To: MASS
From: Office
of Educational Licensure
Re: GETTING
THE WORD OUT-LICENSURE RENEWAL for 6/17/14 Cycle
Date: January
2014
We at the Department of Elementary and
Secondary Education (ESE) trust that your school year has been successful thus
far and that the New Year is embraced with optimism and renewed energy. At ESE,
we are also looking forward to the challenges of the New Year and a different
kind of renewal, which is the purpose of this communication to you and your
staff.
This memo serves as a reminder that many
educators will need to renew their licensure by the conclusion of the current
school year. As you know, educators who hold Professional level licenses must
renew their professional licenses every five years. In order to remain legally
eligible for employment, all educators who are currently employed under a
professional license that has a renewal date of June 17, 2014, must renew
online or submit a completed license renewal application to the ESE by June 17,
2014 (please note that the license(s) is renewed immediately when the
application is completed online in ELAR). We expect some 35,000 educators may
be renewing during the 6/17/2014 renewal cycle.
In an
effort to make this process as streamlined and stress-free as possible, it may
be in the best interest of all involved to begin the renewal process well
before the June deadline. Applications for licensure renewal may be submitted
at any time before the actual due date, in fact, educators may renew their
professional license one year prior to its
expiration. If renewing early, please keep in mind that all requirements must
be met before renewal. You may renew online and/or download a renewal application
at www.doe.mass.edu/recert.
NOTE: If the Professional license is renewed
early (before 6/17/2014), the next renewal cycle will begin from the date of
expiration (ex, 6/17/2014-617/2019). Any PDPs accrued between the date of the
educator’s early renewal and the expected expiration (6/17/2014) will not apply
towards the new renewal cycle.
The Licensure Office is committed to helping
educators and districts manage the license renewal process. In addition to the
existing resources (outlined below), the Department is developing a License
Renewal Addendum that will focus on the regulatory changes approved by the
Board of Elementary and Secondary Education in June of 2012, including the
impact of the Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) Endorsement and new
requirements for those renewing on/after July 1, 2016. For additional
information about the SEI Endorsement and the RETELL initiative, please visit: http://www.doe.mass.edu/retell/.
Additionally, the Licensure Office will
establish License Renewal Labs, where educators can come to the Department in
Malden to renew their license(s) in person. If schools and districts are
interested in conducting their own version of a renewal lab, with a dedicated
ESE staff person available by phone to troubleshoot any issues, please contact
Joseph Casey at jcasey@doe.mass.edu or 781-338-6607 for
additional information.
Existing DESE Renewal
Resources:
·
Guidelines
for Reviewing, Approving and Endorsing Individual Professional Development
Plans (October, 2001): http://www.doe.mass.edu/pd/01guideline/default.html
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