Education Provider Certification Renewal Process: Step-by-Step

Just as qualifying brokers are required to renew their firm licenses, education directors are required to renew their education provider’s certification. Education directors should follow these steps to ensure the successful renewal of their provider’s certification without any interruption to their education program:

1. Starting on May 15^th, education directors will first need to complete the Education Director Course as part of the annual education requirement to renew their provider’s certification.
2. Next, they will want to review their Policies & Procedures Disclosure (PPD) to ensure the information contained in it is up-to-date and still accurately reflects the types of education they offer.
3. With these two steps completed, the education director can now login to the EP Dashboard to renew their provider’s certification and attach their updated PPD to the renewal form.
4. After the renewal form has been submitted, the next step is to renew any additional branch locations, if applicable.
5. Next, they will need to go through and renew each education type their provider offers whether it is Prelicensing, Postlicensing, and/or Continuing Education. In addition to renewing the type of education offered, they will also need to renew each delivery method of each course they are approved to offer within that education type if they still want to offer it in the coming license year.
6. Finally, once everything they intend to renew has been selected, they will need to pay all required fees.

The biggest difference for the education provider renewal process from other renewals is the lack of a reinstatement period. Failing to renew an education provider’s certification will result in the expiration of that certification, approved locations, and all course approvals. Since there is no reinstatement period, an education director will be required to start over with a new education provider application and then submit course applications for all of its course approvals to get up and running again.

If a director has any questions regarding the requirements to renew their education provider’s certification (and everything else contained within it), they should review the “EP Renewals” video located in the Video Library of the EP Dashboard. If they still have additional questions, they can reach out to Education staff at educ@ncrec.gov.