Course
Credit
TeacherLine
courses offer the following options for re-certification and graduate
credit:
IMPORTANT:
- Be
sure to follow through on any noted responsibilities for securing
the applicable credit, including verifying the value of the credit,
as it applies to your personal objective, with your district or
state department of certification.
- It
is important that you notify TeacherLine Southeast of the credit
option you choose for each course you participate in, even if
your choice is no credit. We will ask you for this information
after your course begins.
Credit
Options:
SC
Renewal Credits:
30
hour courses = 2 recertification hours or 40 renewal credits ($199)
15 hour courses = 1 recertification hour or 20 renewal credits ($169)
45 hour courses = 3 recertification hours or 60 renewal credits
(price varies)
The
state department of education has pre-approved all 15hr, 30hr and
45hr TeacherLine courses for professional development, however we
encourage you to get pre-approval from your district or the state
office to be sure your individual needs are met.
Upon
your successful completion of the course, we will send you an "Official
Documentation for Completion SDE Approved Recertification Course"
certificate that you are then responsible for submitting to your
district/state agency.
If
you have questions for the State Department of Education, Division
of Teacher Quality, you can reach them at 803-734-8466 in the Columbia
area or 877-885-5280 elsewhere; calls are only accepted between
the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday - Friday. You can also
visit their website at http://www.scteachers.org/cert/recert/rc_index.cfm.
Several
SC schools/districts are currently or
have previously funded TeacherLine courses for their teachers.
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SC
PACE Credit:
The
following TeacherLine courses have been pre-approved for PACE credit
by the South Carolina Department of Education. Each of these courses
is a 45hr instruction course and must be taken for 3 hours of graduate
credit in order to qualify for PACE.
Class
Choice / Teaching of Reading in the Content Area Category:
- RDLA152
An Introduction to Underlying Principles and Research for Effective
Literacy Instruction (Grades K-8)
Methods
in the Content Area / Middle School Science Category:
- SCIE510
Teaching Middle School Life Science (Grades 5-8)
- SCIE540
Teaching Middle School Physical Science (Grades 5-8)
Methods
in the Content Area / Science Category:
- Biology
- SCIE520
Teaching High School Biology (Grades 9-12)
- Physical
Science
- SCIE550
Teaching High School Physical Science (Grades 9-12)
If you have
any concerns about taking these courses for PACE credit, please
consult your PACE Course Book, visit the PACE website at www.scpace.org,
or contact the State Department of Education, Division of Teacher
Quality at 803-734-8466 in the Columbia area or 877-885-5280 elsewhere;
calls are accepted between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 4:30 P.M.,
Monday - Friday.
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GA
PLU Credits:
30
hour courses = 3 PLUs ($199)
15 hour courses = 1 PLU ($169)
45 hour courses = 4 PLUs (price varies)
The
state department of education has pre-approved all 15hr, 30hr and
45hr TeacherLine courses for professional development, however we
encourage you to get pre-approval from your district or the state
office to be sure your individual needs are met. Download the Application
for Professional Learning Unit Credit Prior Approval Form (as a
Word document or view as HTML
page) and complete and submit it to your district.
Upon
your successful completion of the course, we will send you the Professional
Learning Unit Course Completion Form that you are then responsible
for completing and submitting to your district/state agency.
If
you have questions for the GA Professional Standards Commission,
visit their website at http://www.gapsc.com/TeacherCertification.asp
or call (404) 232-2500; outside the Metro Atlanta area (Georgia
only), you may call (800) 869-7775.
View
our GA partners here.
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NC
CEU and Reading Credits:
30
hour courses = 3 CEU credits ($199)
15 hour courses = 1.5 CEU credits ($169)
45 hour courses = 4.5 CEU credits (price varies)
More
than 100 NC districts have pre-approved
Teacherline courses for professional development CEU credit,
however we advise you to get pre-approval from your LEA/district
to use this course for re-certification credit to be sure your individual
needs are met; your LEA/district will advise you of the steps necessary.
If
you have questions regarding certificate renewal in NC, please visit
http://www.ncpublicschools.org/licensure/forms.html
or call 1-800-577-7994.
Note: The NC
Division of Child Development has approved all early childhood "PreK-K",
"PreK-2", and "PreK-3" grade level courses for
staff in licensed child care facilities and homes regulated by the
Division. Learners must submit a valid TeacherLine Southeast certificate
for in-service credit.
The
following courses qualify for reading credits for certificate renewal:
(Early Reading First Schools: check your guidelines.)
- RDLA150
(30hrs) and RDLA152 (45hrs)
An Introduction to Underlying Principles and Research for Effective
Literacy Instruction
- RDLA345
(30hrs)
Early Literacy Learning I
- RDLA350
(30hrs)
Early
Literacy Learning II
- RDLA200
(30hrs)
Facilitating Oral Language Development
- RDLA120
(30hrs)
Integrating the Internet into the K-2 Language Arts Curriculum
- RDLA180
(30hrs) and RDLA190 (30hrs)
Teaching Narrative and Expository Comprehension
- RDLA155
(30hrs) and RDLA157 (45hrs)
Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Phonics
- RDLA165
(30hrs) and RDLA167 (45hrs)
Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Beginning and Transitional Readers
- RDLA160
(30hrs) and RDLA162 (45hrs)
Teaching Phonics and Spelling for Emergent Readers
- RDLA195
(30hrs)
Teaching Reading Fluency
- RDLA135
(30hrs)
Teaching Reading in Mathematics
- RDLA130
(30hrs)
Teaching Reading in Science
- RDLA340
(30hrs)
Teaching Reading in the Content Areas
- RDLA170
(30hrs), RDLA172 (45hrs), RDLA175 (30hrs) and RDLA177 (45hrs)
Teaching Vocabulary: Word Meanings and Word Knowledge
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Graduate
Credit:
Graduate
credit is generally available for all TeacherLine courses except
for any courses offering fewer than 15 contact hours. Check the
course detail page to verify the availability of graduate credit
for any particular course.
Graduate
credit fees are paid directly to the granting institution upon registration
for the credit; these fees are separate from course enrollment fees
and are NOT paid at the same time.
Note:
Registration for graduate credit is available AFTER the course begins
through the last day of the course; the information on how to register
is provided by your course facilitator, usually around the second
week of the course.
15
hour courses = 1 graduate credit
30 hour courses = 2 graduate credits
45 hour courses = 3 graduate credits
PBS
TeacherLine has made the following arrangements (both institutions
are fully accredited):
- Adams
State College in Colorado has approved the courses for professional
development graduate credit. 1-800-548-6679.
Effective immediately, ASC is increasing
their cost per credit hour from $65 per credit hour to $79 per
credit hour for any courses ENDING on or after August 1, 2009.
- 15
hour courses = 1 graduate credit
($65 for courses ending before 8/1/09, or $79 for courses
ending on or after 8/1/09)
- 30
hour courses = 2 graduate credits
($130 for courses ending before 8/1/09, or $158 for courses
ending on or after 8/1/09)
- 45
hour courses = 3 graduate credits
($195 for courses ending before 8/1/09, or $237 for courses
ending on or after 8/1/09)
- Indiana
University has approved the courses for professional development
graduate credit for $304.03 per credit hour.
- 15
hour courses = 1 graduate credit ($304.03)
- 30
hour courses = 2 graduate credits ($608.06)
- 45
hour courses = 3 graduate credits ($912.09)
Additional
information about graduate credit is available at the PBS TeacherLine
web site.
Notes:
- In
GA and NC, please contact your district and/or state agency for
any additional requirements or graduate credit concerns.
- In
SC, if you are working towards your Master's +30, you need to
check with the state certification office to make sure 21 of your
hours are in your content/certification area. Remember that all
+18 and +30 course work must be completed within 7 years from
the start of the course work. You can reach the State Department
of Education, Division of Teacher Quality at 803-734-8466 in the
Columbia area or 877-885-5280 elsewhere; calls are only accepted
between the hours of 1:00 P.M. and 4:30 P.M., Monday - Friday.
You can also visit their website at http://www.scteachers.org/cert/recert/rc_index.cfm.
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