2016 Delaware Code
Title 14 - Education
CHAPTER 12. EDUCATOR LICENSURE, CERTIFICATION, EVALUATION, PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT, AND PREPARATION PROGRAMS
Subchapter II Four-Tiered Licensure System
§ 1212. Continuing licensure — Renewal.

Upon application, the Department shall renew a continuing license for an additional 5-year term if the educator has completed 90 clock-hours of approved professional development, as well as other professional development and/or mentoring requirements as may be required by the rules and regulations promulgated and adopted pursuant to this chapter. For the purpose of this section, "clock-hour" means actual time spent in professional development, not credit hours. The Standards Board shall review the professional development requirements of this section on an ongoing basis for the purpose of proposing regulations that modify the minimum requirements of this section and that improve the effectiveness of professional development. Notwithstanding any provisions of this section to the contrary, the Standards Board may not modify the minimum clock-hour requirement of this section until January 1, 2003. The professional development required by this chapter for license renewal may be waived if the educator has successfully completed the professional development requirements pursuant to an approved local school district professional development pilot plan. The Secretary, after consultation with the Professional Standards Board, may approve 1 pilot local school district's professional development plan, submitted by May 3, 2001, if the pilot plan was developed and agreed upon by the district, ratified by the organization representing the district's teachers for collective bargaining purposes, and the pilot plan is at least as rigorous as the professional development requirements under this chapter. A pilot local professional development plan approved under this section shall be considered a 3-year pilot professional development plan. After 3 years, the local school district may seek to have the pilot professional development plan continued pursuant to § 1203 of this title.

72 Del. Laws, c. 294, § 2; 72 Del. Laws, c. 295, § 1.;