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/Default.aspx?tabid=111

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/msde/divisions/certification/certification_branch/

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
https://opi.mt.gov/

Nebraska Department of Education
http://www.nebraska.gov/education/dept-ed.html

Nevada Department of Education
http://nvteachers.doe.nv.gov/

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://www.ok.gov/sde/teacher-certification

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
http://www.state.tn.us/education/lic/

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
http://osse.dc.gov/

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/