State-by-State Qualifications

Yes. Colorado educators with professional teacher licenses can submit our certificates for professional development to meet licensure renewal requirements. Specific to English Language Learning requirements, Colorado educators with professional teacher licenses with an elementary, English language arts, math, science, social studies or middle-level endorsement are required to complete 45 contact hours of EL professional learning to renew their license. These 45 hours may be used toward fulfilling the 90 contact hours for renewal. For more information, visit the Colorado Department of Education English Learner PD Requirements - Information for Educators page.

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Yes. Minnesota teacher renewal clock hours can come from a wide variety of professional development activities, as long as they are approved by your local continuing education committee.

Conferences and external workshops such as those offered by Bright Path PD can qualify if they are pre-approved by your continuing education committee. Education conferences, subject-area workshops, and professional organization events are commonly approved. Submit a pre-approval request with the conference agenda and learning objectives before attending (email us at info@brighpathpd.com to secure a syllabus of our courses prior to purchasing).

Yes. Arizona educators can count up to 30 hours towards licensure renewal for conferences and workshops. From the Arizona Department of Education: “Professional development must relate to Arizona academic or professional educator standards or apply toward the attainment of an additional Arizona certificate, endorsement or approved area, and may include training regarding suicide awareness and prevention; child abuse, human trafficking of children, and the sexual abuse of children, including warning signs that a child may be a victim of child abuse, human trafficking, or sexual abuses; screening, intervention, accommodation, use of technology and advocacy for students with reading impairments, including dyslexia; college and career readiness; or other training programs explicitly permitted by state law.”

Professional conferences and workshops related to the profession of teaching or the field of public education may be used towards credit renewal, up to 30 hours.

Conference agenda and a statement or certificate from the sponsoring organization noting clock hours earned in training sessions. Limited to 30 clock hours per year.

Bright Path PD complies with this 30 hour opportunity and provides all participants with a certificate with the total credit hours noted.

See more here: https://www.azed.gov/educator-certification/educator-certification-renew-your-certification

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