Certification Renewal Units

Process for Offering a Program for CRUs

• To offer a program for Certification Renewal Units (CRUs) through Purdue University, please submit the following information to the Office of Professional Preparation and Licensure (OPPL) via licensure@purdue.edu or campus mail (Beering Hall, Room 3229).
   
  • Title of the program
  • Program site
  • Dates of the program
  • Contact Hours/Certification Renewal Units (Number of contact hours divided by 2 and round down)
  • Please note that 15 CRUs equal one credit of renewal coursework for teachers renewing their licenses.
  • Brief program summary. In addition to this summary, please indicate how specific State Content and Development Standard and  K-12 Indiana Academic Standards will be addressed in the curriculum offered.
  Please be detailed and specific. 

• Indicate whether this course has been offered previously (since January 1, 2004).
• If a brochure is submitted, please provide two copies.

     If the above information is sent electronically, please send it as an
     e-mail attachment and not as a list of items in the body of the
     e-mail message.

• After the above information has been received, the program will be reviewed.  Upon approval, OPPL will assign a number for the CRU program. OPPL will notify you indicating approval and the assigned number to be used on the appropriate forms.
• Copy the Participant's Official Certificate (DOC) to your letterhead. Complete the form for each participant in the class. The program sponsor signs as the "Authorized Representative." A certificate should be provided to each participant at the end of the course.
• Immediately upon course completion, the faculty member (program sponsor) completes the Verification of Attendance (DOC) and the Participants List (DOC) and submits both forms to OPPL by campus mail. OPPL will submit these forms along with program information to the Division of Educator Licensing and Development.