MISSISSIPPI DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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The following information must be provided for teacher certification:

1. A complete transcript of your (undergraduate) (graduate) (additional) credits on which we are to base certification mailed to this office directly from the college(s) where the credits were earned.
2. The enclosed application form properly executed. (THE INSTITUTIONAL RECOMMENDATION MUST BE SIGNED BY THE DEAN 0F EDUCATION AT THE COLLEGE YOUR DEGREE WAS EARNED BEFORE IT IS SENT TO THIS OFFICE).
3. A copy of your CORE Battery (all three modules) and teaching area scores made on your National Teacher Examinations directly from the college or testing center. Sealed copies sent to applicant ARE NOT ACCEPTED by this office. Minimum scores are established by the State Board of Education.
4. Send to this office a copy of your valid out-of-state certificate based on your bachelor's or higher degree.
5. Written statement(s) from county or separate district superintendent, for whom you have taught, certifying that you have taught for ____year(s) in the (secondary) (elementary) (special subject) field.

The fee of $5.00 in cash or money order is required for a duplicate certificate. Our office DOES NOT accept personal checks. Money orders must be made payable to the Mississippi Department of Education.

APPLICATION FOR MISSISSIPPI

TEACHER'S or ADMINISTRATOR'S CERTIFICATE

INSTRUCTIONS

1. Incomplete applications will be returned without action with omissions checked. Be sure ALL necessary items, INCLUDING THE INSTITUTIONAL RECOMMENDATION, are completed before application is mailed.
2. Transcripts must be mailed directly from the registrar's office to the Office of Teacher Certification, State Department of Education, P.O. Box 771, Jackson, Mississippi 39205.
3. NTE scores must be sent to this office by ETS or the college/university before a certificate can be issued. Sealed copies sent to applicant ARE NOT acceptable.
4. When communicating with this office, please give your full name, (first, middle, maiden, married), and your certificate number if possible. When you call, you can expect to wait as long as 5 minutes for your record to be pulled.

RECIPROCITY

Mississippi provides reciprocity with all states.

Educators coming into Mississippi from out of state will be issued a provisional certificate if they have a valid standard out-of-state certificate with at least one (1) year experience.

To receive standard Mississippi certification a person must (1) have a valid standard teaching certificate in another state, (2) have or earn a passing score on the NTE (This must be earned before another certificate will be issued.), and (3) have three (3) or more years of successful experience that can be verified at the level for which a Mississippi certificate is sought.

Individuals who fail to meet number three (3) stated above will be issued a provisional Mississippi certificate provided they meet both numbers one (1) and two (2) stated above. The individual will then be required to complete the Mississippi provisional process. The certificate will be issued at the level of the certificate held in the teaching area.

NTE REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHER CERTIFICATION

Candidates for initial Mississippi teachers certificate shall have National Teacher Examination scores according to the schedule below. Candidates shall be expected to have the minimum score for each module Of the CORE BATTERY and the appropriate area examination score.

	AREA EXAMINATION.				SCALED SCORE
	Administration/Supervision				590
	Art Education						530
	Audiology						610
	Biology							550
	Biology & General Science				570
	Business Education					550
	Chemistry						510
	Chemistry, Physics, General Science			510
        Education in the Elementary School                      540
        Education of the Mentally Retarded                      540
	Emotionally Disturbed					610
	English Language & Literature				530
	French							510
	German							550
	Guidance & Counseling					600
	Home Economics						560
        Industrial Arts Education                               560
	Marketing						590
	Mathematics						520
        Media Specialist                                        610
	Music Education						530
	Physical Education					550
	Physics							520
	Special Education					550
	School Psychologist					590
	Social Studies						520
	Spanish							530
	Speech Communication					510
        Speech Pathology                                        610
	Teaching the Hearing Impaired				590

	CORE BATTERY
	Communication Skills					651
	General Knowledge					646
	Professional Knowledge					649

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