Florida - Renew Teaching License

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Procedure

• To those who are employed by a district public or charter school in Florida, request a district application form for certificate renewal from your district office and submit the completed application to your employing school district.
• To those who are employed by a private school, or if you are not currently employed as an educator, apply for renewal online or request for a paper application and submit the completed form to the Bureau of Educator Certification.

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Required Documents

• Completed renewal form
• College level credits used for certificate renewal must be awarded by an accredited or approved institution (Word), or the American Council on Education (ACE), and must be reflected on an official transcript.
• College level credit for CLEP, DANTES Subject Standardized Test, Excelsior, other examination, life experience, or other method must be reflected on an official transcript from an accredited or approved institution (Word), or the American Council on Education (ACE).

Office Locations & Contacts

Bureau of Educator Certification (BEC)
Turlington Building, Suite 201
325 West Gaines Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0400
U.S. Toll-Free: 800-445-6739
Outside U.S.: 850-245-5049

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Eligibility

Six (6) semester hours of college credit to include at least one (1) semester hour in teaching students with disabilities (SWD) must be earned during each renewal period to renew your certificate.

A grade of at least "C" must be earned in each college course used for renewal. A grade of "pass" or "satisfactory" is an acceptable grade.

College remedial credit is not acceptable.

Fees

• If you are applying to renew a currently valid Professional Certificate (with one subject or more than one subject):

Renewal of a Valid Professional Certificate - application fee is $75

• If your Professional Certificate expired within the past year, and you completed all of your renewal credits before the certificate expired:

Late Renewal of a Professional Certificate - the total application fee is $105 ($75 basic renewal fee plus a $30 late application fee)

• If you are applying to reinstate an expired Professional Certificate:

Reinstatement of an Expired Professional Certificate - application fee is $75

Validity

Temporary Certificate:

• Valid for three school years
• Nonrenewable

Professional Certificate:

• Valid for five school years
• Renewable

Documents to Use

Request Application Form CG-10R

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Instructions

• Renewal requirements must be completed during the last validity period of the Professional Certificate and prior to expiration of the Professional Certificate.
• The application form and appropriate fee must be submitted during the last year of the validity period of the certificate and prior to the expiration of the Professional Certificate. However, a late renewal application may be submitted after expiration of the Professional Certificate if the following criteria are met:
  • Appropriate renewal requirements, including the requirement for credit in teaching SWD, are completed prior to expiration of the Professional Certificate, and
  • Renewal application form, application fee, and additional $30.00 late fee are submitted to the Bureau of Educator Certification prior to July 1 of the year following expiration of the certificate.
• In the event a subject is deleted from the certificate at the request of the certificate holder or due to noncompletion of renewal requirements, all requirements which are in effect when an application is submitted to add the subject to the certificate again must be completed.

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Need for the Document

Florida educators must be certified to teach in a public/private school. The certificate assures that the holder is professionally qualified for highly effective instruction. The Bureau of Educator Certification (BEC) is responsible for implementing the certification provisions in Florida Statutes and State Board of Education administrative rules. These laws and rules also delegate limited certification responsibilities to Florida's school districts.

It is the responsibility of each applicant to obtain current information regarding renewal requirements from the employing school district or Bureau of Educator Certification.

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External Links

• Florida Department of Education:

http://www.fldoe.org/teaching/certification/fl-educator-certification-renewal-requ.stml

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