Teaching in New Jersey – Testing
If you are interested in teaching in New Jersey, you will need to:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher from an accredited college or university
- Complete an approved teacher education program
- Maintain the cumulative Grade Point Average requirement
- Submit passing scores for the Praxis exam for your subject certification area
- File the appropriate forms and pay the application fees
For information on the Praxis exams, please click on the link below:
Praxis Teacher Certification Test – New Jersey
Teaching in New Jersey – Physiology & Hygiene
To become certified for teaching in New Jersey, you will also need to pass an examination in physiology and hygiene.
You will take the examination in physiology and hygiene at the county offices of education.
Instead of the examination in physiology and hygiene, you can present basic military training or college level study in related subject areas.
Teaching in New Jersey – Other Exams
The State of New Jersey Educator Licensing Code lists the requirements for obtaining provisional and standard initial teaching certificates.
If you are applying for certification in New Jersey in elementary education or in secondary education subject fields, you will have to pass the Praxis Subject Area Test.
All teacher have to take the Praxis subject area tests, including teachers who are certified in other states.
There are certain exemptions from taking the Praxis subject test.
For the Speech-language Specialist certificate, you have to pass the Speech-language Pathology Specialty Area test.
Teaching in New Jersey – Further Information
Applicants for Principal certificates must pass the School Leadership Series: School Leaders Licensure Assessment test (SLLA).
In order to obtain the School Administrator certificate, you must pass the School Leadership Series: School Superintendent Assessment test (SSA).
The SLLA and SSA tests are part of the School Leadership Series.
It is your responsibility to register for the correct test that you need to take, so be sure to check the test requirements carefully.
For further information on teaching certification and licensure in the state of New Jersey, please click on the link below:
New Jersey Department of Education – Teacher Certification and Licensing
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