Updated 06/19/08...wl
TO: 2008 Authorization Renewal Applicants
The 2008 renewal application is available at the following address:
http://www.maine.gov/education/forms/fingerprint/efc300pr.pdf
Enclosed is your 2008 renewal application. A complete application package must be received in this office by 2-1-08. NO conditional authorizations can be issued to someone who does not have the three credits by 2-1-08.
- Check your name and address at the top of the application. If there have been changes, please make the corrections on the application either above or below the existing information.
- Answer the three questions. If you had any convictions in Maine or outside of Maine (including OUI) answer ‘yes’ to question #1. Failure to answer the questions correctly could result in denial of your renewal.
If you answered “YES” on a previous certification application and there have been no additional charges filed, submit a signed statement listing prior convictions and that there have been no new charges since the previous “YES” was submitted. Attach an explanation for any new conviction.
- Sign the application.
- Fee: The fee for renewing your educational technician authorization is $25.00. Make check/money order/credit card (MC / VISA only) payable to “Treasure, State of Maine.”
The fee is non-refundable.
- Criminal History Record Check Renewal (CHRC): Every five years a criminal history record check renewal will be conducted on individuals who have not been continuously employed* in a Maine school system over the last five years. You do not need to get fingerprinted again. If you have not been continuously employed over the last five years in a Maine school system, you need to submit a fee of $24.00 for the criminal history record check renewal. Please submit money order or bank check for the $24.00 (we do not accept personal/school/agency checks for this purpose) made payable to “Treasurer, State of Maine” or you may pay by credit card. This is in addition to the $25.00 renewal fee above.
* If all or part of the continuous employment is in a private school, please submit a
verification letter from the headmaster. For those employed in Maine public school
units, we use the MEDMS school reporting system to determine continuous
employment.
- Submit three credits of approved study taken during the lifetime of the authorization that expires 2-1-08. All credits must be related to your authorization, education in general, or another educational certificate or endorsement.**
** Documentation of the three credits must be one or more of the following:
1. official transcripts issued by a college (we do not accept copies, grade reports or
computer printouts);
2. CEU’s issued by a college or professional entity;
3. a letter from the local teacher support system chair stating the number of
recertification credits or the number of clock hours of professional development
training;
4. a letter from the local educational technician authorization sign-off person stating the
number of clock hours of professional development (check with the superintendent’s
office); or
5. documentation of clock hours from a professional entity or organization.
One credit = 1 semester hour = 1.5 CEUs = 15 clock hours. Submit only official transcripts for college courses. Adult education courses are not acceptable (unless given recertification credits through the local Maine teacher certification support system or an approved educational technician authorization system).
DO NOT SEND PART OF YOUR RENEWAL MATERIALS – INCOMPLETE APPLICATION PACKAGES WILL BE RETURNED. A complete application package will enable the Certification Office to process your renewal application in a timely manner.
Is your renewal application complete? This is a checklist for you; do NOT return it to our office.
___ Correct name and address
___ Answered all three questions and signed the application
___ Included all three credits of approved study
___ $25.00 check or credit card information
___ $24.00 money order, bank check or credit card for the CHRC renewal (if applicable)
