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EIS: Recommended Renewal Submission

Owned by Christine Zinkand
Feb 02, 2024

Renewal Recommendations for full-time and part-time licensed educators are based on the employer’s NHED approved Professional Development Master Plan (PDMP). Please feel free to use any article language or links in your own renewal messaging.

Background Information:

Experienced Educator Upgrade

  • Employers authorized to recommend for renewal under a NHED approved PDMP are also able to recommend educators for an Experienced Educator License (EEL) at the time of renewal recommendation. Complete EEL upgrade and renewal recommendations at the same time.

  • Ed 504.02 Experienced Educator License

    • at least 3 years of full-time or full-time equivalent experience as an educator at the elementary through secondary levels of education

      • part-time/full-time equivalency example: approximately 10 years at 30% time

    • being deemed effective or above according to the local evaluation system for 2 consecutive years

    • successfully completing a renewal cycle

  • After EEL upgrade, all current endorsements, as well as any endorsements obtained in the future, will appear on the EEL. The EEL upgrade is valid because requirements have been met for an experienced educator. Educators do not need to meet the EEL requirements for each endorsement individually.

  • Applicants will see a yellow banner on the myNHDOE/EIS/Educator/View Your Credentials page indicating completed EEL recommendation. EIS will appear to be renewing the Beginning Educator License (BEL). The applicant will not see the EEL in EIS until after application/payment.

You can confirm employment:

  • in EIS if the educator was employed the first year at another NH SAU

  • with a letter from a former employer documenting the additional year of full-time experience

With that documentation, along with two consecutive years evaluated at effective or above at your SAU, the employee can be recommended for upgrade.

You can have the educator provide you with a letter from a former employer documenting:

  • at least 2 additional years of full-time experience

  • with at least the previous year being deemed effective or above according to the local evaluation system (to meet the 2 consecutive year requirement).

With that documentation, along with the current year evaluated at effective or above at your SAU, the employee can be recommended for upgrade.

Paraeducator Renewals

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Renewals for Licensed Educators employed as Paraeducators or “Other Non-Credentialed Role”

  • Renewals can be challenging for these two subsets of employees as each SAU decides how to handle these two situations. Employees that may have recently arrived from another SAU may be expecting the same process they previously experienced even though your process is different.

  • Licensed paraeducators and licensed educators employed as paraeducators or “Other Non-Credentialed Role” going through a first renewal will also need guidance on the best way to apply for renewal based on SAU policy.

  • If they are covered under the SAU PDMP/electronically recommended for renewal, they are able to apply online. Will the SAU instead be submitting a check/paper application? Or reimbursing?

  • If they are not going to be recommended, do they have a hire date/assignment entered in EIS and need to submit a paper application (DOE Renewal)?

  • If they are not going to be recommended, are they able to submit an online DOE Renewal because they are not reported in EIS with a hire date/assignment?

  • Our office frequently receives assistance requests from employees that fall into these two categories and the employees are referred back to the SAU Superintendent’s Office/Human Resources if there is a current hire date in EIS to confirm local process. Those with no current hire date in EIS are instructed to complete a DOE Renewal online.

 

Submitting a Renewal Recommendation:

What:

  • Beginning Educator, Experienced Educator, Paraeducator, School Nurse, and Educational Interpreter/Transliterator

  • Intern Authorizations cannot be renewed through a recommended renewal. For more information regarding Intern Authorizations, please review Site-Based Licensing Plan information.

Who:

  • Superintendent, Superintendent Designee, Non-Public School Administrator

  • Charter schools with a NHED approved PDMP must be assigned Non-Public School Administrator to be able to submit renewal recommendations.

Your Local myNHDOE Security Administrator can ensure you have the appropriate role in EIS based on job duties.

Non-Public School role requests should be submitted at the Data Help Desk.

When:

How:

 

Renewal Application Processing Information:

Fees

  • Fee Schedule

  • There is an additional $50.00 late fee required for renewals completed online or postmarked after 6/30 of the expiration year.

Application Processing Timelines

 

  • SAU administrative staff can use the online Educator Search to determine if a renewal has successfully been issued while awaiting a copy from the employee.

 

Frequently Asked Questions

From Applicants (you can provide this information to your employees):

 

SAU Staff:

General FAQ’s

 

Technical Issue FAQ’s

 

 

Need assistance? Please submit a Help Desk request.

 

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