Certification Renewal Chart

Conditional Certificate	Standard Professional Certificate I	Standard Professional Certificate II	Advanced Professional Certificate	Advanced Professional Certificate ( Senior Exemption)
Valid 2 years	Valid 5 Years * (3 years prior to 1/03/03 )	Valid 5 Years * (7 years prior to 1/03/03 )	Valid 5 Years	Valid 5 Years
Complete all appropriate course work & Praxis I & II tests to meet SPC I Requirements Praxis tests to be completed in first year of validity. Present 6 credits of acceptable course work per year.	Present 6 credits of acceptable course work.	Complete approved Master's Degree Program or complete Master's equivalency ( 36 credits of educational course work ) 6 credits completed during validity period.	Present 6 credits of approved course work or MSDE In service or CCPS Renewal Credits taken during validity period of certificate	Be 55 years old or older or have 25 years of acceptable school experience
	Verification of 3 years satisfactory professional experience
		Initiate a Professional Development Plan	Present a completed PDP Plan. Initiate a new PDP Plan
Submit certification fee (via payroll deduction)	Submit certification fee (via payroll deduction)	Submit certification fee (via payroll deduction)	Submit renewal fee (via payroll deduction)	Submit renewal fee (via payroll deduction)
Can be renewed only upon request by local Superintendent	Can be renewed only upon request by local Superintendent	May not be renewed	Renewed every 5 years	Renewed every 5 years
Teachers may not receive tenure under this certificate				This continues at the discretion of our local Superintendent
To move to >>	To move to >>>	To move to >>>>	To renew	To renew

Reading Requirement : Effective January, 1999 MSDE passed regulatory amendments that increase the amount of reading course work teachers must have. Regular and Special Education teachers at elementary and early childhood levels must complete 12 semester hours in specific reading course work. Regular and special education teachers at secondary level, as well as teachers with N-12 certification, have to complete 6 semester hours in specific reading course work. These course work requirements are consistent for teachers applying for initial certification and those seeking renewal.

* Validity date changes were made as of January 1, 2003.

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