and post-content assessment; and c.) includes a follow-up component.

24. District Initiatives: 1 hour = 1 PDP • Mentoring 15 PDPs • Peer Coaching 15 PDPsPeer Assistance & Review 15 PDPs • Cooperating Teacher 15 PDPs • National Board of Professional Teaching Standards 120 PDPs (30 content; 60 pedagogy; 30 elective) • Accreditation/Inspection Teams 30 PDPs in a five-year cycle

25. Educator Designed Activities(Must Result in a Product) • No PDPs for Attendance at a Conference • Professional Conference Presenter 30PDPs for the first presentation in a 5 year cycle • Product derived from attendance at a conference: 1. School-based curriculum/activity, or 2. Publishing written material …

26. DOE Examples • Mentor Training Institutes = 30 PDPs • Summer Content Institutes = more than 30 PDPs up tp 67.5 PDPs for successful completion • No PDPs for one-day workshops, conferences, informational sessions, or meetings

27. School-Based Activity • Develop & implement an activity based on the MA Curriculum Frameworks’ standards with students, parents, or teachers as audience • 1 PDP per clock hour in content if directly related to the content Examples …

28. Examples: • Design & Coordinate Math Nights, extended learning activities for students, or a series of seminars for teachers and/or parents: Standards-Based Units Standards-Based Instructional Practices Supporting SPED/TAG in Standards- Based Classroom

29. Curriculum Development • New published curriculum unit formally shared, i.e., student text, book, software, professional resource, etc. • 15 PDPs with a maximum of 60 in a five-year cycle

30. Presenters/Trainers • Three separate sessions in a professional development series = twice the PDPs given to the participants (minimum of 10 & maximum of 24 PDPs in one five-year cycle)

31. License Renewal Cost • $100 for Renewal of Primary License • $25 for Renewal of each Additional License

32. Visit the DOE Website www.doe.mass.edu/recert • On-line application • Recertification application download • Regulations, guidelines, & FAQS • Sample Professional Development Plan • Upcoming DOE-sponsored Content Institutes

33. Renew License

48. Questions & Answers