South Carolina State Requirements

Educators must earn a minimum of 120 renewal credits within the following time frames in order to meet renewal requirements:

• Valid (non-expired) certificates must meet requirements within their current certificate's validity;
• Non-valid (expired) certificates must meet all renewal requirements within the five year period prior to their formal request for renewal. Renewal credits earned over five years prior are not eligible for use in renewing the expired certificate.

Any educator who has not earned a Master's Degree must earn at least sixty of the required renewal credits (three semester hours) in graduate-level coursework to renew his or her current certificate. Educators who hold Career and Technology Education Work-Based Certificates exclusively are not required to fulfill the graduate-level coursework requirement.

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Please review the Expired Professional Certificates and Professional Certificate Extensions webpages for information on renewal eligibility beyond the validity of a Professional certificate.

Jason Flatt Act

Educators working in a public middle or high school setting must satisfy the Jason Flatt Act requirements before their professional certificate can be renewed. Please review the Jason Flatt Act and contact your District Renewal Coordinator for more information.

Read to Succeed (R2S) Endorsements

Educators holding professional certification expiring in 2020 and beyond are currently required to earn the appropriate R2S endorsement to be eligible for further certification renewals.  All coursework that is accepted for meeting R2S endorsement requirements is also pre-approved for meeting renewal requirements.

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To obtain the required credits, the following equivalencies shall be used: 

1 graduate credit = 20 renewal credits

Learners Edge continuing education courses are approved by our regionally accredited universities and colleges from throughout the United States. These partners provide official transcripts, letter grades and graduate credit for successfully completed Learners Edge courses.

When selecting your course, choose any of our CAEP and/or regionally accredited graduate credit university partners to gain the semester hours of credit.

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Read to Succeed (R2S) Endorsements

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Educators holding professional certification expiring in 2020 and beyond are currently required to earn the appropriate R2S endorsement to be eligible for further certification renewals.  All coursework that is accepted for meeting R2S endorsement requirements is also pre-approved for meeting renewal requirements.