Professional Licensure and State Certification
Professional Licensure Disclosures
All programs, regardless of the method of delivery, are required to provide general (public) and direct (individual) disclosures to students in programs that lead to licensure or certification. This rule applies to educational programs that are either:
- Designed to meet education requirements for a specific professional license or certification that is required for employment in an occupation
- Advertised as meeting such requirements
At Concord, the undergraduate programs include:
- Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and a minor in Professional Accountancy
- Bachelor of Science in Education including:
- Education, Elementary K-6
- Education, English (5-Adult)
- Education, General Science (5-Adult)
- Education, Music (PreK-Adult)
- Education, Social Studies (5-Adult)
- Education, Multi-categorical Special Education (K-6 and 5-Adult)
- Education, Wellness Education (PreK-Adult)
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing
- Bachelor of Social Work
At the graduate level, Concord’s programs include:
- Master of Arts in Teaching
- Master of Education
- Educational Leadership
- Reading Specialist
- Master of Social Work
- Master of Science in Athletic Training
- Master of Physician Assistant Studies
Department of Business
The chart below provides an overview of where the Business Administration degree with an emphasis in accounting and a minor in professional accountancy meets (or does not meet) the educational requirements to sit for the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) licensure by state. Should you wish to further explore eligibility for professional licensure, you can check out the NASBA site here: https://nasba.org/licensure/substantialequivalency/
| State | Does Concord University Business Administration with an emphasis in Accounting and a minor in Professional Accountancy Meet Educational Requirements to sit for CPA? |
| ALABAMA | Yes |
| ALASKA | Yes |
| ARIZONA | Yes |
| ARKANSAS | Yes |
| CALIFORNIA | Yes |
| COLORADO | Yes |
| CONNECTICUT | Yes |
| DELAWARE | Yes |
| DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA | Yes |
| FLORIDA | Yes |
| GEORGIA | Yes |
| GUAM | Yes |
| HAWAII | Yes |
| IDAHO | Yes |
| ILLINOIS | Yes |
| INDIANA | Yes |
| IOWA | Yes |
| KANSAS | Yes |
| KENTUCKY | Yes |
| LOUISIANA | Yes |
| MAINE | Yes |
| MARYLAND | Yes |
| MASSACHUSETTS | Yes |
| MICHIGAN | Yes |
| MINNESOTA | Yes |
| MISSISSIPPI | Yes |
| MISSOURI | Yes |
| MONTANA | Yes |
| NEBRASKA | Yes |
| NEVADA | Yes |
| NEW HAMPSHIRE | Yes |
| NEW JERSEY | Yes |
| NEW MEXICO | Yes |
| NEW YORK | Yes |
| NORTH CAROLINA | Yes |
| NORTH DAKOTA | Yes |
| OHIO | Yes |
| OKLAHOMA | Yes |
| OREGON | Yes |
| PENNSYLVANIA | Yes |
| RHODE ISLAND | Yes |
| SOUTH CAROLINA | Yes |
| SOUTH DAKOTA | Yes |
| TENNESSEE | Yes |
| TEXAS | Yes |
| UTAH | Yes |
| VERMONT | Yes |
| VIRGINIA | Yes |
| VIRGINA ISLANDS | Yes |
| WASHINGTON | Yes |
| WEST VIRGINIA | Yes |
| WISCONSIN | Yes |
| WYOMING | Yes |
Department of Education
Undergraduate Programs Key
YES – candidate can transfer their license and obtain a full professional licensure. No additional requirements would need to be met.
**YES – candidate can transfer license and be given a form of a provisional/temporary license. They would need to complete additional requirements in a given timeframe to convert their provisional/temporary license to a professional license
NO – candidate would need to complete additional requirements prior to license transfer and/or employment, or the state does not offer an equivalent licensure area
Masters Programs Key
YES – candidate can transfer their license and obtain a full professional licensure AFTER passing Praxis II exam & 3 years teaching experience
**YES – candidate can transfer their license and obtain a provisional/temporary license AFTER passing Praxis II exam. They would need to complete additional requirements in a given timeframe to convert their provisional/temporary license to a professional license
NO – candidate would need to complete additional requirements prior to license transfer and/or employment, or the state does not offer an equivalent licensure area
| State | License | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional coursework? | Does the state provide a test-out or other exemption option for coursework requirements? | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional assessments? | Does this state require candidates to complete an additional Praxis II exam? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Basic Skills Exam (Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators)? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching (PLT) exam? |
| Alabama | **YES | YES (5901) | |||||
| Alaska | **YES | Candidates must complete coursework in Alaska studies, Alaska multicultural education or cross-cultural communications, as well as completion of 4 trainings, in order to extend an initial out-of-state certificate for a third year or to qualify for a teacher professional certificate. However, the commissioner may issue a provisional certificate, valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has not completed the semester hours required at the time of application. | YES | ||||
| Arizona | **YES | Candidates are required to take an “Arizona Constitution” college course and a “U.S. Constitution” college course within three years of achieving state certification, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | Candidates may take an exam on the provisions and principles of the Arizona Constitution the U.S. Constitution instead of the required courses. Candidates must take the exam within three years, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | ||||
| Arkansas | **YES | Candidates for certification in certain areas (Early Childhood, Elementary Education, Middle Childhood Social Studies and Secondary Social Studies) must take a course in Arkansas History to obtain a standard license. Candidates may receive a provisional license if all other requirements for licensure are met except the Arkansas History course. | Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state | ||||
| California | **YES | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language and coursework in human relations. | A teacher who can present a valid out-of-state credential or certificate that authorizes the instruction of English language learners may qualify as having met the requirements for teaching English learners by submitting an application and fee to the commission. | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language | YES | ||
| Colorado | **YES | YES (5901) | |||||
| Connecticut | YES | ||||||
| Delaware | **YES | Candidates with less than one year of teaching experience must pass an approved performance assessment within the first two years. | |||||
| Florida | YES | ||||||
| Georgia | **YES | Candidates are required to take a Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment. | |||||
| Hawaii | **YES | Candidates who do not meet the experience requirements must meet content knowledge requirements to receive a Provisional or Standard License. They can demonstrate content knowledge by submitting proof of completing sufficient and relevant coursework at an institution for higher education. | YES | YES | |||
| Idaho | **YES | Candidates working on an Idaho interim certificate in certain endorsement areas may be required to take the “Mathematical Thinking for Instruction” or an approved alternative course as well as an approved “Idaho Comprehensive Literacy” course or approved equivalent before receiving a Standard Instructional Certificate. Out-of-state candidates are granted a three-year, nonrenewable Interim Certificate in order to complete these requirements. Applicants might also be required to take technology courses, subject to the discretion of the hiring district. | Candidates may take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy assessment instead of the course. | ||||
| Illinois | YES | ||||||
| Indiana | **YES | Within one year of receiving an Indiana license, out-of-state teachers must receive valid certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich Maneuver, and the use of an automated external defibrillator and complete Suicide Prevention Training. | YES | ||||
| Iowa | **YES | A two-year “Regional Exchange License” is issued to out-of-state applicants who are eligible for licensure but have coursework deficiencies in order to fully meet Iowa’s requirements. | Candidates who have less than three years of teaching experience on a valid license and who completed their teacher preparation program after January 1, 2013 must pass the Iowa mandated assessment by meeting the minimum score set by the Iowa department of education. | ||||
| Kansas | **YES | YES | |||||
| Kentucky | **YES | Candidates do not meet specified requirements, might be subject to additional coursework. Out-of-state candidates teaching under certain licenses are required to complete either a three hour content literacy course taught by qualified faculty aligned to certain standards or two or more courses taught by qualified faculty aligned to the standards. | Applicants who hold a valid certificate and who have completed two years of full-time teaching in the subject area and grade level on their certificate are exempt from testing requirements. Candidates without this experience are required to pass the Kentucky PRAXIS testing requirements. Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state. | YES | YES | ||
| Louisiana | **YES | Candidates who have not taught as a regular teacher within the past five years in an elementary or secondary school are required to complete six semester credits relating to the teaching field from a regionally accredited college/university. Candidates may be issued a one year non-renewable certificate while he/she completes the credit hours required for the issuance of a three-year nonrenewable teaching certificate | Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state. Candidates who have met assessment requirements are eligible to receive a standard, three-year teaching certificate (“Level 1 Professional Certificate”) comparable in level and subject. Candidates who have not met assessment requirements may teacher under a standard, three-year non-renewable teaching certificate (“Out-of-State Certificate”) while working towards completing assessment requirements. Candidates with a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and at least three years of “successful” teaching experience as verified by satisfactory annual evaluation results do not have to meet additional testing requirements after teaching on an Out-of-State Certificate for one year. | YES | |||
| Maine | YES | ||||||
| Maryland | YES | ||||||
| Massachusetts | **YES | Teachers must take a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) course and obtain and SEI endorsement. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the coursework requirement. The Temporary License is not available to candidates who fail any of the required state licensure tests. | Candidates must receive a passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test and the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the required assessments. | ||||
| Michigan | **YES | Candidates who have three years of successful teaching experience are eligible for a Professional License and are not required to meet additional assessment requirements if they have completed a specified number semester hours in a program since the issuance of their initial, standard teaching certificate and hold a comparable valid certificate from another state. All other candidates must pass the appropriate subject area tests, or approved alternatives, to be eligible for licensure. | |||||
| Minnesota | **YES | Candidates are required to achieve a passing score on MLTE pedagogy and content licensure exams. An out-of-state teacher may apply for a Tier 2 license prior to passing the MTLE content and pedagogy exams if they have met all Tier 2 licensure requirements and have been offered a position by a Minnesota public school district or charter school. | |||||
| Mississippi | YES | ||||||
| Missouri | YES | ||||||
| Montana | **YES | Applicants must verify completion of the online course “An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana” | YES (5018) | ||||
| Nebraska | **YES | Candidates must submit evidence of special education and human relations training, which includes coursework or relevant employment experience. Candidates must meet recency requirements by documenting recent college credits or employment experience within the past five years to receive an Initial, Standard or Professional License. Candidates may be eligible to receive a Provisional or Conditional License while working towards meeting training or recency requirements. | Candidates can document relevant employment experience in place of the training requirements. | YES (5017) | YES | ||
| Nevada | **YES | Candidates must complete all courses of study and other requirements for a license in the state, but may be eligible to teach under a provisional license for up to three years while completing any remaining requirements. | Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state | YES | YES | ||
| New Hampshire | **YES | YES | |||||
| New Jersey | YES | ||||||
| New Mexico | **YES | Candidates applying for an elementary license are required to take and pass one of two accepted reading content tests. Candidates applying for a certain Level 1 licenses can submit evidence of completing credit hour, coursework requirements, or teaching experience in place of content knowledge assessment requirements (with requirements varying depending on licensure type.) Candidates applying for a Level 2 or Level 3 License can submit evidence of completing credit hour requirements in place of assessment requirements. | YES (code 5017) | ||||
| New York | **YES | Candidates must complete training related to child abuse identification/reporting, school violence prevention/intervention, and harassment, bullying and discrimination prevention/intervention from a New York State Education Department approved provider. | Candidates who have completed a substantially equivalent, approved out-of-state teacher education program, hold a valid out-of-state license, and passed the certification exams other than the teacher performance assessment, may earn a one-year nonrenewable conditional initial certificate, allowing them to teach while completing the required performance assessment. Candidates are not required to take and pass certification exams if they have at least three years of effective public school teaching experience in the certificate title sought within the last seven years, hold an equivalent and valid out-of-state license that was valid during the experience, and have at least a bachelor’s degree with a 2.5 cumulative GPA. | ||||
| North Carolina | **YES | Candidates with three or more years of experience applying for the Elementary Education or Exceptional Children license must submit evidence of passing the North Carolina Department of Instruction’s Reading Research to Classroom Practice and Mathematics Foundations courses to convert their Initial Professional License to a Continuing Professional License if their state’s exam did not include reading and mathematics subtests. | Applicants with three or more years of teaching experience have the option to pass the NCSBE-approved licensure exams to fulfill the requirements for a Continuing Professional License, including the approved reading exam and mathematics subtest. | Candidates are exempt from testing required for a Continuing Professional License if they: 1) are fully licensed in another state, have three or more years of experience, and have met comparable or identical testing requirements in another state; or 2) hold National Board Certification. Out-of-state candidates with less than three years of experience can be issued an Initial Professional License and may be required to take additional exams. If additional exams are required, they must be taken within the first year of issuance and passed before or during the second year in order to convert the license to a Continuing Professional License. Candidates applying for Elementary Education or Exceptional Children General Curriculum licenses are subject to additional assessments. | |||
| North Dakota | **YES | Coursework in Native American studies, cultural diversity, strategies for creating learning environments that contribute to positive human relationships and strategies for teaching and assessing diverse learners. Applicants who have not met coursework requirements can teach under an Out-of-State Reciprocal License, but must meet coursework requirements to be eligible for an Initial License. A two-year re-entry license will be given to an out-of-state applicant who has not taught in 5 years or who cannot submit six semester hours of credit taken during each of the past two five-year periods and may require additional coursework. | |||||
| Ohio | **YES | Candidates requesting licensure in certain areas must have successfully completed coursework in the teaching of reading and phonics. Candidates who have completed at least half of the required coursework may be granted a Standard Teaching License with a limitation that requires candidates to complete the requirement in order to renew or advance the license. | Candidates requesting licensure in Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, or Intervention Specialist must pass the Ohio Assessment for Educators Foundations of Reading exam. | YES | |||
| Oklahoma | YES | Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state | |||||
| Oregon | NO | Candidates must pass the “Protecting Student and Civil Rights in the Educational Environment” exam or an approved alternative assessment. | |||||
| Pennsylvania | YES | ||||||
| Rhode Island | YES | Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state | |||||
| South Carolina | **YES | YES | |||||
| South Dakota | **YES | Candidates must complete a three-credit South Dakota Indian Studies course and one clock hour of suicide awareness and prevention training. Applicants may receive a one-year provisional certificate if they have not passed South Dakota Indian Studies. | |||||
| Tennessee | **YES | Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state | YES | ||||
| Texas | **YES | Science of Teaching Reading (STR) Exam is required. Applicants may apply for a one-year certificate to meet the state’s testing requirements. Applicants must either: 1) pass the required Texas exams, 2) achieve an acceptable level of performance on a comparable exam, as determined by the Texas Education Agency, or 3) qualify for an exemption from Texas examination requirements through established commissioner’s rules. | |||||
| Utah | **YES | Applicants must complete an Educator Ethics Review online. | Candidates must complete Foundations of Reading Exam | YES | |||
| Vermont | **YES | Applicants with a time lapse of ten years or more between the time of recommendation for licensure and application for licensure must meet requirements for updated knowledge and skills as established by Standards Board policy. | |||||
| Virginia | **YES | Candidates seeking Initial Licensure must complete training in 1) child abuse and neglect; 2) emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); 3) and dyslexia awareness. | Candidates must take the 5000 series Praxis exam. The 7000 series exam accepted in WV does not meet requirements of this state. All professional teacher’s assessments prescribed by the Board of Education must be satisfied by out-of-state candidates with less than three years of full-time, successful teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school. Individuals with an out-of-state license with full credentials and without deficiencies shall not be required to take any additional assessments. | ||||
| Washington | **YES | Applicants seeking a Professional Certificate must complete coursework in issues of abuse. | |||||
| Wisconsin | **YES | Candidates must take coursework related to minority group relations, including instruction in the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. Within twelve months of receiving initial licensure, candidates must also demonstrate competencies related to conflict resolution and crisis management, including training in the use of peer mediation to resolve conflict. Candidates applying for licenses to teach certain subjects may be required to complete additional coursework. | YES (5146) | YES | |||
| Wyoming | NO | Candidates must either complete a course or pass an examination on the constitutions of the United States and the state of Wyoming. | Candidates can submit evidence of passing a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and the State of Wyoming. |
| State | License | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional coursework? | Does the state provide a test-out or other exemption option for coursework requirements? | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional assessments? | Does this state require candidates to complete an additional Praxis II exam? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Basic Skills Exam (Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators)? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching (PLT) exam? |
| Alabama | YES | ||||||
| Alaska | **YES | Candidates must complete coursework in Alaska studies, Alaska multicultural education or cross-cultural communications in order to extend an initial out-of-state certificate for a third year or to qualify for a teacher professional certificate. However, the commissioner may issue a provisional certificate, valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has not completed the semester hours required at the time of application. | YES | ||||
| Arizona | **YES | Candidates are required to take an “Arizona Constitution” college course and a “U.S. Constitution” college course within three years of achieving state certification, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | Candidates may take an exam on the provisions and principles of the Arizona Constitution the U.S. Constitution instead of the required courses. Candidates must take the exam within three years, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | ||||
| Arkansas | YES | ||||||
| California | **YES | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language and coursework in human relations. | A teacher who can present a valid out-of-state credential or certificate that authorizes the instruction of English language learners may qualify as having met the requirements for teaching English learners by submitting an application and fee to the commission. | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language | YES | ||
| Colorado | **YES | CO does not license in the area of just Special Education. It must be added to another endorsement area. Applicants with a valid out-of-state license and at least three years of recent teaching experience in a content area that correlates with a Colorado endorsement area do not have to take state licensing exams. Applicants who do not meet these criteria may receive an interim authorization and teach for up to one year while preparing for a taking the required exam(s). | YES (code 5205 & 5901) | ||||
| Connecticut | YES | ||||||
| Delaware | NO | DE does not license in the area of Special Education. It must be added to another endorsement area before certification can be granted. Candidates with less than one year of teaching experience must pass an approved performance assessment within the first two years. | |||||
| Florida | YES | ||||||
| Georgia | **YES | Candidates are required to take a Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment. | |||||
| Hawaii | **YES | Candidates who do not meet the experience requirements or who have completed an educator preparation program but who do not hold a license in another state must meet content knowledge requirements to receive a Provisional or Standard License. They can demonstrate content knowledge by submitting proof of completing sufficient and relevant coursework at an institution for higher education. | YES | YES | |||
| Idaho | **YES | Candidates working on an Idaho interim certificate in certain endorsement areas may be required to take the “Mathematical Thinking for Instruction” or an approved alternative course as well as an approved “Idaho Comprehensive Literacy” course or approved equivalent before receiving a Standard Instructional Certificate. Out-of-state candidates are granted a three-year, nonrenewable Interim Certificate in order to complete these requirements. Applicants might also be required to take technology courses, subject to the discretion of the hiring district. | Candidates may take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy assessment instead of the course. | ||||
| Illinois | YES | ||||||
| Indiana | **YES | Within one year of receiving an Indiana license, out-of-state teachers must receive valid certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich Maneuver, and the use of an automated external defibrillator and complete Suicide Prevention Training. | YES | ||||
| Iowa | **YES | A two-year “Regional Exchange License” is issued to out-of-state applicants who are eligible for licensure but have coursework deficiencies in order to fully meet Iowa’s requirements. | Candidates who have less than three years of teaching experience on a valid license and who completed their teacher preparation program after January 1, 2013 must pass the Iowa mandated assessment by meeting the minimum score set by the Iowa department of education. | ||||
| Kansas | **YES | YES | |||||
| Kentucky | **YES | Candidates do not meet specified requirements, might be subject to additional coursework. Out-of-state candidates teaching under certain licenses are required to complete either a three hour content literacy course taught by qualified faculty aligned to certain standards or two or more courses taught by qualified faculty aligned to the standards. | Applicants who hold a valid certificate and who have completed two years of full-time teaching in the subject area and grade level on their certificate are exempt from testing requirements. Candidates without this experience are required to pass the Kentucky PRAXIS testing requirements. | YES | YES | ||
| Louisiana | NO | Candidates who have not taught as a regular teacher within the past five years in an elementary or secondary school are required to complete six semester credits relating to the teaching field from a regionally accredited college/university. Candidates may be issued a one year non-renewable certificate while he/she completes the credit hours required for the issuance of a three-year nonrenewable teaching certificate | Louisiana does not license in the area of Special Education. It must be added to an elementary education endorsement before certification can be granted. Candidates must comlete the Praxis PLT exam. Candidates who have met assessment requirements are eligible to receive a standard, three-year teaching certificate (“Level 1 Professional Certificate”) comparable in level and subject. Candidates who have not met assessment requirements may teacher under a standard, three-year non-renewable teaching certificate (“Out-of-State Certificate”) while working towards completing assessment requirements. Candidates with a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and at least three years of “successful” teaching experience as verified by satisfactory annual evaluation results do not have to meet additional testing requirements after teaching on an Out-of-State Certificate for one year. | YES | |||
| Maine | YES | ||||||
| Maryland | YES | ||||||
| Massachusetts | **YES | Teachers must take a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) course and obtain and SEI endorsement. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the coursework requirement. The Temporary License is not available to candidates who fail any of the required state licensure tests. | Candidates must receive a passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test and the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the required assessments. | ||||
| Michigan | **YES | Candidates who have three years of successful teaching experience are eligible for a Professional License and are not required to meet additional assessment requirements if they have completed a specified number semester hours in a program since the issuance of their initial, standard teaching certificate and hold a comparable valid certificate from another state. All other candidates must pass the appropriate subject area tests, or approved alternatives, to be eligible for licensure. | |||||
| Minnesota | **YES | Candidates are required to achieve a passing score on MLTE pedagogy and content licensure exams. An out-of-state teacher may apply for a Tier 2 license prior to passing the MTLE content and pedagogy exams if they have met all Tier 2 licensure requirements and have been offered a position by a Minnesota public school district or charter school. | |||||
| Mississippi | YES | ||||||
| Missouri | YES | ||||||
| Montana | **YES | Applicants must verify completion of the online course “An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana” | |||||
| Nebraska | **YES | Candidates must submit evidence of special education and human relations training, which includes coursework or relevant employment experience. Candidates must meet recency requirements by documenting recent college credits or employment experience within the past five years to receive an Initial, Standard or Professional License. Candidates may be eligible to receive a Provisional or Conditional License while working towards meeting training or recency requirements. | Candidates can document relevant employment experience in place of the training requirements. | Candidates must pass the required basic skills and content assessments in order to qualify for an Initial, Standard or Professional License. Candidates may be eligible to receive a Provisional License while working towards meeting assessment requirements. | YES | ||
| Nevada | **YES | YES | YES | ||||
| New Hampshire | **YES | YES | |||||
| New Jersey | YES | ||||||
| New Mexico | **YES | Candidates applying for an elementary license are required to take and pass one of two accepted reading content tests. Candidates applying for a certain Level 1 licenses can submit evidence of completing credit hour, coursework requirements, or teaching experience in place of content knowledge assessment requirements (with requirements varying depending on licensure type.) Candidates applying for a Level 2 or Level 3 License can submit evidence of completing credit hour requirements in place of assessment requirements. | |||||
| New York | **YES | Candidates must complete training related to child abuse identification/reporting, school violence prevention/intervention, and harassment, bullying and discrimination prevention/intervention from a New York State Education Department approved provider. | Candidates who have completed a substantially equivalent, approved out-of-state teacher education program, hold a valid out-of-state license, and passed the certification exams other than the teacher performance assessment, may earn a one-year nonrenewable conditional initial certificate, allowing them to teach while completing the required performance assessment. Candidates are not required to take and pass certification exams if they have at least three years of effective public school teaching experience in the certificate title sought within the last seven years, hold an equivalent and valid out-of-state license that was valid during the experience, and have at least a bachelor’s degree with a 2.5 cumulative GPA. | ||||
| North Carolina | **YES | Candidates with three or more years of experience applying for the Elementary Education or Exceptional Children license must submit evidence of passing the North Carolina Department of Instruction’s Reading Research to Classroom Practice and Mathematics Foundations courses to convert their Initial Professional License to a Continuing Professional License if their state’s exam did not include reading and mathematics subtests. | Applicants with three or more years of teaching experience have the option to pass the NCSBE-approved licensure exams to fulfill the requirements for a Continuing Professional License, including the approved reading exam and mathematics subtest. | Candidates are exempt from testing required for a Continuing Professional License if they: 1) are fully licensed in another state, have three or more years of experience, and have met comparable or identical testing requirements in another state; or 2) hold National Board Certification. Out-of-state candidates with less than three years of experience can be issued an Initial Professional License and may be required to take additional exams. If additional exams are required, they must be taken within the first year of issuance and passed before or during the second year in order to convert the license to a Continuing Professional License. Candidates applying for Elementary Education or Exceptional Children General Curriculum licenses are subject to additional assessments. | |||
| North Dakota | **YES | Coursework in Native American studies, cultural diversity, strategies for creating learning environments that contribute to positive human relationships and strategies for teaching and assessing diverse learners. Applicants who have not met coursework requirements can teach under an Out-of-State Reciprocal License, but must meet coursework requirements to be eligible for an Initial License. A two-year re-entry license will be given to an out-of-state applicant who has not taught in 5 years or who cannot submit six semester hours of credit taken during each of the past two five-year periods and may require additional coursework. | |||||
| Ohio | **YES | Candidates requesting licensure in certain areas must have successfully completed coursework in the teaching of reading and phonics. Candidates who have completed at least half of the required coursework may be granted a Standard Teaching License with a limitation that requires candidates to complete the requirement in order to renew or advance the license. | Candidates requesting licensure in Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, or Intervention Specialist must pass the Ohio Assessment for Educators Foundations of Reading exam. | YES | |||
| Oklahoma | YES | ||||||
| Oregon | NO | Candidates must pass the “Protecting Student and Civil Rights in the Educational Environment” exam or an approved alternative assessment. | |||||
| Pennsylvania | YES | ||||||
| Rhode Island | YES | ||||||
| South Carolina | **YES | YES | |||||
| South Dakota | **YES | Candidates must complete a three-credit South Dakota Indian Studies course and one clock hour of suicide awareness and prevention training. Applicants may receive a one-year provisional certificate if they have not passed South Dakota Indian Studies. | YES | ||||
| Tennessee | **YES | YES (code 5205) | YES | ||||
| Texas | **YES | Science of Teaching Reading (STR) Exam is required. Applicants may apply for a one-year certificate to meet the state’s testing requirements. Applicants must either: 1) pass the required Texas exams, 2) achieve an acceptable level of performance on a comparable exam, as determined by the Texas Education Agency, or 3) qualify for an exemption from Texas examination requirements through established commissioner’s rules. | |||||
| Utah | **YES | Applicants must complete an Educator Ethics Review online. | Candidates must complete Foundations of Reading Exam | YES | |||
| Vermont | **YES | Applicants with a time lapse of ten years or more between the time of recommendation for licensure and application for licensure must meet requirements for updated knowledge and skills as established by Standards Board policy. | |||||
| Virginia | **YES | Candidates seeking Initial Licensure must complete training in 1) child abuse and neglect; 2) emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); 3) and dyslexia awareness. | All professional teacher’s assessments prescribed by the Board of Education must be satisfied by out-of-state candidates with less than three years of full-time, successful teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school. Individuals with an out-of-state license with full credentials and without deficiencies shall not be required to take any additional assessments. | ||||
| Washington | **YES | Applicants seeking a Professional Certificate must complete coursework in issues of abuse. | |||||
| Wisconsin | **YES | Candidates must take coursework related to minority group relations, including instruction in the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. Within twelve months of receiving initial licensure, candidates must also demonstrate competencies related to conflict resolution and crisis management, including training in the use of peer mediation to resolve conflict. Candidates applying for licenses to teach certain subjects may be required to complete additional coursework. | YES (code 5146) | YES | |||
| Wyoming | NO | Candidates must either complete a course or pass an examination on the constitutions of the United States and the state of Wyoming. | Candidates can submit evidence of passing a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and the State of Wyoming. |
| State | License | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional coursework? | Does the state provide a test-out or other exemption option for coursework requirements? | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional assessments? | Does this state require candidates to complete an additional Praxis II exam? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Basic Skills Exam (Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators)? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching (PLT) exam? |
| Alabama | YES | ||||||
| Alaska | **YES | Candidates must complete coursework in Alaska studies, Alaska multicultural education or cross-cultural communications in order to extend an initial out-of-state certificate for a third year or to qualify for a teacher professional certificate. However, the commissioner may issue a provisional certificate, valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has not completed the semester hours required at the time of application. | YES | ||||
| Arizona | **YES | Candidates are required to take an “Arizona Constitution” college course and a “U.S. Constitution” college course within three years of achieving state certification, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | Candidates may take an exam on the provisions and principles of the Arizona Constitution the U.S. Constitution instead of the required courses. Candidates must take the exam within three years, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | ||||
| Arkansas | YES | ||||||
| California | **YES | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language and coursework in human relations. | A teacher who can present a valid out-of-state credential or certificate that authorizes the instruction of English language learners may qualify as having met the requirements for teaching English learners by submitting an application and fee to the commission. | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language | YES | ||
| Colorado | YES | ||||||
| Connecticut | YES | ||||||
| Delaware | **YES | Candidates with less than one year of teaching experience must pass an approved performance assessment within the first two years. | |||||
| Florida | YES | ||||||
| Georgia | **YES | Candidates are required to take a Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment. | |||||
| Hawaii | **YES | Candidates who do not meet the experience requirements or who have completed an educator preparation program but who do not hold a license in another state must meet content knowledge requirements to receive a Provisional or Standard License. They can demonstrate content knowledge by submitting proof of completing sufficient and relevant coursework at an institution for higher education. | YES | YES | |||
| Idaho | **YES | Candidates working on an Idaho interim certificate in certain endorsement areas may be required to take the “Mathematical Thinking for Instruction” or an approved alternative course as well as an approved “Idaho Comprehensive Literacy” course or approved equivalent before receiving a Standard Instructional Certificate. Out-of-state candidates are granted a three-year, nonrenewable Interim Certificate in order to complete these requirements. Applicants might also be required to take technology courses, subject to the discretion of the hiring district. | Candidates may take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy assessment instead of the course. | ||||
| Illinois | YES | ||||||
| Indiana | **YES | Within one year of receiving an Indiana license, out-of-state teachers must receive valid certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich Maneuver, and the use of an automated external defibrillator and complete Suicide Prevention Training. | YES | ||||
| Iowa | **YES | A two-year “Regional Exchange License” is issued to out-of-state applicants who are eligible for licensure but have coursework deficiencies in order to fully meet Iowa’s requirements. | Candidates who have less than three years of teaching experience on a valid license and who completed their teacher preparation program after January 1, 2013 must pass the Iowa mandated assessment by meeting the minimum score set by the Iowa department of education. | ||||
| Kansas | **YES | YES | |||||
| Kentucky | **YES | Candidates do not meet specified requirements, might be subject to additional coursework. Out-of-state candidates teaching under certain licenses are required to complete either a three hour content literacy course taught by qualified faculty aligned to certain standards or two or more courses taught by qualified faculty aligned to the standards. | Applicants who hold a valid certificate and who have completed two years of full-time teaching in the subject area and grade level on their certificate are exempt from testing requirements. Candidates without this experience are required to pass the Kentucky PRAXIS testing requirements. Praxis PLT required | YES | YES | ||
| Louisiana | **YES | Candidates who have not taught as a regular teacher within the past five years in an elementary or secondary school are required to complete six semester credits relating to the teaching field from a regionally accredited college/university. Candidates may be issued a one year non-renewable certificate while he/she completes the credit hours required for the issuance of a three-year nonrenewable teaching certificate | Candidates who have met assessment requirements are eligible to receive a standard, three-year teaching certificate (“Level 1 Professional Certificate”) comparable in level and subject. Candidates who have not met assessment requirements may teacher under a standard, three-year non-renewable teaching certificate (“Out-of-State Certificate”) while working towards completing assessment requirements. Candidates with a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and at least three years of “successful” teaching experience as verified by satisfactory annual evaluation results do not have to meet additional testing requirements after teaching on an Out-of-State Certificate for one year. | YES | |||
| Maine | YES | ||||||
| Maryland | YES | ||||||
| Massachusetts | **YES | Teachers must take a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) course and obtain and SEI endorsement. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the coursework requirement. The Temporary License is not available to candidates who fail any of the required state licensure tests. | Candidates must receive a passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test and the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the required assessments. | ||||
| Michigan | **YES | Candidates who have three years of successful teaching experience are eligible for a Professional License and are not required to meet additional assessment requirements if they have completed a specified number semester hours in a program since the issuance of their initial, standard teaching certificate and hold a comparable valid certificate from another state. All other candidates must pass the appropriate subject area tests, or approved alternatives, to be eligible for licensure. | |||||
| Minnesota | **YES | Candidates are required to achieve a passing score on MLTE pedagogy and content licensure exams. An out-of-state teacher may apply for a Tier 2 license prior to passing the MTLE content and pedagogy exams if they have met all Tier 2 licensure requirements and have been offered a position by a Minnesota public school district or charter school. | |||||
| Mississippi | YES | ||||||
| Missouri | YES | ||||||
| Montana | **YES | Applicants must verify completion of the online course “An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana” | |||||
| Nebraska | **YES | Candidates must submit evidence of special education and human relations training, which includes coursework or relevant employment experience. Candidates must meet recency requirements by documenting recent college credits or employment experience within the past five years to receive an Initial, Standard or Professional License. Candidates may be eligible to receive a Provisional or Conditional License while working towards meeting training or recency requirements. | Candidates can document relevant employment experience in place of the training requirements. | YES | |||
| Nevada | **YES | Candidates must complete all courses of study and other requirements for a license in the state, but may be eligible to teach under a provisional license for up to three years while completing any remaining requirements. | YES | YES | |||
| New Hampshire | **YES | YES | |||||
| New Jersey | YES | ||||||
| New Mexico | **YES | Candidates applying for a certain Level 1 licenses can submit evidence of completing credit hour, coursework requirements, or teaching experience in place of content knowledge assessment requirements (with requirements varying depending on licensure type.) Candidates applying for a Level 2 or Level 3 License can submit evidence of completing credit hour requirements in place of assessment requirements. | |||||
| New York | **YES | Candidates must complete training related to child abuse identification/reporting, school violence prevention/intervention, and harassment, bullying and discrimination prevention/intervention from a New York State Education Department approved provider. | Candidates who have completed a substantially equivalent, approved out-of-state teacher education program, hold a valid out-of-state license, and passed the certification exams other than the teacher performance assessment, may earn a one-year nonrenewable conditional initial certificate, allowing them to teach while completing the required performance assessment. Candidates are not required to take and pass certification exams if they have at least three years of effective public school teaching experience in the certificate title sought within the last seven years, hold an equivalent and valid out-of-state license that was valid during the experience, and have at least a bachelor’s degree with a 2.5 cumulative GPA. | ||||
| North Carolina | **YES | Candidates with three or more years of experience applying for the Elementary Education or Exceptional Children license must submit evidence of passing the North Carolina Department of Instruction’s Reading Research to Classroom Practice and Mathematics Foundations courses to convert their Initial Professional License to a Continuing Professional License if their state’s exam did not include reading and mathematics subtests. | Applicants with three or more years of teaching experience have the option to pass the NCSBE-approved licensure exams to fulfill the requirements for a Continuing Professional License, including the approved reading exam and mathematics subtest. | Candidates are exempt from testing required for a Continuing Professional License if they: 1) are fully licensed in another state, have three or more years of experience, and have met comparable or identical testing requirements in another state; or 2) hold National Board Certification. Out-of-state candidates with less than three years of experience can be issued an Initial Professional License and may be required to take additional exams. If additional exams are required, they must be taken within the first year of issuance and passed before or during the second year in order to convert the license to a Continuing Professional License. Candidates applying for Elementary Education or Exceptional Children General Curriculum licenses are subject to additional assessments. | |||
| North Dakota | **YES | Coursework in Native American studies, cultural diversity, strategies for creating learning environments that contribute to positive human relationships and strategies for teaching and assessing diverse learners. Applicants who have not met coursework requirements can teach under an Out-of-State Reciprocal License, but must meet coursework requirements to be eligible for an Initial License. A two-year re-entry license will be given to an out-of-state applicant who has not taught in 5 years or who cannot submit six semester hours of credit taken during each of the past two five-year periods and may require additional coursework. | |||||
| Ohio | **YES | Candidates requesting licensure in certain areas must have successfully completed coursework in the teaching of reading and phonics. Candidates who have completed at least half of the required coursework may be granted a Standard Teaching License with a limitation that requires candidates to complete the requirement in order to renew or advance the license. | Candidates requesting licensure in Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, or Intervention Specialist must pass the Ohio Assessment for Educators Foundations of Reading exam. | YES | |||
| Oklahoma | YES | ||||||
| Oregon | NO | Candidates must pass the “Protecting Student and Civil Rights in the Educational Environment” exam or an approved alternative assessment. | |||||
| Pennsylvania | YES | ||||||
| Rhode Island | YES | ||||||
| South Carolina | **YES | YES | |||||
| South Dakota | **YES | Candidates must complete a three-credit South Dakota Indian Studies course and one clock hour of suicide awareness and prevention training. Applicants may receive a one-year provisional certificate if they have not passed South Dakota Indian Studies. | |||||
| Tennessee | **YES | YES | |||||
| Texas | **YES | Applicants may apply for a one-year certificate to meet the state’s testing requirements. Applicants must either: 1) pass the required Texas exams, 2) achieve an acceptable level of performance on a comparable exam, as determined by the Texas Education Agency, or 3) qualify for an exemption from Texas examination requirements through established commissioner’s rules. | |||||
| Utah | **YES | Applicants must complete an Educator Ethics Review online. | YES | ||||
| Vermont | **YES | Applicants with a time lapse of ten years or more between the time of recommendation for licensure and application for licensure must meet requirements for updated knowledge and skills as established by Standards Board policy. | |||||
| Virginia | **YES | Candidates seeking Initial Licensure must complete training in 1) child abuse and neglect; 2) emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); 3) and dyslexia awareness. | All professional teacher’s assessments prescribed by the Board of Education must be satisfied by out-of-state candidates with less than three years of full-time, successful teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school. Individuals with an out-of-state license with full credentials and without deficiencies shall not be required to take any additional assessments. | ||||
| Washington | **YES | Applicants seeking a Professional Certificate must complete coursework in issues of abuse. | |||||
| Wisconsin | **YES | Candidates must take coursework related to minority group relations, including instruction in the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. Within twelve months of receiving initial licensure, candidates must also demonstrate competencies related to conflict resolution and crisis management, including training in the use of peer mediation to resolve conflict. Candidates applying for licenses to teach certain subjects may be required to complete additional coursework. | YES | ||||
| Wyoming | NO | Candidates must either complete a course or pass an examination on the constitutions of the United States and the state of Wyoming. | Candidates can submit evidence of passing a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and the State of Wyoming. |
| State | License | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional coursework? | Does the state provide a test-out or other exemption option for coursework requirements? | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional assessments? | Does this state require candidates to complete an additional Praxis II exam? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Basic Skills Exam (Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators)? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching (PLT) exam? |
| Alabama | YES | ||||||
| Alaska | **YES | Candidates must complete coursework in Alaska studies, Alaska multicultural education or cross-cultural communications in order to extend an initial out-of-state certificate for a third year or to qualify for a teacher professional certificate. However, the commissioner may issue a provisional certificate, valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has not completed the semester hours required at the time of application. | YES | ||||
| Arizona | **YES | Candidates are required to take an “Arizona Constitution” college course and a “U.S. Constitution” college course within three years of achieving state certification, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | Candidates may take an exam on the provisions and principles of the Arizona Constitution the U.S. Constitution instead of the required courses. Candidates must take the exam within three years, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | ||||
| Arkansas | YES | ||||||
| California | **YES | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language and coursework in human relations. | A teacher who can present a valid out-of-state credential or certificate that authorizes the instruction of English language learners may qualify as having met the requirements for teaching English learners by submitting an application and fee to the commission. | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language | YES | ||
| Colorado | YES | ||||||
| Connecticut | YES | ||||||
| Delaware | **YES | Candidates with less than one year of teaching experience must pass an approved performance assessment within the first two years. | |||||
| Florida | YES | ||||||
| Georgia | **YES | Candidates are required to take a Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment. | |||||
| Hawaii | **YES | Candidates who do not meet the experience requirements or who have completed an educator preparation program but who do not hold a license in another state must meet content knowledge requirements to receive a Provisional or Standard License. They can demonstrate content knowledge by submitting proof of completing sufficient and relevant coursework at an institution for higher education. | YES | YES | |||
| Idaho | **YES | Candidates working on an Idaho interim certificate in certain endorsement areas may be required to take the “Mathematical Thinking for Instruction” or an approved alternative course as well as an approved “Idaho Comprehensive Literacy” course or approved equivalent before receiving a Standard Instructional Certificate. Out-of-state candidates are granted a three-year, nonrenewable Interim Certificate in order to complete these requirements. Applicants might also be required to take technology courses, subject to the discretion of the hiring district. | Candidates may take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy assessment instead of the course. | ||||
| Illinois | YES | ||||||
| Indiana | **YES | Within one year of receiving an Indiana license, out-of-state teachers must receive valid certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich Maneuver, and the use of an automated external defibrillator and complete Suicide Prevention Training. | YES | ||||
| Iowa | **YES | A two-year “Regional Exchange License” is issued to out-of-state applicants who are eligible for licensure but have coursework deficiencies in order to fully meet Iowa’s requirements. | Candidates who have less than three years of teaching experience on a valid license and who completed their teacher preparation program after January 1, 2013 must pass the Iowa mandated assessment by meeting the minimum score set by the Iowa department of education. | ||||
| Kansas | **YES | YES | |||||
| Kentucky | **YES | Candidates do not meet specified requirements, might be subject to additional coursework. Out-of-state candidates teaching under certain licenses are required to complete either a three hour content literacy course taught by qualified faculty aligned to certain standards or two or more courses taught by qualified faculty aligned to the standards. | Applicants who hold a valid certificate and who have completed two years of full-time teaching in the subject area and grade level on their certificate are exempt from testing requirements. Candidates without this experience are required to pass the Kentucky PRAXIS testing requirements. Praxis PLT required | YES | YES | ||
| Louisiana | **YES | Candidates who have not taught as a regular teacher within the past five years in an elementary or secondary school are required to complete six semester credits relating to the teaching field from a regionally accredited college/university. Candidates may be issued a one year non-renewable certificate while he/she completes the credit hours required for the issuance of a three-year nonrenewable teaching certificate | Candidates who have met assessment requirements are eligible to receive a standard, three-year teaching certificate (“Level 1 Professional Certificate”) comparable in level and subject. Candidates who have not met assessment requirements may teacher under a standard, three-year non-renewable teaching certificate (“Out-of-State Certificate”) while working towards completing assessment requirements. Candidates with a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and at least three years of “successful” teaching experience as verified by satisfactory annual evaluation results do not have to meet additional testing requirements after teaching on an Out-of-State Certificate for one year. | YES | |||
| Maine | YES | ||||||
| Maryland | YES | ||||||
| Massachusetts | **YES | Teachers must take a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) course and obtain and SEI endorsement. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the coursework requirement. The Temporary License is not available to candidates who fail any of the required state licensure tests. | Candidates must receive a passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test and the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the required assessments. | ||||
| Michigan | **YES | Candidates who have three years of successful teaching experience are eligible for a Professional License and are not required to meet additional assessment requirements if they have completed a specified number semester hours in a program since the issuance of their initial, standard teaching certificate and hold a comparable valid certificate from another state. All other candidates must pass the appropriate subject area tests, or approved alternatives, to be eligible for licensure. | |||||
| Minnesota | **YES | Candidates are required to achieve a passing score on MLTE pedagogy and content licensure exams. An out-of-state teacher may apply for a Tier 2 license prior to passing the MTLE content and pedagogy exams if they have met all Tier 2 licensure requirements and have been offered a position by a Minnesota public school district or charter school. | |||||
| Mississippi | YES | ||||||
| Missouri | YES | ||||||
| Montana | **YES | Applicants must verify completion of the online course “An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana” | |||||
| Nebraska | **YES | Candidates must submit evidence of special education and human relations training, which includes coursework or relevant employment experience. Candidates must meet recency requirements by documenting recent college credits or employment experience within the past five years to receive an Initial, Standard or Professional License. Candidates may be eligible to receive a Provisional or Conditional License while working towards meeting training or recency requirements. | Candidates can document relevant employment experience in place of the training requirements. | YES | |||
| Nevada | **YES | Candidates must complete all courses of study and other requirements for a license in the state, but may be eligible to teach under a provisional license for up to three years while completing any remaining requirements. | YES | YES | |||
| New Hampshire | **YES | YES | |||||
| New Jersey | **YES | YES (code 5436) | |||||
| New Mexico | **YES | Candidates applying for a certain Level 1 licenses can submit evidence of completing credit hour, coursework requirements, or teaching experience in place of content knowledge assessment requirements (with requirements varying depending on licensure type.) Candidates applying for a Level 2 or Level 3 License can submit evidence of completing credit hour requirements in place of assessment requirements. | |||||
| New York | **YES | Candidates must complete training related to child abuse identification/reporting, school violence prevention/intervention, and harassment, bullying and discrimination prevention/intervention from a New York State Education Department approved provider. | Candidates who have completed a substantially equivalent, approved out-of-state teacher education program, hold a valid out-of-state license, and passed the certification exams other than the teacher performance assessment, may earn a one-year nonrenewable conditional initial certificate, allowing them to teach while completing the required performance assessment. Candidates are not required to take and pass certification exams if they have at least three years of effective public school teaching experience in the certificate title sought within the last seven years, hold an equivalent and valid out-of-state license that was valid during the experience, and have at least a bachelor’s degree with a 2.5 cumulative GPA. | ||||
| North Carolina | **YES | Candidates with three or more years of experience applying for the Elementary Education or Exceptional Children license must submit evidence of passing the North Carolina Department of Instruction’s Reading Research to Classroom Practice and Mathematics Foundations courses to convert their Initial Professional License to a Continuing Professional License if their state’s exam did not include reading and mathematics subtests. | Applicants with three or more years of teaching experience have the option to pass the NCSBE-approved licensure exams to fulfill the requirements for a Continuing Professional License, including the approved reading exam and mathematics subtest. | Candidates are exempt from testing required for a Continuing Professional License if they: 1) are fully licensed in another state, have three or more years of experience, and have met comparable or identical testing requirements in another state; or 2) hold National Board Certification. Out-of-state candidates with less than three years of experience can be issued an Initial Professional License and may be required to take additional exams. If additional exams are required, they must be taken within the first year of issuance and passed before or during the second year in order to convert the license to a Continuing Professional License. Candidates applying for Elementary Education or Exceptional Children General Curriculum licenses are subject to additional assessments. | |||
| North Dakota | **YES | Coursework in Native American studies, cultural diversity, strategies for creating learning environments that contribute to positive human relationships and strategies for teaching and assessing diverse learners. Applicants who have not met coursework requirements can teach under an Out-of-State Reciprocal License, but must meet coursework requirements to be eligible for an Initial License. A two-year re-entry license will be given to an out-of-state applicant who has not taught in 5 years or who cannot submit six semester hours of credit taken during each of the past two five-year periods and may require additional coursework. | |||||
| Ohio | **YES | Candidates requesting licensure in certain areas must have successfully completed coursework in the teaching of reading and phonics. Candidates who have completed at least half of the required coursework may be granted a Standard Teaching License with a limitation that requires candidates to complete the requirement in order to renew or advance the license. | Candidates requesting licensure in Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, or Intervention Specialist must pass the Ohio Assessment for Educators Foundations of Reading exam. | YES | |||
| Oklahoma | YES | ||||||
| Oregon | NO | Candidates must pass the “Protecting Student and Civil Rights in the Educational Environment” exam or an approved alternative assessment. | |||||
| Pennsylvania | YES | ||||||
| Rhode Island | YES | ||||||
| South Carolina | **YES | YES | |||||
| South Dakota | **YES | Candidates must complete a three-credit South Dakota Indian Studies course and one clock hour of suicide awareness and prevention training. Applicants may receive a one-year provisional certificate if they have not passed South Dakota Indian Studies. | |||||
| Tennessee | **YES | Applicants may apply for a one-year certificate to meet the state’s testing requirements. Applicants must either: 1) pass the required Texas exams, 2) achieve an acceptable level of performance on a comparable exam, as determined by the Texas Education Agency, or 3) qualify for an exemption from Texas examination requirements through established commissioner’s rules. | YES | ||||
| Texas | **YES | ||||||
| Utah | **YES | Applicants must complete an Educator Ethics Review online. | YES | ||||
| Vermont | **YES | Applicants with a time lapse of ten years or more between the time of recommendation for licensure and application for licensure must meet requirements for updated knowledge and skills as established by Standards Board policy. | YES (code 5236) | ||||
| Virginia | **YES | Candidates seeking Initial Licensure must complete training in 1) child abuse and neglect; 2) emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); 3) and dyslexia awareness. | All professional teacher’s assessments prescribed by the Board of Education must be satisfied by out-of-state candidates with less than three years of full-time, successful teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school. Individuals with an out-of-state license with full credentials and without deficiencies shall not be required to take any additional assessments. | ||||
| Washington | **YES | Applicants seeking a Professional Certificate must complete coursework in issues of abuse. | |||||
| Wisconsin | **YES | Candidates must take coursework related to minority group relations, including instruction in the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. Within twelve months of receiving initial licensure, candidates must also demonstrate competencies related to conflict resolution and crisis management, including training in the use of peer mediation to resolve conflict. Candidates applying for licenses to teach certain subjects may be required to complete additional coursework. | YES | ||||
| Wyoming | NO | Candidates must either complete a course or pass an examination on the constitutions of the United States and the state of Wyoming. | Candidates can submit evidence of passing a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and the State of Wyoming. |
| State | License | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional coursework? | Does the state provide a test-out or other exemption option for coursework requirements? | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional assessments? | Does this state require candidates to complete an additional Praxis II exam? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Basic Skills Exam (Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators)? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching (PLT) exam? |
| Alabama | YES | ||||||
| Alaska | **YES | Candidates must complete coursework in Alaska studies, Alaska multicultural education or cross-cultural communications in order to extend an initial out-of-state certificate for a third year or to qualify for a teacher professional certificate. However, the commissioner may issue a provisional certificate, valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has not completed the semester hours required at the time of application. | YES | ||||
| Arizona | **YES | Candidates are required to take an “Arizona Constitution” college course and a “U.S. Constitution” college course within three years of achieving state certification, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | Candidates may take an exam on the provisions and principles of the Arizona Constitution the U.S. Constitution instead of the required courses. Candidates must take the exam within three years, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | ||||
| Arkansas | YES | ||||||
| California | **YES | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language and coursework in human relations. | A teacher who can present a valid out-of-state credential or certificate that authorizes the instruction of English language learners may qualify as having met the requirements for teaching English learners by submitting an application and fee to the commission. | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language | YES | ||
| Colorado | YES | ||||||
| Connecticut | YES | ||||||
| Delaware | **YES | Candidates with less than one year of teaching experience must pass an approved performance assessment within the first two years. | |||||
| Florida | YES | ||||||
| Georgia | **YES | Candidates are required to take a Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment. | |||||
| Hawaii | **YES | Candidates who do not meet the experience requirements or who have completed an educator preparation program but who do not hold a license in another state must meet content knowledge requirements to receive a Provisional or Standard License. They can demonstrate content knowledge by submitting proof of completing sufficient and relevant coursework at an institution for higher education. | YES | YES | |||
| Idaho | **YES | Candidates working on an Idaho interim certificate in certain endorsement areas may be required to take the “Mathematical Thinking for Instruction” or an approved alternative course as well as an approved “Idaho Comprehensive Literacy” course or approved equivalent before receiving a Standard Instructional Certificate. Out-of-state candidates are granted a three-year, nonrenewable Interim Certificate in order to complete these requirements. Applicants might also be required to take technology courses, subject to the discretion of the hiring district. | Candidates may take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy assessment instead of the course. | ||||
| Illinois | YES | ||||||
| Indiana | **YES | Within one year of receiving an Indiana license, out-of-state teachers must receive valid certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich Maneuver, and the use of an automated external defibrillator and complete Suicide Prevention Training. | YES | ||||
| Iowa | **YES | A two-year “Regional Exchange License” is issued to out-of-state applicants who are eligible for licensure but have coursework deficiencies in order to fully meet Iowa’s requirements. | Candidates who have less than three years of teaching experience on a valid license and who completed their teacher preparation program after January 1, 2013 must pass the Iowa mandated assessment by meeting the minimum score set by the Iowa department of education. | ||||
| Kansas | **YES | YES | |||||
| Kentucky | **YES | Candidates do not meet specified requirements, might be subject to additional coursework. Out-of-state candidates teaching under certain licenses are required to complete either a three hour content literacy course taught by qualified faculty aligned to certain standards or two or more courses taught by qualified faculty aligned to the standards. | Applicants who hold a valid certificate and who have completed two years of full-time teaching in the subject area and grade level on their certificate are exempt from testing requirements. Candidates without this experience are required to pass the Kentucky PRAXIS testing requirements. Praxis PLT required | YES | YES | ||
| Louisiana | **YES | Candidates who have not taught as a regular teacher within the past five years in an elementary or secondary school are required to complete six semester credits relating to the teaching field from a regionally accredited college/university. Candidates may be issued a one year non-renewable certificate while he/she completes the credit hours required for the issuance of a three-year nonrenewable teaching certificate | Candidates who have met assessment requirements are eligible to receive a standard, three-year teaching certificate (“Level 1 Professional Certificate”) comparable in level and subject. Candidates who have not met assessment requirements may teacher under a standard, three-year non-renewable teaching certificate (“Out-of-State Certificate”) while working towards completing assessment requirements. Candidates with a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and at least three years of “successful” teaching experience as verified by satisfactory annual evaluation results do not have to meet additional testing requirements after teaching on an Out-of-State Certificate for one year. | YES | |||
| Maine | YES | ||||||
| Maryland | YES | ||||||
| Massachusetts | **YES | Teachers must take a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) course and obtain and SEI endorsement. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the coursework requirement. The Temporary License is not available to candidates who fail any of the required state licensure tests. | Candidates must receive a passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test and the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the required assessments. | ||||
| Michigan | **YES | Candidates who have three years of successful teaching experience are eligible for a Professional License and are not required to meet additional assessment requirements if they have completed a specified number semester hours in a program since the issuance of their initial, standard teaching certificate and hold a comparable valid certificate from another state. All other candidates must pass the appropriate subject area tests, or approved alternatives, to be eligible for licensure. | |||||
| Minnesota | **YES | Candidates are required to achieve a passing score on MLTE pedagogy and content licensure exams. An out-of-state teacher may apply for a Tier 2 license prior to passing the MTLE content and pedagogy exams if they have met all Tier 2 licensure requirements and have been offered a position by a Minnesota public school district or charter school. | |||||
| Mississippi | YES | ||||||
| Missouri | YES | ||||||
| Montana | **YES | Applicants must verify completion of the online course “An Introduction to Indian Education for All in Montana” | |||||
| Nebraska | **YES | Candidates must submit evidence of special education and human relations training, which includes coursework or relevant employment experience. Candidates must meet recency requirements by documenting recent college credits or employment experience within the past five years to receive an Initial, Standard or Professional License. Candidates may be eligible to receive a Provisional or Conditional License while working towards meeting training or recency requirements. | Candidates can document relevant employment experience in place of the training requirements. | YES | |||
| Nevada | **YES | Candidates must complete all courses of study and other requirements for a license in the state, but may be eligible to teach under a provisional license for up to three years while completing any remaining requirements. | YES | YES | |||
| New Hampshire | **YES | YES | |||||
| New Jersey | YES | ||||||
| New Mexico | **YES | Candidates applying for a certain Level 1 licenses can submit evidence of completing credit hour, coursework requirements, or teaching experience in place of content knowledge assessment requirements (with requirements varying depending on licensure type.) Candidates applying for a Level 2 or Level 3 License can submit evidence of completing credit hour requirements in place of assessment requirements. | |||||
| New York | **YES | Candidates must complete training related to child abuse identification/reporting, school violence prevention/intervention, and harassment, bullying and discrimination prevention/intervention from a New York State Education Department approved provider. | Candidates who have completed a substantially equivalent, approved out-of-state teacher education program, hold a valid out-of-state license, and passed the certification exams other than the teacher performance assessment, may earn a one-year nonrenewable conditional initial certificate, allowing them to teach while completing the required performance assessment. Candidates are not required to take and pass certification exams if they have at least three years of effective public school teaching experience in the certificate title sought within the last seven years, hold an equivalent and valid out-of-state license that was valid during the experience, and have at least a bachelor’s degree with a 2.5 cumulative GPA. | ||||
| North Carolina | **YES | Candidates with three or more years of experience applying for the Elementary Education or Exceptional Children license must submit evidence of passing the North Carolina Department of Instruction’s Reading Research to Classroom Practice and Mathematics Foundations courses to convert their Initial Professional License to a Continuing Professional License if their state’s exam did not include reading and mathematics subtests. | Applicants with three or more years of teaching experience have the option to pass the NCSBE-approved licensure exams to fulfill the requirements for a Continuing Professional License, including the approved reading exam and mathematics subtest. | Candidates are exempt from testing required for a Continuing Professional License if they: 1) are fully licensed in another state, have three or more years of experience, and have met comparable or identical testing requirements in another state; or 2) hold National Board Certification. Out-of-state candidates with less than three years of experience can be issued an Initial Professional License and may be required to take additional exams. If additional exams are required, they must be taken within the first year of issuance and passed before or during the second year in order to convert the license to a Continuing Professional License. Candidates applying for Elementary Education or Exceptional Children General Curriculum licenses are subject to additional assessments. | |||
| North Dakota | **YES | Coursework in Native American studies, cultural diversity, strategies for creating learning environments that contribute to positive human relationships and strategies for teaching and assessing diverse learners. Applicants who have not met coursework requirements can teach under an Out-of-State Reciprocal License, but must meet coursework requirements to be eligible for an Initial License. A two-year re-entry license will be given to an out-of-state applicant who has not taught in 5 years or who cannot submit six semester hours of credit taken during each of the past two five-year periods and may require additional coursework. | |||||
| Ohio | **YES | Candidates requesting licensure in certain areas must have successfully completed coursework in the teaching of reading and phonics. Candidates who have completed at least half of the required coursework may be granted a Standard Teaching License with a limitation that requires candidates to complete the requirement in order to renew or advance the license. | Candidates requesting licensure in Early Childhood, Middle Childhood, or Intervention Specialist must pass the Ohio Assessment for Educators Foundations of Reading exam. | YES | |||
| Oklahoma | YES | ||||||
| Oregon | NO | Candidates must pass the “Protecting Student and Civil Rights in the Educational Environment” exam or an approved alternative assessment. | |||||
| Pennsylvania | YES | ||||||
| Rhode Island | YES | ||||||
| South Carolina | **YES | YES | |||||
| South Dakota | **YES | Candidates must complete a three-credit South Dakota Indian Studies course and one clock hour of suicide awareness and prevention training. Applicants may receive a one-year provisional certificate if they have not passed South Dakota Indian Studies. | |||||
| Tennessee | **YES | YES | |||||
| Texas | **YES | Applicants may apply for a one-year certificate to meet the state’s testing requirements. Applicants must either: 1) pass the required Texas exams, 2) achieve an acceptable level of performance on a comparable exam, as determined by the Texas Education Agency, or 3) qualify for an exemption from Texas examination requirements through established commissioner’s rules. | |||||
| Utah | **YES | Applicants must complete an Educator Ethics Review online. | YES | ||||
| Vermont | **YES | Applicants with a time lapse of ten years or more between the time of recommendation for licensure and application for licensure must meet requirements for updated knowledge and skills as established by Standards Board policy. | |||||
| Virginia | **YES | Candidates seeking Initial Licensure must complete training in 1) child abuse and neglect; 2) emergency first aid, cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), and the use of automated external defibrillators (AEDs); 3) and dyslexia awareness. | All professional teacher’s assessments prescribed by the Board of Education must be satisfied by out-of-state candidates with less than three years of full-time, successful teaching experience in a public or accredited nonpublic school. Individuals with an out-of-state license with full credentials and without deficiencies shall not be required to take any additional assessments. | ||||
| Washington | **YES | Applicants seeking a Professional Certificate must complete coursework in issues of abuse. | |||||
| Wisconsin | **YES | Candidates must take coursework related to minority group relations, including instruction in the history, culture and tribal sovereignty of the federally recognized American Indian tribes and bands located in Wisconsin. Within twelve months of receiving initial licensure, candidates must also demonstrate competencies related to conflict resolution and crisis management, including training in the use of peer mediation to resolve conflict. Candidates applying for licenses to teach certain subjects may be required to complete additional coursework. | YES | ||||
| Wyoming | NO | Candidates must either complete a course or pass an examination on the constitutions of the United States and the state of Wyoming. | Candidates can submit evidence of passing a satisfactory examination on the provisions and principles of the constitutions of the United States and the State of Wyoming. |
| State | License | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional coursework? | Does the state provide a test-out or other exemption option for coursework requirements? | Does the state require out-of-state teachers to take additional assessments? | Does this state require candidates to complete an additional Praxis II exam? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Basic Skills Exam (Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators)? | Does this state require candidates to complete the Praxis Principles of Learning & Teaching (PLT) exam? |
| Alabama | YES | ||||||
| Alaska | **YES | Candidates must complete coursework in Alaska studies, Alaska multicultural education or cross-cultural communications in order to extend an initial out-of-state certificate for a third year or to qualify for a teacher professional certificate. However, the commissioner may issue a provisional certificate, valid for no longer than two years, to an applicant who has not completed the semester hours required at the time of application. | YES | ||||
| Arizona | **YES | Candidates are required to take an “Arizona Constitution” college course and a “U.S. Constitution” college course within three years of achieving state certification, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | Candidates may take an exam on the provisions and principles of the Arizona Constitution the U.S. Constitution instead of the required courses. Candidates must take the exam within three years, or within one year if they are teaching an academic course on History, Government, Social Studies, Citizenship, Law or Civics. | ||||
| Arkansas | YES | ||||||
| California | **YES | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language and coursework in human relations. | A teacher who can present a valid out-of-state credential or certificate that authorizes the instruction of English language learners may qualify as having met the requirements for teaching English learners by submitting an application and fee to the commission. | Applicants must meet state requirements for teaching English learners, which includes completing 6 semester hours of coursework in a second language | YES | ||
| Colorado | YES | ||||||
| Connecticut | YES | ||||||
| Delaware | **YES | Candidates with less than one year of teaching experience must pass an approved performance assessment within the first two years. | |||||
| Florida | YES | ||||||
| Georgia | **YES | Candidates are required to take a Georgia Educator Ethics Assessment. | |||||
| Hawaii | **YES | Candidates who do not meet the experience requirements or who have completed an educator preparation program but who do not hold a license in another state must meet content knowledge requirements to receive a Provisional or Standard License. They can demonstrate content knowledge by submitting proof of completing sufficient and relevant coursework at an institution for higher education. | YES | YES | |||
| Idaho | **YES | Candidates working on an Idaho interim certificate in certain endorsement areas may be required to take the “Mathematical Thinking for Instruction” or an approved alternative course as well as an approved “Idaho Comprehensive Literacy” course or approved equivalent before receiving a Standard Instructional Certificate. Out-of-state candidates are granted a three-year, nonrenewable Interim Certificate in order to complete these requirements. Applicants might also be required to take technology courses, subject to the discretion of the hiring district. | Candidates may take the Idaho Comprehensive Literacy assessment instead of the course. | ||||
| Illinois | YES | ||||||
| Indiana | **YES | Within one year of receiving an Indiana license, out-of-state teachers must receive valid certification in Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, Heimlich Maneuver, and the use of an automated external defibrillator and complete Suicide Prevention Training. | YES | ||||
| Iowa | **YES | A two-year “Regional Exchange License” is issued to out-of-state applicants who are eligible for licensure but have coursework deficiencies in order to fully meet Iowa’s requirements. | Candidates who have less than three years of teaching experience on a valid license and who completed their teacher preparation program after January 1, 2013 must pass the Iowa mandated assessment by meeting the minimum score set by the Iowa department of education. | ||||
| Kansas | **YES | YES | |||||
| Kentucky | **YES | Candidates do not meet specified requirements, might be subject to additional coursework. Out-of-state candidates teaching under certain licenses are required to complete either a three hour content literacy course taught by qualified faculty aligned to certain standards or two or more courses taught by qualified faculty aligned to the standards. | Applicants who hold a valid certificate and who have completed two years of full-time teaching in the subject area and grade level on their certificate are exempt from testing requirements. Candidates without this experience are required to pass the Kentucky PRAXIS testing requirements. Praxis PLT required | YES | YES | ||
| Louisiana | **YES | Candidates who have not taught as a regular teacher within the past five years in an elementary or secondary school are required to complete six semester credits relating to the teaching field from a regionally accredited college/university. Candidates may be issued a one year non-renewable certificate while he/she completes the credit hours required for the issuance of a three-year nonrenewable teaching certificate | Candidates who have met assessment requirements are eligible to receive a standard, three-year teaching certificate (“Level 1 Professional Certificate”) comparable in level and subject. Candidates who have not met assessment requirements may teacher under a standard, three-year non-renewable teaching certificate (“Out-of-State Certificate”) while working towards completing assessment requirements. Candidates with a valid out-of-state teaching certificate and at least three years of “successful” teaching experience as verified by satisfactory annual evaluation results do not have to meet additional testing requirements after teaching on an Out-of-State Certificate for one year. | YES | |||
| Maine | YES | ||||||
| Maryland | YES | ||||||
| Massachusetts | **YES | Teachers must take a Sheltered English Immersion (SEI) course and obtain and SEI endorsement. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the coursework requirement. The Temporary License is not available to candidates who fail any of the required state licensure tests. | Candidates must receive a passing score on the Communication and Literacy Skills test and the subject matter knowledge test(s) appropriate to the license sought. Candidates with at least three years of employment under a valid out-of-state license or certificate may be eligible for a Temporary License while he/she completes the required assessments. | ||||
| Michigan | **YES | Candidates who have three years of successful teaching experience are eligible for a Professional License and are not required to meet additional assessment requirements if they have completed a specified number semester hours in a program since the issuance of their initial, standard teaching certificate and hold a comparable valid certificate from another state. All other candidates must pass the appropriate subject area tests, or approved alternatives, to be eligible for licensure. | |||||
| Minnesota | **YES |