Chesterfield County School District

Visit SCDE's Educator Certification and click on view certification. Use your name and SSN or certificate number to view your status.

If you have earned a Master’s degree or higher, you can collect 120 certification points for renewal.  If you have a Bachelor’s degree, you must take at least one graduate level class for renewal.  A three- hour graduate class is worth 60 points.  Please note that it takes 120 points in order to upgrade your certificate within each five year period.

You must include a “Computation Sheet for Renewal”, Option sheets, and documentation for each activity.  

The forms are located on the Educator Effectiveness Page named "Online Documents & Forms for Certification & Evaluation."

You must ask the SCDE for a one year extension and submit your renewal credit to CCSD within that year’s period. Your certificate will be renewed for four years. Find the necessary forms and procedure at SCDE's Educator Certification.

Not having a valid certificate can be grounds for dismissal.  Call the Human Resources office for assistance or email ccutchin@chesterfieldschools.org.

You must be employed for 152 days during the school year in order to receive credit for a year of experience, not counting sick /personal leave.  In other words, you can miss no more than 38 days of unpaid time and still receive an additional year of service credit.  

Call the Human Resources (email ccutchin@chesterfieldschools.org ) office or the SCDE Certification Hotline from 1:00pm to 4:30pm daily at 1-877-885-5280.

Your NBC certificate is valid for 10 years.  You must renew it at the end of the 10 years by following the NBC renewal procedures.  If not renewing your NBC, in order to renew your SC certification, renewal credits must be obtained in the last five years of your NBC certificate date.

We'd love to help you get started on your path to become a teacher!  You can:

1. Email us at ccutchin@chesterfieldschools.org to let us know you are interested.
2. Visit TeachSC’s free info session to explore alternative certification options and get support to kickstart your teaching career. These sessions are perfect for veterans, career changers or anyone with a bachelor’s degree looking to earn certification while teaching. Sign up at: EventBrite.
3. Register at South Carolina to get started on your career path.