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Teaching Certification

Many teachers do not get their teaching license in the state they plan to teach and others end up relocating and moving to different states. Either situation, teachers are required to apply for certification in the state they plan to teach. This can be a complicated and confusing process because each state has their own set of requirements for certification. This section of the Performance Pyramid includes a list of webpages that will make applying for certification a much easier process.

State







Certification Website



Alabama







http://www.alsde.edu/html/sections/section_detail.asp?section=66&footer=sections







Alaska







http://www.eed.state.ak.us/TEACHERCERTIFICATION/teach02.html







Arizona







http://www.ade.state.az.us/certification/RequirementsforReciprocalProvisionalTeachingCertificate.pdf







Arkansas







http://arkansased.org/teachers/licensure_initial.html







California







http://www.ctc.ca.gov/







Colorado







http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_licenseaps.htm







Connecticut







http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/cwp/view.asp?a=2613&q=321284







Delaware







http://www.doe.k12.de.us/programs/profstds/ComCharges/licensure.shtml







Florida







http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/level1.asp







Georgia







http://www.gapsc.com/TeacherCertification/Documents/routes.asp







Hawaii







http://www.htsb.org/licensing/OS/index.html







Idaho







http://www.sde.idaho.gov/TeacherCertification/







Illinois







http://www.isbe.state.il.us/certification/html/prospective.htm







Indiana







http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/licensing/online_licensing.html







Iowa







http://www.boee.iowa.gov/ChooseNew.html







Kansas







http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=158#1State







Kentucky







http://www.kyepsb.net/certification/certstandardroutes.asp







Louisiana







http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/tsac/620.html







Maine







http://www.maine.gov/education/cert/index.html







Maryland







http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/msde/divisions/certification/certification_branch/







Massachusetts







http://www.doe.mass.edu/Educators/e_license.html?section=k12







Michigan







http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_5683-17063--,00.html







Minnesota







http://education.state.mn.us/MDE/Teacher_Support/Educator_Licensing/index.html







Mississippi







http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/ed_licensure/







Missouri







http://dese.mo.gov/divteachqual/teachcert/forms.html#Out-of-State%20Applicants







Montana







http://www.opi.mt.gov/Cert/Index.html







Nebraska







http://www.nde.state.ne.us/TCERT/







Nevada







http://nvteachers.doe.nv.gov/Reciprocity.htm







New Hampshire







http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/doe/organization/programsupport/boc.htm







New Jersey







http://www.nj.gov/education/educators/license/phase4/  







New Mexico







http://www.ped.state.nm.us/Licensure/index.html







New York







http://www.highered.nysed.gov/tcert/certificate/







North Carolina







http://www.ncpublicschools.org/licensure/







North Dakota







http://www.nd.gov/espb/licensure/app.html







Ohio







http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEDetail.aspx?Page=3&TopicRelationID=1072&Content=45626







 





Oklahoma







http://sde.state.ok.us/home/defaultns.html







Oregon







http://www.ode.state.or.us/search/page/?id=198







Pennsylvania







http://www.teaching.state.pa.us/teaching/taxonomy/taxonomy.asp?DLN=97







Rhode Island







http://www.ride.ri.gov/EducatorQuality/Certification/default.aspx







South Carolina







http://www.scteachers.org/cert/reciprocal.cfm







South Dakota







http://doe.sd.gov/oatq/teachercert/whichapplication.asp







Tennessee







http://www.state.tn.us/education/lic/out.shtml







Texas







http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline/certinfo/becometeacher.asp?width=1280&height=800







Utah







http://www.schools.utah.gov/cert/OOS/Oosappl.htm







Vermont







http://education.vermont.gov/new/html/maincert.html







Virginia







http://www.doe.virginia.gov/VDOE/newvdoe/teached.html







Washington







http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/Teacher/NotCertified.aspx







West Virginia







http://wvde.state.wv.us/certification/







Wisconsin







http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/oos.html







Wyoming







http://ptsb.state.wy.us/additionalresources/approvedoutofstate.cfm