Initial Alaska Teacher Certification
In order to qualify for initial Alaska teacher certification, you must have completed a teacher preparation program and have a bachelor’s degree.
Alternative teacher certification is granted in Alaska on condition that you complete your teaching program within 2 years of obtaining your initial teaching certificate.
Your initial teaching certificate will be valid for three years from the date it is issued.
You must also complete a multicultural requirement within two years of obtaining your teaching certificate.
Alaska Teacher Certification – Testing
In order to receive Alaska teacher certification, you will need to take an exam before you file your application.
Teachers in Alaska usually need to take the Praxis Core in order to obtain their teaching certificates.
Praxis Teacher Certification Test – Alaska
Alaska Teacher Certification – How to Apply
The Alaska Education and Early Development office (EED) must receive your Praxis passing scores for reading, writing, and mathematics before you submit your application.
Test scores must be sent to the Alaska EED directly by Education Testing Services (ETS).
Besides the Praxis, Alaska also accepts teacher certification tests from other states.
Alaska Teacher Certification – Exams from Other States
Examples of teaching certification exams from other states which are accepted by the state of Alaska include:
- CBEST
- WEST-B
- Alabama Work Keys
- Florida Teacher Certification Exams
- Georgia Assessments for the Certification of Educators
- Illinois Certification Testing System (ICTS)
- Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC)
- Oklahoma General Education Test
Alaska Teacher Certification – Further Information
The Alaska Department of Education and Early Development office is in charge of teacher certificates and teaching certification exams.
The State of Alaska has separate requirements for professional and masters teaching certificates, as well as for early childhood, special education, handicapped, gifted, and vocational teaching.
For further information, please visit the official Alaska EED Teaching Certification Website.
NOTE: This website is not affiliated with ETS, the trademark owners of the Praxis exams, nor with the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.