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- CPE = Continuing Professional Education
- Individuals who complete certification requirements after
September 1, 1999 will receive the Standard Certificate, which must
be renewedevery five years . As a condition of renewal,
superintendents and principals will be required to complete 200
clock hours of CPE, andall other educators must complete150 hours
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- The State Board for Educator Certification has adopted
requirements for continuing education that are flexible enough to
allow each educatorto identify activities that satisfy their
individual goals and needs and to continuously update their
knowledge of content, best practice, research and technology
related to their roles as educators.
- All CPE providers will be approved and registered by SBEC to
ensure that activities offered for CPE credit support the
professional growth of educators in the knowledge and skills
necessaryto improve student achievementin Texas public
schools.
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- Other professions requiring CPEs:
What do these professions have in common? 4.
- workshops, conferences, and in-service or staff development
delivered by an approved registered provider
- undergraduate and graduate coursework through an accredited
institution of higher education, with one semester credit being
equivalent to 15 CPE clock hours;
- interactive distance learning, video conferencing, or on-line
activities;
- independent study, not to exceed 20% of the required clock
hours ;
- development of curriculum or CPE training materials;
- presenting CPE activities, not to exceed 10% of the required
clock hours;
- serving as a mentor, not to exceed 30% of the required clock
hours; and
- serving as an assessor for the principal assessment, not to
exceed 10% of the required clock hours.
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- Professional Organizations
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- Updates via email or RSS feed
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- Special Interest Blogs(use anRSS aggregatorto keep up with
these!)
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- Online Texas Reading Academies(OTRA) University of Texas Vaughn
Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts
- Teacher to Teacher PAEC WorkshopsUnited States Department of
Education & Panhandle Area Education Consortium
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- Tapped Inchat-based, special-interest sessions for
teachers
- GroupTablestart your own professional learning community using
this free software to support collaborative groups
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- Federal subsidy for NBPTS certification.
- NBPTS courses will count for CPEs.