Applying for Initial Certification
Apply for your Certificate(s) on the TEACH Website using the instructions for your program, found below. If you have not done so before applying on TEACH, submit the Online Release Authorization Form.
If the college recommendation for this title has already been posted to your TEACH account, you will not need to enter the program code. TEACH will automatically select the pathway for this application.
Department Specific Directions:
Coordinator of Work-Based Learning
CTE Titles - for CTE BS Approved Program Completers
Elementary Education - (Early Childhood, Childhood, Combined Early Childhood/Childhood, Childhood MIITC, Childhood with Subject Area Extensions)
English to Speakers of Other Languages
Family and Consumer Science Education
Literacy - Program completed Summer 2023 or prior
Literacy - Program completed Fall 2023 or later
School Building Leader/ School District Leader (SBL/SDL)
Special Education and Childhood Education - Program completed Summer 2023 or prior
Special Education and Childhood Education - Program completed Fall 2023 or later
Speech and Language Disabilities
Students With Disabilities 7-12 Generalist
If instructions for your certificate title / level are not listed above, please contact the office directly for instructions. If you receive a program code for the certificate title/level for which you are applying, you may follow the steps below to complete the application.
1. Access the TEACH Website
2. Log on to TEACH with your username and password.
3. Click on "TEACH Online Services".
4. Click on "Apply for a Certificate".
5. Make selections from the drop boxes to select your certificate title(s).
6. Answer YES to the question regarding the completion of an approved teacher preparation program and enter program code. See department specific instructions above for code. If the college recommendation for this title has already been posted to your TEACH account, you will not need to enter the program code. TEACH will automatically select the pathway for this application.
7. Submit payment of $50 per certificate title (online using credit card or mail in money order).
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