Advanced Professional Certificate Md

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Advanced professional certificate md. Learn how to become an administrator or principal in maryland. You may also be granted a maryland administrator ii certificate. New teachers are eligible for the pec once they have met all maryland teacher certification requirements and only if they are not yet employed by a maryland school or district. Issued to an applicant who has completed a masters degree or the equivalent including 6 semester hours of acceptable credit and completed 3 years of satisfactory.

Standard professional certificate i spc i. Credential certification types. 1 through a state approved program or 2. The advanced professional teaching certificate became available starting january 1 2017 valid for up to 5 years and recognizes completion of an approved teacher leader program or achieving national board certification through the national board for.

Issued to an applicant who meets all certification requirements and is not currently employed in a md local school system or a publicly funded nonpublic school. Students who complete the 5 required courses and any 5 of 15 elective courses are eligible to receive the advanced professional series certificate of completion from their state. Msdes certification educator portal allows users to apply for certification print their certificate update demographics and view the status of submitted. If you are employed as a teacher administrator or specialist by a md public school system nonpublic special education facility the archdiocese of baltimore or washington or a md state institution please contact your employer to discuss your certification needs.

Teachers are eligible for the spc i after employment at a maryland public school. Advanced professional teaching certificate facts at a glance. Credits must be beyond the education level held at the time the educational requirements for the advanced professional certificate were met and must either relate to the current job responsibilities or be part of an employer approved program of study. There are two main avenues to certification.

Professional eligibility certificate pec. To access your certification account visit the educator portal. The remaining 15 semester hours may include graduate or undergraduate course work andor maryland state department of education continuing professional development cpd credits or obtained national board certification and. Requests for the certificate of completion must be sent to your state emergency management agency for verification.

Advanced professional certificate apc how long is this certificate valid. Human resources educator certification information msde certificate advanced professional certificate apc. Failure to obtain and maintain the appropriate maryland teaching certificate will be the.