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Program Types: Other Programs (Accreditation, Military Training, National Board Certification)
Program Types
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Accreditation Review and Site Team Visit
An educator may earn State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECH) for participation on a planned accreditation (national, regional, or state) review and site visit team for a school, school district, college, or university teacher preparation program.
The accrediting organizations recognized by the State Board of Education are:
- Michigan Accreditation Process (MAP),
- North Central Accreditation (NCA),
- Michigan Nonpublic School Accrediting Association (MNSAA), and
- Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP).
The accrediting organization must be an approved SCECH Sponsor or coordinating SCECHs through an approved sponsor.
Application and Approval Process
- SCECH program approval applications are for one school year. Applications must be received by September 30 of the school year.
- The sponsoring organization will assign a chairperson to the accreditation team. The chairperson and the designee of the sponsoring organization will sign the SCECH Certificate for the participant indicating participation in the full accreditation process. Partial credit will not be awarded for participation in a portion of a site visit.
- The SCECH Coordinator is responsible for maintaining accuracy in program and participation records. The program approval file should be maintained in the same manner as with other approved programs.
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Military Training
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) wishes to recognize the sacrifices and contributions of armed forces families. To honor Michigan’s certified educators who are called to active duty while holding a valid or expired educator certificate, the MDE offers a service credit of up to 150 professional learning hours toward certificate renewal.
Service credit may be requested at any time after an individual is called to service and educator has been provided with official documentation detailing the service type and dates served. The service credit can be requested even if a certificate has since expired. Official documentation of service includes the dates of service (such as a Leave and Earnings Statement) is required.
- To start a request, the educator sends an email to SCECH@Michigan.gov.
- The SCECH analyst will verify the orders, eligibility, and number of State Continuing Educator Certification Hours (SCECHs).
- Once the orders and eligibility are verified, the SCECH analyst will send the request form to the PECS manager.
- After reviewing the information, the PECS manager will forward the signed form to the SCECH program administrator.
- The SCECH program administrator will upload the SCECHs through an approved program in MOECS.
- The SCECH program administrator will submit a yearly program into MOECS to cover requests as they are submitted.
- Hours will be added to the MOECS account of the service member in the form of State Continuing Educational Clock Hours (SCECH).
- Once uploaded, the service member may login to MOECS and complete the SCECH evaluation to add the hours to their renewal total.
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National Board Certification
The Michigan Department of Education (MDE) will award educators 150 State Continuing Education Clock Hours (SCECH) toward their recertification requirements upon completion of a National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) program or Maintenance of Certificate (MOC) of a National Board Certification program. MDE recognizes these educators' experience and preparation.
SCECHs may be requested at any time after an individual completes either of these programs and can be requested even if a certificate has since expired. Official documentation must include the dates of program and a copy of the National Board Certificate. The hours can be requested through the sponsor the program is taken through the Michigan Educator Association (MEA) or Michigan Federation for Teachers (MFT). If the program was taken through a different source, the educator sends an email request to MDE-EducatorHelp@Michigan.gov to start the process.