LICENSING
APPLICANT ADVISORIES
USE OF CUSTOMER SERVICE
PHONE LINES. Applicants are encouraged
to use this web page to locate general and
more detailed information regarding New Jersey
licensure and certification. We want to
reserve the customer service phone lines for
inquiries by individuals who have previously
submitted an online or paper application for
certification.
SUBMISSION ALERT FOR
ONLINE APPLICANTS. Please do not submit
both an online application and a paper application
for the same credential! Doing so will delay
your application review.
CREDENTIAL EVALUATION
REQUESTED BEFORE SEPTEMBER 1, 2005. If
you have asked for an evaluation of your credentials
(as distinct from an application for a certification),
please note that due to the numbers of actual
applications we cannot do any evaluations
until September 2005. However, you may convert
your evaluation request to an application
by payment of the fee balance and by submitting
supporting documents; if your original evaluation
request was submitted before May 1, 2005,
your revised request will be treated as an
expedited application.
CREDENTIAL EVALUATION
REQUESTED AFTER SEPTEMBER 1, 2005. Please
note that due to the increasing number of
certification applications, the Office of
Licensure and Credentials will not accept
further requests for evaluation of your credentials
(as distinct from applications for licenses)
after September 1, 2005. The Office will make
available in September updated guidelines
for certification endorsements.
New licensing regulations,
N.J.A.C. 6A:9, were adopted by the New Jersey
State Board of Education, effective January
20, 2004. Below are links to key parts of
New Jersey's certification system.
Please view this entire
page to become familiar with the resources
available to you.
Effective November
1, 2004, the online Teacher Certification
Information System (TCIS) is available to
the public.
If you obtained your
certification prior to 1988, it is likely
that your date of birth is not in the current
database. Therefore, you will not be able
to register as a new user at the present time.
CAREERS IN EDUCATION*
NJ
Hire
NJ Hire is a one-stop information and referral
recruitment center for individuals who may
be interested in a teaching career.
Troops to Teachers
The Troops to Teachers program is a federally
funded program that provides assistance to
military personnel who express an interest
in teaching in New Jersey. For information
about the Troops to Teachers program, please
contact tttnj@doe.state.nj.us.
Please include in the body of your email YOUR
name, address, telephone number, email address,
and application tracking number if you have
one.
Higher Education Quality Initiatives /
Professional Education Licensure Programs
Prospective teacher education candidates and
others are invited to view education licensure
preparation programs offered by New Jersey’s
colleges and universities at http://www.nj.gov/njded/aps/heqi/licensure.htm.
*For vocational-technical
education teachers: A guide to "Examples
of Common Hazardous Occupations that Meet
the Certification Requirement for the Cooperative
Education Coordinator/Hazardous Occupations
Certificate" is available at http://www.nj.gov/njded/voc/sle/hazards.htm
. This document is for vocational-technical
education teachers who are seeking to apply
for the cooperative education coordinator/hazardous
occupations certificate to determine if their
work experience would meet the requirement
that applicants have at least 1000 hours of
work experience in a "hazardous occupation."
Note that this is a guide and is not a complete
list of hazardous occupations.
TEACHER CERTIFICATION
INFORMATION SYSTEM (TCIS)
USER
MANUAL FOR ONLINE TEACHER CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
SYSTEM (TCIS).
This manual is required in order to fully
understand and use the online TCIS process.
To download and print this manual, you will
need the free Adobe
Acrobat Reader.
APPLICANT
CHECKLIST
This checklist has been designed as an aid
to facilitate applying for state certification
USE
THE ONLINE TEACHER CERTIFICATION INFORMATION
SYSTEM (TCIS).
With TCIS, you will
be able to:
Create a user account
View and update your account information
View the status of your applications for certification
View your New Jersey educator certificates
View your certification test results (Praxis,
SLLS)
Start your credential application process
online
Update your education history and work experience
Complete a name change
Apply for a duplicate certificate
CERTIFICATION IN NEW JERSEY AN EDUCATOR'S
GUIDE, SCHOOL YEAR 2004-2005 (321 kb PDF )
Requirements and process for certification,
including Provisional Teacher / Alternate
Route
certification, Administrator and SAC Residency
programs, and a list of all subject areas
("endorsements") for certificates.
CERTIFICATION
AND ENDORSEMENTS
Additional
Requirements
LICENSING
CODE
TEST REQUIREMENTS FOR LICENSURE IN NEW JERSEY
DEGREE
EQUIVALENCY FOR STUDIES COMPLETED IN FOREIGN
COUNTRIES
CHECK
THE STATUS OF AN APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATION
FEE
SCHEDULE (16 kb PDF )
FORMS (PDF )
Duplicate
License Request
Name
Change Request Form
Criminal
History Information
Non-Citizen
Oath of Allegiance
Oath
of Allegiance / Verification of Accuracy
Non-Citizen
Certificate Renewal/Affidavit of Intent to
Become a Citizen
Non-Citizen
Affidavit of Intent to Become a Citizen
Verification
of Program Completion
Date
of Birth Correction
Social
Security Number Record Change Request
To request an application or information:
Call: (609) 292-2070.
This number is available 24 hours per day,
seven days per week and provides recorded
information. To speak directly to a staff
person, please call between the hours of 3:00
p.m. and 7:00 p.m. Monday through Friday
FOR MORE INFORMATION ON: NEW
JERSEY TEACHER CERTIFICATION
