Teachers & educational diagnosticians
Every state sets its own rules for renewing a teaching or educator certificate. Click your state on the map, or pick it from the list below, to see renewal hours, the renewal cycle, required topics and which CE providers count.
Guide available Coming soon
We are planning to seek provider approvals
Educator CE is not yet an approved provider in any state. We are planning to seek approvals, starting with Texas (TEA CPE provider). Until then, check with your district or licensing agency before counting our courses toward renewal.
Need district approval?
Many districts approve professional learning hours themselves. Pick your courses and download a ready-to-sign pre-approval request for your principal or supervisor.
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- Alabama 50 clock hours of approved PD (or 3 semester hours, or NBPTS)
- Alaska 6 renewal credits (semester hours or approved CEUs)
- Arizona 15 clock hours per year of validity (90, 120 or 180)
- Arkansas Annual PD through your employer or AR IDEAS
- California No PD hours required for renewal
- Colorado 90 clock hours or 6 semester hours
- Connecticut No state CEU requirement (eliminated 2012)
- Delaware 90 clock hours of professional development
- District of Columbia 120 PD hours or 8 semester credits
- Florida 6 semester hours or 120 inservice points
- Georgia No set hours; participate in district professional learning
- Hawaii No set hours; evaluation and experience
- Idaho 6 semester credits
- Illinois 120 hours of professional development
- Indiana 90 PGP points or 6 semester hours (or NBPTS)
- Iowa 6 renewal credits
- Kansas 120 points (graduate degree) or 160 points (bachelor’s, with 80 college)
- Kentucky 3 years of teaching or 6 graduate hours
- Louisiana No set hours; 3 years of effective evaluations
- Maine 6 credits or 90 contact hours
- Maryland 6 semester hours (college or MSDE CPD)
- Massachusetts 150 PDPs
- Michigan 150 hours (SCECH, college credit or DPPD)
- Minnesota 125 clock hours
- Mississippi 10 CEUs, or 5 CEUs + 3 semester hours, or 6 semester hours
- Missouri 15 clock hours per year (unless exempt)
- Montana 60 renewal units (OPI renewal units)
- Nebraska Teaching experience or 6 semester hours/equivalent PD
- Nevada 6 credits or 90 hours
- New Hampshire 75 CEUs
- New Jersey 20 PD hours per year
- New Mexico No set hours; evaluation-based
- New York 100 CTLE hours
- North Carolina 8 CEUs (80 hours)
- North Dakota 6 semester hours of college credit
- Ohio 6 semester hours or 18 CEUs
- Oklahoma No PD hours required
- Oregon PDU reporting suspended for licenses expiring before July 1, 2029
- Pennsylvania 180 hours, 6 college credits, or 6 PDE-approved CPE credits
- Rhode Island Professional Learning Units (PLUs), phasing up to 100 PLUs by 2030
- South Carolina 120 renewal credits
- South Dakota 6 education-related credits (15 contact hours = 1 credit)
- Tennessee 60 PDPs (or 2 years of qualifying experience)
- Texas 150 CPE hours (classroom teachers); 200 CPE hours (educational diagnosticians and other student services certificates)
- Utah 100 renewal hours
- Vermont 135 hours per endorsement (at least 45 endorsement-specific)
- Virginia 360 professional development points
- Washington 100 clock hours (or 4 PGPs)
- West Virginia 6 credit hours of college or WVLearns coursework
- Wisconsin No PD hours required
- Wyoming 5 renewal credits (PTSB credits or semester hours)
Requirements change. Always confirm current rules with your state licensing agency or district before renewing.