April 1st in the last year of your certificate is the Martin County School District's deadline to finish the requirements to upgrade or renew your certificate
Florida Educators with a 5-year Professional Certificate must renew their certificate during the last year of the certificate's validity period. To renew your certificate, you need a minimum of 120 in-service points, or the equivalent in college courses or a combination of in-service points and college courses., including the 20 point teaching students with disabilities (SWD) requirement. You can take courses for renewal credit through the FDLRS-BEESS PORTAL .
Once you have enough renewal credit entered into Frontline, login to your FLDOE account and follow the Renewal Application Instructions, and then click the electronic payment button below. Once you have completed the form you will receive an email that will allow you to make your electronic payment.
If your certificate expires 6/30/2025 or after and you have one of these subjects on your certificate, you will need to complete the NEW 40 point reading course requirement. This 40 point course is included in the total 120 required renewal points. The course called Exploring Structured Literacy meets this requirement and is offered by the district twice a year, or may be taken as a facilitated course through FDLRS. This course also meets the 20 point SWD requirement (total of 40 points, not 60).
If you are a former employee of the Martin County School District (MCSD) or you currently live in Martin County, the MCSD Human Resources Department will submit your renewal credit to the Florida Department of Education (FLDOE) for you during the last year of your certificate’s validity period.
Currently, the Martin County School District will only accept new in-service credit for renewal from the following organizations:
New in-service credit means not earned while working for the Martin County School District.
You will be required to provide your course certificate of completion and any verification of activity forms to the Human Resources Department.
When you are ready to renew your Educator Certificate, complete these steps:
Complete your on-line renewal application through your FLDOE account.
Select 100, Florida Department of Education as your district affiliation.
If the application is not received by the certificate expiration date, the applicant has one year from the certificate expiration date to submit the "Late Renewal Application," the renewal processing fee, plus an additional late fee of$30.00.
All required credit, however, must have been earned during the last validity period of the Professional Certificate.
The "Renewal Application" is valid for one year from the date it is submitted.
Submit your $75 renewal fee to the FLDOE.
Click the Submit In-service/Renewal Credit button to fill out a form requesting the Human Resources (HR) Department submit your in-service points to the FLDOE. Please allow 30 days for this in-service to be submitted to the FLDOE. Once submitted, the HR Department will email you a confirmation.
