Renewal Requirements

**The definition of teacher includes instructional support personnel

Credits required to Renew Continuing licenses expiring on or after June 30, 2019

Grades K-5

3 Academic Subject Area – Aligned to NC Prof. Teaching Standard 3 and 4
3 Literacy - As defined in GS 115C-296
2 Digital Learning Competencies

Grades 6-12

3 Academic Subject Area - Aligned to NC Prof. Teaching Standard 3 and 4
2 Digital Learning Competencies
3 General

Teachers earning National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification or completing the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification process receive 8 renewal credits. Educators who complete the ten year national board renewal cycle may earn two credits.

Student Services Personnel

Administrators

3 Executive's Role - Align with the expectations of the North Carolina School Executive Standards 2, 4, and 5, focused on the school executive's role as instructional, human resources, and managerial leader
2 Digital Learning Competencies
3 General

*Subject to change based on NC State Board of Education policy updates

Renewal Criteria:

A unit of renewal credit is equivalent to one quarter hour or one in-service credit from a North Carolina public school system. A unit reflects ten contact hours.
One semester hour is equivalent to 1.5 units of credit.
For a professional educator's license to remain current, all credit must be earned by the expiration date of the existing professional educator's license.
To renew an expired Professional Educator's Continuing License, 8 units of renewal credit must be earned.

Activities accepted for renewal credit:

College or university courses
- Official transcripts are required as documentation; grade reports are not accepted.
Local in-service courses or workshops
- The administrative unit certifies credits.
Classes and workshops approved by a LEA
- Documentation of completion is provided by the agency sponsoring the activity.

Click here to check your current CEU's. (Note: You will need to be on the PCS internet to access it. It will also alert you that the site is unsafe, however, it it safe and you may select the advanced option to continue to the site.)

Click here for NC DPI's site on renewal.

Person County School District

Licensure Information

Online Licensure System

Licensure Renewal

In-State Requirements

Out-of-State Requirements

Beginning Teacher License

Lateral Entry License

Name Change on License

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