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Teacher & Educational Specialist Certification Maine law requires educators who plan, deliver and assess instruction in K-12 public schools to be certified by the Maine Department of Education. Two-year Provisional certificates are awarded to new teachers and educational specialists after they have satisfied course requirements established by the Department of Education and performance requirements established by their teacher education programs, and achieved passing scores on the Praxis I exam for teachers. After August 1, 2005, candidates for Provisional certificates will also to achieve passing scores on Praxis II content-area exams. Each Provisional certificate comes with a grade-level or subject area endorsement specifying areas the certificate holder is qualified to teach. Once employed, Provisional certificate holders work with a local mentor or Certification Support Team. Each Provisional educator must complete a Teacher Action Plan within two years and receive the recommendation of the local Certification Support System to advance to the next certificate, a five-year renewable Professional certificate. Teachers and educational
specialists are responsible for obtaining the appropriate certification
before beginning a teaching assignment, and for renewing the certificate
in a timely manner. Renewal requires completion of a five-year Teacher
Action Plan developed in collaboration with the local Certification
Support System, and six semester hours of course work or the equivalent in
professional development activities.
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Register online for background checks - includes fingerprinting dates and locations Praxis tests for teachers |