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[Pages:18]State Alabama

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

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Testing

Temporary Certificate Offered

Praxis Subject Assessments or

Emergency Certificate if candidate

equivalent test; may be waived if meets all requirements except

candidate has 3 years of professional testing.

teaching experience.

Sped Ed. Endorsement-see In general, the ALSDE will grant a candidate with a valid out-of-state teaching license a comparable license to teach in Alabama, except at the doctorate level.

ELL Endorsement-see ESL courses PRAXIS II ESOL

Other Notes

Alaska Arizona Arkansas

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

Basic Competency Exam. See

Non-renewable one-year Tier I Initial Yes,Undergraduates seeking to

Certificate while meeting State

become special education teachers

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requirements

typically major in education or

special education

Through an institutional recommendation By earning an academic major or minor in the ESL subject area By earning the relevant Praxis II exam score

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

Professional and Subject Knowledge Reciprocity candidates receive non- bachelor's degree from an

Assessment of Professional

CRC Required from Arizona.

exams ? See the Arizona Department renewable 3-Year Reciprocal

accredited institution before

Knowledge: Elementary; AND

Candidates must take state-

of Education for accepted exams. Provisional Teaching Certificate; pursuing an initial teaching

Elementary Education (Subtests I approved courses in the Arizona and

May be waived with three years of converted to 6-Year certificate after certificate. 45 semester hours of and II) SEI

US Constitutions or pass an

full-time teaching experience.

two years of successful teaching in education courses, including 21

equivalency exam to upgrade to a

Arizona and meeting state

hours in special education and eight

standard teaching certificate.

requirements.

hours of practicum.

Basic skills, content area, and

Provisional license for reciprocal The Office of Educator Licensure will The Office of Educator Licensure will CRC Required from Arkansas.

pedagogy testing for the certificate teacher certification candidates who add the new area upon receipt of a add the new area upon receipt of a Endorsements in Early Childhood,

held. Waived with three years of meet all requirements except

completed and signed licensure completed and signed licensure Elementary Education, Middle

teaching experience or comparable Content or Pedagogy testing.

application form requesting the new application form requesting the new Childhood, or Secondary Social

certification from the National Board

area with a copy of the Praxis II

area with a copy of the Praxis II

Studies require approved course in

for Professional Teaching Standards

Specialty Area score report reflecting Specialty Area score report reflecting Arkansas History.

(NBPTS).

a passing score for the area to be a passing score for the area to be

added.

added.

California Colorado

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

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California's Basic Skills test

Preliminary certificate if all requirements except testing are met.

PLACE or Praxis Subject Assessments No in select areas required; waived with 3 years full-time teaching experience.

Applicants who want to teach

Any teacher assigned to provide Candidates with less than 2 years of

special education students must instruction to English learners (ELs) experience must complete an

apply for a Education Specialist

will need an authorization for

approved teacher induction

Instruction Credential. In addition to instruction to ELs in addition to an program. Candidates with less than

a bachelor's degree special

authorization in the content area of 2 years of experience must complete

education teachers must complete a instruction. The authorization is an approved teacher induction

teacher preparation program that based on the rights and needs of the program.

focuses on special education.

students to an appropriate

education.

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Your "Added Endorsement"

Colorado's version of an ESL

CRC Required from Colorado.

application and supporting

endorsement is the Culturally and

documents will be evaluated to

Linguistically Diverse Educator

determine the endorsement(s) for endorsement. This endorsement

which you qualify in Colorado. This does not stand alone and you must

evaluation will be based on your have the 24 credit hours as we

approved program and may require outline in our worksheet, so we will

you to submit course descriptions to ask you to take and pass a content

clarify the content of your special exam in another content area, so

education program.

that we may issue you a license with

both endorsements. Most

commonly, applicants will take and

pass one of the Colorado-approved

content exams in Elementary

Education

Connecticut

Delaware Florida

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Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program. Teacher preparation waived with 30 months of full-time experience.

Praxis Core and Praxis Subject

Teachers who hold a valid

Assessments in content area

pdf/cert/obtaining1109aw.pdf

required. Candidates who wish to

Connecticut teaching certificate with endorsements in integrated early childhood special education,

teach Early Childhood or Elementary

elementary education, middle

Complete a State-Approved Educator Preparation Program Pass the PRAXIS II Examination Apply for Certification as an ESL

Education must also take the

grades education, secondary

Educator in Connecticut

Connecticut Foundations of Reading test, administered by Pearson. Early Childhood and Elementary Education

academic subjects, special subjects, or special education may cross endorse among these same endorsement areas, provided that

Achieve a Provisional and Professional Teaching Certificate Achieve Cross-Endorsement in

teachers must also pass the

they complete appropriate testing TESOL

Connecticut Teacher Certification Examinations (CTCE) Early Childhood exam.

and course work requirements. Please note that to add endorsement #112, #113 or #102, an institutional recommendation

from a regionally accredited college

or university upon completion of a

state-approved teacher preparation

program in the specific area is

required. 30 credits of special ed

courses

All Connecticut school employees must submit a state and national criminal background check at least 30 days before being placed in a school.

Bachelor's degree from a regionally Based on credentials evaluation. No

accredited school

Praxis CORE or Praxis Subject

Assessments may be required after

review.

Bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited school.

Comparable basic knowledge,

Temporary certificate in area of

content, and pedagogy exams. The bachelor's degree major if basic

next step is to complete the required knowledge or pedagogy exam

Florida Teacher Certification

requirements are not met for 3

Examinations (FTCE). Those who years.

pass all three sections of the exam

will qualify for a Florida Professional

Certificate.

Must include coursework in special 15 credits in additional coursework Delaware state law requires

education

Structure of the Eng Lang, Second teachers to submit to a state and

Lang testing, Teaching Literacy for federal criminal background check

ELL, Second Lang Acquisition,

and a child protection registry check

Methods of Teaching ELL

before being placed in a school.

15 semester hours (five courses) or Submit fingerprints for a background

fication/administrative-rules/6a-4- (300 in-service hours) in the ESOL check. Teaching license must be

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subject area (these courses must be equivalent to Florida Professional

approved by the Florida Department Certificate.

of Education Bureau of Educator

Certification in a course-by-course

analysis):

Georgia

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The new, four-tier certification process for beginning teachers in Georgia includes a Pre-Service certification, which is required for candidates to complete the mandatory student teaching assignment. Candidates who successfully complete a bachelor's degree, a teacher preparation program, and the Pre-Service requirements will be eligible for an Induction certificate for beginning teachers.

Georgia Assessments for the

Teaching license must be

Certification of Educators required if Professional or equivalent;

less than 5 years experience or who temporary or provisional not

have not previously passed a

accepted.

content assessment.

Completion of a state-approved Program Admission Test

As in all US states, all prospective

educator preparation program or English to Speakers of Other

Georgia public school employees

possession of a professional out-of- Languages (ESOL) Test The ESOL must submit to state and federal

state educator certificate (valid or assessment covers your specific background checks. Georgia also

expired). If you are certified out-of- knowledge relating to the field of employs an additional screening

state, please include a copy of your ESL, and is divided into two subtests method called the National

out-of-state certificate with the

that are each 2.5 hours in length, Association of State Directors of

application package. If not, please which can also be taken

Teacher Education and Certification

submit an Approved Program

simultaneously over the course of (NASDTEC) National Clearinghouse,

Completion Form (.pdf) (requires five hours:

which is a national searchable

Adobe Reader) completed by your

educator discipline system. If

college or university;

Test I ? evaluates the subjects of applicants have been disciplined by

Induction level or higher passing language, culture, and

another state, Georgia will honor the

score on the appropriate GACE

professionalism, including a listening sanctions imposed by that state,

content assessment, or exemption. If segment as part of the language which could result in the rejection of

you are exempting the GACE

portion

an application for Georgia teaching

assessment with an out-of-state Test II ? implementing, managing, certification.

certification exam, please submit a and planning classroom instruction

copy of your official score report and assessment

with your application package;

Completion of a course in identifying

and educating exceptional children is

not required for initial issuance of an

Induction Pathway 3 certificate, but

it is required for conversion to a

Professional certificate or reissuance

Hawaii Idaho

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Bachelor's degree from regionally Have at least a Bachelor's Degree; Provisional certificate if experience Add new field to license through Core Academic Skills for Educators Like most states, Hawaii requires all

accredited school and state-

and Hold a valid Hawaii teaching requirements are not met.

evaluation or credits from approved Exam

public school employees to submit

approved teacher preparation

license (PK-3, K-6, K-12); and

institution

English to Speakers of Other

to a state and federal background

program. 3 out of last 5 years full- Demonstrate subject matter

Languages Exam

check. Applicants typically submit a

time teaching experience required competence by one of the following

Principles of Learning and Teaching fingerprint card for a criminal history

for Standard certificate based on options:

Exam

record check as part of the teacher

reciprocal teaching certification. Passed the Praxis II test for the

Courses that are related to ESL as a preparation program requirements

content area assignment or

subject will take you through topics prior to completing fieldwork.

Earned 30 semester credits in the

such as:

Content knowledge can also be

content area area assignment or

waived with NBPTS certification or

Earned National Board Certification

Linguistics and language arts

master's degree.

in the content area assignment or

English grammar and writing

For teachers with one or more years

English reading

of teaching experience earned 100

History of ESL

points through the HOUSSE rubric

requirements; and

Be properly assigned at the grade

levels for which the teacher is

licensed.

New teachers who have completed a Praxis Subject Assessments required If the applicant holds a current, valid Apply for additional Revision-

Cross-Cultural Communication and

bachelor's degree and an educator unless hold bachelor's degree in certificate in another state and

Graduates must complete a special Understanding At least four to nine

preparation program at an

endorsement area.

submits a complete application, the education teaching certification upper-division semester credits in a

accredited school will be eligible for

applicant may receive a three (3)- program that meets the standards of modern language other than English

the Initial Certificate, which is a

year Idaho interim certificate (upon both the Idaho State Board of

These should include writing and

renewable certificate valid for five

clearance of the background

Education and the National Council literature

years.

investigation check). The interim for Accreditation of Teacher

These should also meet the

certificate will allow the applicant to Education (NCATE) or pursue a

standards for advanced proficiency

work in an Idaho school in the

master's degree that includes the as set forth by the American Council

certificated/endorsed area indicated special education coursework

on the Teaching of Foreign

on the interim certificate while

required for state certification.

Languages (ACTFL)

completing any Idaho coursework

and/or testing requirements. Once

all deficiencies noted on the interim

certificate are completed, the

applicant may apply for a renewable,

five (5)-year initial Idaho certificate

(IDAPA 08.02.02.015).

Illinois

Indiana Iowa

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school.

Test of Academic Proficiency and content-area tests required if no equivalent out-of-state exams passed.

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Provisional certificate if missing testing or state-specific coursework.

A test of basic skills**

ESOL Curriculum and Materials

Development

18

semester hours of college

coursework:

Elective (additional bilingual or ESL

course)

Cross cultural studies for teaching

limited English proficient students

Methods and materials for teaching

ESL

Assessment of the bilingual student

Theoretical foundations of teaching

ESL

Linguistics

LBS I (155) OR Teacher of Students Methods of Teaching ESOL

who are Blind or Visually Impaired

(150) OR Teacher of Students who

are Deaf or Hard of Hearing (151) OR

Speech Language Pathologist;

Teaching (153)/Special Education

Special Education General

Curriculum Test (163)

Student teaching completed prior to

8/31/15: edTPA**** or APT

Student teaching completed 9/1/15

or later : edTPA****

Must have 32 hours of content area coursework and coursework in reading and ESL/bilingual methods for Professional certificate.

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school.

Indiana CORE Assessments and Developmental/Pedagogy exams required.

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

Testing requirements based on candidate's graduation date.

One-year reciprocal teaching license Create Application for Addition to Certified teachers who want to add Expired out-of-state teaching

if missing testing or coursework. License-To be Highly Qualified (HQ), an ENL license must take ESL courses licenses are not accepted. All

one who is licensed in Special

and pass the ESL exam

candidates must be certified in

Education without other licensure

CPR/AED/Heimlich and suicide

area(s) must pass the appropriate

prevention for professional

licensing exam(s) for one of the Core

certificate.

Academic Subject (CAS) area(s)

One-year exchange (reciprocal

EdTPA ESL K12 test

Must complete human relations

teaching) license if coursework or ments/endorsements_teacher_speci coursework for Initial license. Must

testing requirements not met.

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ments/endorsements_teacher_speci have 6 college credits or teaching

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experience in last five years.

Kansas Kentucky Louisiana

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and teacher preparation program.

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and teacher preparation program.

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Content and pedagogy tests in

Yes, if testing requirements are not Intro to linguistic science,Language Teacher preparation program

Kansas or comparable exams

met.

n-of-Learning-Services/Teacher- and culture, Methods and materials waived for secondary teaching if

completed in another state if less

Licensure-and-

for teaching ESL,

candidate has offer for hire from a

than three years of teaching

Accreditation/Licensure/License- Foundations of second language Kansas school.

experience in last six years.

Requirements/Endorsement-

acquisition

Requirements

Praxis Subject Assessments required No

Linguistics

Reciprocity is not recognized for out-

if less than two years of teaching

tm

Sociolinguistics

of-state certificates based on testing

experience in endorsement area.

ESL assessment and testing

only

English as a second language

ESL teaching materials and methods,

ESL exam

Louisiana Praxis and NTE exams are Three-year out-of-state certificate if If candidate has not taught in the

required for a Level 1 Professional testing requirements are not met. chers.aspx?PageID=3008-Graduate chers.aspx?PageID=3008-

last five years, six semester credits

Certificate; waived with at least

degrees in education or special



related to endorsement area must

three years of verified teaching

education must include both

be completed before license can be

experience in another state or one

pedagogical coursework and

issued.

year of experience in Louisiana with

fieldwork to qualify students for

superintendent recommendation.

licensure.

Maine Maryland

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Bachelor's degree from accredited Praxis Core and Praxis Subject

No

school.

Assessments required in each area

of certification.

five ESL courses .Reading for

Candidate should request credential

quirements.html-NOTE: The number Multilingual Learners (methods

evaluation before applying.

in ( ) indicates the number of

category)

semester hours required.

English (applied linguistics category)

Linguistic and Cultural Diversity in

Section A:

the Classroom (culture category)

1. Bachelor's degree conferred

ESL Testing and Assessment

2. Special education (Courses may (assessment category)

not include severe, deaf, blind,

Content-Based Curriculum for

American Sign Language, or gifted English Language Learners

and talented. We will accept one (curriculum category)

autism course and one applied

behavioral analysis course.) (24)

3. Criminal history record check

approval ? based on fingerprints

Section B: Core Academic Skills for

Educators/PRAXIS I

Reading Test: #5712 Score 156

Writing Test: #5722 Score 162

Mathematics Test: #5732 Score 150

Composite Score 468

Section C: PRAXIS II

Special Education: Preschool/Early

Childhood: CK Test Code 5691

Score159

Bachelor's degree from regionally accredited school and stateapproved teacher preparation program.

Must show passing score on

Conditional certificate if candidate

comparable content exams taken in has offer for hire from a Maryland

another state.

school.

Candidate must request credential

MSDE/divisions/certification/c land/

evaluation before applying for

ertification_branch/certification_inf/

reciprocal teacher certification.

apply/docs/obtain_8.htm-For special

education, obtains 30 credits of

which at least 15 credits are in the

age-appropriate area of special

education and 15 are in related

areas

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