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- (Central Yup’ik)
- "Greetings, thank you for coming!"
Renewal and Reinstatement Information
Only Alaska certificates issued for five or more years are eligible for renewal or reinstatement. The following types of certificates may be renewed or reinstated.
- - Professional Teacher
- - Master Teacher
- - Administrative Type-B Regular
- - Special Service Providers Type-C Regular
The earliest you may apply for renewal is one year before the expiration date on the certificate you are renewing.
Requirements
To renew or reinstate a certificate, you will need the following:
- - Six renewal credits
- - Mandatory training completed in the previous five years
- - Fingerprint card or Employment Verification
- - Renewal Fees
To apply for renewal or reinstatement, eligible applicants may use the Online Renewal System or apply with a paper application available here.
Applicants are encouraged to submit all supporting documents (transcripts, mandatory training certificates or transcripts, continuing education unit certificates, etc.) with the application. If using the online renewal system, applicants would need supporting documents to be electronic, so that they all can be uploaded at the time of submission. If submitting a paper application, applicants should attempt to submit printed versions of all the supporting documents.
If required, the fingerprint card and printed official transcripts will always need to be mailed to the Teacher Certification office. Scanned copies of the fingerprint card or the printed official transcripts are not accepted.
When mailing items to the Teacher Certification office, we encourage applicants to use a shipping method that will provide them with tracking information.
Renewal Credit
Six renewal credits are required to renew or reinstate a regular five-year certificate. Each of the following equals one renewal credit:
- - One semester hours of credit earned from a regionally or nationally accredited university or college
- - One and a half quarter hours of credit earned from a regionally or nationally accredited university or college
- - 15 hours of pre-approved non-academic credit, and
- - 15 hours of continuing education units from an approved provider
Renewal credits must be:
- - Related to your employment at the time of renewal (if that employment requires a certificate issued by our office).
- - Related to at least one of your endorsement areas, or
- - A required element of a program that will lead to an endorsement that you are actively pursuing.
If you believe a college course or a continuing education unit you plan to take meets one of the requirements listed above, but may not be clear upon submission to the Teacher Certification office, please submit the Renewal Credit Pre-approval Request (docx).
To be eligible for renewal or reinstatement, you are required to provide evidence of the completion of any combination of six renewal credits earned after the effective date of the certificate you are renewing or reinstating.
More information concerning pre-approved non-academic credit and continuing education units is located here.
Information about how to submit transcripts is located here.
Renewal Requirements for School Psychologists
As required by 4 AAC 12.405(g) School Psychologists holding a Type C Special Services certificate must accrue 90 contact hours during the life of the certificate they are renewing. Verification must accompany the renewal application.
In place of the renewal credits, certified School Psychologists must have completed a minimum of 90 contact hours in assessment, evaluation, intervention, program planning, program development, or staff or program administration in (1) regionally accredited college or university coursework; (2) workshops, seminars, or institutes; (3) school district or university-sponsored in-service training programs; (4) college training; or (5) workshop or seminar teaching, within the life of the certificate being renewed.
Reinstatement Information
If the expiration date on your five-year certificate has passed, you have entered a 12-month reinstatement period, and you are no longer certified. You may not work in a position requiring a certificate until you have reinstated your certificate. You have exactly 12 months beyond the expiration date on your certificate to submit your application for reinstatement, without having to complete any additional requirements.
When Teacher Certification receives your completed reinstatement application and all supporting materials, you are certified. Your certificate effective date becomes the date your complete reinstatement application packet was received by Teacher Certification.
You may only reinstate a certificate in the 12 months following the expiration date. If your certificate has expired more than 12 months ago, you are no longer in a reinstatement period and are considered an initial application for certification.
General Information
We do not fax or mail a copy of your renewed certificate to your school districts. It is the responsibility of the educator to provide the district with a copy of his/her certificate.
Renewal requirements are located in 4 AAC 12.405 and 4 AAC 12.410.