North Carolina Administrative Code › Title 16 - EDUCATION › Chapter 06 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION › Subchapter C - PERSONNEL › Section .0300 - CERTIFICATION › Section 06C .0307 - LICENSE RENEWAL

Current through Register Vol. 39, No. 2, July 15, 2024
(a) Licenses shall
				  be valid for a period of five years from the effective date of issuance.
				  Holders must renew their licenses within each five-year period. The Department
				  shall apply license renewal credit to the person's license field(s) and
				  professional duties.
(b) The
				  Department shall base renewal or reinstatement of a license on 15 units of
				  renewal credit. A unit of credit shall be equal to one quarter hour or
				  two-thirds of a semester hour of IHE college or university credit, 10 hours of
				  professional development, or one school year of teaching experience.
(c) Effective July 1, 2007, school
				  administrators shall earn at least five renewal credits during each renewal
				  cycle that focus on the principal's role in teacher effectiveness, teacher
				  evaluations, teacher support programs, teacher leadership, teacher empowerment,
				  and teacher retention.
(d)
				  Currently employed personnel shall maintain an individual growth plan. These
				  persons may obtain renewal credit for the following activities:
(1) college or university credit;
(2) teaching experience (one unit for each
				  year);
(3) earning National Board
				  for Professional Teaching Standards certification or completion of the National
				  Board for Professional Teaching Standards certification process, which shall
				  result in fifteen units of renewal credit;
(4) completing National Board for
				  Professional Teaching Standards certification renewal, which shall result in
				  five units of renewal credit;
(5)
				  completion of activities that meet the following criteria based upon one unit
				  of renewal credit per 10 clock hours:
(A) the
				  activity shall be delivered in a minimum of 10 clock hours over time with
				  on-the-job application, feedback, and follow-up;
(B) the activity shall have identified goals
				  and objectives that are designed to increase knowledge or skills in the
				  person's license area or job assignment;
(C) the activity shall include focused
				  content and instruction that are sequenced to develop specified competencies of
				  a specific population;
(D) the
				  activity shall be conducted by instructional personnel approved by the
				  sponsoring school unit or employer; and
(E) the activity shall include a focused
				  evaluation designed to gauge the change in learner knowledge or skill and to
				  guide the development of future programs;
(6) independent study of no more than five
				  units of renewal credit per five-year renewal period which meets the following
				  criteria:
(A) teachers and other licensed
				  personnel help to develop local independent study procedures which the
				  superintendent shall keep on file and periodically send to each licensed
				  employee; and
(B) the employee and
				  the superintendent or his or her designee shall plan the experience in advance,
				  including identification of competencies to be acquired and an evaluation to
				  determine satisfactory achievement of those competencies.