For professional certificates with a beginning validity date of July 1, 2020, or thereafter, in

any area of certification that includes reading instruction or intervention (see certification areas below)for any students in kindergarten through grade 6 educators will be required to earn two college credits or the equivalent inservice points (40) in the use of explicit, systematic and sequential approaches to reading instruction, developing phonemic awareness and implementing multisensory intervention strategies.

Section 1012.585(3)(f) F.S. An applicant for renewal of a professional certificate in any area of

certification identified by State Board of Education rule that includes reading instruction or

intervention for any students in kindergarten through grade 6, with a beginning validity date of July 1, 2020, or thereafter, must earn a minimum of 2 college credits or the equivalent inservice points (40) in the use of explicit, systematic, and sequential approaches to reading instruction, developing phonemic awareness, and implementing multisensory intervention strategies.

Teachers with the following certification will be required to have the 40 inservice points when they renew:

• Elementary Education (K-6)

• Pre-Kindergarten/Primary Education (age 3-Gr 3)

• Elementary Education (1-6)

• Primary Education (K-3)

• English (Gr 1-6)

• Middle Grades English (Gr 5-9)

• Middle Grades Integrated Curriculum (Gr 5-9)

• English (6-12)

• Reading (K-12)

• Reading (Endorsement)

• English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) (K-12) (This is for an ESOL Certification Teacher, does not apply to ESOL endorsement.)

• ESE (K-12) - This subject area was added to the required certification list in 2023.

Courses approved to satisfy the Students with Disability (20 point SWD) and the Multisensory Reading Renewal Requirements (40 point MSR). Please remember that you must have a total of 20 points to meet the SWD requirement and 40 points to meet the Multisensory Reading Renewal Requirement. 

Please note, there are many additional courses available through FDLRS NEFEC, BEESS, and PCSD to meet the SWD requirement.

When the course is listed as SWD or MSR, it is the educator’s responsibility to communicate whether they wish the course to be captured as SWD or MSR. Please send the course certificate or official transcript via email or written communication to Susanne Lineberger at slineberger@my.putnamschools.org. If you have questions, please contact the PCSD Department of Teaching and Learning at (386)329-0570.

When should a teacher with the above certification begin to work on his/her 40 points?

All documentation should be submitted to Susanne Lineberger in the Department of Teaching and Learning.