TEACHERS SEEKING INITIAL NEW JERSEY TEACHING LICENSES

REQUIREMENTS FOR STANDARD INSTRUCTIONAL LICENSES

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in subject matter area.
• GPA 3.0 cumulative needed as per State Requirements.
• Passing score in Praxis II/NTE Programs Specialty Area test(s).
• Completion of at least thirty (30) credits in a coherent major in the instructional subject teaching field. Please see the state requirements for more inforamtion: https://www.nj.gov/cgi-bin/education/license/endorsement.pl?string=Instructional%20Certificates&maxhits=1000&field=1&type=teach#content

• The alternate route Provisional Teacher Program.
• A state approved college teacher preparation program and one year of full time mentored teaching under a New Jersey provisional license.
• A state approved college teacher preparation program and one year of full time teaching under a valid out of state license.

NEW JERSEY LICENSED TEACHERS SEEKING
ADDITIONAL SUBJECT TEACHING ENDORSEMENTS

Holders of a standard N.J. instructional license (except teachers of Military Science and non-degree teachers of Vocational Education) will be issued additional standard instructional licenses when the following is completed:

• Completion of at least thirty (30) credits in a coherent major in the instructional subject teaching field. (See Below)

• A passing score on the required licensure test.