Links to Teacher Certification Information for every U.S. State

Alabama Department of Education

http://www.alsde.edu/

Alaska Department of Education and Early Childhood Development

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

Arizona Department of Education

http://www.ade.state.az.us/

Arkansas Department of Education

http://arkansased.org/

California Commission on Teacher Credentialing

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

Colorado Department of Education

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

Connecticut State Department of Education – Division of Teaching and Learning

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

Delaware Department of Education

www.doe.k12.de.us

Florida Department of Education – Division of Professional Educators – Educator Certification

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

Georgia Department of Education

http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/

Hawaii Department of Education

http://doe.k12.hi.us

Idaho Department of Education

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

Illinois State Board of Education

http://www.isbe.net/

Indiana Professional Standard Board

http://www.doe.in.gov/student-services/licensing

Iowa Board of Education

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

Kansas State Department of Education

http://www.ksde.org/

Kentucky Department of Education

https://education.ky.gov/Pages/default.aspx

Louisiana Department of Education

http://www.louisianabelieves.com/teaching/certification

Maine Department of Education

http://maine.gov/doe/cert/

Maryland State Department of Education

http://www.marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/DEE/Certification/index.aspx

Massachusetts Department of Education

http://www.mass.gov/edu/government/departments-and-boards/ese/programs/educator-effectiveness/licensure/

Michigan Department of Education

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

Minnesota Teacher Licensing

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

Mississippi Department of Education

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

Missouri Department of Education

https://dese.mo.gov/

Montana Office of Public Instruction

www.bpe.mt.gov

Nebraska Department of Education

http://www.nebraska.gov/education/dept-ed.html

Nevada Department of Education

http://www.doe.nv.gov/Educator_Licensure/

New Hampshire Department of Education

http://www.education.nh.gov/certification/index.htm

New Jersey Department of Education

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

New Mexico Department of Education

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

New York State Department of Education-Office of Teaching

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

North Carolina State Board of Education – Department of Public Instruction

http://www.ncpublicschools.org/

North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board

http://www.state.nd.us/espb/

Ohio Department of Education – Center for the Teaching Profession

http://education.ohio.gov/

Oklahoma State Board of Education – Professional Standards

http://sde.ok.gov/sde/

Oregon Teacher Standards and Practices Division

http://www.oregon.gov/TSPC/pages/index.aspx

Pennsylvania Department of Education

www.education.state.pa.us

Rhode Island Department of Education

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

South Carolina Department of Education

http://ed.sc.gov/

South Dakota Department of Education

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

Tennessee Department of Education

https://www.tn.gov/education.html

Texas State Board for Educator Certification

http://tea.texas.gov/Texas_Educators/Certification/

Utah State Office of Education

https://secure.utah.gov/elr/welcome.html

Vermont Department of Education

http://education.vermont.gov/

Virginia Department of Education – Division of Compliance

www.doe.virginia.gov/teaching/licensure

Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction

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

Washington DC Office of the State Superintendent of Education

https://osse.dc.gov/ed-credentials

West Virginia Department of Education

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

Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction

http://dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/licensing

Wyoming Department of Education

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