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Massachusetts Teaching (K-12) CE category requirements

How the 150 CE hours every 5 years breaks down by category for professional licenses in Massachusetts, sourced from the official board.

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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

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

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