{"id":152,"date":"2017-03-21T10:44:07","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T14:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/?page_id=152"},"modified":"2024-04-24T09:47:04","modified_gmt":"2024-04-24T13:47:04","slug":"licensure","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/licensure\/","title":{"rendered":"Licensure"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It is the professional responsibility of each ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ educator to maintain their licensure. Individuals with Massachusetts standard certificates must engage in sustained professional development that strengthens professional knowledge and skills to meet the state&#8217;s recertification requirements. Standard certificates may be renewed by completing the appropriate number of professional development points (PDPs) within a five-year cycle.<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #264f6f;\">Primary Area License<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; <em>A minimum of 150 PDPs<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>At least 15 PDPs in content (subject matter knowledge)<\/li>\n<li>At least 15 PDPs in pedagogy (professional skills and knowledge)<\/li>\n<li>At least 15 PDPs related to Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) or English as a Second Language (ESL)<\/li>\n<li>At least 15 PDPs related to training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and the instruction of students with diverse learning styles<\/li>\n<li>The remaining required 90 PDPs may be earned through either &#8220;elective&#8221; activities that address other educational issues and topics that improve student learning or additional content and pedagogy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #264f6f;\">Additional Area License<\/span><\/strong> &#8211; <em>A minimum of 30 PDPs<\/em> is necessary for the renewal of each additional Professional level license, of which a minimum of 15 PDPs is required in the content area of the license.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>More Information<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/gateway.edu.state.ma.us\/elar\/licensurehelp\/LicenseRequirementsCriteriaPageControl.ser\">Licensure Requirements Tool<\/a> from the Department of Elementary &amp; Secondary Education<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is the professional responsibility of each ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ educator to maintain their licensure. Individuals with Massachusetts standard certificates must engage in sustained professional development that strengthens professional knowledge and skills to meet the state&#8217;s recertification requirements. Standard certificates may be&hellip; <a class=\"continue\" href=\"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/licensure\/\">Continue reading <span> Licensure<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":47,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-152","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","","tg-column-two"],"aioseo_notices":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-02 02:50:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/47"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1213,"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/152\/revisions\/1213"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wellesleyps.org\/pd\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}