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Directory of Teacher
Certification Offices In The
United States
| Alabama | Teacher Certification Services Alabama State Department of Education 5201 Gordon Persons Building P.O. Box 302101 Montgomery, AL 36130-2101 334-242-9977 http://www.alsde.edu |
| Alaska | Alaska Department of Education Teacher Education and Certification 801 W 10th St., Suite 200 P.O. Box 110500, Goldbelt Building Juneau, AK 99801-1894 907-465-2800 http://www.educ.state.ak.us |
| Arizona | Teacher Certification Unit Arizona Department of Education P.O. Box 6490 Phoenix, AZ 85005-6490 602-542-4367 http://www.ade.state.az.us/ |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Department of Education Office of Professional Licensure #4 Capitol Mall, Rooms 106B/107B Little Rock, AR 72201 501-682-4342 http://arkedu.state.ar.us/teachers/teachers_licensure.html |
| California | Commission on Teacher Credentialing 1900 Capitol Avenue Sacramento, CA 95814 916-445-7254 http://www.ctc.ca.gov |
| Colorado | Educator Licensing Colorado Department of Education 201 East Colfax Ave., Room 105 Denver, CO 80203 303-866-6628 http://www.cde.state.co.us/index_license.htm |
| Connecticut | Connecticut State Department of Education Bureau of Certification and Professional Development P.O. Box 150471, Room 243 Hartford, CT 06115-0471 860-713-6969 http://www.state.ct.us/sde/ |
| Delaware | Office of Certification Delaware State Dept of Education John G. Townsend Building P.O. Box 1402 Dover, DE 19901 302-735-4120 http://deeds.doe.k12.de.us |
| District of Columbia | Office of Workforce and Professional Development 215 G Street, NE Washington, DC 20002 202-724-4250 http://www.k12.dc.us/ |
| Florida | Department of Education Bureau of Educator Certification Suite 201, Turlington Building 325 W. Gaines Street Tallahassee, FL 32399-0400 850-488-2317 http://www.fldoe.org/edcert/ |
| Georgia | Georgia Professional Standards Commission Division of Teachers Certification Two Peachtree Street, Suite 6000 Atlanta, GA 30303 800-869-7775 http://www.gapsc.com/ |
| Hawaii | State of Hawaii Department of Education Teacher Recruitment Section P.O. Box 2360 Honolulu, HI 96804 800-305-5104 http://htsb.org |
| Idaho | Idaho State Department of Education Office of Teacher Education and Certification Len B. Jordan Office Building Boise, ID 83720-0027 208-332-6800 http://www.sde.state.id.us/certification/ |
| Illinois | Illinois State Board of Education Teacher Education and Certification 100 North First Street Springfield, IL 62777 217-524-1289 (Fax) http://www.isbe.net/certification |
| Indiana | Indiana Professional Standards Board Director of Teacher Licensing 251 East Ohio, Suite 201 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2133 866-542-3672 http://www.doe.state.in.us/dps/ |
| Iowa | Board of Education Examiners State of Iowa Grimes State Office Building Des Moines, IA 50319-0146 515-281-5294 http://www.state.ia.us/boee/ |
| Kansas | Kansas State Department of Education Certification and Teacher Education 120 S.E. 10th Avenue Topeka, KS 66612-1182 913-296-3201 http://www.ksbe.state.ks.us/cert/cert/html |
| Kentucky | Education Professional Standards Board Division of Certification 100 Airport Rd., 3rd Floor Frankfort, KY 40601 888-598-7667 http://www.kyepsb.net/ |
| Louisiana | State Department of Education Bureau of Teacher Certification and Higher Education P.O. Box 94064 Baton Rouge, LA 70804-9064 225-342-3490 http://www.doe.state.la.us/lde/tsac/home.html |
| Maine | State of Maine Department of Education Certification Office 23 State House Station Augusta, ME 04333-0023 207-624-6603 http://www.state.me.us/education/cert/cert.htm |
| Maryland | Maryland Department of Education Certification Branch 200 West Baltimore Street Baltimore, MD 21201-2595 410-767-0412 www.marylandpublicschools.org/msde |
| Massachusetts |
Bureau of Teacher Certification |
| Michigan | Michigan Department of Education Office of Professional Preparation and Certification Services P.O. Box 30008 Lansing, MI 48909 517-373-3310 http://www.michigan.gov/mde/ |
| Minnesota | Minnesota Department of Education Personnel Licensing Division 1500 Highway 36 West Roseville, MN 55113 651-582-8691 http://education.state.mn.us/mde |
| Mississippi | Mississippi Department of Education Educator Licensure and Certification P.O. Box 771 Jackson, MS 39205 601-359-3483 http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/ |
| Missouri | Missouri Teacher Certification Section Department of Elementary and Secondary Education P.O. Box 480 Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 573-751-0051 or 3847 http://www.dese.mo.gov/divteachqual/teachcert/index.html |
| Montana | Teacher Education Certification and Accreditation Office of Public Instruction P.O. Box 202501 Helena, MT 59620 406-444-3095 http://www.opi.state.mt.us/cert/index.html |
| Nebraska | Nebraska Department of Education Teacher Education and Certification 301 Centennial Mall South P.O. Box 94987 Lincoln, NE 68509-4987 402-471-0739 http://www.nde.state.ne.us/ |
| Nevada | Nevada State Department of Education Teacher Licensing Office 1820 Sahara Avenue, Suite 205 Las Vegas, NV 89104 702-486-6458 http:// www.doe.nv.gov/licensing.html/ |
| New Hampshire | New Hampshire State Department of Education Bureau of Teacher Education and Professional Standards State Office Park South 101 Pleasant Street Concord, NH 03301-3860 603-271-3494 http://www.ed.state.nh.us |
| New Jersey | New Jersey Department of Education Office of Teacher Certification P.O. Box 500 Trenton, NJ 08625-0503 609-292-2045 http://www.state.nj.us/njded/educators/license/ |
| New Mexico | New Mexico State Department of Education Professional Licensure Unit 300 Don-Gaspar-Education Building Santa Fe, NM 87501-2786 505-827-6587 http://www.ped.state.nm.us |
| New York | Office of Teaching New York State Education Department Education Building, Room 5N Albany, NY 12234 518-474-3901 http://ohe32.nysed.gov/tcert |
| North Carolina | State Department of Public Instruction Division of Certification 301 N. Wilmington Street Raleigh, NC 27601 919-807-3300 http://www.dpi.state.nc.us/licensure/ |
| North Dakota | North Dakota Standards and Practices Board 2718 Gateway Ave, Suite 303 Bismarck, ND 58505-0080 701-328-9641 http://www.nd.gov/espb |
| Ohio | Ohio Department of Education Division of Teacher Education and Certification 25 S. Front Street, Mail Stop 105 Columbus, OH 43215 614-466-3593 http://www.ode.state.oh.us/ |
| Oklahoma | Oklahoma Department of Education Professional Standards Section Hodge Education Building, Room 212 2500 North Lincoln Boulevard Oklahoma City, OK 73105-4599 405-521-3337 http://www.sde.state.ok.us/ |
| Oregon | Teacher Standards and Practices Commission 255 Captiol Street, N.E., Suite 105 Salem, OR 97310 503-378-3586 http://www.ous.edu/acadaf_TeachEd.htm/ |
| Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania Department of Education Bureau of Teacher and Certification 333 Market Street, 3rd Floor Harrisburg, PA 17126-0333 717-783-6788 http://www.teaching.state.pa.us/ |
| Puerto Rico | Teacher Certification Division Department of Education P.O. Box 190759 San Juan, PR 00919 809-754-0060 |
| Rhode Island | Department of Education School and Teacher Accreditation Certification and Placement Shepard Building 255 Westminster Street Providence, RI 02908 401-226-4600 http://www.ridoe.net |
| South Carolina | S. Carolina State Department of Education Office of Teacher Certification 1600 Gervais Street Columbia, SC 29201 803-734-8466 http://www.scteachers.org/index.cfm |
| South Dakota | Division of Education and Teacher Certification Office of Policy and Accountability 700 Governor's Drive Pierre, SD 57501-2291 605-773-3134 http://www.doe.sd.gov/oatq |
| Tennessee | Tennessee Department of Education Office of Teacher Licensing 710 James Robertson Parkway 4h Floor, Andrew Johnson Tower Nashville, TN 37243-0377 615-532-4885 http://www.state.tn.us/education/liclindex.php |
| Texas | State Board for Education Certification 1701 North Congress Ave WBT 5-100 Austin, TX 78701-1494 512-238-3200 http://www.sbec.state.tx.us/SBECOnline |
| Utah | Utah State Office of Education Certification and Personnel Development 250 East 500 South P.O. Box 144200 Salt Lake City, UT 84114-2400 801-538-7740 http://www.usoe.k12.ut.us/cert/ |
| Vermont | Vermont State Department of Education Licensing Office 120 State Street Montpelier, VT 05602-2501 802-828-2445 http://www.state.vt.us/educ/ |
| Virgin Islands - St. Croix District | Department of Education Educational Personnel Services 2133 Hospital Street St. Croix, Virgin Islands 00820 340-773-1095 |
| Virgin Islands - St. Thomas and St. John Districts |
Department of Education Educational Personnel Services 44-46 Kongens Gad St. Thomas, VI 00802 340-774-0100 |
| Virginia | Virginia Department of Education Division of Teacher Education and Licensure P.O. Box 2120 Richmond, VA 23218-2120 http://www.pen.k12.va.us/VDOE/newvdoe/teached.html |
| Washington | Director of Professional Certification Old Capitol Building, Mail Stop FG-11 P.O. Box 47200 Olympia, WA 98504-7200 360-725-6400 http://www.k12.wa.us/certification/ |
| West Virginia | West Virginia Department of Education Teacher Certification 1900 Kanawha Boulevard E. Charleston, WV 25305 800-928-2378 http://wvde.state.wv.us/certification |
| Wisconsin | Teacher Education and Licensing Wisconsin State DPI P.O. Box 7841 Madison, WI 53707-7841 608-266-3390 http://www.dpi.wi.gov/tepdl/licguide.html |
| Wyoming | |
| U.S. Department Of Defense Overseas Dependent Schools | U.S. Department Of Defense Overseas Dependent Section Recruitment and Assignment Section 2461 Eisenhower Avenue Alexandria, VA 22331-1100 703-696-4413 OR Personnel Offices 703-696-3104 |