2020 Educator License Renewals
Email notice was sent January 7, 2020, to all educators whose licenses expire 6/30/2020. At that time, renewal applications were opened for completion. In 2020 there are 5,267 educators renewing their licenses, this number is twice as large as years past. In order to streamline the process and have your renewal approved timely, please do the following: enter and submit your Professional Learning documentation to your Local Standards Board (L/RSB). This step is crucial to the process, your L/RSB needs to approve your PL, before the AOE can review the application. Educators employed in a Vermont school will renew through their Local/Regional Standards Board. Also important is to login to the system: Vermont Online Licensing System for Educators; open your profile and update your employer and e-mail address. Add VT-AOE-Message@vermont.gov to your list of trusted contacts as notification regarding your application will be sent from this address. This email address is not monitored.
License Level I
For educators renewing a three-year Level I license, each endorsement is required to have three credits (or 45 hours) of new professional learning. At least one credit (or 15 hours) of new learning must apply directly to the knowledge and performance standards of the endorsement to be renewed.
The remaining two credits need to fall within the Core Teaching and Leadership Standards for Vermont Educators.
License Level II
For educators renewing a seven-year Level II license, each endorsement is required to have nine credits (or 135 hours) of new professional learning. At least three credits (or 45 hours) of new learning must apply directly to the knowledge and performance standards of the endorsement to be renewed.
The remaining six credits need to fall within the Core Teaching and Leadership Standards for Vermont Educators.
For educators renewing a five-year Level II license, each endorsement is required to have six credits or 90 hours of new professional learning. At least two credits (or 30 hours) of new learning must apply directly to the knowledge and performance standards of the endorsement to be renewed.
The remaining four credits need to fall within the Core Teaching and Leadership Standards for Vermont Educators.
Resources for Renewing Your License
- Renewing via your L/RSB Tutorial
- Renewing via the Agency Tutorial
- Renewing your Level I License via your L/RSB Flowchart
- Renewing your Level II License via your L/RSB Flowchart
- Criminal Record Check Process for Educators Renewing Through L/RSB
- Criminal Record Check Process for Educators Renewing Through the AOE
- Renew your Retired License
- Renew your SLP License
Professional Learning
- Help Guide: Upload Professional Learning
- Professional Learning Activities that meet requirements
- Core Teaching and Leadership Standards for Vermont Educators
- Knowledge and Performance Standards
- Professional Learning Guidelines for Teachers
- Professional Learning Guidelines for Administrators
