EmpowerED Professional Learning
What Does Your Florida Certificate Renewal Actually Require?
Three questions, about a minute. No account, no email address. Have your certificate in front of you — two dates on it decide most of the answer.
Not the expiration date — the date the current period started. Both are printed on the certificate.
Tick every one that appears on it. If none do, leave them all unticked and carry on.
Leave anything that does not apply at zero. Inservice points only count when a district, or another entity with an approved Florida Master Inservice Plan, awarded them.
Any subject
Any subject
Of those inservice points, how many were in —
Gifted content does not count
Evidence-based reading instruction
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Read this before you rely on it. This tool applies the published state requirements to what you tell it. It cannot see your record, and whether any particular training counted — and toward which requirement — is a decision your district and the Bureau of Educator Certification make, not one a web page can make for you.
Use it to work out roughly where you stand and what to ask about, then confirm with your district's certification or professional learning office. Requirements were checked against the Florida Department of Education renewal requirements in September 2026.
