Certification and Master Inservice Training

							   Keara Danger
Kdanger@fcis.org
Certification Timeline
 Teacher applies for Temporary Certificate:
   * Online application at www.fldoe.org/edcert or
    * Complete CG10 Form and send $75 per subject to
      DOE in Tallahassee.

 Teacher receives Statement of Eligibility. This will
 delineate what the teacher needs to do to get the
 temporary and/or professional certificate. SOE will
 always request submission of a CT111, which will verify
 employment.
 Head of School submits Request for Issuance (CT-
 111) along with fingerprint card and $57.25 check for
 fingerprinting processing.

 Teacher receives Temporary Certificate.
 Teacher completes requirements listed on SOE, including
  (PECD) Professional Education Competency Demonstration
  Program, if needed.

 Teacher receives Professional Certificate valid for five years.

 During validity period of certificate teacher participates in
  sufficient professional development (inservice) to renew
  certificate. This could be two 3-credit college courses OR one 3-
  credit college course and 60 inservice points OR 120 inservice
  points. Also, a passing score on a Florida subject area test
  specific to the coverage to be renewed is equivalent to three (3)
  semester hours of college credit for renewal purposes.
 Before validity period ends teacher renews online,
  www.fldoe.org/edcert or completes Renewal of Certification
  Form CG10R. Renewal application will ask to report professional
  development being used for renewal. If college courses were
  taken, teacher sends official transcript to the DOE. If the
  teacher took their subject area test and results should
  automatically be sent to the DOE. If the teacher is using
  inservice credit, the teacher must contact the FCIS Office,
  kdanger@fcis.org, to submit the CT-116 verifying inservice hours.

 Teacher receives Professional Certificate valid for five years.
PECD Professional Education Competency
Demonstration Program
 If a teacher’s Statement of Eligibility says that he or she has not
  satisfied the PEC requirement, then you will need to purchase a
  PECD manual from the FCIS Office and then the head of your
  school (or a person designated by the head) must put the new
  teacher through the program.

    The teacher MUST have a current temporary certificate while
     completing the program.
    The dates of the PECD participation MUST be within the validity
     dates of their temporary certificate.

   To order the FAANS Professional Education Competency
   Demonstration Program (PECD) please contact the FCIS Office
   to order. The manual will be mailed along with an invoice for
   $50.00.
To Order Forms
 • Email Keara Danger, Kdanger@fcis.org, to request
    CT111 (Request for Issuance), applications
    (CG10/CG10R) or fingerprint cards.
•   Contact the Florida Department of Education,
    www.fldoe.org/edcert, by using their e-mail service
    form.
Master Inservice
The FCIS Master Inservice Plan is designed to assist
FCIS schools in assisting their teachers with
earning inservice credit for recertification.

A teacher may earn inservice credit in two ways:
1. Workshops organized by their school and held
   on campus. The Master Inservice Coordinator
   completes the Application for Inservice Activity form
   and submits it to FCIS for approval at least 30 days
   prior to the activity. FCIS staff indicates approval of
   the activity by signing the form and assigning an
   activity number (activity # will be recorded by MIS
   Coordinator on completion certificate). A copy of the
   form is then returned to the MI Coordinator.
The coordinator keeps an attendance log for the
workshop. The workshop might be completed in two
or three sessions or spread out over several months;
either is acceptable. Once the workshop is
completed, the coordinator requests the number of
Certificates of Completion needed (only certified
teachers receive certificates), has the workshop
participants complete them, and then returns the top
copies to FCIS. Certificate on Completions may also
be found on the FCIS website in a Word Doc.
(www.fcis.org, School Resources)
Keep in mind that any small workshop, between 2-9
hours, must be counted under the Professional
Growth and Development component, #8 408
001. The Master Inservice Coordinator keeps a
running total for each teacher and then completes
the paperwork (Certificate of Completion) at the end
of the school year. At least 12 hours must be earned
within a school year.
2. One or more teachers attend a workshop off
   campus. Teachers should take the Inservice
   Independent Activity form to the workshop and
   complete it during the workshop. Of particular
   importance is the section where the teacher lists the
   sessions, times and dates. Teachers submit the form
   to their Master Inservice Coordinator who then signs
   it and sends it to FCIS. FCIS can accept a
   certificate from the workshop as long as the
   certificate has the title, participation dates,
   number of hours and the teacher’s full name.
In either case the Master Inservice Coordinator is
responsible for identifying the appropriate
component number and name from the Master
Inservice Manual. Each component has a maximum
number of points. No matter how many hours the
teacher devotes to the workshop, the maximum may
not be exceeded. The teacher earns one inservice
point for each hour spent in a workshop. There are
a wide variety of components, enough to fit virtually
any activity.
 Remember:
 All paperwork for inservice credit must be submitted by the end
    of July of that school year.
   No teacher can use more than 60 Professional Growth and
    Development points for renewal of a certificate.
   MI Coordinators should request FCIS completion certificates for
    certified teachers ONLY.
   Meetings and planning sessions do not count for inservice credit.
   To obtain a Master Inservice Manual, contact the FCIS
    Office, kdanger@fcis.org. You will be billed $75.