Contact Information
Certification
Educator Certification
P.O. Box 480
Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480
Phone
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To BECOME CERTIFIED as a Teacher in Missouri:
Temporary authorization route to certification: An individual with a bachelor’s degree in a content area (such as mathematics or English) takes a prescribed list of coursework, teaches for a minimum of two years, is mentored by the employing school district, and passes at least two exit examinations. The individual works under a one-year, renewable certificate that requires the completion of nine (9) semester hours of college credit each year in order to be renewed.