Mississippi Teacher Licensure – Praxis Core
If you want to apply for Mississippi teacher licensure, you will have to take the Praxis Exams.
Prior to entering a teacher education program at your college or university, you may be required to take the Praxis Core Test.
The Praxis Core will assess your basic skills in reading, writing, and mathematics.
If you are applying through an alternative route, you are also required to take the Praxis core test.
Mississippi Teacher Licensure – PLT
Teacher education program graduates for all subject areas have to take and pass the Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching (PLT) test.
The PLT test will be taken for the grade level that most closely corresponds to the one you are going to teach.
The PLT test is not necessary if you are applying through an alternate route.
Mississippi Teacher Licensure – Subject Areas
Traditional and alternate route teaching candidates have to take the Praxis subject-area tests for each of their subjects.
You can find out how to register for the Praxis exams by clicking on the link below:
Praxis Teacher Certification Test – Mississippi
Mississippi Teacher Licensure – Dept. Of Ed.
The Mississippi Department of Education Educator Licensure Home Page has information on:
- Praxis Test Requirements
- Teacher Education Route Licenses
- Alternate Route Licenses
- Special Five Year Educator Licenses
- Vocational Educator Licenses
- Licenses by District Request Only
- Administrator Licenses
- Reciprocity – Two Year Licenses
- Reciprocity – Five Year Licenses
- Information for Foreign Teaching Applicants
- Supplemental Endorsements
- Renewal and Reinstatement of Teaching Licenses
Mississippi Teacher Licensure – Further Information
For further information, visit the Mississippi Department of Education Educator Licensure Division Home Page:
Mississippi Department of Education Educator Licensure Home Page
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