Need to Reissue, Renew or Obtain a New Certification?
The Credential Review Pathway (CRP) can help! CRP provides an avenue for those with extensive experience in a certification area to reissue, renew, or obtain a new certification. This path to educator certification is approved by the Rhode Island Department of Education (RIDE).
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Who Can Participate?
CRP is for individuals who:
- hold an Emergency or Expert Residency Certificate
- are fully certified in one area and wish to add an additional certificate
- wish to renew a certificate that is more than five years expired
Documentation Needed to Participate
If you can document these prerequisites you are qualified to participate:
- you are a current or previously certified educator
- you earned a bachelor's degree with a minimum GPA of 3.0*
- you have extensive teaching experience** in the desired certification area
*or post-bachelor's coursework with a minimum GPA of 3.0
**Extensive teaching experience is a full semester of supervised student teaching in the desired certification area or 270+ days of full-time teaching in the desired certification area. Work experience as a teacher assistant does not count. You need to be fully in charge of the class. If you are working on an Expert Residency or Emergency Certification, this experience can be included as one of your action items on your CRP Plan of Study.
How to Apply
You will apply through CollegeNET, our application platform.
Please use this evidence organizer as part of your application materials. This completed document will be added to the Document Upload section of your application.
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Please Note: A separate application and fee is required for each certification sought.
What Your Application Will Determine
Your application will demonstrate how you have met each of the professional competencies outlined in the ; and the professional association standards for your desired area of certification. See to find the standards for your certification area.
