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| Who must hold a certificate? | |
| Teachers, specialists, and administrators
working in Maryland public schools must hold a Maryland Teaching Certificate. A
Maryland teaching certificate is a license to teach in an accredited public school in the
state of Maryland. |
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| What Maryland certificates are available? | |
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Eligibility Certificate: initial certificate; valid for 5 years;
issued to an applicant who meets all certification requirements but is not employed
Standard Professional Certificate I: valid for 5 years; issued to an applicant who meets all certification requirements and is employed by a MD local school system Standard Professional Certificate II: valid for 5 years; issued to an applicant who completes the SPC 1 and submits verification of 3 years of satisfactory professional experience; submits 6 semester hours of acceptable credit and a professional development plan for the Advanced Professional Certificate Advanced Professional Certificate: valid for 5 years; issued to an applicant who submits verification of 3 years of full-time professional school-related experience, and a master's degree or a minimum of 36 semester hours of post-baccalaureate course work (must include 21 semester hours of graduate credit) Conditional Certificate:
a 2 year certificate; issued to an employed applicant
who has not met full certification requirements for a professional
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| What reading courses are required? | |
Early Childhood, Elementary Education and Elementary Special Education teachers are required by the State of Maryland to take 12 semester hours in the following reading content: Processing/Acquisition of
Reading Skills Note: If you hold a teaching certificate in any of the above areas, you may "test out" of the reading requirement by taking the Praxis II called "Reading Across the Curriculum: Elementary," test identification number 20201. A MD qualifying score of 173 or higher must be obtained. Secondary Content Area, Trades & Industry, and Secondary Special Education teachers are required by the State of Maryland to take 6 semester hours in the following reading content: Methods of Teachaing
Reading in the Secondary Content Area, Part I |
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| What tests must I take? | |
| All candidates applying for an initial Maryland teaching certificate,
except those coming in via the experience route, are required to present qualifying scores
on the following required tests: Praxis I Academic Skills Assessments consist of a reading component, a writing component and a mathematics component. Praxis II Content Area Assessments consist of testing the knowledge in the content area and content pedagogy. Notes: Visit ETS's website at www.ets.org/praxis for registration procedures, fees, and forms as well as test dates and locations. When taking tests, please designate MSDE(#7403) as a score recipient. Send a copy of your results to FCPS Audit Officer, Nancy Slovikowsky in the Departmant of Human Resources. NTE tests taken prior to June 30, 2000 will be accepted from in-state and out-of-state teacher candidates for certification. |
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