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Cer

tifi

es th

at

Mar

jori

e K

ay H

all

has

fulfi

lled

all r

equi

rem

ents

of

the

Sta

te o

f Te

xas

and

is a

utho

rize

d to

pra

ctic

e as

a c

ertifie

d ed

ucat

or in

the

are

as d

esig

nate

d be

low

:

Ce

rtif

ica

te D

esc

rip

tio

nO

rig

ina

l E

ffe

ctiv

e D

ate

V

ali

dit

y P

eri

od

STA

ND

AR

D C

ERTI

FIC

ATE

REN

EWA

L R

EQU

IREM

ENTS

OVE

RVI

EW: 

 All

educ

ator

s sh

ould

mod

el t

he p

hilo

soph

y of

life

-lon

g le

arni

ng a

nd p

artic

ipat

e in

pro

fess

iona

l dev

elop

men

t ac

tiviti

es t

hat

focu

s on

the

nee

d to

con

tinua

lly u

pdat

e kn

owle

dge

in

cont

ent,

bes

t pr

actic

e, r

esea

rch,

and

tec

hnol

ogy

that

is r

elev

ant

to t

he in

divi

dual

’s r

ole

as a

n ed

ucat

or.

Each

indi

vidu

al w

ho h

olds

a S

tand

ard

Cer

tific

ate

is r

espo

nsib

le f

or r

enew

ing

the

cert

ifica

te.

The

rule

s ad

opte

d by

the

Boa

rd f

or r

enew

ing

cert

ifica

tes

are

codi

fied

at T

itle

19,

Part

VII

, Te

xas

Adm

inis

trat

ive

Cod

e, C

hapt

er 2

32,

Sub

chap

ter

A,

and

are

avai

labl

e th

roug

h th

e Te

xas

Educ

atio

n Age

ncy

(TEA

) w

eb s

ite t

ea.t

exas

.gov

.

STA

ND

ARD

CER

TIFI

CATE

REN

EWAL

CYC

LE: 

 The

ren

ewal

cyc

le w

ill b

e ev

ery

five

year

s at

the

end

of

the

educ

ator

’s b

irth

mon

th.

For

exam

ple,

an

educ

ator

bor

n in

Mar

ch is

sued

a c

ertif

icat

e in

D

ecem

ber

1999

wou

ld b

e su

bjec

t to

ren

ewal

req

uire

men

ts o

n M

arch

31,

200

5. E

duca

tors

hol

ding

life

time

cert

ifica

tes

are

exem

pt f

rom

the

ren

ewal

pro

cess

. H

owev

er,

curr

ent

educ

ator

s ad

ding

Sta

ndar

d Cer

tific

ates

mus

t re

new

the

cer

tific

ate.

STA

ND

ARD

CER

TIFI

CATE

REN

EWAL

REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS: 

 All

cert

ified

edu

cato

rs s

eeki

ng t

o re

new

a c

ertif

icat

e m

ust:

�co

mpl

ete

the

appr

opriat

e co

ntin

uing

pro

fess

iona

l edu

catio

n cl

ock

hour

s;

�co

mpl

ete

the

onlin

e st

anda

rd r

enew

al a

pplic

atio

n;

�pa

y th

e ap

prop

riat

e re

new

al f

ee;

�

succ

essf

ully

com

plet

e a

crim

inal

his

tory

rev

iew

; an

d

�no

t be

in d

efau

lt on

a s

tude

nt lo

an o

r in

arr

ears

of

child

sup

port

CO

NTI

NU

ING

PRO

FESSIO

NAL

EDU

CATI

ON

(CPE

) REQ

UIR

EMEN

TS: 

 CPE

req

uire

men

ts f

or e

ach

clas

s of

cer

tific

ate

are

as f

ollo

ws:

�cl

assr

oom

tea

cher

s m

ust

com

plet

e 15

0 cl

ock

hour

s ev

ery

five

year

s;

�sc

hool

cou

nsel

ors,

lear

ning

res

ourc

e sp

ecia

lists

/lib

rarian

s, e

duca

tiona

l dia

gnos

ticia

ns,

read

ing

spec

ialis

ts,

mas

ter

teac

hers

, su

perint

ende

nts,

princ

ipal

s, a

nd a

ssis

tant

princ

ipal

s m

ust

com

plet

e 20

0 cl

ock

hour

s ev

ery

five

year

s; a

nd

�dy

slex

ia C

PE t

rain

ing

is r

equi

red

for

educ

ator

s w

ho t

each

stu

dent

s w

ith d

ysle

xia

and

mus

t in

clud

e ne

w r

esea

rch

and

prac

tices

in e

duca

ting

stud

ents

with

dys

lexi

a

CO

NTI

NU

ING

PRO

FESS

ION

AL E

DU

CAT

ION

ACTI

VITI

ES: 

 CPE

clo

ck h

ours

can

be

accr

ued

thro

ugh

the

follo

win

g:

�w

orks

hops

, co

nfer

ence

s, a

nd in

-ser

vice

or

staf

f de

velo

pmen

t gi

ven

by a

n ap

prov

ed r

egis

tere

d pr

ovid

er;

�

unde

rgra

duat

e an

d gr

adua

te c

ours

ewor

k th

roug

h an

acc

redi

ted

inst

itutio

n of

hig

her

educ

atio

n, w

ith o

ne s

emes

ter

cred

it be

ing

equi

vale

nt t

o 15

CPE

clo

ck h

ours

;

�in

tera

ctiv

e di

stan

ce le

arni

ng,

vide

o co

nfer

enci

ng,

or o

n-lin

e ac

tiviti

es;

�

inde

pend

ent

stud

y, n

ot t

o ex

ceed

20%

of

the

requ

ired

clo

ck h

ours

, w

hich

may

incl

ude:

sel

f-st

udy

of r

elev

ant

prof

essi

onal

mat

eria

ls (

e.g.

, bo

oks,

jou

rnal

s, p

erio

dica

ls,

vide

o an

d au

dio

tape

s, c

ompu

ter

soft

war

e, in

tera

ctiv

e di

stan

ce le

arni

ng,

vide

o co

nfer

enci

ng,

or o

nlin

e ac

tiviti

es);

dev

elop

ing

curr

icul

um;

or a

utho

ring

a p

ublis

hed

wor

k;

�de

velo

ping

, te

achi

ng,

or p

rese

ntin

g CPE

act

iviti

es,

not

to e

xcee

d 10

% o

f th

e re

quired

clo

ck h

ours

; an

d

�pr

ovid

ing

prof

essi

onal

gui

danc

e as

a m

ento

r to

ano

ther

edu

cato

r, n

ot t

o ex

ceed

30%

of

the

requ

ired

clo

ck h

ours

CO

NTI

NU

ING

PRO

FESS

ION

AL E

DU

CAT

ION

PRO

VID

ERS:

  All

pers

ons

or o

rgan

izat

ions

pro

vidi

ng C

PE a

ctiv

ities

to

educ

ator

s fo

r Sta

ndar

d Cer

tific

ate

rene

wal

mus

t be

reg

iste

red

with

TEA

. Pr

ovid

ers

mus

t fu

rnis

h ea

ch e

duca

tor

with

writt

en d

ocum

enta

tion

to in

clud

e:

�pr

ovid

er's

nam

e an

d ID

num

ber;

�

educ

ator

's n

ame;

�

date

and

con

tent

of

the

activi

ty c

ompl

eted

; an

d

�nu

mbe

r of

clo

ck h

ours

aw

arde

d

Onl

y th

ose

CPE

act

iviti

es f

rom

TEA

reg

iste

red

prov

ider

s w

ill b

e re

cogn

ized

for

Sta

ndar

d Cer

tific

ate

rene

wal

pur

pose

s. A

ll CPE

pro

vide

rs a

ppro

ved

by T

EA a

re li

sted

und

er t

he “

Texa

s Ed

ucat

ors”

, th

en “

Cer

tific

atio

n Ren

ewal

s” li

nk o

n th

e TE

A w

ebsi

te.

An

educ

ator

mus

t co

mpl

ete

a to

tal o

f 15

0 or

200

clo

ck h

ours

of

cont

inui

ng p

rofe

ssio

nal e

duca

tion

ever

y fiv

e ye

ars.

A c

lass

room

tea

cher

who

als

o ho

lds

a pr

inci

pal c

ertif

icat

e w

ould

nee

d a

tota

l of

200

cloc

k ho

urs

to r

enew

bot

h th

e te

ache

r an

d pr

inci

pal c

ertif

icat

es.

Plea

se n

ote

that

edu

catio

nal a

ides

are

not

req

uire

d at

thi

s tim

e to

com

plet

e an

y CPE

hou

rs f

or c

ertif

icat

e re

new

al.

Writt

en d

ocum

enta

tion

and

verific

atio

n of

all

CPE

act

iviti

es f

or S

tand

ard

Cer

tific

ate

rene

wal

mus

t be

mai

ntai

ned

by t

he e

duca

tor.

Wor

kshe

ets

to a

ssis

t ed

ucat

ors

in t

rack

ing

thei

r CPE

clo

ck

hour

s ca

n be

fou

nd o

n th

e TE

A w

ebsi

te.

It is

the

res

pons

ibili

ty o

f th

e ed

ucat

or t

o de

term

ine

whi

ch C

PE a

ctiv

ities

mee

t th

e re

quirem

ents

for

Sta

ndar

d Cer

tific

ate

rene

wal

.