All educators who hold a professional educator certificate must earn 9 continuing education units (CEUs) during the 5-year validity period of the certificate in order to renew it. One CEU is equal to 10 hours of instructional time. CEUs may be earned in a variety of ways, whether through one’s school district, another approved CEU provider, or through taking coursework at an accredited college or university. In the past few years, legislation has changed the original CEU requirements; the complete listing of CEU requirements for all endorsements is below. CEU requirements for professional educator certificate renewal early childhood – elementary – middle – secondary – administrative endorsement held | expiration date of certificate | CEU requirement (each 5-year period) | | | | early childhood (003, 008, 112, 113) | after July 1, 2002 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs), including: * 15 CEU hours of training in the teaching of reading & reading readiness and assess-ment of reading performance, including methods of teaching language skills necessary for reading, reading comprehension skills, phonics, & the structure of the English language | | | | elementary (001, 002, 004, 005, 013) | after July 1, 2002 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs), including: * 15 CEU hours (1.5 CEUs) of training in the teaching of reading & reading readiness and assess-ment of reading performance, including methods of teaching language skills necessary for reading, reading comprehension skills, phonics, & the structure of the English language AND * 15 CEU hours (1.5 CEUs) of training in the use of computers in the classroom n | | | | middle (006, 215, 226, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235) | after July 1, 2002 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs), including: * 15 CEU hours (1.5 CEUs) of training in the use of computers in the classroom n | | | | secondary | on or before July 1, 2004 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs – no special requirements apply) | secondary academic (007, 010, 015, 016, 017, 018, 019, 020, 021, 022, 023, 024, 025, 026, 027, 028, 029, 030, 031, 032, 033, 034, 036, 037, 038, 039) | after July 1, 2004 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs), including: * 15 CEU hours (1.5 CEUs) of training in the use of computers in the classroom n | bilingual elementary (1) * employed in an elementary setting * serving under bilingual certification * does not hold an elementary endorsement | after July 1, 1999 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs) in language arts, reading, & mathematics | bilingual elementary (2) * employed in an elementary setting * serving under bilingual certification * does hold an elementary endorsement | after July 1, 1999 | see the requirements for elementary endorsements as listed above | | | | bilingual middle / secdry (1) * employed in a middle or high school setting * serving under bilingual certification * does not hold an endorsement in the subject area taught | after July 1, 1999 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs) in the subject area taught | bilingual middle / secdry (2) * employed in a middle or high school setting * serving under bilingual certification * does hold an endorsement in the subject area taught | after July 1, 1999 | see the requirements for middle grades endorsements or secondary academic endorsements as listed above | | | | administrative (092, 093) | after July 1, 1995 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs), including: * 15 CEU hours (1.5 CEUs) of training in the evaluation of teachers | all other endorsements not listed above | after July 1, 1995 | 90 hours of CEU credit (9 CEUs) |
n note : This requirement may be waived for any teacher (elementary, middle, secondary) by the teacher’s district if the district verifies that the teacher is technologically proficient, as determined by standards that align with the CT Teacher Technology Standards (these and other documents available via this link: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/dtl/technology/admincorner.htm) . |
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