Renewing professional certification

seeker

Tue, Oct 13 2015, 2:14 pm

Rosemarie wrote:

I put into teach online system the classes I took and it accepted them. I was wondering if the system accepts anything and then someone reviews them to make sure they qualify, or if it will reject anything that doesn't qualify. Or if I can enter whatever I want and no one checks up on it, then it won't matter how exactly I enter it.

This is what I worry about too! I'm always concerned when I enter something into TEACH and it looks like it went through, is it going to come back and haunt me later?!

miami85

Tue, Oct 13 2015, 5:47 pm

Rosemarie wrote:

Seeker, you seem to know your way around this. I never did professional development for my certification yet (took workshops but that was before my PD period started). I have no idea how to report courses that I took. Can you help?
Firstly, do they ever ask for proof of the courses I report? I see everything is self reported and I dont have to send in a documentation, or so it seemed to me.
Second, if I take an online class from https://www.ecetp.pdp.albany.edu (found this link on another thread here), what do I fill in for name of provider, provider type (options are BOCES, college/university, school district, teaching center, other/out of state), amount of hours-course was 1.5 hours but the certificate says 0.15 CEUs. Same for a workshop I took in a private school, the certificate is from Office of Child and Family Services, what do I write for name and type?

Hope I dont sound dumb, I hate feeling so clueless. I like to know how to do things well and am usually glad to be able to help others figure out how to do it too.

That albany website is a great resource. You put other/out-of-state. Yes, ditto for private school. They don't really ask for proof up front, but I was told to but as much information--including as specific credentials for the presenter (like PhD, MsEd, OT,SLP-CCC, BCBA) as possbile just in case of an audit. And keep/scan the certificates. And the total if you've never worked in a public school goes down to 87.5

Rosemarie

Tue, Oct 13 2015, 6:06 pm

miami85 wrote:

Thanks. That was helpful.

amother

Green

Tue, Oct 13 2015, 7:08 pm

So, question for all of you in this thread: I have a relative with a teaching certificate but is working in a different field. She wants to keep this teaching license active in case a teaching job becomes available.

But, she did not do any PD hours in the five years since she got this teaching certificate. Does this mean her certificate expired???

Thanks