40-Hour Reading Requirement for Recertification
Renewal and Reinstatement of a Professional Certificate
Required Reading Hours
As per, rule 6A-4.0051,F.A.C. designated certifications will be required to take an additional 40 hours in reading professional development for renewal or reinstatement.
Title 1
Certification Areas:
Timeframes:
Lastinger Center
Free to:
- K-12 educators and coaches in Florida as a pathway to the Reading Endorsement
- Participation may be contingent upon district approval. Download the pre-enrollment flyer for more information.
* For more information: UF Lastinger Center Reading Matrix
40-Hour Reading Recertification
BEESS Portal
There are two specific courses through the BEESS Portal that will earn you your 40 hours. You must take BOTH 20-hour courses. Save your certificates for each course to your files.
** Note: The 40-hour FDLRS is NOT a bankable course and MUST be taken within the validity period of the certificate for every renewal.
The Two Courses:
- Reading Difficulties, Disabilities, and Dyslexia
- Structured Literacy through a Multi-Sensory Approach
Click HERE to enroll in the courses
Earning your points in Frontline
- access the Request to Add In-service Hours form
- complete the form ensuring you choose the *20-Hour Reading Course: Structured Literacy Through a Multi-Sensory Approach or *20-Hour Reading Course: Reading Difficulties, Disabilities and Dyslexia Component Number in the Course Information section
- upload certificates for the appropriate 20-hour course from BEESS
To earn your total 40 hours of reading, BOTH courses with certificates must be entered and uploaded into Frontline.
Earning your points in Frontline
Earning Your Points in Frontline:
- access the Request to Add In-service Hours form,
- complete the form ensuring you choose the *60-Hour Literacy Micro-Credentials Elementary or *60-Hour Literacy Micro-Credentials Secondary Component Number in the Course Information section
- upload certificates for the appropriate 60-hour course from the Lastinger Center (*if no certificate, save a screenshot of your completion page or e-mail).
- to earn your total 60 hours of reading toward your 40 hours, in the Course Activity Title please title it either 40 Hour Reading Recertification OR Reading Endorsement 1 based on your specific purpose.
- Indicate this as bankable points
Reading 40-hours with 20-hour SWD Embedded
Pathway to Both Certifications in ONE Course
Facilitated Courses by FDLRS Galaxy. There is one course titled “Exploring Structured Literacy” for 40 in-service credits that will also satisfy the SWD 20 hours for recertification. This is an 8-week course that is paced out and graded by trained facilitators and includes some virtual meetings, as well as the completion of assignments that require student participation.
Earning your points for Reading and SWD in Frontline:
In Frontline:
- access the Request to Add In-service Hours form,
- complete the form ensuring you choose the *40-Hour Structured Literacy with 20 Hour SWD Embedded Component Number in the Course Information section
- upload your certificate signed by your FDLRS Facilitator
If I took a Reading Endorsement course recently will that count for reading hours?
Yes. If Reading Endorsement courses/hours were accrued within 5 years from the beginning date of the certificate to be renewed, those hours will meet the 40-hour requirement.
I have applied to the FLDOE to add my Reading Endorsement and have received a statement of eligibility. Can I use those courses that were met via transcripts for the 40-hour requirement for renewal?
Yes. If the verified courses were taken within 5 years from the beginning date of the certificate to be renewed, the courses could be used for renewal. Those courses can only be used for that certificate renewal. Although Reading Endorsement in-service hours are bankable, only those in-service hours within 5 years from the beginning date of the certificate to be renewed are eligible to be used towards the 40-hour reading requirement.
Will the 40-hour reading requirement be in addition to the 120 hours or 2 courses previously required for re-certification?
No. The 40-hour requirement will count toward the existing 120 hours to recertify. This is in addition to the required 20 hours of Students with Disabilities (SWD) training to recertify.