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Educator Certification

HELP FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS APPLYING FOR A TEMPORARY AUTHORIZATION CERTIFICATION

The Temporary Authorization Certificate (TAC) does not include the areas of elementary education (1-6); early childhood (B-3); or early childhood special education (B-3).  Applicants for the areas of driver’s education, English for speakers of other languages, gifted and special reading must hold a certificate of license to teach or must seek a certificate of license to teach in a stand-alone area.
 

Before applying for a TAC for an individual, the school district should ensure that the applicant:

  • has a bachelor’s degree in the subject area to be taught or a closely related field, and
  • has a grade point average of  2.5 or higher, on a 4.0 scale, both in content area and overall.

    • When applying for a TAC for an individual who does not hold a valid professional Missouri teaching certificate, the school district and applicant should:

    1. submit a Temporary Authorization Certificate joint application, which can be downloaded from the Educator Certification web page,
    2. submit official transcripts of all coursework (undergraduate and graduate), and
    3. a criminal background check must be completed.  Please contact Integrated Biometric Technology to schedule an appointment by calling 866-522-7067 or online at http://www.L1id.com. The current processing fee for this procedure is $52.20.  Please provide the following information when scheduling your appointment:
        • County/District code number of the hiring school district; if not employed please use code number 999999;
        • Your certification status, which will be a certified educator (E); and
        • DESE’s ORI number, which is MO920320Z.
         

      Any questions regarding this portion of the application process should be directed to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Conduct and Investigations Section at 573-522-8315. 

    The Temporary Authorization Certificate may be renewed by:

    1. submitting a TAC joint application.  On the application, the school district will verify that the certificate holder has:
      1. successfully completed a yearly Performance Based Teacher Evaluation, and
      2. participated in a yearly mentoring program; and
    2. submitting with the first renewal, copies of the Praxis II assessments scores:
      1. content knowledge or specialty area assessment; and
      2. principles of learning and teaching, 7-12 (Praxis not required for currently certified teachers).

    Failure to achieve the Missouri qualifying score on either of these assessments should be used by the certificate holder as means to identify priority classes for further study.

    1. submitting an official transcript(s) that shows completion of at least nine semester hours of coursework toward meeting the required competencies for a professional certificate of license to teach in the area of assignment.

    Course work in education, not to exceed 24 credit hours, for any temporary authorization certificate (excluding an administrator's and/or special education temporary certificates) is to include competencies in:

    1. psychology of the exceptional child;
    2. behavioral management techniques;
    3. measurement and evaluation;
    4. teaching methods/instructional strategies;
    5. methods of teaching reading at the appropriate level;
    6. developmental psychology at the appropriate level; and
    7. beginning teacher assistance.

    Course work in education, not to exceed 29 credit hours, for a special education temporary authorization certificate is to include competencies in:

    1. psychology of the exceptional child;
    2. behavioral management techniques;
    3. evaluation of abilities and achievement (to include intelligence testing);
    4. introduction to cross-categorical disabilities;
    5. methods of teaching students with cross-categorical disabilities;
    6. methods of teaching reading:
      1. reading methods; and
      2. analysis and correction of reading disabilities; and
    7. methods of teaching mathematics:
      1. mathematics methods; and
      2. methods of teaching remedial mathematics; and
    8. counseling techniques.