Recertification
Description
The Renewal Credit Plan guidelines apply to any person who holds a South Carolina educator's professional certificate. The current employment status of the educator determines the specific steps the educator must complete to renew his/her professional educator's certificate. The process for each category of SC educator is outlined under Recertification.
A South Carolina educator's professional certificate is valid for five years and expires on June 30 of the expiration year. In order to be eligible for certificate renewal, the educator must earn a minimum of 120 renewal credits, as described in the renewal credit matrix, during the five year validity period of the certificate.
Purpose
The Renewal Credit Plan provides a mechanism that enables educators employed in a South Carolina public school district and educators employed by participating educational entities to apply a broad range of relevant professional development activities toward their certificate renewal. All of the credited work must support the educator's current professional growth and development plan. The certificate renewal plan
- encourages educators to engage in meaningful, quality professional development activities that are directed toward promoting student achievement,
- ensures that educators are accountable for their continuous professional development, and
- is operationally efficient
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The eLearning SC program offers a series of online professional development courses for K - 12 teachers and administrators focused on specific subject areas and grade levels.