Learning to be a teacher – the journey from school to classroom

A good place to start is to check out your own states website on how to become a certified/credentialed/license (different states use different terminology) teacher. Since I live in California and have my California Multiple Subjects Teacher Credential much of the information I will talk about will be geared towards that but all states will have similar requirements that a candidate must meet in order to become a teacher. I put together this list of links to all 50 states websites on their own requirements for becoming a teacher.

These sites are a good place to begin your own adventure to becoming a teacher.

Alabama- Teacher Education and Certification Website

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

Alaska- Teacher Certification Website

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

Arizona- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.azed.gov/Certification/

Arkansas- Teacher Licensing Website

http://arkansased.org/

California – Teacher Credentialing Website

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

Colorado- Educators Licensing Website

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

Connecticut- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.sde.ct.gov/sde/site/default.asp

Delaware- Teacher Credentialing Website

https://deeds.doe.k12.de.us/default.aspx

Florida- Educator Certification Website

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

Georgia- Educator Certification Website

http://www.gapsc.com/

Hawaii- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.htsb.org/

Idaho- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.sde.idaho.gov/site/teacher_certification/

Illinois- Educator Certification Website

http://www.isbe.state.il.us/certification/Default.htm

Indiana- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.doe.in.gov/dps/

Iowa- Educators Licensing Website

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

Kansas- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.ksde.org/Default.aspx?tabid=111

Kentucky- Teacher Certification Website

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

Louisiana- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.doe.state.la.us/Lde/tsac/home.html

Maine- Teacher Certification Website

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

Maryland- Teacher Certification Website

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

Massachusetts- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.doe.mass.edu/educators/e_license.html

Michigan- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.michigan.gov/mde/0,1607,7-140-6530_5683_14795—,00.html

Minnesota- Educators Licensing Website

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

Mississippi- Educators Licensing Website

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

Missouri- Teacher Certification Website

http://dese.mo.gov/divteachqual/teachcert/

Montana- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.opi.state.mt.us/cert/

Nebraska- Teacher Certification Website

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

Nevada- Educators Licensing Website

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

New Hampshire- Teacher Credentialing Website

http://www.ed.state.nh.us/education/beED.htm

New Jersey- Educators Licensing and Credentialing Website

http://www.state.nj.us/education/educators/license/

New Mexico- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.ped.state.nm.us/licensure/

New York- Teachers Certification Website

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

North Carolina- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/licensure/

North Dakota- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.nd.gov/espb/

Ohio- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/Templates/Pages/ODE/ODEPrimary.aspx?page=2&TopicRelationID=513

Oklahoma- Teacher Certification Website

http://sde.state.ok.us/teacher/ProfStand/default.html

Oregon- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.tspc.state.or.us/

Pennsylvania- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.teaching.state.pa.us/teaching/site/default.asp

Rhode Island- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.ride.ri.gov/educatorquality/certification/

South Carolina- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.scteachers.org/

South Dakota- Teacher Certification Website

http://doe.sd.gov/oatq/

Tennessee- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.tennessee.gov/education/lic/

Texas- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline/default.asp

Utah- Educators Licensing Website

http://www.schools.utah.gov/cert/

Vermont- Educators Licensing Website

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

Virginia- Educators Licensing Website

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

Washington- Teacher Certification Website

http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/

West Virginia- Teacher Certification Website

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

Wisconsin- Educators Licensing Website

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

Wyoming- Educators Licensing Website

http://ptsb.state.wy.us/