Massachusetts Teaching (K-12) CE requirements

Professional License — license renewal requirements, sourced from the official board.

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150CE hours every 5 yearsVerify with board

Renewal: Five-year Professional License term; minimums apply to the primary license.

Required categories

Content in or related to the primary license area
60h
Disabilities / diverse learning styles
15h
Pedagogy
15h
Sheltered English immersion / English as a second language
15h

Details

Massachusetts requires 150 Professional Development Points per five years for the primary Professional License, including at least 15 PDPs each in SEI/ESL, disabilities/diverse learning styles, and pedagogy, with at least 60 PDPs in or related to the primary license's content area. Each additional license requires 30 PDPs. Native unit is PDPs; totalHours is not converted.

Official source: Massachusetts 603 CMR 44.00, educator license renewal

⚠️Board rules change. Verify every figure against the official source before relying on it.

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